Mischievous Spooks. Pranks in Nottingham Tinsmith’s Shop. The Clutching Hand. King Charles’ Officers’ Mess Revisited. In view of the Nottingham Castle ghost story (exclusively given in Saturday’s Evening Post) and the consequent renewed interest in
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Llanblethian, Vale of Glamorgan
I wonder if this is just a story. The Llanblethian Ghost. Llanblethian House is a large roomy old place, at that time occupied by a family named Donne, or, more properly, “Dwn,” of thoroughly
Continue ReadingClonoulty, County Tipperary (1880)
Latter Day Supernatural Pranks. Shakespeare says that “there are more things in Heaven and Earth than are dreamt of in our philosophy,” and that speculative assertion of the immortal Bard receives about an equal amount
Continue ReadingWoodstock, New York, USA (1887)
Haunted houses, or – more correctly speaking – houses reported by superstitious people to be haunted, are to be heard of in many parts of the world; but the manner in which the ghosts are
Continue ReadingNottingham (1887)
Who knows if this is fictional or not. It’s quite detailed if it is. And it’s not particularly like other things I’ve found, although it does perfectly fit the mould. Strange freaks in a Nottingham
Continue ReadingDrinkstone, Suffolk (1912)
Ghost Scare At Drinkstone. Excitement amongst the villagers. “Mysterious” knockings. The “Spirit” laid. The peaceful parish of Drinkstone, with its picturesque surroundings, has during the last week or two been the scene of much consternation
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Tapping wherever she goes. A mysterious spirit visitation, which has caused tremendous excitement in the village of Oppau, in the Landeshut district of Germany, centres round the nine-year-old daughter of a farmer named Rasche. Wherever
Continue ReadingCranbrook, Kent (1896)
Cranbrook. Mysterious. To the residential inmates of one of our country residences, occupying a pleasant position within Cranbrookian precincts, the past week, and part of the present one, has been a time of curiously mixed
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To the Editor of the Champion. Sligo, Sept. 21, 1881. Dear Sir, – Allow me, through the medium of your influential journal to call attention to a matter which has lately caused a great deal
Continue ReadingDundee (1936)
“Haunted House” Tenants’ Stories. Heavy footsteps: figure of man on stairs. Mysterious knocks and door that swings open. Remarkable stories of ghostly figures and mysterious footsteps sounding in empty passages were told to the “Evening
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