Category: North Yorkshire

 Mysterious knockings at a house in Londesdale street, Middlesborough, caused inquisitive crowds to gather on Wednesday night, and the police were notified. So strong were the knockings that plaster fell from the walls of the

Country News. Harrogate. Mysterious Affair. The village of Hampsthwaite and its neighbourhood, has of late been thrown into a state of considerable excitement, owing to a report that a farm-house in that neighbourhood, occupied by

 “Phenomenon” at Selby. Peculiar Knockings. Selby, which is usually quiet and easy going, is just now passing through a time of feverish excitement owing to some mysterious and unaccountable demonstrations which have been experienced at

Wharfedale vicar and spiritual phenomena. Remarkable statements. The Rev. Charles L. Tweedale, vicar of Weston, near Otley, has written a long “reply to his detractors.” He states that the falling off in the number of

A “Mystery” At Scarbro. There has just been made public at Scarbro’ a curious and mysterious affair which is attracting considerable attention, and creating much excitement in one of the suburbs of the town. It

 Who Can Lay A Ghost? The lovers of the marvellous at Skipton and its neighbourhood (says a correspondent) are being at present gratified to their full desire. A haunted house – a thing that belongs

 A Ghost at Egton. The inhabitants of this place are at the present time in a state of considerable excitement in consequence of one house being nightly visited by one of those alarming intruders designated

 A Ghost Story. A strange story comes from Ellerton-on-Swale, near Richmond, which, however marvellous, has the evidence of so many persons to it that it cannot be rejected. It is to be hoped that some

Selby “Ghost” Story. Weird Sounds in a Labourer’s Cottage. Strange death-chamber scene. Mysterious rappings in a labourer’s cottage at Selby have set the whole town agog with excitement, and the house in South Parade has