Furnace Mill in 2002. CC photograph by Oliver Dixon. The “Daily Mail” Investigates The Lamberhurst “Ghost.” We quote the following from Monday’s “Daily Mail”:- Strange, unaccountable things are befalling in the neighbourhood of Lamberhurst,
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Newark, New Jersey, USA (1852)
A Haunted House in New Jersey. The Knickerbocker, New York magazine, publishes the following extraordinary letter from a correspondent for whose veracity it pledges itself:- “Down in New Jersey, August 5, 1852. Dear Knick, –
Continue ReadingCrewe, Cheshire (1891)
Strange Ghost Story at Crewe. It is seldom a week goes by without some startling revelation is made in Crewe, and the latest has reference to a ghost, which is supposed to haunt a house
Continue ReadingParkgate, Rawmarsh, Rotherham, South Yorkshire (1865)
Extraordinary “Manifestations.” An incomprehensible freak on the part of a young girl, named Sibrey, was disclosed at the Rotherham Court House on Monday. The girl lately became servant in the house of a workman at
Continue ReadingBronllys, Talgarth, Powys (1888)
What is it – Spirit or Man? We have received the following interesting communication from the Rev. W.J. Davies, of Bronllys, near Talgarth, respecting the extraordinary manifestations at his house: “I have never as yet
Continue ReadingCowley, Oxford (1872)
Notes from Oxford. There is no doubt that a spice of the supernatural adds wonderfully to the charm of a tale of a neighbourhood, and (where one is not required to sleep in it alone
Continue ReadingGilford, County Down (1868)
To the Editor of the Belfast Morning News. Sir, – Ghost stories are an old institution in every country under the sun. Many a deadly wound they have got from the redoubtable pen of the
Continue ReadingBallinlough, County Cork (1836)
A girl of the name of McCarthy was brought into bridewell on Sunday, under circumstances not very usual in this part of the country. She had been playing the ghost in the house of a
Continue ReadingBenha, Egypt (1958)
His Dancing Furniture Scares Lieutenant. “Ghosts” raid flat: advised to seek aid of medium. Benha (Egypt), Saturday. After reporting to his own police station that “ghosts” had raided his flat, First Lieutenant Sinout Hanna Barsoum,
Continue ReadingBroadstairs, Kent (1908)
Broadstairs Ghost Story. A circumstantial story of mysterious midnight sounds and happenings in a house in the centre of Broadstairs has aroused intense curiosity among residents there, according to the special correspondent of the “Daily
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