Family ghost moved to couple’s bungalow. By Chris Fidler. Phantom furniture and telephones dialling themselves in the middle of the night are typical ghostly goings-on in one Wilbarston bungalow. Eddie Andrews (69) and his wife
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Dallington, Northamptonshire (1988)
‘Haunted house’ ghost spooks terrified pair. A terrified couple claim they are being haunted out of their new home by a noisy spirit. Glenn Pendleton says the ghostly goings on began only hours after he
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Ghost in my house. (Special agent: Jessica Pilkington). They were petrified when they first suspected something was wrong. It was nine years ago, three years after the Hopgood family had moved into their terraced Blackthorn
Continue ReadingRushton, Northamptonshire (c.1584)
Sixteenth Century Knockings. A recently issued volume bearing principally upon the household events of an old English Catholic family, and principally recording their troubles in the difficult days of the Reformation period, is hardly the
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Staff spooked by ‘Ghost of Gold Street’. Spooky happenings at a Northampton store are giving staff the shivers. Workers at Staks in Gold Street believe they have a resident ghost who takes delight in giving
Continue ReadingRockingham, Northamptonshire (1928)
The ghosts of Rockingham. Mystery spirit and a pretty lady. Midnight searches. Which is the most haunted village in Leicestershire, or on its borders? A remarkable story has just come to light from Rockingham where,
Continue ReadingKettering, Northamptonshire (1930)
A Kettering Ghost Story. Spook in a modern council house? It has been a long time since Kettering furnished a ghost story, but something with spook-like tendencies has appeared lately. The eerie visitor has not
Continue ReadingNorthampton (1854)
Spirit Pelting [In the Northampton Petty Sessions] Scarcely had she [the last complainant] made her exit, when another good lady entered with a fair haired little girl, and besought their Worships’ advice under the following
Continue ReadingBarby, Northamptonshire (1851)
The Barby Ghost. The quiet and sequestered village of Barby is all in an uproar, in consequence of its being believed, even by the least credulous, that the spirit of Sarah Webb either descends or
Continue ReadingBlackthorn, Northampton (1993)
Things that go bump. By Nicola Pittam. Strange noises in the night have prompted a Blackthorn woman to appeal for help in tracing the history of her home – because she believes she has a
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