Haunted Cymmer House. Furniture on the move: Crockery mysteries. Strange happenings are reported in a workman’s dwelling at Gelli Cottages, near Cymmer, Maesteg. The tenant, a respectable working man, and his wife, have repeatedly heard
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Marcinelle, Belgium (1913)
Mysterious Hail of Stones A most extraordinary occurrence has thrown Marcinelle, a large town near Charleroi, into a state of utter confusion (says the Brussels correspondent of the “Telegraph”). Since Wednesday last a persistent rain
Continue ReadingCooyal, New South Wales, Australia (1887)
Alleged Phenomenal Occurrences. From the Herald. Sydney, Wednesday. The Mudgee paper gives an account of a mysterious phenomenon in that locality. A farmer, named Large, residing in the vicinity of Cooyal, has reported to
Continue ReadingWakefield, West Yorkshire (1862)
A Ghost Laid. For some time past Mrs Wraithe, a widow lady, residing in Burton street, Wakefield, has been annoyed by the ringing of bells in her house, the breaking of windows, and the usual
Continue ReadingAmherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (1879)
An American Ghost Story. The Cock-lane ghost has made its appearance at Amherst, Nova Scotia, to the excessive wonderment of the inhabitants, who could scarcely be expected to recognise their visitor offhand, and detect the
Continue ReadingOld Kent Road, London (1855)
The Cock-Lane Ghost Again. Police Intelligence. Lambeth this day. – Fanny Parker, a young woman, lately a servant residing with Mr Charles Henry Kutse, a merchant’s clerk, residing at 339, Albany-road, Old Kent-road, was placed
Continue ReadingBethnal Green, London (1881)
Another “Cock-Lane Ghost.” At Worship-street police-court, London, Elizabeth Jeafferson, 16, a mulatto, described as a domestic servant in the employ of Mrs Susanah Jardine, has been charge with breaking a number of squares of glass,
Continue ReadingRochester, New York, USA (1849)
The Ghost. We have on more than one occasion given an account of a “knocking” ghost, not unlike our own Cocklane sprite, which has puzzled and continues to puzzle the good people of Rochester, New
Continue ReadingAberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales (1857)
A Ghost Story. During the past fortnight the lovers of the marvellous have had a considerable fund for gossip, relative to some supernatural occurrences said to have taken place at the house of Griffith Davies,
Continue ReadingAbernant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales (1868)
Aberdare. The Abernant Ghost. Abernant has been in a terrible commotion for the last eight or ten days through the antics of an extraordinary ghost. As far as we have been informed it would seem
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