Visitations from a ghost. Merthyr family’s claim. “Lady in white” takes money. Twenty-four-year-old David Jones and his wife, Mrs Dilys Jones, with their 18-months-old child, have left their home at 8, King Street, Caepantywyll, Merthyr,
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Llangynwyd, Bridgend (1800s)
The Ghost of Pentre. (Pentre farm is but a short distance to the north-west of the Parish Church). At the beginning of the present century there was quartered at Pentre Farm house, then occupied by
Continue ReadingTreherbert, Rhondda Cynon Taf (1992)
Family Spooked By Ghost. Ghostly happenings have finally driven a family from their home. Terrified Kathryn Meredith says she and her children were frightened by: A ghost on a bed; Farm animals in the garden;
Continue ReadingMerthyr Tydfil, South Wales (1861)
The second [story of three] is to the effect that the wife of a respectable innkeeper in this town died not long ago, and that at a certain hour the bells of the inn ring
Continue ReadingCymmer / Cymer, Neath Port Talbot, South Wales (1907)
Haunted Cymmer House. Furniture on the move: Crockery mysteries. Strange happenings are reported in a workman’s dwelling at Gelli Cottages, near Cymmer, Maesteg. The tenant, a respectable working man, and his wife, have repeatedly heard
Continue ReadingBlackwood, South Wales (1907)
A Haunted House. Strange sounds in a Blackwood Dwelling. For some time past singular sounds have been heard in a house adjoining High-street, Blackwood, which is tenanted by Mr. and Mrs. Young and their child.
Continue ReadingCoedkernew / Coedcernyw, Newport, South Wales (1904)
“Ghost at a Farmhouse” A Village Scare. Inhabitants of Coedkernew, a village pleasantly situated between Newport and Cardiff, are greatly agitated by the stories of a ghost which is said to have taken up its
Continue ReadingSenghenydd and Abertridwr, Caerphilly, Wales (1906)
A Haunted Man. Weird story of spirit rappings at Senghenydd. A weird, flesh-creeping story of spirit rapping comes from Senghenydd. James Craze, a collier, married, with two children, seems to be followed by the spirit!
Continue ReadingLlanhilleth, South Wales (1928)
Woman assaults man. Mary Magg (49), married, Llanhilleth, was summoned for assaulting George Herbert Dyer, collier, Llanhilleth, on March 7th. Prosecutor said that defendant struck him in the face and also spat in his face,
Continue ReadingSwansea, South Wales (1887)
Manifestations at Swansea. A Calvinistic Methodist Minister and a Supposed Ghost. A correspondent writes: – For several days past great excitement has prevailed among the Calvinistic Methodists of a large portion of South Wales respecting
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