Cranbrook. Mysterious. To the residential inmates of one of our country residences, occupying a pleasant position within Cranbrookian precincts, the past week, and part of the present one, has been a time of curiously mixed
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County Sligo (1881)
To the Editor of the Champion. Sligo, Sept. 21, 1881. Dear Sir, – Allow me, through the medium of your influential journal to call attention to a matter which has lately caused a great deal
Continue ReadingDundee (1936)
“Haunted House” Tenants’ Stories. Heavy footsteps: figure of man on stairs. Mysterious knocks and door that swings open. Remarkable stories of ghostly figures and mysterious footsteps sounding in empty passages were told to the “Evening
Continue ReadingBrixton, London (1876)
A Brixton Ghost Story. A correspondent of the Spiritualist, writing from an address in South London, communicates to that journal the following story, which he adduces as evidence of the reality of spiritual phenomena: –
Continue ReadingOld Wolverton, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire (1890s)
A Stony Stratford Debate. Indigestion or –? “Is there such a thing as a ghost?! This was the subject of a serious debate at a largely-attended meeting of members of the Stony Stratford Literary Society.
Continue ReadingHebden Bridge, West Yorkshire (1859)
Excitement of a most remarkable character prevailed at Hebden Bridge fifty years ago in connection with certain mysterious knockings which were said to have been heard at a well-known residence, both by day and night.
Continue ReadingMorton and Hanthorpe, Lincolnshire (1907)
The Haunted House. A good deal of excitement and curiosity are being caused by a mystery associated with a house at Morton, which is now designated “The haunted house.” For some considerable time, the occupiers
Continue ReadingDvůr Králové nad Labem, Czech Republic (1933)
Town Council Meets in “Haunted House.” Members flee from a ghost. Prague, Friday. When the Commissioner of Police in the town of Dvur Kralove was awakened one night recently by ghostly knocking on his beddroom
Continue ReadingTownshend, Cornwall (1934)
Rappings on the wall. Cornish village’s ghostly story. “Spirit of Mrs Peggy Taylor”. Sounds heard by reporter. Is there a ghost in the little village of Townshend near Penzance? Happenings there have been so strange
Continue ReadingDerry / Londonderry (1908)
Derry’s Haunted House. Mysterious nocturnal noises and ghostly visitants. Inmates make a hurried flit. Popular excitement: police on watch. An extensive section of a thickly-populated district in Derry City has been thrown into a state
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