Flying pots terrify holiday hamlet. From John Sampson. New York, Sunday. Flying saucers – not to mention flying cups, glasses, pots and pans – were terrifying 300 residents of a summer resort called “Resthaven” today.
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Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire (1938)
Tells court of the ghost with a laugh. The ghost with a nasty laugh… with Christmas at hand this sounds like just another ghost story, but it was, in fact, told by a man in
Continue ReadingBallyward, County Down (1953)
Co. Down family not annoyed by its ghost. Footfalls were so loud, they wakened baby. By Frontier Sentinel special representative. Ballyward, midway between Banbridge and Castlewellan may not be a hamlet of any great fame
Continue ReadingBetws-y-coed, Conwy (1862)
Popular superstition in Wales. To the Editor of the North Wales Chronicle. [Ghost] number two is much more extraordinary, and requires a longer description. The occurrence took place some years ago near to Bettws
Continue ReadingBen Alder, Highlands (1951)
There is the story of the haunted cottage of Benalder. The stalker who lived there hanged himself on his front door, and there were accounts of ghostly trampings and apparently supernatural noises which had disturbed
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Uncanny experiences at Cardiff. Now that the Kidwelly “ghost” seems to have gone to his rest Cardiff comes along with one equally lively visitant. For reasons that are quite sound names and addresses may not
Continue ReadingParay-le-Monial, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France (1927)
Beds that walk. Remarkable occurrences in “haunted” house. Paris, Tuesday. Beds that walk about the house, vases that break themselves against the wall, keys that disappear and reappear, apples and bread that leap off their
Continue ReadingFleetwood, Lancashire (1946)
Queer noises in house. Spiritualists’ help sought by two ex-service sisters. On Wednesday night, in a house in Fleetwood, I heard sounds – rappings – said to be a poltergeist at work. By which I
Continue ReadingNorthfleet, Kent (1965)
Ghost faces eviction – by the council. Fear of a ghost split up the Maxted family… Mum and Dad each went off with two of their four children to stay with different relatives. “We could
Continue ReadingPilton, Somerset (1973)
Pilton’s Ghostly Story. Ghostly footsteps in the early hours of the morning are disturbing a Pilton woman in her 300-year-old cottage. Mrs Hilda Cousins and her husband moved into ‘Tumbledown,’ Mount Pleasnat, 12 months ago
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