Wails of the unexpected… from the Lingwood family who know all about things that go bump in the night! Ugh! Aaargh! The Lingwood household from Lichfield hasn’t a ghost of a chance of forgetting Hallowe’en
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Alton, Staffordshire (1991)
Haunted house happenings spook workers at Towers. Workmen helping to build a new haunted house attraction at Alton Towers are refusing to work after dark – because they believe that real ghosts are on the
Continue ReadingLeacroft, Cannock, Staffordshire (1884)
Mysterious affair at Leacroft, Cannock. Manifestations Extraordinary. Some excitement was caused in the quiet village of Leacroft on Saturday by the report of certain mysterious occurrences which had taken place in the neighbourhood. It appears
Continue ReadingMilwich, Staffordshire (1868)
The Supernatural! A correspondent, living in the neighbourhood of Milwich, has forwarded the following: – The inhabitants of this district, about a mile from Milwich, have been greatly surprised during the last and previous three
Continue ReadingAlsagers Bank, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire (1875)
A Staffordshire Ghost Story. The Staffordshire Times gives to its readers a local ghost story. Considerable excitement has prevailed throughout the neighbourhood of Alsager’s Bank, near Newcastle, for the last three or four weeks, owing
Continue ReadingIpstones, Staffordshire (1913)
Haunted by phantom hound. Huge ghostly dog through which kicks pass unobstructed. Screams and rustling. (From our own correspondent). Matlock, Nov. 13. – Just over the border of Derbyshire, in Staffordshire, at Ipstones, stands a
Continue ReadingRushton Spencer, Staffordshire (1829)
A Haunted House. For some time past, the house of Mr Goodfellow, who resides at Rushton, and near Hug Bridge, on the confines of the counties of Chester and Stafford, has been the scene of
Continue ReadingAnslow, Staffordshire (1912)
Spook on the prowl. Ghostly caller at a farm. Rappings by an unseen hand. A weird “spook” story comes from Anslow, three miles from Burton, and is receiving the close attention of the police, who,
Continue ReadingLichfield, Staffordshire (1978)
Behind the scenes at a dry cleaning shop. The Mystery of Benjie, City’s Friendly Ghost. When the smallest room at a Lichfield dry cleaning shop is engaged, it doesn’t always mean that somebody’s in there…..
Continue ReadingAbbots Bromley, Staffordshire (1856)
Spiritual Manifestations. Abbot’s Bromley and its neighbourhood, especially the “Hurst,” has done something during the last two weeks to render itself notorious as the scene of what the believers in such things call unearthly manifestations.
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