North of Ireland. A Ghost in Dungannon. Dungannon, Thursday. Some time ago we had a wonderful sensation about the Cookstown Ghost. Here we have had a visit of a somewhat similar nature. In Union-place, Dungannon,
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Kingston upon Thames, London (1875)
Stone-throwing spirits at Kingston. From our special reporter. Kingston-on-Thames, Tuesday night. A paragraph in yesterday’s Daily Telegraph set forth that for a week past numbers of shop windows had been smashed at Hampton Wick by
Continue ReadingInverin (Indreabhán), County Galway (1916)
“The Ghost of Inverin.” If the stories about the terrible persecution of poor Mr Costello and his family, of Bawnrough, Inverin, are true we certainly pity that unhappy family. Needless to say, the snaowball has
Continue ReadingÎle Bizard, Quebec, Canada (1886)
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,
Continue ReadingAberdeen (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
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