A Muscular Ghost. A painful feeling has been caused in Staten Island by a ghost which has been amusing itself every night by bombarding the houses of unoffending inhabitants with large stones. These mysterious attacks
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Rochester, New York, USA (1849)
The Ghost. We have on more than one occasion given an account of a “knocking” ghost, not unlike our own Cocklane sprite, which has puzzled and continues to puzzle the good people of Rochester, New
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A Circumstantial Ghost Story. A most circumstantial ghost story, which may interest the Psychical Society, is disturbing the mind of New York. The editor of the New York World vouches for the good faith of
Continue ReadingHurdtown, New Jersey, USA (1877)
A Ghost As A Bedfellow. The good people among the hills of Morris County, N.J., have found excitement in the case of a young girl said to be “grievously vexed of the devil,” and whose
Continue ReadingWestville, New Jersey, USA (1956)
Inventor Stoned by “Ghost” A “ghost” throwing stones at an Italian inventor’s home baffled more than 100 police and firemen in Westville, New Jersey, and could not be routed even with machine-gun fire. The barrage
Continue ReadingSyracuse, New York, USA (1884)
A Strange Story. Sort of a meteoric display around the bed of a sick man. A Syracuse dispatch to the New York World says:- Richard Stevens, a well-to-do farmer, who resides with his wife and
Continue ReadingSeaford, New York State, USA (1958)
Flying crockery – ‘it’s magnetism’. After spending 24 hours in the house of “flying furniture” at Seaford, New York State, an observer says he believes he may have solved the mystery. His solution: Two underground
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The Playful Ghost. A remarkable ghost story comes from the town of South Hanover, Massachusetts, where the Rev. Charles F Donohue and his household have fled from the parish house of the Church of the
Continue ReadingByron, Shiawasse County, Michigan, USA (1875)
A Considerate Ghost. There having been stories circulated relating to the “haunted Turner farm,” four miles south of the village of Byron, in Shiawasse County, Mich., a lady from Byron recently visited the locality, and
Continue ReadingBaltimore, Maryland, USA (1874)
The Baltimore American says: – The mysterious case of bell ringing on North Stricker Street excites the interest of the entire neighbourhood. The occupant declares that he and the members of his family have exhausted
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