Ghost story leaves power chief in dark. British power chiefs were investigating spooky claims that a radio-loving ghost ran up a huge electricity bill in a haunted terrace house. The big spending spirit turned on
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Braintree, Essex (1971)
Boy ‘Haunted by Evil Spirit’ taken away from home. A boy who was said to have started a £70,000 school blaze while he was possessed by an evil spirit was taken from his home by
Continue ReadingBolton, Lancashire (1962)
It’s time this ghost went west! ‘Kill Croaky off before he wrecks this house completely’ says Brian Northman. If there are such things as timid people in a down-to-earth place like the Lancashire mill town
Continue ReadingEbbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent (1913)
Eerie Visitor. An old-fashioned, but prosaic-looking, house in Victoria-road, Ebbw Vale, is the centre of considerable excitement in the town just at present by reason of talk of mysterious knockings and ghostly visitations. Mrs Williams,
Continue ReadingCradock, South Australia (1887)
The Cradock Ghost Scare. By Kirkham Evans. For more than a month the north has been in a disturbed condition on account of a wonderful ghost story which has been freely circulated through most of
Continue ReadingHorningtops, Liskeard, Cornwall (1969)
‘Ghost’ Drives Out Family. Prayers by Rector. A pair of semi-detached council houses in the hamlet of Horning Tops, near Liskeard, is the scene of strange happenings attributed by the two families concerned to supernatural
Continue ReadingBirmingham, West Midlands (1939)
Medium Investigates Birmingham Cellar Raps. Rappings on the floor of a house in Highfield-road, Washwood Heath, Birmingham, have led to excavations in the cellar, to see if there is evidence of a tragedy it is
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Boy’s Magnetic Power. Mystery of Moving Chairs. Scientists and an “unruly spirit”. Special tests are being arranged at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research, Queensberry Place, London, to find out if little Douglas Drew (8),
Continue ReadingReading, Berkshire (1982)
Electric sparks fly for poor Sonia. by Ray Bryant Everything that Midas touched turned to gold… but Sonia Maslen is not so lucky. Everything that she touches goes bang, and to prove it she can
Continue ReadingDenton, East Sussex (1933)
Eerie vigil at manor house. Family forced to leave haunted home. Noises off. From our special correspondent, Brighton, Friday. Ghost-hunting parties motored to-night to the Downland village of Denton, near Newhaven Harbour, to join villagers
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