Stones fall near a remote farm but the activity soon transfers inside the house. Many objects are moved and hidden and the occurrences seem to focus on the Fishers’ eleven-year-old daughter. A large knife balances on her shoulder and is seen by many people.
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Gustavia, Saint-Barthelemy Island, Leeward Islands (1850)
The Simmons family experience stone throwing and the movement of various items in their house, and are seemingly attacked by something unseen.
A coin appears in response to a policeman’s request.
Scandicci, Florence, Italy (1898)
Spiritualism in the Daily Papers. It is very certain that, as regards the attitude of the Press towards Spiritualism and the publicity willingly given to all matters connected with it, foreign journalism is far ahead
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Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada (1861)
Missiles thrown by Unseen Hands. To the Editor of ‘Light’. Sir, – In connection with the numerous instances of stone-throwing, &c., chronicled in the pages of the Press in various parts of the globe, I
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Kermarc, Plouguernevel, Brittany, France (1876)
France appears to be the favorite country for spirits who like to throw stones, though such phenomena as stone-throwing have occasionally appeared in other lands. Perhaps it pleasingly recalls to the perpetrators of the mischief
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Laroche-en-Brenil, Cote-d’Or, France (1898)
‘L’Echo du Merveilleux’ reprints from the ‘Bien Public,’ a Dijon paper, the detailed account of another ‘Poltergeist’ case. From the 19th to the 27th of March, manifestations of a violent and destructive character have taken
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Nienadowka, Poland (1898)
Notes from German spiritualistic papers. The lonely little village of Niedanowka, in Austria, has become of late the scene of some remarkable manifestations presenting all the well-known features of the ‘Poltergeist’ type. The medium, Johanna
Continue ReadingNimes, Occitania, France (1890)
Missile Throwing by Unseen Hands. V. Flamen, a correspondent of La Lumiere, quotes the following from the Journal de Nimes, under the heading of “Une Maison Mysterieuse”: Mme Hilair, Laitiere, who lives in Rue Turenne
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Great Wheal Alfred, Cornwall (1856)
Thimble Rigging Extraordinary. A Ghost Story and its Denouement. Not very long ago the locality of Great Wheal Alfred was a very fitting one for a Ghost Story. Its untenanted, ruinous engine houses, through which
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George Town, Chennai, India (1916)
We have received from a reader in India (Lt.-Col. S.T. Avetoom) a cutting from the “Madras Mail” giving an account of some poltergeist phenomena which a few weeks ago greatly disturbed the inmates of a
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Bedminster, Bristol (1865 and previously)
A short note of rapping in Bedminster.
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Holyhead, Anglesey (1957)
House of Mystery. Strange steps, whistling, knocks. By a “Daily Post” reporter. Yesterday morning thirty-four-year-old Mrs Helen Painter, of 3 Cybi Street, Holyhead, lost her ninth lodger since September. And Mrs Painter confirms what the
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Perth (1895)
A Perth Mystery. Alleged Spirit-Rapping Investigation by the Police For some time back a rather mysterious affair has been troubling the minds of the inhabitants of Market Street, Perth, and is exciting considerable interest, not
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Baldarroch, Aberdeenshire (1838)
The latest instance of the popular panic occasioned by a house supposed to be haunted, occurred in Scotland, in the winter of the year 1838. On the 5th of December, the inmates of the farm-house
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The Wolstanton Ghost. The peaceable village of Wolstanton, near Newcastle, vulgarly called “Hoositon,” has, the last four or five weeks, been disturbed by a very ill-behaved ghost, which, (it is confidently said.) has been knocking,
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Burma. A True Ghost Story. There is a rather large mat[?] house on 21st Street, Mandalay, which enjoys the reputation of being haunted, several persons having testified to the mysterious sounds which proceed from this
Continue ReadingBethnal Green, London (1964)
The Ghost of E.2 is so well behaved. The Stokes family are really quite fond of their ghost. For 24 years it has haunted their Bethnal Green home and they would miss it if it
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Mystery of the ‘ghost typist’ at Coalville… Is there any explanation for the nocturnal tappings which sometimes can be heard in Coalville branch library? The noises, which were first heard by the cleaner, Mrs D.
Continue ReadingLeighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire (1963)
Things that go bump in the night! The famous ghost that haunted a Leighton motorcycle workshop. If any of the residents of Aveline Court, next to the library, hear things that go bump in the
Continue ReadingPencaitland, East Lothian (1947)
An East Lothian Mansion. Strange happening in late Professor Holbourn’s house. The folllowing article, along with a photograph of the mansion-house referred to, appeared in a recent issue of the “Weekly Scotsman.” The “Ghost” in
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The Ghost Wants To Stay, So A Family Asks For Move. An uninvited guest is forcing a Hartlepool family of seven to sleep in two rooms. And despite all their efforts the Bradys of Erskine
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Casper poses a spooky problem for shopkeeper. By Tom Halstead. When there’s something strange in your neighbourhood, who ya’ gonna call? Ghostbusters! And that’s precisely what the Weekly News did to help Fleetwood shopkeeper Pat
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Where the spirit counter is real… Staff at a Stone supermarket don’t stand a ghost of a chance when Charlie gets up to his tricks. Boxes and money have been sent flying and footsteps sound
Continue ReadingScarborough, North Yorkshire (1989)
Ghostly goings-on of the grey monk. Mystery visits at a school. By Andrew Norfolk. A mysterious monk is being blamed for a series of strange happenings at a Scarborough primary school. Headmaster Mr John Oldfield
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