The haunting Sara’s full of spirit! By Elizabeth Taylor. The owners of a new craft shop in Waterfoot have taken on something they did not bargain for – the ghost of Sara! For David Howarth
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Forster, South Australia (1904)
Mystery of the Mallee. Stones that fell from nowhere. (By a Special Reporter). The haunting fascination of a “spook” or spirit story drives my imagination into realms of wildest fancies. But I could not resist
Continue ReadingCudgera Creek, NSW, Australia (1930)
Cudgera Mystery. Houses bombarded. Stones thrown from hills. Mystery surrounds the throwing of large stones on to the roofs of two houses at Cudgera, on the Tweed – it has been going on for over
Continue ReadingNewcastle, South Africa (1926)
Girl Under A Spell Amazing Witchcraft Story from Natal. Eerie village incidents. An amazing account of the practice of witchcraft in the uplands of Natal, incidents in which are vouched for by white as well
Continue ReadingSwaziland (now Eswatini) (1930s?)
The Mystery of the “Flying Stones” (By “Swazi”) A weird story related by a South African police officer, who, in accordance with Service regulations, wishes his name to be suppressed. The author vouches for his
Continue ReadingTourette-Levens, Alpes-Maritimes, France (1936)
Mystery Stones. French Farm Pelted. “Poltergeist or practical joker?” is the question that the police are trying to solve at a farm outside the village of Tourettes-Levens, near Nice. Stones varying in size from small
Continue ReadingJaipur, India (1938)
Poltergeist at Jaipur, India. Deeds of poltergeist (malicious physical acts by invisible demons) are reported from Jaipur, India, in the Lucknow (India) Pioneer. On a certain site, years ago, many losses were sustained by such
Continue ReadingPelechuco, Bolivia (c.1911)
In the village of Curva, not far distant from Pelechuco, dwell the peculiar Indian gipsies of South America known as Brujas (witches) or Calahuayas. Like the Basques in Europe their origin is lost in the
Continue ReadingHull, East Yorkshire (1936)
“Moth was a sign of death” Hull woman’s remarkable story. Omens of death… queer knockings… “pounds paid to the gipsies”… Such phrases as these formed part of a remarkable story told in Hull Police Court
Continue ReadingDerry / Londonderry (1988)
Ghostly Derry – Things that go bump in the night. … In 1988, [a married couple in a house in the Belmont area of the city] decided to have the house renovated prior to moving
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