This was the finest job I ever had, a roving commission to travel all over Peru and examine everything that looked like a mine… I was twenty-seven years old when I got this promotion, and
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Albouystown, Georgetown, Guyana (1913)
Haunted House Nightly Fusillade of Bricks and Bottles Detectives baffled. Pelted at by some unknown person or persons with jugs and bottles as the residents at lot 23 Hogg Street, Albouytown [sic] have been for
Continue ReadingPort of Spain, Trinidad (1919)
A Mysterious Affair. Mysterious Stoning. The police at fault. Considerable excitement prevailed in Dundonald Street on Tuesday evening when it became known that a house was being pelted with stones and nobody was able to
Continue ReadingKing’s Lynn, Norfolk (1929)
The Figure In White. Mysterious happenings at King’s-avenue, Lynn. What is the solution? At a quiet little house – 3, King’s-avenue, Lynn – mysterious happenings are reported to have occurred during the past ten days.
Continue ReadingMilnrow, Rochdale, Greater Manchester (1995)
It’s been raining every day for 10 months – claim. Vicar called to a home that leaks. By John Ripley. It’s been raining in every day for the past 10 months for the Garner family.
Continue ReadingPenyrheol, Caerphilly (1994)
The Haunting. Priests offer to stay the night in house of ghostly happenings. Two priests have offered to spend a night in a ‘haunted house’ to find out what is going bump in the dark.
Continue ReadingNelson, Lancashire (1950s)
Letters to the Editor. The Strange Things Which Happened in Clayton St. Sir, – I was very interested in Geoffrey Mattock’s account of local ghosts, and I would like to give the readers of the
Continue ReadingCardiff (1922)
“Ghost” Reconstructs a Crime. A Cardiff Scare. Spook makes gutteral noise. The latest ghost story comes from Cardiff. Five years ago a young woman was murdered in Bute-rd. The murderer got away and has never
Continue ReadingRaia, Goa, India (1880)
Superstition at Goa. The Ultromar devotes two columns of its space to narrate the exploits of a supposed devil, who threw stones over the roof and inside the building, and painted ugly figures on the
Continue ReadingIllies, County Donegal (1904)
Thefts attributed to spirits.Police and peasantry in County Donegal are actively searching for a mysterious thief. The whole countryside in the Illies district near Buneran [Buncrana?] is interested, its imagination has been aroused, and it
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