An invasion of Ghosts. At this season of the year, when the gigantic gooseberries are out, when the supernatural cucumbers have lost their fascination, and when even a cow with two tails, or a hen
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Warsaw, Poland (1896)
A Tall Story From Russia. If we may trust in the matter the Warsaw Courier, an extraordinary incident has occurred in that city. A lady engaged, through the medium of a domestic servants’ agency, a
Continue ReadingLincoln (1932)
Ghost with a bugle! Alarm at Lincoln. A ghost with a bugle is stated to be haunting a Lincoln house, and so persistent have the visitations become that the occupants are terrified and dare not
Continue ReadingColby, Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria (1888)
A Ghost at Colby. For a week or two past a ghostly apparition has greatly alarmed the inhabitants of the village of Colby, near Appleby. The phantom visitant appears to have laid the scene of
Continue ReadingCastelnuovo Bocca d’Adda, Lombardy, Italy (1895)
Ghosts in a Castle. At a manorial castle near Castelnuovo, says a correspondent of the Daily News in Lodi, there has taken place since August a series of spiritualistic phenomena which has frightened the superstitious
Continue ReadingAfonwen, Pwllheli, Gwynedd (1910)
‘Haunted’ Cottage. Rappings and wailings. Welsh villagers “scared.” The neighbourhood of Afonwen, near Pwllheli is in a state of turmoil (telegraphs a correspondent) owing to mysterious rappings and wailings stated to be heard in a
Continue ReadingWoking, Surrey (1911)
A Woking ‘ghost’. Weird happenings in a local residence. An unsolved mystery. During the past week Woking has been much excited over strange stories of weird noises in a gentleman’s house situate in one of
Continue ReadingLlawr y Glyn (Llawryglyn), Caersws, Powys (1844)
The Tref Eglwys Ghost. About five or six weeks ago, the neighbourhood of Llawrglyn, in the parish of Tref Eglwys, Montgomeryshire, was thrown into a state of alarm by the most appalling visitation that could
Continue ReadingSteelstown, County Derry (1827)
The family of a labouring man, named James Burns, who lives at Steelstown, convenient to the race-course, have been greatly disturbed and annoyed for several weeks past, by a series of occurrences, which it is
Continue ReadingEtherley, County Durham (1865)
A Ghost at Etherley. For some weeks past the inhabitants of the quiet villages of Etherley and West Auckland have been thrown into alarm and excitement by a statement that a ghost is to be
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