A ‘ghost’ snuffs their candle and hurls books. Mr and Mrs Arthur Evans used to think they had one of the quietest houses in the country. But now they say some poltergeist, a ghostly mischief-maker,
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Colchester, Essex (1784)
A very extraordinary circumstance has lately attracted the notice of the inhabitants of Colchester. A widow woman, (Mrs. B.) who kept a farm in the neighbourhood, frequently complained of her house being haunted. Strange noises
Continue ReadingChurchill, Somerset (1871)
Mischievous Freaks. A good deal of excitement and gossip, says a correspondent, has been occasioned in the village of Churchill, in consequence of a report that extraordinary noises had been heard in the house of
Continue ReadingBarnet, London (1926)
Sounds that awed strong men. “Clanking Ghost” outdone. J.P. who saw a “spirit.” The story of the “Clanking Ghost” of Barnet is recalled by Mr Walter Stutters, a Justice of the Peace for Hertfordshire, who
Continue ReadingLlwynypia, Rhondda Cynon Taf (1893)
Strange Story from the Rhondda. A Haunted Cottage. Landlady carried off by a ghost. Interview with the abducted woman. A spectre in moleskin trousers. Great excitement at Llwynypia. Brave footballers frightened. Extraordinary scenes. Great excitement
Continue ReadingChilwell, Nottinghamshire (1837)
Confession of Murder. It has within the last two or three days been made known that John Baguley, aged 70, who died at Chilwell, four miles south of Nottingham, on the 16th inst., confessed on
Continue ReadingMarehay, Derbyshire (1958)
Was Marehay visitant out of this world? Police investigations at “haunted” cottage. Ripley and Alfreton area gossip. Weird and unnerving happenings within its walls have made a tiny cottage in Marehay into a house of
Continue ReadingHighgate, London (1975)
The Posta ghosta in the toasta. By Jack Lewis. Comedienne Adrienne Posta has a ghost in her toaster. She and her husband, songwriter Graham Bonnet, have discovered that their 300-year-old house in Highgate, London, is
Continue ReadingStaten Island, New York, USA (1879)
Admission to see a ghost. To make a round sum in dollars out of an apparition which declines to appear is worthy of Yankee cuteness. Mr Crocheron, of Staten Island has done it – and
Continue ReadingSydenham, London (1939)
“Ghost” visits Norman Long. Norman Long is embarrassed. He is being “haunted.” And the ghost appears to be fond of shaving brushes, for they are whisked away during the night. When he is at home
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