The Haunting. Priests offer to stay the night in house of ghostly happenings. Two priests have offered to spend a night in a ‘haunted house’ to find out what is going bump in the dark.
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Nelson, Lancashire (1950s)
Letters to the Editor. The Strange Things Which Happened in Clayton St. Sir, – I was very interested in Geoffrey Mattock’s account of local ghosts, and I would like to give the readers of the
Continue ReadingCardiff (1922)
“Ghost” Reconstructs a Crime. A Cardiff Scare. Spook makes gutteral noise. The latest ghost story comes from Cardiff. Five years ago a young woman was murdered in Bute-rd. The murderer got away and has never
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Superstition at Goa. The Ultromar devotes two columns of its space to narrate the exploits of a supposed devil, who threw stones over the roof and inside the building, and painted ugly figures on the
Continue ReadingIllies, County Donegal (1904)
Thefts attributed to spirits.Police and peasantry in County Donegal are actively searching for a mysterious thief. The whole countryside in the Illies district near Buneran [Buncrana?] is interested, its imagination has been aroused, and it
Continue ReadingBarnsley, South Yorkshire (1965)
Stick that waltzes baffles the local. Regulars stared, rubbed their eyes and stared and stared again. A walking stick was jumping around their pub. Not only that. Customers at the Cranberry Hotel in Barnsley, Yorkshire,
Continue ReadingKarachi, Pakistan (1951)
House Stoned. The Karachi Police are literally baffled at the 17-day long mysterious phenomenon of stone throwing on the corrugated tin sheet roofs of the residence of Mr Gulam Nabi, Administrative Officer in the Central
Continue ReadingSt Pancras, London (1661)
Mr Andrew Paschal, Fellow of Queen’s College in Cambridge, his narrative of three nights disturbance at his father’s house in Soper-Lane, London, in August, 1661. The first night’s disturbance; There was in family my father
Continue ReadingLittle Burton, Dorset (1677)
(I believe I have the correct place, as it is near Longburton, and near Leigh. It’s not so convincing though, with an actual hammer and actual hammer marks? But the pole story is good). —–
Continue ReadingHuyton, Liverpool (1977)
The ticking ‘ghost’ that drove young couple out. By Mark Thomas. The ticking of a clock began to irritate a young housewife as she decorated her bathroom – because there was no clock in the
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