Category: Cumbria

 A Murder Revealed By A Ghost. The Kendal Mercury relates the following strange story:- At the high end of Stramongate, in Kitty Gibson’s yard, stand some very old buildings, and in one of these, a

 Haunted from our home. A couple claim they have been driven out of their home by an evil poltergeist. They said the sadistic spirit left their kitten half dead in a pool of blood and

Council on a ghost hunt. They move woman and her son from home where things go bump in the night. Things that go bump in the night have terrified a widow, Mrs Annie King, and

 More Ghost Stories. Fish basket that walked about. Baby’s boot that passed through closed door. (Special to the “Mercury”) The account given in yesterday’s “Mercury” of the remarkable happenings at Wyke has caused a large

Remarkable affair at Penrith. Windows smashed and garden wrecked. Looking for “a ghost.” One of the most mysterious affairs which has been known in the district for a long time is under investigation at Penrith,

 Walney Ghost. For several months past, the inhabitants of the southern part of this isalnd have been sadly and seriously alarmed by the apparition of a ghost in the shape of a little fat man

 A Ghost at Colby. For a week or two past a ghostly apparition has greatly alarmed the inhabitants of the village of Colby, near Appleby. The phantom visitant appears to have laid the scene of

 The Mysterious. On Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, the inhabitants of Milnthorpe were in a state of considerable excitement, we may say almost astonishment and terror, in consequence of it being known that the windows

 Ghosts. Some two or three months ago one of the quietest streets diverging from Botchergate, in this city, was haunted by a particularly energetic ghost. The spectre manifested its presence by a resounding thump on

Haunted House Scare Puzzling Phenomena in Maryport House. A rumour that a house in Grasslot, Maryport, is haunted is causing the district to seethe with excitement. During the week-end the police dispersed large crowds assembled