House for sale, ghost included. Borderlanders in Southern California have been watching, via news items, the progress of a poltergeist phenomenon in the town of Yucaipa. We have lectured there several times on Flying Saucers,
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Cumminsville, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA (1870)
Stones thrown by spirits. Andrew Streit, says the Cincinnati Gazette, is the name of a moderately well-to-do farmer who resides near Cumminsville, on the western side of that limpid stream, Mill Creek, and who is
Continue ReadingSouth of Savannah, Georgia, USA (1911)
A Poltergeist from Georgia. Thomas Hart Raines, M.D. The astonishing phenomena of the poltergeist variety that disturbed the little village of Llanarthney in South Wales, in December of 1909, have been repeated, to some extent,
Continue ReadingLancaster, New Hampshire, USA (1818)
The Farrar House Mystery. The house in which the following remarkable event occurred, was situated on the spot where the Catholic parsonage now stands, and was known as the Farrar house. It is ony a
Continue ReadingHonolulu, Hawaii, USA (1908)
Punchbowl ghost excites wonder. Spiritualists declare girl is instrument of spirit. A ghost, a thirteen-year-old girl, and a large bunch of spiritualists are having the time of their lives on Punchbowl this morning. The ghost
Continue ReadingFar Rockaway, New York, USA (1892)
Rockaway’s Ghost. It is addicted to smashing plate glass. A family terrified by threatening demonstrations in a lawyer’s country villa. The neighbours of the opinion that it is not a genuine spook. Most people consider
Continue ReadingBrooklyn, New York, USA (1879)
Trying to trap the ghost. Six days and nights of terror in a Brooklyn tenement. Listening to the profane and vulgar voice coming from the scuttle. Mrs Scott’s vain attempt at moral suasion – A
Continue ReadingChico, California, USA (1922)
Police Seek Phantom Rock Hurler. Stones rain on local warehouse. Passerby hit by steady barrage. Marshal J.A. Peck and other local police officers yesterday renewed a search, which has been in progress for the past
Continue ReadingJonesville, Virginia, USA (1938)
Jonesville. Va., Dec. 23- ‘Bouncing Bed’ and Girl Who Continue to Quiver and Quake Despite Change in Quarters Baffle University Professors. A change in quarters for 9-year-old Bertha Marie Sybert, failed to interrupt or shed
Continue ReadingTrumann, Arkansas, USA (1941)
This is written rather like a story? Joking Ghost is Making Boy’s Life a Misery. From a New York Correspondent. A mysterious, unseen knocker has disrupted the home and school life of 11-year-old Loros Elledge.
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