Stick that waltzes baffles the local. Regulars stared, rubbed their eyes and stared and stared again. A walking stick was jumping around their pub. Not only that. Customers at the Cranberry Hotel in Barnsley, Yorkshire,
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Karachi, Pakistan (1951)
House Stoned. The Karachi Police are literally baffled at the 17-day long mysterious phenomenon of stone throwing on the corrugated tin sheet roofs of the residence of Mr Gulam Nabi, Administrative Officer in the Central
Continue ReadingSt Pancras, London (1661)
Mr Andrew Paschal, Fellow of Queen’s College in Cambridge, his narrative of three nights disturbance at his father’s house in Soper-Lane, London, in August, 1661. The first night’s disturbance; There was in family my father
Continue ReadingLittle Burton, Dorset (1677)
(I believe I have the correct place, as it is near Longburton, and near Leigh. It’s not so convincing though, with an actual hammer and actual hammer marks? But the pole story is good). —–
Continue ReadingHuyton, Liverpool (1977)
The ticking ‘ghost’ that drove young couple out. By Mark Thomas. The ticking of a clock began to irritate a young housewife as she decorated her bathroom – because there was no clock in the
Continue ReadingCheltenham, Gloucestershire (1965)
The wall that ticks has them all baffled. A wall that ticks is baffling 21-year-old housewife Mrs Gloria Didcote, the police and local officials. The wall in the sitting room of Mrs Didcote’s home in
Continue ReadingSomerford, Christchurch, Dorset (1972)
Mrs Esther Horlock has put up for five years with the knocking on doors and windows of her council home. She said yesterday: “Sometimes I get so mad I swear at him or shout ‘Come
Continue ReadingTrento, Italy (1955)
Monkey business in bedroom. A circus monkey which has left a trail of disorder since it escaped in Trento, North Italy, last week, invaded a school-mistress’s Alpine home near Trento yesterday. It lined up all
Continue ReadingDallington, Northamptonshire (1988)
‘Haunted house’ ghost spooks terrified pair. A terrified couple claim they are being haunted out of their new home by a noisy spirit. Glenn Pendleton says the ghostly goings on began only hours after he
Continue ReadingBerkhamsted, Hertfordshire (1980)
Family’s nightmare of ‘ghost’ house. Nick Wormley meets the victims of a poltergeist. A Berkhamsted family believe they are sharing their home with a poltergeist which hurls trays and cutlery across the kitchen, turns taps
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