Haunted by a woman-hater. By Jane Oddy. When Mandy Franks moved into her new home in Harleston she jokingly asked the previous owners whether the 500-year-old building was haunted. Little did she realise the truth
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Roydon, Diss, Norfolk (1822)
A case of a singular kind was brought before George Lee, Esq., the Rev. W. Manning, and the Rev. Temple Frere, at the Petty Sessions, at Diss, on Monday last. A girl, named Charlotte Bird,
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To Psychical Researchers. To the Editor. Dear Sir, – In the midst of the heated discussion on the subjects of granite cubes, wood blocks, sewage treatement, and rescued nuns, it is refreshing to be able
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Another Norwich Ghost Story. A woman in black. With the advent of dark nights and the near approach of Christmas, it is only fitting that ghost stories should once again come to the fore, and
Continue ReadingMundford, Norfolk (1971)
Strange Noises are No Joke at this house. Is someone from the spirit world disturbing the tenants of a Swaffham Rural Council house at Mundford? Mr Arthur Drew and his wife Ellen, who live at
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Lynn. Ghost Rumour. During the past week some little excitement was occasioned in Norfolk Street, by the report that a house, inhabited by a poor woman, was haunted; and the lovers of the marvellous assembled
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New Century Ghost Story. An old hall, situated not far from that picturesque place, Fritton Lake, has for some time past been believed by its residents to be haunted. This same hall was the scene
Continue ReadingSwaffham, Norfolk (1780)
Norfolk Farm-house “Ghost.” The following singular letter, dated Swaffham, March 1st, 1780, appeared in the “Norwich Mercury” in the year named:- “There is a circumstance that hath lately very much excited the curiosity of many
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The Tailor and the Ghost!! Horrible! Most horrible!! A letter from Norwich, dated Tuesday, contains the following:- “The City of Norwich has been for several days past thrown into very great alarm occasioned by strange
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Haunted House at Lynn. An Animated Bedstead. The declaration that a house in Windsor Terrace, King’s Lynn, is under the disturbing influences of a visitor from the invisible world has provided the town with a
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