The Ile Bizard Ghost. Among the French Canadians there are many traditions of superhuman manifestations, such as that of the Loup-garou or the wehr wolf, the revenant or ghost, the feu follet, Will o’the Wisp,
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Aberdeen (1871)
An Aberdeen Ghost Story. For the past two or three days the north part of Aberdeen has been kept in a state of great excitement by a rumour that a house in Canal Road, Causewayend,
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A ghost in Stockport. Astle-street, off Heaton-lane, is gaining distinction as the home of a ghost. Not the ghost which gradually grows out of nothing, fixes its goggle eyes on a pint mug, points a
Continue ReadingMayfair, London (1939)
‘Ghost’ Plays Jokes. Six years ago Brandon Davies, the picture-dealer with a gallery in Grosvenor-street, Mayfair, crashed mysteriously to his death from a window of his home. After his death his gallery, once filled with
Continue ReadingPietermaritzburg, South Africa (1906)
A Ghost’s Joke. A weird occurrence which happened recently at Pietermaritzburg, Natal, is related by F. W. Fitz-Simmons, of the Natal Government Museum. “One evening a few months ago,” he says, “the door of one
Continue ReadingPeckham, London (1872)
The Peckham Ghost. There have been no more ghostly visitations in the Sumner Road, Peckham, since the recent capture of the mischievous little girl Nolls. Though it is impossible to credit her with all the
Continue ReadingCulpeper, Virginia, USA (1890)
Ghostly phenomena in a house. A special to the New York World, dated Brandy Station, Virginia, Jan. 11, says the people on the plantation of John W. Brooks, near Culpeper Courthouse, have been thrown into
Continue ReadingCrowland, Lincolnshire (1980)
Mother in haunted house explains… Why I won’t give up the ghost. A young Crowland mother is determined not to be driven out of her 18th century home by “spirits” which she believes haunt it.
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Ghost in good spirits. A vicar whose home is haunted by a fun-loving ghost called Fred says the friendly phantom can drop in for a visit any time he likes. The Rev. Brian Butterworth ,46,
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A ghost on the “rampage”. It seems that a widow named Mrs Green, living at Springfield, Kentucky, has for some time past been pestered by the attentions of a ghost, who, with singular bad taste,
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