Poltergeist nightmare. Tyneside couple tell of terror. A Tyneside couple talked today of the poltergeist which brought terror to their home. Their ordeal began when a toy donkey glided – unaided – down the stiars.
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New Hartley, Blyth, Northumberland (1961 and 1974)
When things go bang and knock in the night That’s the trouble with Charlie the ghost. Charlie, a ghost that goes bang in the night, is terrorising families in three houses in Bristol Street, New
Continue ReadingMorwenstow, Cornwall (1948)
Odd happenings in ancient Cornish house. Mystery of old cedar chest. Queer occurrences in an old Cornish manor house have led to efforts to trace the history of a carved cedarwood chest thought to be
Continue ReadingCalverton, Nottinghamshire (1961)
A Haunted Vicarage..? Demolition men hear footsteps where there is no floor. Weird happenings at Calverton’s derelict old vicarage have set two demonlition workmen wondering if there is any truth in ghosts. For more than
Continue ReadingWallsend, Tyne and Wear (1992)
Priests fail to dispell fears. Evil spirits give family bumps in the night. By Graeme Smith. A terrified family called in the Church of England to rid their home of evil spirits. Two clergymen exorcised
Continue ReadingMeoble, Arisaig, Highlands (1867)
Has the bruit and fame of the Meoble ghost, or “goblin damned” rather, yet reached you at Inverness. An ill-natured, uncompanionable rogue, and very strong and substantial withal, is this the same monster apparition, that
Continue ReadingTruro, Cornwall (1999)
Sweet shop ghost hunt. By Carolyn Thomas. Sinister goings-on involving spooky shrimps at a Truro sweet shop could be linked to the store’s grizzly past. Wendy and Don Brown who run Sweet Inspirations are becoming
Continue ReadingThatcham, Berkshire (1984)
John, 18, gets a spirited welcome. Police have been called in to investigate a series of strange goings on at a Berkshire home. There have been bumps in the night, doors open when they should
Continue ReadingAynho, Northamptonshire (1953)
“Queeky” haunts this house at Aynho. A poltergeist investigated. Pursuing the recent correspondence on local ghosts “Guardian” reporter J. Cashman accepted an invitation to spend a night in a house at Aynho which is reputed
Continue ReadingSt Ouen, Jersey, Channel Islands (1907)
Vinchelez Manor said to be haunted. Bells ringing and uncanny rapping. (Special to “Jersey Times.”) That an old manor-house should be haunted is, in our matter-of-fact days, considered as only historical romance. Though superstition dies
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