Ghostly haunt. One of the quietest events to take place in Lowewood Arts Centre, recently was the blessing of the building by the Rev. John Springbett, Vicar of Hoddesdon. It had been felt for some
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Hythe, Kent (1999)
Art critic ghost is in the frame for a spirited scam to sell paintings. Here’s one saleman who really IS whiter than white. Exclusive by James Clench. Ghostly goings-on are sending shivers down the spine
Continue ReadingShepton Mallet, Somerset (1996)
Mother leaves ‘haunted’ house after a month. Family flees poltergeist. By Emma Frampton. A Shepton Mallet mother has been forced to leave the home where she lived for only a few weeks, because of suspected
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Ghosts, says the “Telegraph’s” Paris correspondent, have taken up their abode in the Rue Montigny [Monsigny], in a house situated in close proximity to the “Bouffes Parisiens.” The inhabitants of this particular building aver that
Continue ReadingMachynlleth (1873)
A Real Ghost Story (By a Correspondent). There is, as I have before observed, a quiet market town in Montgomeryshire, celebrated for nothing in particulars if you leave out the mud, the rain, and the
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Here is a seasonable item: – The Dean and Chapter of Canterbury have presented the vicarage of Sopley, near Bournemouth, to the Rev. J. F. Vallings, at present curate of Hythe, Kent. I hear that
Continue ReadingCoventry, West Midlands (1930)
Phantom Night Visitor. Tale of Haunted House in Midlands. Strange tappings and a phantom figure stated to have been seen in the middle of the night, have terrified a family occupying an old Coventry house
Continue ReadingSrbobran, Serbia (1934)
Town of Broken Windows. Yugoslav Mystery. For many months, night after night the citizens of Srbobran, a Yugoslav town, have been mystified by the vast number of windows smashed. The police have been unable to
Continue ReadingNorth Ormesby, North Yorkshire (1924)
North Ormesby “Ghost” Excitement caused by youth’s story. Residents of North Ormesby, Middlesborough, have been excited this week over a ghost story which received wide credence and attracted hundreds of people nightly to its haunt.
Continue ReadingNew Tredegar, Caerphilly (1903)
The inhabitants of New Tredegar, says a local journal, have been lately somewhat excited by sensational reports about a loud knocking noise heard inside a local surgery. The knocking, it is said, would commence at
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