The Vagaries of a Ghost. Harry Smith and his wife have moved from the Foy homestead, in Church Street, Mount Holly, New Jersey. They say they were forced to move because a ghost objected to
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Braehead, Bridgend, Aberdeenshire (1824)
As we pass Bridgend on the line, we obtain perhaps the best view to be had from the Railway of the village of Longside, teh three churches appearing to the eye in the leading positions.
Continue ReadingSeaton Sluice, Northumberland (1980)
Vicar’s ghost story. A vicar has backed up claims of ghostly goings-on in an old house. Grocer Harry Laidler called in the Rev. Robert Watkins after a “supernatural prank” at his old family home near
Continue ReadingWhitley Bay, Tyne and Wear (1977)
Poltergeist nightmare. Tyneside couple tell of terror. A Tyneside couple talked today of the poltergeist which brought terror to their home. Their ordeal began when a toy donkey glided – unaided – down the stiars.
Continue ReadingNew Hartley, Blyth, Northumberland (1961 and 1974)
When things go bang and knock in the night That’s the trouble with Charlie the ghost. Charlie, a ghost that goes bang in the night, is terrorising families in three houses in Bristol Street, New
Continue ReadingMorwenstow, Cornwall (1948)
Odd happenings in ancient Cornish house. Mystery of old cedar chest. Queer occurrences in an old Cornish manor house have led to efforts to trace the history of a carved cedarwood chest thought to be
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A Haunted Vicarage..? Demolition men hear footsteps where there is no floor. Weird happenings at Calverton’s derelict old vicarage have set two demonlition workmen wondering if there is any truth in ghosts. For more than
Continue ReadingWallsend, Tyne and Wear (1992)
Priests fail to dispell fears. Evil spirits give family bumps in the night. By Graeme Smith. A terrified family called in the Church of England to rid their home of evil spirits. Two clergymen exorcised
Continue ReadingMeoble, Arisaig, Highlands (1867)
Has the bruit and fame of the Meoble ghost, or “goblin damned” rather, yet reached you at Inverness. An ill-natured, uncompanionable rogue, and very strong and substantial withal, is this the same monster apparition, that
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Sweet shop ghost hunt. By Carolyn Thomas. Sinister goings-on involving spooky shrimps at a Truro sweet shop could be linked to the store’s grizzly past. Wendy and Don Brown who run Sweet Inspirations are becoming
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