Ghost fire scares Gujarkhan. Rawalpindi, Oct. 30 (App). What has been described by spiritualists as a diabolical work of some evil spirit, who have made a 12-year-old girl’s body as their repository, a ghost fire,
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Lythmore, Caithness (1839)
We have been informed that certain diableries in the ghost way have lately been carried on at Lythmore, in the parish of Thurso. The old trick of throwing peats and turf into one of the
Continue ReadingBraemore, Caithness (1837)
The Haunted House in Braemore. A correspondent has favoured us with some particulars relative to the mysterious appearances and extraordinary sounds, to which a house in Braemore, has been for some time subjected. The circumstance
Continue ReadingSteeple Bumpstead, Essex (1973)
Cedric turns the local into a ‘ghost pub’. Steeple Bumpstead is a peaceful enough place during the day. But after sunset things are starting to go bump in the night. The centre of the nocturnal
Continue ReadingLong Island, New York, USA (1874)
A Haunted House. A new sensation has appeared in Long Island city, and this time it is a “haunted” house. The dwelling is situated upon the Dutch Kills road, about two miles from Hunter’s Point.
Continue ReadingSevenhampton, Wiltshire (1891)
Sevenhampton. Rural superstition: A haunted house. If credence may be given to the reports which have recently emanated from Sevenhampton, public schools, penny libraries, and the like have not yet destroyed the belief in supernatural
Continue ReadingStapleford, Nottinghamshire (1923)
Notes of the District. For several weeks past mysterious “rappings” have been heard at nights in houses near Stapleford railway station. Various explanations of the knockings have been forthcoming, and neighbours have inclined to the
Continue ReadingEskragh, County Tyrone (1919)
How I fooled the world. Irish lad’s ghostly pranks. Special to “People’s Journal.” The inhabitants of the quiet little village of Eskra, which is situated between Clogher and Omagh, are laughing heartily over what has
Continue ReadingEpping, Essex (1924)
Police stoned for 5 hours. Mystery of night bombardment. From our own correspondent, Epping, Monday. Epping police were very much hurt, not to say annoyed, at a stone-throwing “incident” shortly before midnight yesterday. The son
Continue ReadingResau, Brandenburg, Germany (1889)
Laying a ghost. The uneasy spirit that exercised itself within a veritable haunted house in Germany has just been very effectively “laid,” and that not by any canonical or uncanonical form of exorcism, but by
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