Category: London

 The Ghostly Window Smashing. The hope was indulged in last week that the North Peckham ‘ghost’ had been ‘laid’; but it appears it has arisen again, and has been doing a little more window-smashing. The

 A Mystery. Mysterious stone throwing is getting so common a nuisance that it behoves the authorities to use a little more exertion, coupled with a slightly increased modicum of sagacity, to discover the perpetrators of

 Sounds that awed strong men. “Clanking Ghost” outdone. J.P. who saw a “spirit.” The story of the “Clanking Ghost” of Barnet is recalled by Mr Walter Stutters, a Justice of the Peace for Hertfordshire, who

 The Posta ghosta in the toasta. By Jack Lewis. Comedienne Adrienne Posta has a ghost in her toaster. She and her husband, songwriter Graham Bonnet, have discovered that their 300-year-old house in Highgate, London, is

 “Ghost” visits Norman Long. Norman Long is embarrassed. He is being “haunted.” And the ghost appears to be fond of shaving brushes, for they are whisked away during the night. When he is at home

 Extraordinary Circumstance. The Newgate Ghost. It appears that various spectral appearances took place in Newgate on Thursday night. Several of the criminals were on that night locked up under sentence of death, while the watchmen

 Alleged haunted house in Cathles Road. Amusing letters at Wandsworth County Court. Considerable merriment was caused at the Wandsworth County Court on Monday, during the hearing by his Honour Judge Harlington of a claim brought

 True Intelligence Extraordinary. The inhabitants of the town of Greenwich have for some time past been alarmed with the account of a Ghost, or rather a supernatural noise, which makes great disturbance in the house

“Catapult Mystery.” Strange attacks on a villa. Big hue and cry for miscreants.  Woodford, Saturday. Mysterious attacks made on a villa in Grove Road, Woodford, are puzzling the local police. The attacks are also causing

Exciting Fire Rescues. The Misfortunes of a Wandsworth Family. A series of misfortunes in the shape of inexplicable outbreaks of fire has befallen Messrs. G A Harvey and Sons, a firm of picture-frame dealers, on