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
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Ellesmere 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,
Continue ReadingSheffield, South Yorkshire (1938)
Phantom appears in city house. Uncanny happenings in a house in the Greystones road district of Ecclesall, Sheffield, have caused the occupants to wonder if it is haunted. The mysterious, unexplained incidents include the appearance
Continue ReadingHampsthwaite, North Yorkshire (1844)
Country News. Harrogate. Mysterious Affair. The village of Hampsthwaite and its neighbourhood, has of late been thrown into a state of considerable excitement, owing to a report that a farm-house in that neighbourhood, occupied by
Continue ReadingSizewell, Suffolk (1885)
A Sizewell Ghost Story. During the past seven weeks the usually quiet little village of Sizewell has been in a great state of excitement through the stories afloat that a cottage occupied by a man
Continue ReadingBulkington, Wiltshire (1843)
The Bulkington Ghost. In the parish of Bulkington, about five or six miles from Devizes, there is an antiquated building, occupied by an aged couple, named Tuckey Gaisford and his wife, and this antiquated building,
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Ghost Stories. During the last few years, parties have found pleasure in exciting the public mind, by causing certain mysterious circumstances and noises at different times, and have occasionally been too successful. A correspondent has
Continue ReadingLenton, Nottingham (1846)
A Strange Tale. During the last few days, the inhabitants of Lenton have been considerably excited by the circulation of a strange tale amongst them, somewhat similar to the ghost and apparition stories recorded in
Continue ReadingCalcott, Gloucestershire (1880)
A Veritable Big Gooseberry. At Calcott, not very far from this village – a spot well-known to the members and followers of the Beaufort hunt – there resides a labourer blessed with more than a
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