A ‘Voice’ From Beyond…? Ghostly knocking noises in a front bedroom have caused a Walsall family to wonder whether their home is haunted by a poltergeist. Recently the police have made an unsuccessful effort to
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Potters Hill, Birmingham (1876)
Stone-Throwing Extraordinary. About a month since, writes a correspondent, one of those unaccountable cases of stone-throwing occurred at a house situate at Potter’s Hill, Aston, and in the occupation of Mr Dolman, coal merchant, causing
Continue ReadingCoventry, West Midlands (1968)
Ghost gets the blame for a blaze. Paul Connew. Barbara Mills knew who to blame when a mystery fire broke out in her kitchen… a mischief-making ghost. Today, 37-year-old Barbara hopes to get rid of
Continue ReadingWolverhampton, West Midlands (1870)
For some days past the household of Mr Newey, pawnbroker, Stafford-street, Wolverhampton, has been affrighted by unaccountable knockings, and other noises in various parts of the house, and, from the inability of the family to
Continue ReadingTipton, West Midlands (1854)
A “Haunted” House. Considerable excitement was created here on Monday and Tuesday by a report that the house formerly occupied by Mr. Hill, ironmaster, and portions of which are now tenanted by two poor families,
Continue ReadingCoventry, West Midlands (1936)
Haunted by a Poltergeist?Here is a ghost story. Two Coventry people were recently introduced to an old gentleman of about 70 years of age. He appeared to be a gentle and benevolent person – as,
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