Spooks at the Rectory. Missiles flung from roof by unseen hands. Spooks or mischievous boys – local opinion is divided – are causing discomfort at Ardrea Rectory (near Cookstown, co. Tyrone), once the home of
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Ballygowan, County Antrim (1866)
“Bogles” in Ballygowan. For some weeks past, the parishes of Kilwaughter and Ballynure have been bewildered by wonderful and mysterious transactions which are said to have occurred in Upper Ballygowan, in which two families have
Continue ReadingDerrygonnelly, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland (1877)
Spiritualistic Manifestations in Fermanagh. I have been credibly informed that, since the beginning of April, some extraordinary noises have been heard nightly in the house of a small farmer named Thompson, who resides at the
Continue ReadingLancing, West Sussex (1821)
The Haunted House.Incredible as it may seem that, in this enlightened age, persons can be found weak enough to believe in the existence of supernatural agency on earth, and in the occasional visitations of the
Continue ReadingBrighton, East Sussex (1828)
A Haunted House.No little consternation has been produced in the neighbourhood of Clarence-place, by a report that the house of Mr. B. Wood is haunted. For the last week the bells have rung, we believe
Continue ReadingClewer, Windsor, Berkshire (1841)
For some few days past Windsor and its immediate neighbourhood have been in a state of considerable excitement in consequence of a house called “Want’s Cottage,” standing alone, surrounded by its grounds, at Clewer, about
Continue ReadingAberdeen (1920)
Haunted house. Sergeant and 7 policemen search for spooks. In the heart of Aberdeen there is a haunted house that is attracting widespread interest. The tenants are Mr and Mrs Urquhart and a family of
Continue ReadingPartick, Glasgow (1961)
The Haunted Hanlons ‘Won’t Go Back’. Mr Lachlan Hanlon, the 31-year old Glasgow man who, with his wife and three-month-old daughter, fled from their room-and-kitchen home in Partick because they believe it is haunted, sat
Continue ReadingWillington Quay, Tyne and Wear (1972)
The Haunted Housewife. By Bill Owen. Housewife Janet Yates has a haunting fear of things that go bump in the night. A ghost which she says has been following her for the past eight years
Continue ReadingHampstead, London (1980s)
Haunting the stars: Poltergeists to the rich and famous. Bob Hoskins puts his Hollywood success down to the night he saw a ghost. He was working as a porter in London’s Covent Garden at the
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