The Third Dog. Since moving into their home at Metham Hall, near Laxton, East Yorkshire, parts of which are 400 years old, both Mr and Mrs Bill Lewell claim to have heard a ghost on
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Ashton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester (1964)
Who’s that tapping on the stairs? Loud tapping noises, low humming and heavy breathing is making life tedious for Mrs Marion Smout, of Hawthorn Road, Downall Green, near Wigan. For middle-aged Mrs Smout firmly believes
Continue ReadingWestwood, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire (2002)
Ghosts: Woman wants her house exorcised. Sylvia Smith’s house she claims is haunted and inset, the Very Rev Michael Bunker, Dean of Peterborough. “My dead sister seeks revenge” claims woman. By Irena Barker. A city
Continue ReadingTisbury, Wiltshire (1991)
Father-of-five, 62, could find his haunted house is re-possessed. Arthur flees home to escape a ghost. By David Humphrey. Handyman Arthur Maidment is in danger of losing his council home – because of a ghost.
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An Extraordinary Ghost Story from Madeley Wood. In the nineteenth century we have many strange discoveries, new theories started, old ones ridiculed to be re-established by another generation, the greatest assembly of the greatest of
Continue ReadingNear Lerwick, Shetland (c. 1880)
The Weekly Club. “The Weekly Club” is a corner intended to be devoted to the discussion of all matters bearing on the social life, manners, and customs of the people. Ghosts or Witches. Although I
Continue ReadingGray’s Inn, London (1894)
Ghosts in Gray’s Inn. Some weeks ago strange pranks began to be played in certain houses of Field Court – it was when workmen commenced to busy themselves with the wall of an old house
Continue ReadingMold, Flintshire (2001)
Ghostly goings-on force family to move house five times. Warrior spirit haunts couple. By George Tattum. Exclusive. A terrified couple have had their lives torn apart by an evil spirit which has forced them to
Continue ReadingWoodston, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire (1908)
A Ghost Story. (From the Peterborough “Citizen.”) While the people in Woodstone district are still discussing the strange story of the “Lady in Black,” a most detailed and circumstantial account of a wraith which has
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‘My poltergeist isn’t frightening, he’s just a nuisance sometimes.’ Ghost stories do not scare one Peacehaven resident who lives in a haunted house and is quite at home with her poltergeist. When the ornaments move
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