Casper poses a spooky problem for shopkeeper. By Tom Halstead. When there’s something strange in your neighbourhood, who ya’ gonna call? Ghostbusters! And that’s precisely what the Weekly News did to help Fleetwood shopkeeper Pat
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Barrowford, Lancashire (1993)
Is this barn haunted? By Peter Dewhurst. Gizmo the pig, Charlie the sheep, Katie the donkey and their animal friends may not be the only occupants of the old cruck barn at Pendle Heritage Centre
Continue ReadingNelson, Lancashire (1950s)
Letters to the Editor. The Strange Things Which Happened in Clayton St. Sir, – I was very interested in Geoffrey Mattock’s account of local ghosts, and I would like to give the readers of the
Continue ReadingLytham, Lancashire (2002)
Shop ghost is the big cheese. A cheese-loving ghost is driving staff and customers at a Lytham delicatessen Gouda out of their minds. The spectral woman in black has been haunting Todderstaffes on Park Street
Continue ReadingRawtenstall, Lancashire (1986)
Pub’s 99 per cent proof spirit. By Joyce Haworth. There’s a strange kind of spirit at the Queen’s Arms Hotel in Rawtenstall – but far from warming you up it will probably send shivers down
Continue ReadingPilling, Lancashire (1948)
Pilling poltergeist plucks the guitar. Johnny, the cook at Pilling hostel for agricultural workers, is troubled by a poltergeist which disturbs his sleep and frightens room mates. Ex-Navy man, Johnny, runs a fine galley for
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Family flee home of terror. Hauntings go back 10 years. A terrified mother-of-four has fled her council house claiming it is haunted. The woman pleaded with council officials to re-house her after strange goings-on at
Continue ReadingBacup, Lancashire (1998)
‘Ghostbusters’ set sights on alien forces. By Neil Graham. An expedition of ghostbusters is heading for Bacup to explore things that go bump in the night and aliens from outer space. The 30 believers say
Continue ReadingBlackpool, Lancashire (1994)
‘Evil demons’ drive terrified family out of their home. Number thirty, Mardale Avenue… just an ordinary semi-detached in Blackpool. But to the Miller family it’s a house of horror. They have moved out, stripeed the
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Family haunted by ‘ghost’. Lights switch on and off – doors bang – and spooky apparitions ‘terrify’ mum. Exclusive by Neil Graham. A young mum is being terrified by a ghost that flings open doors
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