Green Street “Ghost” Riddle
Little girl in old town noises mystery
Stories are being told in Old Town of the Green Street “Ghost,” which, according to statements made to a “Herald” reporter this week, manifests itself by making eerie knocking noises in one of the living rooms of a house in that road.
The family occupying the house have lived there for about a year, and are understood to be contemplating leaving it because of the “ghost’s” activities.
Here are the facts of the case, as collected and checked by the “Herald” reporter:-
Noises were first heard in the house soon after the present family went to live there and it was eventually noticed that they occurred only when one of the children – a girl of under ten – was in a particular room.
Well-known tradesmen in Old Town were asked to investigate the mystery. One of them says that he sat in the same room with the little girl when suddenly there were knocking noises and the girl jumped up as if she had touched a live electric wire.
The noises resembled the poundings of a heavy iron weight on the floor boards of the room in which the girl was sitting. The investigator pulled up some of the floor boards, but could find nothing to explain the knocking.
Another tradesman went to the house and he also states that knocking noises were audible. He tested the water pipes, to see if the noises originated there, but it was found that that was not the source.
A retired police officer was also invited to see if he could solve the mystery. After a close examination of the house and the room in which the little girl was sitting he confessed himself baffled.
Eastbourne Herald, 3rd February 1940.
Green Street “Ghost” Story Sequel.
There has been a sequel to the Green-street “ghost” story which was told by a “Herald” reporter in last week’s issue. It will be remembered that strange knocking sounds were stated to have been heard in the house whenever a little girl of nine, one of the family living there, was in a particular room. Because of the noises the family were reported to be contemplating leaving the house.
This week they left.
Eastbourne Herald, 10th February 1940.