Beccles. Witchcraft. A poor man of this town, named Samuel Spalding, is said to be suffering under the influence of witchcraft. The outward manifestations of possession are thus described by his neighbours, who, it may
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Ruskington, Sleaford, Lincolnshire (1928)
Ruskington. Spooks and Ghosts. Much excitement has been caused in the village, and many young persons have had their nerves unstrung, by reports of mysterious knockings to be heard in a house in High Street.
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An Ancoats “Ghost” Laid. Stolid neighbours who wanted their rest. Three young men of Italian extraction are having an unhappy time in a house in Blossom Street, Ancoats. During the past week or so their
Continue ReadingBrentford, London (1930)
Stone-throwing Mystery. Brentford Police Baffled. Is it a ghost or an unbalanced human being? the police of Brentford are asking themselves, following a mysterious epidemic of stone-throwing which has already accounted for many panes of
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The ghostly season has been opened this year in the Rue de la Sourdiere, either by the same company of spirits who gave a series of performances in a different locality last winter or by
Continue ReadingMeifod, Montgomeryshire (1821)
The newspapers of a hundred years ago – September 1821 – recorded a marvellous ghostly visitation at Rhosbenbwa Farm, in the pretty Montgomeryshire village of Meifod. The occupier of the house was Mr Thomas Jones,
Continue ReadingBlackpool, Lancashire (1910)
“Spook” or “Spoof” Could not resist the holidays. Weird doings are reported from a boarding house in Blackpool, and although spiritualists in the town insist that they are genuine manifestations of the unseen world, practical
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An Old Colwyn Ghost. By our own special spook hunter. Old Colwyn is specially favoured these days. It enjoys the exalted privilege of being the local habitation of a ghost. But the ghost belongs to
Continue ReadingLeeds, West Yorkshire (1936)
Mysterious Raps in a Leeds House Words “Spelled” Incidents set family wondering Strange sounds have been heard at a house in Walmsley Road, Leeds. It is a terrace house. At night when Mr and Mrs
Continue ReadingHuddersfield, West Yorkshire (1938)
“Knock! Knock!” at Huddersfield. Strange rappings in house. An “Evening Post” Reporter Investigates. From our own Reporter, Huddersfield, Friday. Mysterious knockings heard on the walls and doors of a Huddersfield terrace house in the early
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