Strange story from Llanwyno. Reported ghostly visits. The ancient parish of Llanwyno, of which Pontypridd forms a part, is at present exercised by exciting statements respecting some singular manifestations said to have been heard and
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Truro, Cornwall (1907)
A Cornish “Ghost” Story. A “true ghost story” has been forwarded to the “Daily Chronicle” by its Truro correspondent. An old woman (he says) residing in a village, near Truro, recently died. She had long
Continue ReadingDublin (1884)
Extraordinary Superstition. A Haunted House. A remarkable case was heard on Saturday in Dublin. Mr Waldron, a solicitor’s clerk, sued his next door neighbour, who is a mate in the merchant service, named Kiernan, to
Continue ReadingHalgavor, Bodmin, Cornwall (1871)
Bodmin. Superstition. At Halgavon, one mile distant from the town, there lives an elderly man named Clymo. He is a mason by trade, and his house is said to have been haunted with the spirit
Continue ReadingRedruth, Cornwall (1869)
Superstition in Redruth. Thomas Medlin, sawyer, lives with his wife, married daughter and two children, in two upper rooms of a small house close to the ‘Round House,’ a well-known building situated near the Gas
Continue ReadingGlasgow (1930)
Mysterious night noises in Glasgow tenement. Secret cause discovered by simple experiment. By a special correspondent. The secret behind the mysterious midnight noises that have disturbed the people residing in a large tenement at 1909
Continue ReadingLuton, Bedfordshire (1893)
A Scare – Some of the inhabitants in the neighbourhood of Cardigan-street have recently been subjected to a scare, which at present remains unexplained. The occupants of a house were one night disturbed by some
Continue ReadingBury St Edmunds, Suffolk (1916)
A Bury Sensation. Night scene in Whiting Street. Weird noises and furniture smashing. Neighbours alarmed and puzzled. The setting in of darkness brought unusual excitement to the semi-residential Whiting Street on Wednesday evening, ghostly noises
Continue ReadingGlenluce, Dumfries and Galloway (1654)
Relation XI. The devil of Glenluce enlarged with several remarkable additions, from an eye and ear witness, a person of undoubted honesty. This is that famous and notable story of the devil of Glenluce, which
Continue ReadingRushall, West Midlands (1943)
Haunted House. Strange solution suggested at Rushall. Tenants’ story. Spiritualism, not spooks, is held accountable for the strange things which have been happening in a house in Pelsall Lane, Rushall. Several versions of the occurrences,
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