Weird Thrills In Village. Untraced footsteps – and raps and howls. The village of Little Irchester, just outside Wellingborough, is experiencing thrills that would do credit to any novelist. Mysterious footsteps in the dark hours,
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Gravesend, Kent (1879)
My Experience in a Haunted House. The interest aroused a fortnight since by the vagaries of the Gravesend “Coal Heaving Ghost,” has induced a gentleman resident in Ireland to send us two copies of The
Continue ReadingKraffohlsdorf, Poland (1894)
A Mischievous Ghost. For many days past a mischievous ghost has caused inconvenience to a landed proprietor and farmer at Kraffohlsdorf, in Germany. The “Spuk” commenced by removing the chains which bound the cows in
Continue ReadingDerry, County Derry (1753)
Ghosts and Spirit Rapping in Derry. We (Derry Guardian) subjoin a copy of a letter which was lately found by a gentleman in Coleraine when examining a number of old family papers. It refers to
Continue ReadingAughrim, County Wicklow (1868)
Extraordinary Hoax. For more than a fortnight the quiet little village of Aughrim was kept in a condition of excitement and suspense by curious nocturnal rappings, and other noises in the house of one of
Continue ReadingKing’s Lynn, Norfolk (1846)
Lynn. Ghost Rumour. During the past week some little excitement was occasioned in Norfolk Street, by the report that a house, inhabited by a poor woman, was haunted; and the lovers of the marvellous assembled
Continue ReadingHorwich, Bolton, Lancashire (1888)
Remarkable Credulity A Horwich joiner and builder, named Christopher Riley, died a fortnight ago from blood-poisoning caused by inhalation of foul sewer gases, and since the burial it is freely stated that his house is
Continue ReadingBridgend, Perth, Perth and Kinross (1815)
To Correspondents. – We have received a letter in favour of small farms, which, on account of its contents, we should have been willing to insert, had it not been defective in composition. We have
Continue ReadingCentral London (1901)
A City of London Poltergeist. The following curious narrative giving an account of disturbances occurring in 1901 upon certain business premises in the heart of the city of London seems worthy of permanent record. The
Continue ReadingStratford, Connecticut, USA (1850)
Remarkable Spiritual Manifestations In The House of The Rev. E. Phelps, D.D. Two years after the earliest manifestations in connection with modern Spiritualism began at Hydesville, U.S., strange disturbances occurred in the house of the
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