Ghosts on the Wolds. For several days past the inhabitants of the wold village of Daggleby have been occupied by reports of mysterious noises having been heard in one of the farmhouses. That strange noises
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Rome, Italy (1902)
A Haunted House in Rome. The Chronicle correspondent, telegraphing from Rome on Sunday, says: – Much excitement has been aroused in Rome during the last few days over an alleged haunted house in the Viale
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Police Hunt Ghost Stone-throwing at night From our own correspondent, Avignon, Sunday. Thirty men armed with rifles are helping the police to scour the countryside round the village of St. Victor for a stone-throwing ghost.
Continue ReadingCanvey Island, Essex (1709)
An Exact Narrative of many Surprizing Matters of Fact Uncontestably wrought by an Evil Spirit or Spirits, in the House of Master Jan Smagge, Farmer, in Canvy-Island, near Leigh in Essex, upon the 10th, 13th,
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Hunting a Hantu. Ghostly manifestations tend to follow the same types everywhere. In particular there is a world-wide resemblance among those unruly and exuberant spirits which are best called by their German name – Poltergeist.
Continue ReadingWestmorland, Cumbria (1860s or 70s)
The ghostly stone-throwing at the haunted house of Upholland, which has been going on with such unabated spiritual vigour, reminds a correspondent of an even more mysterious case of a quarter of a century ago.
Continue ReadingHull, East Yorkshire (1897)
Strange Affair in Hull. Wholesale Window-Smashing. The Hull police are at present engaged in investigating a curious circumstance in Linnaeus-street. Commencing on Monday, the windows at the back of a house in that street have
Continue ReadingMonikie, Angus (1893)
Mysterious Affair at Monikie. Stone Throwing by Invisible Hands. There is great excitement at and in the neighbourhood of the farm of Downiebank, Monikie, occupied by Mr Laird. For about a week past Mr Laird’s
Continue ReadingPlumstead, Greenwich, London (1880)
Mysterious Stone Throwing. A mysterious and diabolical case of stone-throwing occurred this week at the house of Mr Barber, 200, Maxey-road, Plumstead, where the whole of the windows in the rear of the house have
Continue ReadingShanghai, China (1921)
“Ghost” That Rang Bells. “Spirit” laid by five arrests. London, Saturday. A “ghost” that rang electric bells, moved crockery, and was responsible for the theft of a bangle, and the starting of a fire was
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