Queer happenings at a haunted house in Askam. “Happy” Harry Hodgson is searching for a spiritualist to rid his four-roomed 90-years-old home at Askam of the “ghosts” which have been plaguing his family for the
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Shelbyville, Indiana, USA (1900)
A fake ghost alarms and creates a decided sensation in an entire county. Armed men turn out in force to protect a lonely woman who declared her house was haunted. Hair-raising tales of a supernatural
Continue ReadingBoise, Idaho, USA (1973)
Ghost fake, say police. Boise, Idaho (AP) – Police say they have determined that the ghost apparently lurking between the floors at a local home was a hoax. Mysterious rapping sounds at the home of
Continue ReadingWalsall, West Midlands (1995)
Exorcist told to evict ghosts with high spirits. Families in a Midland council tower block have taken desperate steps to evict unwanted tenants by calling in a Ghostbuster. Almost everyone living in Victoria House, at
Continue ReadingNorth Shields, Tyne and Wear (1945)
Girl says ghost hand moved pan. A sixteen-year-old North Shields girl claims that at the week-end she saw a pan of water lifted as if by an invisible hand from a stove to a bench.
Continue ReadingCinderford, Gloucestershire (1999)
Family flee home after ghost terror. By Phil Norris. A family of five have fled their home in the Forest of Dean after being plagued by phantom noises and ghostly apparitions. The Davies family, who
Continue ReadingOver Norton, Oxfordshire (1965)
All so mysterious for the Busbys. Birmingham Post Chipping Norton Correspondent. In the Cotswold village of Over Norton, Oxfordshire – population 450 – tongues have been wagging about the strange happenings in a council house
Continue ReadingCampbeltown, Argyll and Bute (1963)
A ghost on the prowl. I’ll quit town says mother. By Bill Bryant. A woman wants to flee a Scots town because she is convinced her dead mother is haunting her. Thuds in the night
Continue ReadingEast Malling, Kent (1973)
Fred the ghost just won’t budge. One of Britain’s top ghost hunters has been called in by a couple whose council home is haunted by a stubborn spirit. For nearly two years George and Lynda
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“Ghost” baffles police. Tappings in a wall. From our own correspondent. Geneva, Friday. Basle has been excited for days over a supposed haunted house in Utengasse, and crowds have kept watch before the building, in
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