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
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Bampton, Oxfordshire (1689)
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,
Continue ReadingCheriton, Kent (1917)
“Spooks” at Cheriton.Mystic forces in a dug out.Stones and implements hurled about.Ex-councillor’s startling experiences.Canadian soldier corroborates.Sir A. Conan Doyle and Sir W. F. Barrett visit the scene. Cheriton is alive with excitement owing to some
Continue ReadingYateley, Hampshire (1906)
Mysterious Noises. Haunted Cottage Story. The pretty little Hampshire village of Yateley, situated some three miles over the Surrey border from the scene of the Camberley murder, has a mystery. Mr Gough, a middle-aged, weather-beaten
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A Durham Scare. Mysterious rappings in colliery house Trying to catch the ghost. The residents of Old Moore’s Terrace in the colliery district of Stanley (near Crook) are agog with excitement and alarm over mysterious
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A Ghost At High Littleton. The inhabitants of this sober and well conducted village have been thrown into a state of great perturbation of late in consequence of an alleged being from another world. The
Continue ReadingBallechin, Perthshire (1897)
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0001988/18990714/035/0003?browse=False ballechin https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/18990705/410/0008 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000269/18970701/059/0006 On the Trail of a Ghost. Mr Andrew Lang writes to yesterday’s “Times”: – Apart from personal questions, it would be very interesting if the mysterious noises so
Continue ReadingLeicester (1837)
A Perplexing Plot.For several nights past, Mr Hincks, of Wellington-street, maltster, has been sorely annoyed by some anonymous brewer of mystery and mischief. Night after night, in the dusky hours, some unseen hand has thrown
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A Ghost. The inhabitants of Freeschool-lane, Rochester, have been put into a state of great excitement, by some pranks bearing a strong resemblance to those played off by the Cock-lane ghost. The scene of action
Continue ReadingFinedon, Northamptonshire (1824)
Finedon Ghost. The village of Finedon, in the county of Northampton, has for some time past been greatly agitated, in consequence of an unusual noise heard in the Charity School House. On Christmas Eve, the
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