About a hundred years ago, there lived in a cottage, still standing, nearly opposite the old Friends’ meeting-house at Sidcot, a real Conjurer of the old school. His name was Beecham, and he had a
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Shepton Mallet, Somerset (1996)
Mother leaves ‘haunted’ house after a month. Family flees poltergeist. By Emma Frampton. A Shepton Mallet mother has been forced to leave the home where she lived for only a few weeks, because of suspected
Continue ReadingCreech Castle, Taunton, Somerset (1987)
This ghost is almost one of the staff. The ghost which haunts a Taunton marine engineers has no qualms about letting staff know it’s around. It has even been known to flush the lavatory. And
Continue ReadingSomerton, Somerset (1987 and before and since)
The shocking case of haywire house. Frank’s cottage keeps blowing a fuse. Pensioner Frank Pattemore is being forced to return to the dark ages until engineers sort out electrical problems at his cottage in Somerton.
Continue ReadingFarmborough, Somerset (1963)
Ghost who is making a splash. Herald Reporter. Plumber John Kemp does not usually believe in ghosts. But the spooky goings-on in a council house are making him suspicious. Something is making the water overflow
Continue ReadingWellington, Somerset (1977)
Salon where hair stands on end. Staff at a hairdressing salon fear the place may be haunted. Several weird happenings at the New Moon Salon in North Street, Wellington have been enough to make people’s
Continue ReadingTaunton, Somerset (c.1940s)
Uncanny hauntings. Paranormal door-banging. By H.J. Channon. Four years ago I wrote a series of articles for the Herald on uncanny hauntings. One house in particular, not three miles from Taunton, interested me. I got
Continue ReadingWeston, Bath (1973)
When things keep on disappearing… Strange things happen in dustman Paul Beechinor’s terraced council home. He keeps losing things. And he’s a worried man. For he believes they may have been spirited away by poltergeists.
Continue ReadingTaunton, Somerset (1985)
999! A ghost is chasing me… and even the law is spooked. Police couldn’t believe it when a terrified 999 caller pleaded: Help! I’m being attacked by a ghost! PC Bob Corrick dashed to the
Continue ReadingPilton, Somerset (1973)
Pilton’s Ghostly Story. Ghostly footsteps in the early hours of the morning are disturbing a Pilton woman in her 300-year-old cottage. Mrs Hilda Cousins and her husband moved into ‘Tumbledown,’ Mount Pleasnat, 12 months ago
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