The Rev. William Ker lived in the parsonage of St Martin’s church, Tipton. Stone throwing and other manifestations. By the Rev. William Ker. Perceiving that many papers have appeared lately in your Magazine upon the
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Upper Gornal, West Midlands (1985)
Dr Spook goes a-haunting. Nick Parker. Brickies on a Black Country building site are getting the shakes… from a ghostly doctor! Workmen restoring an 18th century house in Upper Gornal are being plagued by a
Continue ReadingCoventry, West Midlands (1930)
Phantom Night Visitor. Tale of Haunted House in Midlands. Strange tappings and a phantom figure stated to have been seen in the middle of the night, have terrified a family occupying an old Coventry house
Continue ReadingCradley Heath, West Midlands (1997)
Open day visitors face spooky time. By Dale Williams. Visitors to an open day at one of Sandwell’s oldest and most reputedly haunted houses could get more than they bargained for – with a host
Continue ReadingWalsall, West Midlands (1996)
Saddlers ghost boy mystery. By Nick Pullen. Mystified staff at Walsall Football Club are trying to trace the identity of an unexplained signing spotted wandering around Bescot Stadium. Several members of the catering department have
Continue ReadingWolverhampton, West Midlands (1983)
‘Poltergeist’ puts young mum to flight. A young Black Country mother says she has been forced to flee her home because of a poltergeist. Now Mrs June Zachariasz aged 21, refuses to return to her
Continue ReadingShard End, Birmingham (1996)
Boy’s terror in house of the vampire. A six-year-old boy has fled his Birmingham home because he believes a ghostly woman and her little girl are haunting him. Terrified Adam Hemming has refused to set
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Mystery force drives family from their home. A terrified Birmingham family have fled their home and moved in with neighbours because, they claim, a poltergeist began wrecking their possessions. They say a strange force disrupted
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Jewel case bail. Stephanie Wickenden, 22, of 119 St Johns Road, Tunbridge Wells, who is pleading not guilty to dishonestly assisting in the removal and disposal of stolen jewellery between January 22 and February 9,
Continue ReadingNailcote House, Coventry, West Midlands (1938)
Probing the secrets of Old Nailcote House. Where queer things happen There was once a murder here! Is this Elizabethan house haunted? Standing alone, ivy-clad and mysterious, behind a barrier of trees which almost obscure
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