Category: West Midlands

 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

 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

 Medium Investigates Birmingham Cellar Raps. Rappings on the floor of a house in Highfield-road, Washwood Heath, Birmingham, have led to excavations in the cellar, to see if there is evidence of a tragedy it is

 Hissing “Ghost” at Dudley. Chairs hurled across room. Beds shaken. ‘Investigator’ bolts from house. From a Gazette Correspondent. Dudley, Thursday. A Kates Hill family named Hancocks, residing at 16a, Hill-street, in the poorer part of

 Strange Story of a Haunted House. A strange story of a haunted house in the Whitmore Reans district of the town of Wolverhampton is going the round and vouched for as true fact. Some time

 Exorcist told to evict ghosts with high spirits. Families in a Midland council tower block have taken desperate steps to evict unwanted tenants by calling in a Ghostbuster. Almost everyone living in Victoria House, at

Extraordinary Occurrence. The Birmingham Journal says, “A very curious, and, as yet, inexplicable occurrence, has, within the present week, furnished matter for the wonder of our townsmen. On Tuesday, the 28th ult. about half-past 12

 Window Smashing Extraordinary. A Handsworth Bombardment. A singular charge of window smashing was heard at the Handsworth Police Court, before Messrs. J I Parkes and A Pointon, and Dr Parkes, to-day. The defendants were Sidney

 Mysterious Stone Throwing. The idle, mischievous practice of stone throwing has been developed into an art in the unromantic hamlet of Smethwick. These are not days for original ghosts, they have ceased to trouble our