Town Talk. By “The man in the street.” Cleethorpes can now be considered quite up-to-date. It has got a ghost. A lady living on the Kingsway was so disturbed the other evening by weird rat-tats
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Chatham, Kent (1940s and 50s)
‘Ghosts’ drive woman from her home. Families disturbed at night by mysterious noises. Do you believe in ghosts? No! Then find some other explanation for phenomena which have driven a Chatham woman away from her
Continue ReadingCallington, Cornwall (1937)
(This has a kind of squatchy vibe, but also sounds coming from different areas and the sound of stones on a roof… it surely has poltergeist-like features reported? and the knockers are of course rather
Continue ReadingMilan, Lombardy, Italy (1921)
The Dancing Picture. Strange Tricks in a Haunted House. Milan, August 15th. Troops were called out on Tuesday night to reduce to order peasants who were engaged in a faction fight. The disturbance took place
Continue ReadingBallymakea, County Clare (1946)
Case of a cheeky poltergeist. Throws butter around. A farmhouse in the Ballymakea district of Mullagh, County Clare, is having poltergeist trouble. If the poltergeist doesn’t go, a full clerical investigation is to be made.
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Couple plagued by poltergeist. Calling all ghostbusters. By Lisa James. Terrified Paul Bignall is appealing for help to put an end to spooky goings on at his home. Paul (30) is convinced he shares his
Continue ReadingKnowle St Giles, Somerset (1879)
A Haunted House. In March last [sic] an old man named Churchill was murdered in a cottage near Chard. For some time after the execution the building remained uninhabited, but at length it was let
Continue ReadingCalcutta, India (1909)
Mysterious manifestations in a haunted house. (Here is the introductory letter from Babu Amita Lala Dasa of 29, Kankurgachee Road, (Harrison Road P.O., Calcutta,) with which he sends the further instalment of the interesting account
Continue ReadingGwynedd, Pennsylvania, USA (1886)
A dancing dish sensation. Mysterious agency working havoc among the crockery ware. Some odd manifestations. (Philadelphia “Record.”) A most curious state of affairs exists at present in the household of F.D. Worley at Gwynedd, Montgomery
Continue ReadingBangor, County Down (1952)
Poltergeists in Bangor. Weird Experiences of a local businessman. Locked doors open – footfalls on the stairs. This week I met a Bangor business man who lives in a house whose locked doors open by
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