On Jessep McDowell’s farm, concession 15, Raleigh, there have been supernatural happenings of late which have created a great scare among the farmers of the neighbourhood. A reporter yesterday drove out to investigate, and found
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Trillick, County Tyrone (1880)
The Trillick Ghost. On Sunday evening, as Mr Richie Wilson’s house-keeper was proceeding to the byre to milk, a stone was hurled at her heels. Being alarmed, she returned to the house, and, after relating
Continue ReadingMarkinch, Fife (1927)
The Ghost of Markinch Gasworks. From a Markinch reader. For some time past a strange thing has been going on at the gas works in the village of Markinch. There are two stokers employed at
Continue ReadingTir-Phil, Caerphilly, South Wales (1936)
Left House Because of “Ghost.” Weird noises that were unexplained. People in the township of Tirphil in the Rhymney Valley have been startled by a ghost story. A house on the hillside is believed to
Continue ReadingTiree, Argyll and Bute (1928)
Ghost Story from a Small Village. The island of Tiree, off the Argyle coast, is intrigued by strange events in a house in the small village of Scarinish, tenanted by John McDonald, a ship’s carpenter.
Continue ReadingGlyn Abbey, Carmarthenshire (1946)
Trimsaran Mystery. “Ghost” in lone farm. “Spirit” eludes police. The activities of the “poltergeist” of lonely Glasbury Farm, Glyn Abbey, have provided the people of Trimsaran and other neighbouring villages with a seasonable topic of
Continue ReadingBristol (1905)
Haunted Shop. Ghostly noises and visitors to which a Bristol family have become accustomed. Bristol boasts a haunted shop, which is kept by a well-known watchmaker in Regent-street. It is haunted in three ways: by
Continue ReadingMontgomery County, Ohio, USA (1871)
The Spirits Again. The celebrated story of the Cock-lane ghost has recently been eclipsed by mysterious doings at a farm-house in Montgomery County, Ohio. The owner, named Benjamin Stiver, has suffered so much, pecuniarily, from
Continue ReadingWestminster, Maryland, USA (1879)
Possessed by a ghost. Miss Toops, age fourteen, of Westminster, Md., sees at intervals a full-sized ghost – a man with a red face and sandy whiskers. Early in the summer there were rappings and
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Morlaix. Plouneour-Menez. Une ferme hauntee. Au village de Karranborn habite la famille Croguennec. Cette famille habite une tres grosse ferme; sa fortune s’eleve a 16,000 francs de rentes. Or, depuis plusieurs mois, une veritable terreur,
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