Tellicherry is now Thalassery. Strange Experiences of Retired Official. From India, the land of inexplicable mysteries, comes the strange story of a retired official, who is being bullied by ghosts. Poltergeists, or “noisy ghosts,” are
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Thatto Heath, Lancashire (1923)
Unexplained Noises. Medium called in to solve house mystery. Amazing incidents, said to have been proved to be beyond the power of practical jokers, are reported from a house in Parliament Street, Thatto Heath, near
Continue ReadingGorefield, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire (1923)
The phantom Samson of Goresfield. Flying washstand. Family beaten at a game of draughts. A correspondent wires: – The Cambridgeshire village of Gorefield, a few miles from Wisbech, is disturbed by the activities of a
Continue ReadingYarmouth, Norfolk (1923)
Another Ghost? Mysterious Missiles in a Yarmouth Row. Exciting Incidents. Something akin to the scenes witnessed some time ago, when a report got abroad that ghosts had been seen in Yarmouth Churchyard, have disturbed Middlegate
Continue ReadingWooster, Ohio (1871)
A Ghost Story. In the city of Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio, a respectable family, named Hoffman, have been haunted and tortured by malignant spirits since June, 1869. Detectives, clergymen, and spiritualists have all failed to
Continue ReadingJarrow, Tyne and Wear (1930)
Spirit that can talk in Morse Code. A “ghost” which almost nightly knocks on the dividing wall of two houses in Jarrow continues to defy the efforts of the police and amateur investigators to run
Continue ReadingBriston, Norfolk (1901)
If one went to an ironmonger’s and asked for a pound of “goblin tin tacks,” the shopman would doubtless think there was insanity in the line of the purchaser. However, at Breston, near Melton Constable,
Continue ReadingCaernarfon, Gwynedd (1880)
Anglesey and Carnarvonshire notes. By Argus. Nineteenth century superstition. Llanthony Abbey, it seems, is not to have a monopoly of apparitions. Superstition is infectious. Hence it is not surprising to find certain classes in Carnarvon
Continue ReadingAntigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada (1922)
Mysterious Fires. The American Institute of Scientific Research has been requested by the Editor of the “Halifax (Nova Scotia) Herald” to investigate a remarkable series of incidents which, on the testimony of responsible persons, have
Continue ReadingPentwynmawr, Newport (1926)
Jumping Bottles. Strange happenings in a village. Strange happenings are reported from the Three Horse Shoes, Pentwynmawr, a village near Newport (Mon.). An enamel bowl, it is said, flew from a table and fell into
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