Eerie Events As Ex-Ward is Razed. By Billy Phillips. Down at Hawtonville Hospital something stirs, with a tale of ghostly goings-on told this week by a demolition man who heard the type of knocking he
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Scarborough, North Yorkshire (1883)
A “Mystery” At Scarbro. There has just been made public at Scarbro’ a curious and mysterious affair which is attracting considerable attention, and creating much excitement in one of the suburbs of the town. It
Continue ReadingHull, East Yorkshire (1898)
“Rappings in a house off Spring-bank. Sir- I have read with great interest about the rapping in the house off Holderness-road. I thought you would perhaps like to hear my experience in a house off
Continue ReadingGreenwich, London (1889)
A Greenwich Ghost. Strange statements about the noisy spirit of a murdered woman. A remarkable “ghost” story comes from Greenwich. It appears that Mr Peter Bothwick, in the employ of the South Metropolitan Gas Company,
Continue ReadingSkipton, North Yorkshire (1847)
Who Can Lay A Ghost? The lovers of the marvellous at Skipton and its neighbourhood (says a correspondent) are being at present gratified to their full desire. A haunted house – a thing that belongs
Continue ReadingLiverpool (1841)
The Juvenal-street Ghost. Much annoyance has lately been occasioned to the inhabitants of Juvenal-street and the neighbourhood, owing to the crowds of persons who nightly resort thither in consequence of the rumour that “some phantom
Continue ReadingUpton, Cambridgeshire (1920)
Spectre in Cottage? Uncanny Incidents in the night. The village curate called in. A remarkable story of ghostly visitations at a cottage comes from Upton, a village of less than 100 inhabitants, seven miles from
Continue ReadingAskerswell, Dorset (1901)
Askerswell. A local ghost scare. Remarkable Occurrences. The little village of Askerswell is just now in a very perturbed state consequent upon some strange rumours of the doings of a supposed ghostly visitor at the
Continue ReadingStorrs, Stannington, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (1878)
A Ghost at Storrs Hall. For more than a week past the occupiers of this old hall have been alarmed by having the windows broken, rapping at and opening the doors, but as yet they
Continue ReadingKearsley, Farnworth, Lancashire (1906)
A Lancashire Ghost. An extraordinary story comes from Kearsley, near Farnworth, Lancs, the scene being laid in a house in Primrose-street, inhabited by a collier named William Jarvis, his wife, and family. One of the
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