Extraordinary Ghost Story. Are there such creatures as ghosts? Can the spirits of the departed hold converse with earthly beings? Are there such things as omens, tokens, presentiments, heralds of alarming events, and the like?
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Homington, Wiltshire (1889)
(worst attack of being paid by the inch that I’ve come across) Supposed Witchcraft at Homington. A little girl said to have been bewitched. The 19th century is one in which an allegation that witchcraft
Continue ReadingDover, Kent (1839)
A Haunted House at Dover (From the Greenwich Gazette of Saturday) It will be in the recollection of many of our readers that a few years ago the greatest possible excitement was occasioned in Greenwich
Continue ReadingBurnley, Lancashire (1926)
A Burnley Mystery. Nocturnal Knocking on House Wall. Believed Due to Practical Joker. A mystery that has as yet baffled solution, and which is arousing considerable curiosity, is reported from Raglan-road. This mystery – it
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Notes on News. Paris is at present excited over a haunted house, which, contrary to all precedent, is situated in one of the busiest and most frequented streets of the city. The time honoured “mysterious
Continue ReadingEdithweston, Rutland (1896)
Edithweston – Extraordinary Occurrences. The whole district has been recently aroused by a remarkable and at present unexplained phenomenon. At one of the houses in the village loud noises have been repeatedly heard, at all
Continue ReadingMonkton Heathfield, Taunton, Somerset (1923)
Xmas Ghost with a Good Aim. Well-thrown Orange Finds Its Mark. Weird Happenings. The Christmas festivities of Monkton Heathfield, a village near Taunton, are being enlivened by the doings of a ghost, who, forsaking ivy-clad
Continue ReadingMason’s Bridge, Redhill, Surrey (1928)
Weird Doings on a Farm. Jumping Crockery: Moving Chairs. Uncanny happenings in an old farmhouse at Mason’s Bridge, two miles south of Redhill, Surrey, are being eagerly discussed by the villagers. The house, known as
Continue ReadingClones, County Monaghan (1907)
Irish Ghost Story. A series of mysterious occurrences is reported to have been taking place in Clones, co Monaghan, during the past week. It is stated that a gentleman died, and that shortly afterwards, articles,
Continue ReadingSplott, Cardiff (1906)
Queer Story at Cardiff. Ghostly doings in a house. Mats ‘walkabout’. Principal Griffiths’s investigation. Some mystifying occurrences, which for the present have been put down to occult agencies, have taken place at Seymour-street, in the
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