LVD. In good sooth, I never heard of a merrier Divell [referring to that in Salamanca]: but afore you passe any further, I will tell you of two things which both happened in this same
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Weinsberg, Germany (c.1820s)
(The castle is now known as Burgruine Weibertreu.) George Widemann relates a story concerning Weinsberg, in his Calendar, which Cousins repeats in his Swabian Chronicle: – Several years before the casatle of Weinsberg was destroyed,
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Some Facts Relating To Weinsberg. There is a house at Weinsberg, that, some thirty years ago, was inhabited by a vine-dresser, named Bayer; it had formerly been used as a wine-press, but no traces of
Continue ReadingClamps-in-the-Wood, Derbyshire (1850s and previously)
Berg-geister. – Clamps-in-the-Wood. By William Howitt. It is a curious question to what extent variety of spirits reach in the invisible world. The variety of animated life in the world is infinite, measuring from the
Continue ReadingAstley Abbotts, Shropshire (1950)
Is an Astley Abbotts cottage haunted? The tune ‘December, it always happens in December’ is becoming convincing to the villagers of Astley Abbotts. They are, perhaps, beginning to wonder whether funny things happen every December.
Continue ReadingBlaydon, Tyne and Wear (1901)
“Ghost” hunt near Blaydon. There was an alleged haunted house near Blaydon, occupied by a widow and her family. Sounds of mysterious tappings had been heard recently. Offers to assist the old lady in “laying
Continue ReadingHulme, Greater Manchester (1963)
Alderley Street was in a dense maze of terraced houses – the slums were demolished in the 60s and 70s and replaced by the infamous Hulme ‘Crescents’ (which were once again eventually replaced). Old maps
Continue ReadingLarne, County Antrim, Ireland (1992)
Our most haunted. By Christina McKenna. Shop-owner Anne thought she was going mad. An understandable reaction to the impossible, the bizarre. On a chill November morning in 1992, she’d left home at the usual hour
Continue ReadingLa Perrière, Normandy, France (1846)
An Electric Girl. A curious natural phenomena was brought before the Paris Academy of Science at its sitting of Monday last – it is that of a girl, of but thirteen years of age, who
Continue ReadingMachakos, Kenya (1900s)
Aiimu beliefs. As has been previously demonstrated the part played by the ancestral spirits in the life of the A-Kamba is intensely real, and further research has brought to light several points worthy of notice.
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