The Capuchins’ Bells. The Rev. A.B. Sharpe entertained his congregation at Manchester with a story of mysterious bell-ringing. Fifteen years ago, he said, some Capuchin monks took a house at Lewes, and were astonished to
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Mundford, Norfolk (1971)
Strange Noises are No Joke at this house. Is someone from the spirit world disturbing the tenants of a Swaffham Rural Council house at Mundford? Mr Arthur Drew and his wife Ellen, who live at
Continue ReadingSherburn House, Durham (1822)
NZ 324 408 Now called Long Myers Farm. A Ghost! A circumstance lately occurred in the house of Mr Jordison, at Longmires, near this city [Durham], which occasioned considerable alarm in his family, and excited
Continue ReadingBurnley, Lancashire (1861)
Pickup Croft was an area of mainly back-to-backs that was demolished for the bus station. https://www.bcthic.org/Articles/Pickup_Croft The Parker’s Arms: https://redrosecollections.lancashire.gov.uk/view-item?i=278747&WINID=1649593680761&key=QnsiUCI6eyJpdGVtX2lkIjpbMjc4NzQ3XX0sIkYiOiJleUp6SWpwYk1Td3lMRFFzTTExOSJ9&pg=1 – so the house is one of those in the photo. Mysterious Window Smashing. An
Continue ReadingYoulgreave, Derbyshire (1901)
Unromantic villagers who objected to the visit of ghost searchers. Youlgreave is a Derbyshire village with a haunted house. Mr and Mrs Johnson lived in it, but they gave it up because the ghost interfered
Continue ReadingLlandogo (Llaneuddogwy), Monmouthshire (1823)
The Christmas Tricks of a Monmouthshire Ghost. To the Editor of the Bristol Mercury. Sir, – In my present excursions in this country, ‘Through land of leeks, with Welshmen sped, From Afon gwy to Dewi’s
Continue ReadingWortley, South Yorkshire (1872)
Extraordinary Scenes At Hezzlehough, Near Wortley. Alleged “spiritual manifestations.” During the past few days the township of Wortley and its immediate surroundings have been much “exercised” over a series of extraordinary and unaccountable manifestations, of
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Spiritual Manifestations in Edinburgh. For the last two months a rumour has been afloat in the north-west portion of Edinburgh that two of the houses in quiet and retired Ann Street are visited by certain
Continue ReadingLiverpool (1835)
A Real Destructive. In the middle of the day, on Wednesday last, the neighbourhood of Trueman-street was in a state of extraordinary excitement, in consequence of an occurrence rather mysterious. The alarm was first occasioned
Continue ReadingSaint-Etienne, Auvergne-Rhone-Elpes, France (1926)
Elusive ghost that throws stones! Family alarmed by nocturnal exploits. From a Gazette correspondent. Paris. Sunday. A family living in a house near St Etienne, in Southern France, has been awakened every night for a
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