Haunted House Mystery. Locked Doors Which Opened Themselves. (“Leicester Mail” Correspondent.) Lahore (received To-day). Ghosts are usually associated with old manors or dilapidated houses; it is rare that they visit newly-constructed dwellings. Such a problem,
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Little Marland, Petrockstowe, Devon (1830s?)
Black Torrington. One of the most remarkable stories the writer ever heard of related to a farm-house in Little Marland, Petrockstowe. Many persons now alive can remember the event, as it took place between 40
Continue ReadingDargelin, Mecklenburg, Germany (1895)
A German Spook. The mind and the nerves of the village of Dorgelin, in Mecklenburg, are much exercised by a spook which is spooking there at a great rate just now. The manifestations take place
Continue ReadingAttercliffe, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (1910)
Some strange pranks in an Attercliffe home. A week of folly. Love laughs at locksmiths, but some Cupids of Attercliffe have found ghosts no laughing matter. These Cupids lived at No. 37, Candow street, one
Continue ReadingBirr (Parsonstown), County Offaly, Ireland (1876)
(Between 1660 and 1899, Birr was called Parsonstown). Singular Occurrence in Parsonstown. On Sunday evening news reached the constabulary of Parsonstown that the windows of the keeper’s lodge at Parsonstown new cemetery were broken
Continue ReadingAth, Hainault, Belgium (1896)
Mystery of a Haunted House. Curious story from Belgium. (From our own correspondent.) Brussels, Sunday. – Certain events similar to those noticed not long since at Valence-en-Brie in France, to which those who are the
Continue ReadingPontypool, Monmouthshire, South Wales (1905)
Mysterious Footsteps. Family alarmed by strange sounds at midnight. A remarkable ghost story comes from Pontypool, near Newport, Mon. No apparition has disturbed the night watches, but disquieting noises have thrown a respectable household into
Continue ReadingBuckpool, Buckie, Moray (1928)
Conversational “Ghost” in an Old Scots House. A popular and intelligent “ghost” has taken up its location in a house in the lower part of Buckpool, Buckie (Banff), over a century old. The ghost some
Continue ReadingMountsorrel, Leicestershire (1924)
“Ghost” taps songs to order. “Knockings” begin when girl lies down. Neighbours’ sleepless nights. From our own correspondent. Mountsorrel, To-day. A Mountsorrel schoolgirl, 13 years of age, has for two months been “haunted” by mysterious
Continue ReadingRoodepoort, South Africa (1922)
Mystery Knockings and Blue Flame. Shower of stones from nowhere. Johannesburg, Saturday. For three months mysterious happings have disturbed the home of D. Neaves, chemist’s assistant, at Roodepoort. The house stands on a five-acre plot
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