Fire station opens without the ghosts. Perry Barr. Perry Barr’s new fire station was officially opened on Tuesday – a builind which the firefighters hope will not plague them with as many supernatural experiences as
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Ladywood, Birmingham (1955)
Have YOU the guts to live in this house? By Derek Agnew. To let: Pleasant three-bedroom house. Older type but newly and tastefully decorated. All mod. con. Ample storage room incl. cellar. In quiet road
Continue ReadingBirmingham (1974)
‘Sense of evil’ in a baby’s bedroom. Footsteps and noises in night. Four priests and a psychic research team have been called in to lay the ghost of Hagley Road. A series of inexplicable events
Continue ReadingDudley, West Midlands (1954)
Strange events at former inn. Dudley family believes home ‘haunted’. Events during the past five days at a former Dudley public-house, more than 100 years old, have led Mr Arthur Westwood, aged 70, and his
Continue ReadingSmethwick, West Midlands (1975)
Couple defy vibrations. Vibrations that have shaken paintings off walls and cracked the plaster in a Sandwell council home were dismissed as a plumbing fault last night. Mr and Mrs Frederick Salmon, of Linton Close,
Continue ReadingBalsall Heath, Birmingham (1991)
Vicar called in as ghost scares family. By Liam Tully. Ghostly goings-on in the attic have terrified a Birmingham family. Sheila Deakin said the nightmare on Edgbaston Road, Balsall Heath, started five weeks ago after
Continue ReadingErdington, Birmingham, West Midlands (1991)
The Ghost Busters. Roy the randy poltergeist is frightened off. Our poltergeist actually tries to get into bed with Margaret and me. Robin Furman leads Britain’s only amateur spook squad. Today, in the first of
Continue ReadingCoventry, West Midlands (1973)
Ghost of Hill Side council house. A young Coventry couple have left their home and abandoned all the furniture inside because they claim it is haunted. After a week of what they describe as “terror
Continue ReadingNorthfield, Birmingham (1990)
Riddle of city haunted houses. Three terrified Birmingham families who fear they are being plagued by poltergeists have called in a priest to unravel the mystery of their haunted houses. All the homes are built
Continue ReadingBirmingham (1870)
A ghost story. A few days ago, at the Birmingham Police Court, Charles Haines, zinc-worker, Watery Lane, appeared to answer a summons charging him with doing wilful damage to the amount of 1s 6d, by
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