The Camblesforth Boggard. During the last week the peaceable village of Camblesforth, near Selby, has been kept in a state of the greatest excitement by the alarms created in a most unaccountable manner, in the
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Buckinghamshire (1892)
Local ghost stories and strange happenings. E. G— says: Within an hour and a half’s easy walk from Buckingham Town Hall stands my house, and its living persons comprise self, wife, and children . About
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Haunted houses are going out of fashion even in periodicals brought out especially for Christmas – a period of the years when stories of the kind used to be far more plentiful than they are
Continue ReadingWoolton, Liverpool (1974)
The ghost walks in Quarry Street. Ambulancemen tell of terror in training room. Story by Steve Oldfield. Pictures by Eddie Barford. Ambulancemen, who reckoned they had seen it all, are having to face up to
Continue ReadingLiverpool (1971 and long term)
Waiting for a ghost. By Chris Oxley. All last night, I sat up waiting to meet the ghost of Penny Lane. But he didn’t keep the appointment. With floorboards for a bed and a plank
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Ghost Watch at Haunted Cottage. Two amateur ghostbusters are trying to hunt down a spook said to be haunting a house in Derbyshire. Tony Dawson (30), of Ashbourne, and Clive Toppliff (24), of Mayfield, have
Continue ReadingHuyton, Liverpool (1977)
Bogeyman scares a family. A chilling series of strange coincidences… By Mark Thomas. The bogeyman in two-years-old Bobby Higgins’ bedroom is a bit different from the ones most toddlers live with – for he has
Continue ReadingHartshill, Warwickshire (1954)
Christmas Ghost Story from Hartshill. Footsteps up and down stairs, but no one there! If there is one thing people like at Christmas, it is a good ghost story. Most districts have their own stories
Continue ReadingEly, Cambridgeshire (1950)
Night nurse mystery. In 1950, I was stationed at an RAF Hospital, in Ely. As duty officer, I was completing a routine night patrol of the building when, to my surprise, I met a nurse.
Continue ReadingMoulton, Lincolnshire (1985)
Baker’s ghost still walks… Reporter: Sarah Crew. Garage boss Barry Willson didn’t believe in ghosts before he moved into his Moulton workshop. But now he is convinced the ghost of a baker who hanged himself
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