Priest called in to chase spooks. Baffled police called in a priest to exorcise a house yesterday after a six-hour bout of the spooks. A series of ghostly attacks had rocked the quiet home of
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Oundle, Northamptonshire (1956)
Ghosts in West Street. by Rex Needle. Nothing is less conducive to thoughts of ghosts and poltergeists than the attractive modern front of a multiple grocery store in Oundle’s West Street. But take a peep
Continue ReadingBattersea, London (1956)
Poltergeist follows me everywhere, says Shirley. Everywhere that 15-year-old Shirley Hitchings goes – so she said yesterday – a poltergeist goes too. You can tell when the poltergeist is there by the tapping…. The tapping,
Continue ReadingPeckham, London (1962)
Larry, The Mischievous Ghost. He started fire in my home, says Mr Stringer. “Evening News” Reporter. Larry, the Easter poltergeist was at work again today in a Camberwell house. Firemen were called for the 12th
Continue ReadingFormby, Merseyside (1985)
Mischievous ghost of Christmas past. Joe Riley with a spine-chilling tale about a poltergeist. Only now can the story be told. Because only now has the poltergeist which brought terror to a group of Formby
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Couple say ghost is firebug. Ronald Atkins and his wife Ethel are certain they know the identity of the firebug who is making their life a nightmare. He’s a ghost, they say. The ghost of
Continue ReadingWeedon, Northamptonshire (1903)
What is described as a “ghost” is said to have made its appearance at a lonely house at Weedon, Northamptonshire. Villagers declare that its knocks are quite audible at night. Coventry Evening Telegraph, 3rd July
Continue ReadingWeedon, Northamptonshire (1950)
Council House “Ghost.” A ghost is reputed to walk at Weedon. Mr C.E. Gibbes told Daventry R.D.C. today that he had been given the definite assurance that a council house, built to fill up a
Continue ReadingEllesmere Port, Cheshire (1988)
The bath that leaked petrol! By Paul Tyrrell. Pensioners Bill and Edie Ithell thought they had struck it lucky when they found their bath was leaking… petrol! But the couple’s hopes of having their own
Continue ReadingPortishead, Somerset (1738)
A Somerset “Witch” Exposed. In view of the examinations which are at present being made at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research, South Kensington, into the mysterious powers of the Roumanian poltergeist girl, Eleonore Zugan,
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