Walney Ghost. For several months past, the inhabitants of the southern part of this isalnd have been sadly and seriously alarmed by the apparition of a ghost in the shape of a little fat man
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Bermondsey, London (1872)
A Mystery. Mysterious stone throwing is getting so common a nuisance that it behoves the authorities to use a little more exertion, coupled with a slightly increased modicum of sagacity, to discover the perpetrators of
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Saturday evening usually no doubt has its many little wonders and “scenes,” but it is not often that one comes under one’s notice like that which came under one’s notice like that which came under
Continue ReadingSeghill, Northumberland (1978)
Strange Knockings. After reading J.J. Brown’s letter headed “The night a spirit called,” I found it interesting to know someone else has had this experience also. My wife and I are often awakened during the
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Family in fear of a “spook”. By Tony Robinson. A family are walking the streets at night – because they are scared of a ghost. Wayne Bickerton and his wife, Marie, take their nine-month-old daughter
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Extraordinary Phenomenon. A Copenhagen telegram says – A mysterious occurence in a lonely little spot called Syversrud, in the province of Tolemarken, is attracting the attention of the whole of Noway. On the rocky coast
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The ‘ghost’ haunting a family. A Speke family is refusing to sleep in their four bedroomed council home – because they say it is haunted. Mr Thomas Wright, his wife, Elizabeth, and their six children
Continue ReadingAbingdon, Oxfordshire (1879 and 1891)
A Ghost Story. The attention of the superstitious has been attracted to the phenomena which are declared ever and anon to manifest themselves in one of the Abingdon Alms houses, not indeed in “questionable shape,”
Continue ReadingNewcastle upon Tyne (1964)
Mysterious knocking sounds keep family awake. Vicar prays in house of strange noises. A vicar has said prayers in the house of a Scotswood family of five who are being troubled by mysterious knockings in
Continue ReadingLeeds, West Yorkshire (1930)
Mystery at Hospital. Tappings in the night. Women patients at Seacroft Isolation Hospital have been alarmed recently by mysterious tappings in one of the wards, the origin of which could not be readily discovered. So
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