Category: Devon

 A ghost quits newly-weds A ghost who forced a young, newly-wed couple to move out of their flat has now been forced to move out himself. The Bishop of Exeter, Dr Robert Mortimer, held a

 A Haunted House Mystery in St. Sidwell’s. Black spirits and white, and an eerie light. “A Ghost! A Ghost!” They whisper it with awe in a certain part of St. Sidwell’s where some “mysterious visitations,”

 Family flee the talking ghost. By Douglas Slight. A young family have been driven from their home by a “talking ghost” which, they say, switches lights on and off, turns door knobs and steals clothes.

A ghost is told to quit flat. By Douglas Slight. Three priests held a service yesterday in an attempt to stop the “haunting” of a council flat. Strange happenings have been plaguing the tenants for

 A ghost goes to bed with a bride. Exclusive by Geoffrey Lakeman. Newlywed Anita Underwood’s honeymoon bliss was shattered by a saucy intruder – a ghost. Not only did the restless spirit go bump in

Sailor is flown home to catch ghost. A sailor’s wife is troubled by a ghost – so the Navy has flown her husband home from Malta to see about it. The ghost has been  worrying

 “Uncanny.” Remarkable Antics of an Old Tin. “Escapes” from Cupboard and Outhouse. Strange Story from Marlborough. The uncanny movements of an old tobacco tin are forming an amazing story in South Devon. The tin is

 – About August, 1674, Mr Basil Wood Junior, Son of Basil aforesaid, living at Exeter, in Devonshire, heard the same kind of Knocking at which, being disturbed, he wrote word of it to his Father

 Mysterious Missiles. Window Smashing Extraordinary at Ottery. The smashing of windows in New-street, Ottery, is causing something of a sensation. On Sunday morning, while Mr R Baker was shaving, he was suddenly surprised to hear

A Ghost at Hope. – A correspondent sends us the following, of which we give his own version: – “A few days since or rather nights, a very singular circumstance occurred at one of the