Aspects of Life In Paris. […] I shall not attempt to describe the inhabitants of this zone: any one who has ever gone to Five Points can form a pretty accurate idea of its squalor,
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Worthing, West Sussex (1964)
Promenade. With John Deighton. The festive season is the time for ghost stories… and strange things have been happening at the home of Mrs Beryl France, who lives with her 18-year-old daughter Wendy and her
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Who’s the thing of the castle? Spooked staff blame ghost for creepy happenings at Upnor. By John Plunkett. A ghost is being blamed for some alarming disturbances at Upnor Castle. Spooked security guards can find
Continue ReadingAchindarroch, Highland (1943)
The Haunted Farm-house. Written and illustrated by Alasdair Alpin MacGregor. Few with any appreciable knowledge of Scotland have not heard of Glen Duror, that steep and comparatively short valley running inland from the roadside at
Continue ReadingDisley, Cheshire (19th century?)
From Glossop to Disley and Thereabout. By Oliver Fizzwig. … Farther on my companion pointed out to me a neat white farmhouse by the road side, and known as Hagg Bank. Here many years ago
Continue ReadingSlaithwaite, West Yorkshire (1898)
Slaithwaite’s latest mystery And its solution. There have, in the past, been manifold mysteries in the domain of Slaithwaite, but the one of the past week has broken all records, for the magician has not
Continue ReadingKulutara, Sri Lanka (1928)
The ghost train of Ceylon. Phantoms on line at scene of smash. Incredible stories are told of weird happenings on the scene of the recent railway disaster at Kalutara, about 25 miles from Colombo, when
Continue ReadingBlackheath, London (1948)
Mystery of the Milk Bottle That Hopped. “Evening News” Reporter. Mysterious footsteps in the night, strange rappings on the windows, doors which slowly open and shut, and lights which for no apparent reason are switched
Continue ReadingRochdale, Greater Manchester (1971)
A ‘ghost’ takes to council house. By Ray King. Heavy footsteps marched across the floor of a council house bedroom early today… but the room was empty. Downstairs 18-year-old Bob Stoker, who had been helping
Continue ReadingOngole, Andhra Pradesh, India (1870s)
Chapter 22. In School at Ongole. … A few years ago, when the missionaries returned home from a preaching-tour, they found all the young men and women in the normal and girls’ schools in great
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