Category: Lincolnshire

Family lives in terror – of a ghost. By Jacinta Towndrow. A South Humberside family is living in fear – of a ghost. And now mother-of-three Joyce Staight is hoping a vicar can rid her

Is ghostly repuatation justified? Richard Kershaw. The Nunsthorpe Estate has, for a long time, had the reputation of being haunted… by a monk. Is it a true ghost or has it just been used as

Invisible Rappers. A house at Morton, near Bourne, Lincolnshire, has lately been known locally as “the haunted house.” For some time, it is alleged, the occupiers have been disturbed at nights by unaccountable rappings at

 A Ghost.   (From a correspondent).  For some weeks past the tenants of a small cottage at the South end of Gainsboro’ have been kept in a constant state of alarm by the imaginary visits of

 Ghost with a bugle! Alarm at Lincoln. A ghost with a bugle is stated to be haunting a Lincoln house, and so persistent have the visitations become that the occupants are terrified and dare not

Ruskington. Spooks and Ghosts. Much excitement has been caused in the village, and many young persons have had their nerves unstrung, by reports of mysterious knockings to be heard in a house in High Street.

Strange “Witchcraft” at Grimsby An extraordinary story of supposed “witchcraft” comes from Grimsby. It concerns a deal-carrier, named Andrew Norton, and his wife and family, who had been living at 49, Freshney-street. In that house

Monkey Tricks at a Hall. Unwelcome Intruder at South Reston. South Reston Hall, between Louth and Alford, has had an unwelcome visitor during the last few days. A monkey, believed to have escaped from an

 Mysterious Rappings at a Marton Dwelling-house. A good deal of excitement and curiosity has been caused by mysterious occurrences at a house at Marton, South Lincolnshire. For some time past the occupiers have been disturbed

 A Prankish Ghost at Grimsby. The greatest curiosity is excited in Grimsby in consequence of the occurence of some marvellous performances which no one as yet can account for by a natural hypothesis. These extraordinary