Union Hall – The Walworth Ghost. On Saturday, Snow, the Constable of Newington, introduced an elderly man and his son into this Office, saying he understood that they had a singular application to prefer, the
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Paris, France (1829)
The Paris Ghost. It may be remembered that about two years ago the French Papers gave an account of a great number of stones thrown by invisible hands, for several successive days, to the great
Continue ReadingKingston, Ontario, Canada (1878)
The “Spirit Rapping” at Parsons-town Cemetery. Many of our readers will probably remember the quasi-sensational stories that were bruited about some couple of years since, when the smashing of a dozen panes of glass in
Continue ReadingWarsop, Nottinghamshire (1823)
Ghost Extraordinary. A family at Warsop, near Nottingham, have, for the last five or six weeks past, been tormented with a supernatural noise, like unto the quacking of ducks. Every search has been made after
Continue ReadingWorcester (1802)
Worcester, Feb. 17. A circumstance of rather a singular nature has recently occurred in this city, which we are induced to make public, in order that similar impositions, should they be attempted, may the more
Continue ReadingLeeds, West Yorkshire (1893)
A “Ghost” Mystery Solved. A family in the Meanwood Road district of Leeds have been considerably alarmed of late by the ringing of bells and the knocking of doors in their house. Believing the house
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A Muscular Ghost. A painful feeling has been caused in Staten Island by a ghost which has been amusing itself every night by bombarding the houses of unoffending inhabitants with large stones. These mysterious attacks
Continue ReadingLisburn, Northern Ireland (1845)
A Ghost in Lisburn! A degree of excitement, which for the present, bids fair to outrival that produced by the famous ghost of Cock-lane, has prevailed, for the last eight or ten days, among the
Continue ReadingEgton, North Yorkshire (1864)
A Ghost at Egton. The inhabitants of this place are at the present time in a state of considerable excitement in consequence of one house being nightly visited by one of those alarming intruders designated
Continue ReadingFrome, Somerset (1963)
It all began when flying crockery hit the wall… Flying crockery started all the trouble. It came whirling across the room and crashed in splinters against the lean-to kitchen wall of an old cottage at
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