Misty figure, moans and footsteps in Leicester “haunted house.” Standing in “Anne Boleyn’s Room” in her house at Southfields drive, Leicester, Mrs R.A. Smith described to the Evening Mail today the strange night-time occurrences there
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Bingham, Nottinghamshire (1857)
A Haunted House. In one of the principal thoroughfares of Bingham, Nottinghamshire, stands a dwelling with shop appurtenances, having a ghostly reputation, and though admirably adapted, in point of situation for a commercial vocation, the
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Mystery noises worry woman living alone. Knocks on door – but there is no knocker. Mysterious bangings on the front door of the cottage where she lives alone in Widdington main street have been worrying
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A Ghost Wrecks His Home. A police guard and fireworks have not been effective in putting an end to “phenomena” which are gradually wrecking the home of Senor Jose Pereira in Sao Paulo. It all
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A ghost who switches on the tv set. Two policemen and a spiritualist spent a night in a haunted house last night, investigating the case of a noisy ghost. The ghost switches on the television
Continue ReadingNewburgh, New York, USA (1879)
A Genuine American Ghost Story. Newburg, N.Y., February 11th. Sarah Maria Williams, six months ago died suddenly in the place known as Williamsburg and Pochuck, two miles south-west of this city. Her husband, Noah Williams,
Continue ReadingVallecita, California, USA (1859)
A Californian Ghost. There has been much excitement at Valetto about a noisy ghost which haunts a house there. A number of armed men have watched night after night for the supposed humbugger, but have
Continue ReadingHinton Ampner, Hampshire (1770)
A Hampshire Ghost Story. The existence of the following narrative is alluded to in the recently published life of the Rev. Richard Barham, but the version therein is incomplete, and consequently erroneous in some particulars.
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A ghost story. A few days ago, at the Birmingham Police Court, Charles Haines, zinc-worker, Watery Lane, appeared to answer a summons charging him with doing wilful damage to the amount of 1s 6d, by
Continue ReadingRiber, Derbyshire (1840)
A ghost. The good people of High Lees [Leas?] near Cromford, and its vicinity, have for some time past been horrified by a report of certain pranks played by some unearthly visitor, at and about
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