Blind city woman says ‘It’s eerie’Switch puzzle scares family. The Newcastle home of a blind woman and her two children has become a house of fear. Strange, unexplained things keep happening to the electric switches
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Jarrow, Tyne and Wear (1930)
“Ghost” signals in Morse. Neighbours hunt for Jarrow spook. Eerie raps. A “ghost” that replies to Morse code signals is alarming and mystifying the Henry Street district of Jarrow. Weird scrapings and rappings are heard
Continue ReadingWillington Quay, Tyne and Wear (1972)
The Haunted Housewife. By Bill Owen. Housewife Janet Yates has a haunting fear of things that go bump in the night. A ghost which she says has been following her for the past eight years
Continue ReadingHeaton, Tyne and Wear (1980)
Haunted house: ghost makes family quit. By Helen Lennox. The ghostly goings-on at 84, Third Avenue, Heaton, are sending shivers down the spines of the Anderson family. The nightmare noises of a child spook are
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