“Rappings in a house off Spring-bank. Sir- I have read with great interest about the rapping in the house off Holderness-road. I thought you would perhaps like to hear my experience in a house off
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Swinefleet, East Yorkshire
The tale of the haunted house at Selby calls to mind a similar manifestation reported to have occurred at Swinefleet some years ago. The place at which the supposed supernatural agency was at work was
Continue ReadingDuggleby, East Yorkshire (1864)
Ghosts on the Wolds. For several days past the inhabitants of the wold village of Daggleby have been occupied by reports of mysterious noises having been heard in one of the farmhouses. That strange noises
Continue ReadingHull, East Yorkshire (1897)
Strange Affair in Hull. Wholesale Window-Smashing. The Hull police are at present engaged in investigating a curious circumstance in Linnaeus-street. Commencing on Monday, the windows at the back of a house in that street have
Continue ReadingBishop Burton, Beverley, East Yorkshire (1903)
The farm is also marked as ‘Burton Rakes’ on the current map. Ghostly Visitors at Bishop Burton? Mysterious Occurrence. Continual vigilance fails to detect the origin. The residents of the vicinity of Bishop Burton have
Continue ReadingHull, East Yorkshire (1852)
Hull Packet, Friday 22nd October 1852. The Haunted House on the Anlaby Road.Discovery of a Ghost. A marvellous sensation has been created in our town within the last few days, by the discovery that a
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Daily Letter from East Hull. Note: “Observer” will be pleased to receive invitations to services, concerts, meetings, etc.; also items of interest from his readers. The days of ghost stories, I thought, were over, but
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Eerie Happenings in Central Hull. Occupants Flee the House. Constables’ Experience. Some Startling Details. (Special for the “Daily Mail.”) The alleged supernatural has been frightening some Hull people almost out of their wits, and the
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