A Brixton Ghost Story. A correspondent of the Spiritualist, writing from an address in South London, communicates to that journal the following story, which he adduces as evidence of the reality of spiritual phenomena: –
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Old Wolverton, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire (1890s)
A Stony Stratford Debate. Indigestion or –? “Is there such a thing as a ghost?! This was the subject of a serious debate at a largely-attended meeting of members of the Stony Stratford Literary Society.
Continue ReadingHebden Bridge, West Yorkshire (1859)
Excitement of a most remarkable character prevailed at Hebden Bridge fifty years ago in connection with certain mysterious knockings which were said to have been heard at a well-known residence, both by day and night.
Continue ReadingMorton and Hanthorpe, Lincolnshire (1907)
Invisible Rappers. A house at Morton, near Bourne, Lincolnshire, has lately been known locally as “the haunted house.” For some time, it is alleged, the occupiers have been disturbed at nights by unaccountable rappings at
Continue ReadingDvůr Králové nad Labem, Czech Republic (1933)
Town Council Meets in “Haunted House.” Members flee from a ghost. Prague, Friday. When the Commissioner of Police in the town of Dvur Kralove was awakened one night recently by ghostly knocking on his beddroom
Continue ReadingTownshend, Cornwall (1934)
Rappings on the wall. Cornish village’s ghostly story. “Spirit of Mrs Peggy Taylor”. Sounds heard by reporter. Is there a ghost in the little village of Townshend near Penzance? Happenings there have been so strange
Continue ReadingDerry / Londonderry (1908)
Derry’s Haunted House. Mysterious nocturnal noises and ghostly visitants. Inmates make a hurried flit. Popular excitement: police on watch. An extensive section of a thickly-populated district in Derry City has been thrown into a state
Continue ReadingManchester (1929)
Haunted House. Weird experience of tenants. Cats vanish in thin air. Stories of weird happenings in a Manchester house were told to a “Press and Journal” representative last night. Amazing happenings which the tenants allege
Continue ReadingShepherd’s Bush, London (1909)
Mystery of Bells. Uncanny ringing puzzles a London household. Police search futile. From the tenants of a house in Shepherd’s Bush (West London), The Weekly Dispatch received a narration of [illegible] ringing of bells, which
Continue ReadingKilburn, London (1949)
Shoes that walk alone. A shop of odd fear. In a very ordinary street in Kilburn, London, is a shoemaker’s shop where shoes walk – without feet in them. That’s not the only strange thing
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