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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Enid, Oklahoma, USA (1922)
Fire-bug Ghost Moves to Oklahoma Town. Mystery Blazes in Room of Invalid. Enid, Okla., March 13. The incendiary ghost of Caledonian Mills, Nova Scotia, appears to have transferred his activities to Alva, Okla. Mystery fires,
Continue ReadingTuolumne, California, USA (1884)
For the past five or six days a continuous bombardment of rocks has been kept up at the Ashe mansion, at the north end of town. Stones as big as one’s fist enter the doors
Continue ReadingTours, Centre-Val de Loire, France (1580)
In the year 1580, one Gilles Blacre had taken the lease of a house in the suburbs of Tours, but repenting him of his bargain with the landlord, Peter Piquet, he endeavoured to prevail upon
Continue ReadingSan Francisco, California, USA (1885)
A Haunted House. The strange noises which harass Sergeant Haggarty nightly. Sergeant P.S. Haggarty, of the police force, is a quiet, peaceable man in his way and not given to complaining of the trials of
Continue ReadingRoxburgh, New Zealand (1878)
Roxburgh (From our own Correspondent). During the past few days nearly every person in Roxburgh has no doubt heard of the “haunted house.” The two storey stone building recently erected for the Roxburgh Ferry Hotel,
Continue ReadingOakland, California, USA (1964)
There’s a Ghost at Work. By Jim Hazelwood. The strange outbreak of falling, flying, cascading objects continued to beset the embattled offices of George H Wheeler today. Items moved on an average of 5 to
Continue ReadingMiddleway, West Virginia, USA (1790)
The New York World Finds a Real Ghost Story. Queer happenings in small town in West Virginia. Priests are often asked if they believe in ghosts. The New York World has printed one which it
Continue ReadingColumbia, South Carolina, USA (1899)
Sportive Spooks. (Atlanta Constitution) Mr John Bauskett of Columbia is a good lawyer of long practice. He was United States commissioner here during the Cleveland administration. He is sedate, quiet and serious, and is one
Continue ReadingMetham, East Riding of Yorkshire (1964)
The Third Dog. Since moving into their home at Metham Hall, near Laxton, East Yorkshire, parts of which are 400 years old, both Mr and Mrs Bill Lewell claim to have heard a ghost on
Continue ReadingAurillac, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (1926)
Scared by “Ghost” Nightly showers of stones on widow’s house. Paris, Saturday. A supposed “ghost” that throws stones has terrorised the village of Roux, near Aurillac. Every night for weeks past the home of a
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