(Another Newbold, Chesterfield case in 1936). A Haunted House near Chesterfield. Householders alarmed by mysterious noises. The people in the Newbold Moor district of Chesterfield are much concerned at present by reports of strange happenings
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East Knighton, Dorset (1878)
Winfrith. An extraordinary affair. This village and neighbourhood has been thrown into a state of consternation and alarm during th elast week or ten days, by what has happened at a house in Knighton. It
Continue ReadingRochford, Worcestershire (1879)
Tenbury. “Manifestations” Extraordinary. The inhabitants of Rochford have for the last few days been in great alarm. On Wednesday night, the 15th inst., while Mr. Joseph Smith, of the New House Farm, was away from
Continue ReadingGrange Court, Gloucestershire (1886)
Mysterious Affair at Newnham. A singular affair is just now engaging the attention of the police in the Newnham-on-Severn district. Near the Grange Court Junction Station of the Great Western Railway there is a beerhouse
Continue ReadingCarriglea and Ballybricken, Waterford, Ireland (1892)
Also reported as ‘Ballytricking’. Curious Occurrence in Waterford. A house alleged to be haunted. (From our correspondent). Waterford, Monday night. An occurrence of a curious nature, and one which is the all-absorbing topic of
Continue ReadingGoathurst, Somerset (1878)
A “Haunted House” in Somersetshire. Great alarm has prevailed in the village of Goathurst, a few miles from Bridgwater, during the past fortnight, an idea being entertained by many of the inhabitants that a large
Continue ReadingReading, Berkshire (1859)
A Ghost Story at Reading – Serious Consequences. The all-engrossing topic of conversation in Reading during the past week has been about an unearthly “something,” for it can scarcely be defined, which has manifested itself
Continue ReadingTurffontein, Johannesburg, South Africa (1910)
Ghost that bites. Creepy story from Johannesburg. Cape Town, Saturday. – The “Argus” prints a Johannesburg message according to which manifestations alleged to be of a ghostly character and eliciting considerable excitement at Turffontein. Various
Continue ReadingArdizas, Toulouse, France (1929)
Haunted House Scare. Villagers Thrown Into State of Terror. A haunted house has thrown the little village of Ardizas, near Toulouse, into a state of terror. The villagers say that every night extraordinary noises issue
Continue ReadingToulouse, France (1929)
The House of Weird Noises. “Falling Furniture and Clanking Chains.” A “haunted” house in which all the usual strange phenomena occur daily is causing excitement at Toulouse. In a house in the Rue De Port,
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