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
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Fleetwood, 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
Continue ReadingDungannon, County Tyrone (1875)
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,
Continue ReadingKingston 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
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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
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