A Leominster “Haunted House.” The “Hereford Journal’s” Leominster correspondent writes: A cottage situate in a remote part of the northern portion of the county, lying between Wigmore and Leintwardine, has recently been the venue of
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Ipswich, Suffolk (1950)
‘Poltergeist’ creates chaos in a cafe.For several days there have been flying saucers and tea-cup tantrums in a cafe in St Margaret’s, Ipswich, and last night, the proprietor, Mr Leslie Dunget, decided to do something
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[…] Lifted and Shelves Broken. […] Unnerving Experience. […] are not unknown even in Ryedale. […] be filled if one had to record all […] be said and written on this subject. […] have been
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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