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Eastbourne, East Sussex (1940)
Green Street “Ghost” RiddleLittle girl in old town noises mystery Stories are being told in Old Town of the Green Street “Ghost,” which, according to statements made to a “Herald” reporter this week, manifests itself
Continue ReadingNorwood, London (1951)
Ghost makes bed. A squad of policemen went on a ghost hunt last night. The Greenfield family of 5, Langmead-street, West Norwood, S.E., had complained that they were being terrorised by the phantom, which has
Continue ReadingRuncorn, Cheshire (1952)
Byron Street Family Shocked By Ghostly Happenings. Police do not solve mystery of moving furniture. Strange and quite uncanny have been the happenings at 1 Byron Street, Runcorn. There, in the darkness of the
Continue ReadingHull, East Yorkshire (1912)
Daily Letter from East Hull. Note: “Observer” will be pleased to receive invitations to services, concerts, meetings, etc.; also items of interest from his readers. The days of ghost stories, I thought, were over, but
Continue ReadingSwanton Novers, Norfolk (1919)
Oil “Well” in a Rectory. Petrol spurting from ceilings and walls. Sequel to an earth tremor. “Daily Express” Correspondent. Norwich, Friday Night. Swanton Novers Rectory, near Melton Constable, on Lord Hastings’ Norfolk estate, is providing
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Norfolk Mystery House.“A genuine oil well.”Government experts are confident, says a news agency, that there is a genuine oil well at Swanton Novers Rectory, and they state that the house must be pulled down because
Continue ReadingBrixton, London (1900)
Another Ghost Sensation.Brixton’s Startling Phenomena. The London News Agency reports another London ghost sensation, Brixton being the neighbourhood of the supernatural visitation on this occasion. One of the hotels in the district is the scene
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A Wiltshire Ghost.“A face resembling a cart-wheel and a frightful tail.” The little Wiltshire village of Ham has a ghost – an up-to-date nineteenth century ghost – which discards tradition, and instead of appearing as
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Spirit Rappings at Bampton, Oxfordshire, Two Hundred Years Ago. I found the following strange story in an old book published in 1689. It is entitled;- “A strange relation touching the family of one Captain Wood,
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