Sea Cadets defy ‘Herbert’ the poltergeist. The Sea Cadet Corps at Thorne, near Doncaster, have no headquarters in what, 125 years ago, was the town’s new 65-room workhouse, because of “Herbert.” “Herbert” is an unknown
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Biggleswade, Bedfordshire (1994)
‘My best friend is a poltergeist’ By Nicola Register. An east London family of five gained a new member when they moved to Biggleswade – in the form of a poltergeist. Things have certainly gone
Continue ReadingWooburn Green, Buckinghamshire (1968)
Poltergeist! Noises in night… chairs tilted. When Buckinghamshire farmer Mr Roy Sutton decided to retire it was love at first sight when he saw the “For Sale” sign outside the centuries-old, multi-timbered cottage at Wooburn
Continue ReadingKennington, Ashford, Kent (1978)
The Popham Poltergeist. He even locks ladies in the bathroom! By Pat Bush. The Popham family think they have upset a poltergeist that inhabits their home in Upper Vicarage Road, Kennington, which they moved into
Continue ReadingLocmalo, Brittany, France (1922)
The house of M. Gueganic, cultivateur, in the village of Locmalo, on the desolate coast of Morbihan, has been visited lately by those spirits whose warped sense of humour leads them to smash windows at
Continue ReadingWilcot, Wiltshire (1620s?)
Another relation in this kind, I have sent me in a letter by an ingenious and learned clergyman of Wiltshire, who had given me the relation before, by word of mouth. It is as follows.
Continue ReadingSalford, Greater Manchester (1921)
“Ghost” that hammers. Salford Householders’ Sleepless Nights. A “ghost” which plays a tatoo on the bedrails and beats a table as a drummer would a drum is causing considerable alarm in Salford. It concentrates its
Continue ReadingMinehead, Somerset (1995)
Police swoop on the furniture phantom. Ghostbuster Bill talks it over with the troubled spirit of 1896. By Andy Smith and Chris Rundle. Halloween came early for Brenda Gracey after a spooky intruder created a
Continue ReadingAspenshaw, Derbyshire (1820s)
“The Ghost of Aspenshaw.” Believers in witchcraft and other kinds of mysterious agencies to bring various causes into effect, are happily not so numerous as evidently they were some 50 or 60 years ago, although
Continue ReadingRochester, Kent (1976)
A ‘Ghost’ Gives Family The Shivers. By Marion Jenkins. A family thought they were imagining things that went bump in the night. But then more and more weird things started happening in the Rochester house.
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