John, 18, gets a spirited welcome. Police have been called in to investigate a series of strange goings on at a Berkshire home. There have been bumps in the night, doors open when they should
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Aynho, Northamptonshire (1953)
“Queeky” haunts this house at Aynho. A poltergeist investigated. Pursuing the recent correspondence on local ghosts “Guardian” reporter J. Cashman accepted an invitation to spend a night in a house at Aynho which is reputed
Continue ReadingSt Ouen, Jersey, Channel Islands (1907)
Vinchelez Manor said to be haunted. Bells ringing and uncanny rapping. (Special to “Jersey Times.”) That an old manor-house should be haunted is, in our matter-of-fact days, considered as only historical romance. Though superstition dies
Continue ReadingNottingham (1921)
Mischievous Spooks. Pranks in Nottingham Tinsmith’s Shop. The Clutching Hand. King Charles’ Officers’ Mess Revisited. In view of the Nottingham Castle ghost story (exclusively given in Saturday’s Evening Post) and the consequent renewed interest in
Continue ReadingLlanblethian, Vale of Glamorgan
I wonder if this is just a story. The Llanblethian Ghost. Llanblethian House is a large roomy old place, at that time occupied by a family named Donne, or, more properly, “Dwn,” of thoroughly
Continue ReadingClonoulty, County Tipperary (1880)
Latter Day Supernatural Pranks. Shakespeare says that “there are more things in Heaven and Earth than are dreamt of in our philosophy,” and that speculative assertion of the immortal Bard receives about an equal amount
Continue ReadingWoodstock, New York, USA (1887)
Haunted houses, or – more correctly speaking – houses reported by superstitious people to be haunted, are to be heard of in many parts of the world; but the manner in which the ghosts are
Continue ReadingNottingham (1887)
Who knows if this is fictional or not. It’s quite detailed if it is. And it’s not particularly like other things I’ve found, although it does perfectly fit the mould. Strange freaks in a Nottingham
Continue ReadingDrinkstone, Suffolk (1912)
Ghost Scare At Drinkstone. Excitement amongst the villagers. “Mysterious” knockings. The “Spirit” laid. The peaceful parish of Drinkstone, with its picturesque surroundings, has during the last week or two been the scene of much consternation
Continue ReadingOpawa, Kamienna Góra, Poland (1930)
Tapping wherever she goes. A mysterious spirit visitation, which has caused tremendous excitement in the village of Oppau, in the Landeshut district of Germany, centres round the nine-year-old daughter of a farmer named Rasche. Wherever
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