An absurd story of a Ghost (similar to that in Cock-lane) has been raised with some artful design, at a house in Newcastle-court, near Temple-bar; and for some days a set of idle fellows, some
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Saffron Hill, London (1792)
Haunted house. We give place to the following to amuse our readers, not to impose on their credulity: They will consider it as a story similar to the Cock-lane ghost, or the dancing plates and
Continue ReadingThe Tower of London (1816)
Alarm in the Tower. For some weeks past a family residing in the Tower of London have been very much annoyed and disturbed by a variety of unpleasant and strange noises heard in different parts
Continue ReadingFulham, London (1952)
Noises in the night. Ghost story in Ongar Road. There are noises at night in a room at West London. Noises made by ghosts called George and Hines, says the tenant. Noises made by the
Continue ReadingNew Southgate, London (1895)
The Police Courts. The New Southgate Ghost. Windows mysteriously broken by stones thrown from unseen hands. The ghost of the famous Stockwell ghost which was laid years ago, when its vagaries were found to be
Continue ReadingBloomsbury, London (1923)
‘Haunted bookshelf.’ Mystery in London house Ghost expert is called in. A bookshelf torn bodily from the wall by an unseen hand lies on the floor of a bedroom in a Bloomsbury boarding house, and
Continue ReadingNew Cross, London (1971)
Maisie weeps as the census ghost is spirited away. By Richard Stott. Joe the ghost won’t be going down on Maisie Batchelor’s census form after all. The spirit that haunted her home for eighteen years
Continue ReadingHackney, London (1888)
A Hackney Road Mystery. Henry Chick, 41, newsagent, Bethnal Green road, and Edward Thomas Hunt, 24, clerk, Old Church road, Stepney, surrendered to their bail, at Worship-street Police court on Monday, to answer a charge
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Phantom of the flats! Faceless man ‘haunts’ home. Friends no longer visit Lesley Hughes’ flat in Isleworth – because they do not like her spirits. No, not her gin or scotch, although her situation is
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They will face cold, but not the ghost. A young couple and the wife’s mother yesterday left the 10-roomed house to wander the streets in the cold and sleep in railway station waiting rooms because,
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