New bid to lay ghost of Tedbury Close. A church minister will to-night visit a three-storey block of flats in Kirkby to exorcise a ghost which has been frightening families there. The residents in Tedbury
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Ludborough, Lincolnshire (1785)
The inhabitants of Ludborough, near Grimsby, have of late been alarmed by a house being haunted, somewhat similar to the Cock-lane Ghost, which some years ago made a great noise in London. The only part
Continue ReadingAller, Devon (1963)
A ghost quits newly-weds A ghost who forced a young, newly-wed couple to move out of their flat has now been forced to move out himself. The Bishop of Exeter, Dr Robert Mortimer, held a
Continue ReadingDudley, West Midlands (1954)
Strange events at former inn. Dudley family believes home ‘haunted’. Events during the past five days at a former Dudley public-house, more than 100 years old, have led Mr Arthur Westwood, aged 70, and his
Continue ReadingSmethwick, West Midlands (1975)
Couple defy vibrations. Vibrations that have shaken paintings off walls and cracked the plaster in a Sandwell council home were dismissed as a plumbing fault last night. Mr and Mrs Frederick Salmon, of Linton Close,
Continue ReadingLong Sutton, Lincolnshire (1978)
Sit-in bid to get re-housed. Woman’s haunted home plea. A Long Sutton woman is holding a lonely protest vigil at Spalding Town Hall because she says her house is haunted. Mrs Jean Pentney of 14
Continue ReadingSouth Shields, Tyne and Wear (1964)
Things that go bump. ‘Scared stiff’ family say house is haunted. Things that go bump in the night have upset a family so much that none of them will stay in the house alone. The
Continue ReadingBelfast (1932)
A Belfast “Ghost” Week-end comedy of stalking spirit Posse of powerless police (By a special correspondent). “There is a ghost in a house in Trinity Street, off Clifton Street. The police are there now, keeping
Continue ReadingWorcester (1986)
Professor’s seance is ‘last straw’ for the terrified Olivers. Spook family flee ghostbust official. A terrified family fled their home yesterday after a ghost-busting egghead held a spine-chilling seance with them in a darkened room.
Continue ReadingDublin (1930s and many decades)
The strange goings on at number 7. By Des Ekin. They called it “the most haunted house in Dublin.” And until it was demolished back in 1963, the strange old quayside house at No. 7
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