Spooky goings on. Sitting quietly in their lounge in Reading, pensioner Mrs Adams and her daughter Pauline were not to know that after 18 months of terror they would be forced out by an invisible
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Langley Marish, Berkshire (1946)
“Misty” figures inquiry. Strange noises at almshouses. The Society of Psychical Research is to investigate incidents at a 300-year-old house at Seymour Almshouses, Langley, Bucks. It is occupied by Mrs Florence Buckland, her daughter, June
Continue ReadingMaidenhead, Berkshire (1906)
The inhabitants of a village not half a dozen miles from Maidenhead are in a state of alarm at the mysterious doings of what is declared by them to be a ghostly visitor to a
Continue ReadingSandhurst, Berkshire (1902)
The Sandhurst Fires. Reported drastic measures. It was reported at Camberley last evening that the War Office have taken a drastic step in reference to the alleged recent incendiary fires at the Royal Military College,
Continue ReadingReading, Berkshire (1968)
Poltergeist fear at Reading firm. Minister called in for prayers. Strange things have been happening at a Reading firm’s premises. And now a minister has been called in to say prayers in a bid to
Continue ReadingReading, Berkshire (1985)
Haunted house gives up its ghost. The restless spirit of a tragic woman has finally been exorcised from a quiet council semi in Reading. After two visits by priests strange happenings at the house in
Continue ReadingReading, Berkshire (1980)
Family quits ‘haunted’ house. Shirley and Stephen Du-Val with baby Kevin in their bedroom at the flat they claim is haunted. A frightened young mother has quit her council flat, driven out, she claims, by
Continue ReadingThatcham, Berkshire (1984)
John, 18, gets a spirited welcome. Police have been called in to investigate a series of strange goings on at a Berkshire home. There have been bumps in the night, doors open when they should
Continue ReadingReading, Berkshire (1982)
Electric sparks fly for poor Sonia. by Ray Bryant Everything that Midas touched turned to gold… but Sonia Maslen is not so lucky. Everything that she touches goes bang, and to prove it she can
Continue ReadingSandhurst, Berkshire (1929)
A Ghostly Vigil. Listening for strange noises in bungalow. Occupants who heard mysterious knocks. Inhabitants of the small Berkshire village of Little Sandhurst, clustering round the walls of Wellington College, are puzzled by strange noises
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