Category: Aberdeenshire

[this is from April 1st. But it doesn’t really read like an April Fool)  Jack Nicoll goes ghost-hunting. ‘What a Life’ – They’ve a spook. There is a ghost abroad in the Union! I mean

 Something Mysterious. Cairnie, Dec. 18th. The good people about Ardonald, a few weeks ago, were honoured with a visit from a being of another world. Whether it was his Satanic Majesty in person, or some

 Keith-Hall Farm Mystery. Malicious mischief or “Black Airt.” For the past five weeks a number of the residents in the quiet agricultural parish of Keith-Hall have been perturbed by  mysterious happenings, which to the superstitious

 Mearns “Ghost.” Stonehaven Retirement Recalls Mystery. Mr Alexander Andrew, Stonehaven, has retired after forty-four years’ service with the firm of Messrs Wm. Ritchie and Co., Glenury Royal Distillery. […] Mr Thomson [manager of the distillery]

 I used to think that the dread of witchcraft had disappeared with our superstitious forefathers, and that in this enlightened age the uncanny arts had ceased to cast their terrorizing influence over the credulous crowd.

 Another Ghost Story. The family of the Rev. Mr. Browning, residing in Aberdeen, have been, during the last fortnight, thrown into a state of consternation, by noises which have been raised in the house, such

“Ghost” Speaks From Wall. Strange Happenings at Scots Croft. Neighbours Suspect a Trick. Inquiries into an extraordinary “ghost” story that gripped Tarves (Aberdeenshire) and district were made by a “Courier and Advertiser” representative yesterday. The