Ghost makes bed. A squad of policemen went on a ghost hunt last night. The Greenfield family of 5, Langmead-street, West Norwood, S.E., had complained that they were being terrorised by the phantom, which has
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Brixton, London (1900)
Another Ghost Sensation.Brixton’s Startling Phenomena. The London News Agency reports another London ghost sensation, Brixton being the neighbourhood of the supernatural visitation on this occasion. One of the hotels in the district is the scene
Continue ReadingHornsey, London (1921)
Coals Weird Tricks. Mystified London Family. “Haunted coal” has been causing alarm to Mr and Mrs I S Frost and their family at Ferrestone-road, Hornsey, London, by producing a series of explosions and leaping from
Continue ReadingBattersea, London (1928)
The Battersea “Ghost.” House bombarded by crowd. Following a report that it was haunted, a house in Eland-road, Battersea, was surrounded by a large crowd, including hundreds of school children, yesterday, and missiles were thrown,
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Ghost laid with whitewash. Until about three weeks ago, three artists living in studios within a couple of hundred yards of Lord’s, were the exclusive proprietors of one of the rowdiest ghosts in London. It
Continue ReadingHampstead, London (1980s)
Haunting the stars: Poltergeists to the rich and famous. Bob Hoskins puts his Hollywood success down to the night he saw a ghost. He was working as a porter in London’s Covent Garden at the
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