Old hat factory ghost reappears – 34 years after exorcism. Workers at a Bedworth engineering firm are convinced their factory is haunted. A shadowy figure has been seen numerous times at G.H. Wilson Engineering in
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Kenilworth, Warwickshire (1907)
An invisible ghost. To the editor of “The Referee”. Sir, – When I married in 1889 we went to live in a very pretty creeper-covered cottage in the Kenilworth district – a fuller description might
Continue ReadingHartshill, Warwickshire (1954)
Christmas Ghost Story from Hartshill. Footsteps up and down stairs, but no one there! If there is one thing people like at Christmas, it is a good ghost story. Most districts have their own stories
Continue ReadingBedworth, Warwickshire (1929)
The Haunted House Strange happenings in a Warwickshire parish. (From a correspondent). Unaccountable knockings and noises, the appearance of an apparition, and at frequently recurring intervals an atmosphere of the supernatural, is the experience, and
Continue ReadingLeamington Spa, Warwickshire (1972)
Leamington family flee from ‘presence’. A mother and daughter fled terrified from their Leamington terraced home at midnight after strange footsteps, bangs and crashes echoed round the house. The woman believes there is an “evil
Continue ReadingBroom Court, Bidford on Avon, Warwickshire (1869)
Mysterious Circumstance. Broom Court, the residence of John Lane, Esq., has for some days past been the scene of considerable excitement in consequence of the mysterious ringing of the bells of the house. Many strange
Continue ReadingDordon, Warwickshire (1980)
Couple say: ‘We’ve been driven from home’. Ghost – or just a grudge? A young Dordon couple claim they have been driven out of their home by an unfriendly ghost. Mr Tony Sweet and his
Continue ReadingColeshill, Warwickshire (1878)
A “Ghost” In A School. Considerable gossip and many strange rumours have lately been afloat in a small town not a hundred miles from Coleshill, owing to a highly-respectable and flourishing ladies school in its
Continue ReadingWormleighton, Warwickshire (1857)
Ghosts and their doings. For the last two or three weeks considerable excitement has prevailed in and around Wormleighton in consequence of a very generally-received rumour that Mr Thursby’s house in that village was haunted,
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