Singular affair. The following letter was sent to us for publication at the time of its date, and was held over till the present. As it has created considerable curiosity in the neighbourhood of the
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Gronant, Flintshire (1884)
Mysterious Occurrences. This secluded and usually quiet village, nestling as it does in a beautiful dale, formed in the upland district abutting on the marshy land between Rhyl and Mostyn, was thrown into great commotion
Continue ReadingCarlisle, Cumbria (1879)
Ghosts. Some two or three months ago one of the quietest streets diverging from Botchergate, in this city, was haunted by a particularly energetic ghost. The spectre manifested its presence by a resounding thump on
Continue ReadingPort Ellen / Port Ilein, Islay, Argyll and Bute (1878)
A “Haunted House” in Islay. A correspondent, dating from Islay, sends the following:- For some time past a manse in the neighbourhood of Port Ellen, Islay, has been subjected to various strange noises and other
Continue ReadingJohnstown, Navan, County Meath, Ireland (1909)
Priest’s House ‘Haunted’. An extraordinary story. Many strange rumours were afloat in Navan and district during the past fortnight as regards some extraordinary midnight happenings which were alleged to have taken place in the Parochial
Continue ReadingKeynsham, Somerset (1921)
Haunted House Near Keynsham. The haunted house at Hornsey has a rival in a village near Keynsham, but the spirit is more reasonable than at Keynsham, where, according to Mr Froist, the tenant, it manifests
Continue ReadingFritton, Norfolk (1901)
New Century Ghost Story. An old hall, situated not far from that picturesque place, Fritton Lake, has for some time past been believed by its residents to be haunted. This same hall was the scene
Continue ReadingHalifax, West Yorkshire (1837)
A Carlton-Street “Ghost.” About the year 1837 a crowd of people might have been seen on several occasions gazing at a house in Carlton-street. Some were watching eagerly, desirous of detecting any possibility of fraud,
Continue ReadingCherbourg-Octeville, Normandy, France (1907)
Spiritual Guerillas. A most lamentable comedy of spiritual guerilla war is waging its mysterious course at Cherbourg, where, says the “Newcastle Chronicle” correspondent, the ghosts are wreaking upon the procurator of the Republic the wrongs
Continue ReadingAlsagers Bank, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire (1875)
A Staffordshire Ghost Story. The Staffordshire Times gives to its readers a local ghost story. Considerable excitement has prevailed throughout the neighbourhood of Alsager’s Bank, near Newcastle, for the last three or four weeks, owing
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