Ghost Story. During the past week, the inmates of a double-tenanted house in Ingham Street, South Shields, have been thrown into a state of alarm by the supposed nocturnal visitation of some perturbed spirit, that
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Southwark, London (1853)
A Haunted House in Lambeth. From a Correspondent. Since Saturday last the inhabitants of Park-street, Lock’s Fields, and its surrounding neighbourhood, have been kept in a state of excitement, produced by a circumstance of somewhat
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Rat-traps Set For ‘Ghost’. From our own correspondent, Paris, Thursday. Rat-traps have now been set by the police to catch the guitar-playing ghost of a guillotined man, believed by terrified peasants to have returned to
Continue ReadingShanklin, Isle of Wight (1889)
Ghost Scare At Shanklin. The population of Shanklin, says the Southern Echo, have been alarmed during the past week by a peculiar affair, which some of the more imaginative people of the town declare is
Continue ReadingLittlle Irchester, Northamptonshire (1929)
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,
Continue ReadingGravesend, 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
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