A Salisbury Ghost Story of 1669. The following succinct and circumstantial narration of an occurrence at Salisbury, nearly 200 years since, is recorded in a contemporaneous M.S. of the period: – Some particular circumstances concerning
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Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire (1854)
Henley-in-Arden. Spirit Rapping. The quiet village of Wootton Wawen, near this place, was the theatre of considerable excitement during the last week, owing to a reported visitation from the land of spirits. A Mrs Aldington,
Continue ReadingChesterfield, Derbyshire (1936)
Police vigil in “haunted” house. Tappings and dislodged ornaments. Chesterfield police have been called to assist in solving the mystery of strange occurrences in certain cottages in Spencer-street, off Newbold-road Chesterfield. For some time past
Continue ReadingNew York, USA (1887)
Mysterious flights of bottles. A despatch in the New York World on the 24th of June says – An old brick house on Four-and-a-Half street and Missouri avenue is said to be haunted. The building,
Continue ReadingCincinnati, Ohio, USA (1880)
Vexatious Spirits. About three miles northwest of town, there is a farm, known as the Zahller place, one of the oldest in the State, and owned by the heirs, one of whom occupies it. On
Continue ReadingGalena, Illinois, USA (1856)
Mysterious “rockings.” For some ten or twelve succeeding nights past, says the Galena ‘Advertiser’, the dwelling house of a respectable gentleman in this city has been assaulted with rocks and other missiles in a most
Continue ReadingDeoghar, Jharkhand, India (1897)
Pelting of stones by ghosts. Mahatma Sisir Kumar describes the following sensational incident in the ‘Hindu Spiritual Magazine’ of March, 1906: “Popular notion in India is that ghosts pelt stones and I had an ocular
Continue ReadingBhagalpur, India (1908)
Spiritual manifestation in a hospital. The following account of spontaneous spiritual manifestation going on that time in the Hanuman-nagar Hospital, Bhagalpur District, sent by the medical officer in charge of the hospital, a graduate of
Continue ReadingMilo, Illinois, USA (1865)
Excitement at Milo, Ill. Some of the good people of Milo township have been greatly excited, during the past ten or twelve days, over some alleged “spiritual manifestations.” The scene of these disturbances is in
Continue ReadingSwanland, East Riding of Yorkshire (1849)
… The two following letters are from Mr Bristow, now a master joiner, to Professor Sidgwick: – Stordale, Withington Road, Whalley Range, Manchester. June 27th, 1891. Dear Sir, I have pleasure in complying with your
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