Aged Couple’s Night Horror. Is it a Ghost, or a Heartless Hoax? Wild bellringing from bedroom window. Stones moved, doors slashed and blazing paraffin. An up-to-date ghost equipped with knife, safety razor, paraffin rags, and
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Tbilisi, Georgia (1880)
There is a certain house here, at Tiflis, near the Mooshtaid [Mushthaid/ Mushtaidi] garden, long since deserted on account of its reputation of being haunted. This winter, a strong rumour was suddenly spread about the
Continue ReadingUxbridge, London (1922)
An Uxbridge “Ghost” and its antics. The alleged presence of a “ghost” in a house and its vicinity in the Cowley-road has aroused a good deal of interest and controversy in the town during the
Continue ReadingBishopwearmouth, Sunderland (1839)
A Yorkshire Poltergeist. As a pendant to my notes of Saturday on the Keighley Spiritualists, a correspondent sends the following account of a Yorkshire “poltergeist,” whose doings surpassed even those of the famous Cock Lane
Continue ReadingBurwell, Cambridgeshire (1970)
Ghost terrifies young family. Two local clergymen, who fought a race against time to rid a ghost from a block of new flats in Burwell, have at last succeeded in their mysterious tasks. For more
Continue ReadingAthy, County Kildare (1944)
A Haunted House. The following startling story, contained in a letter to Athy Urban Council recently we cull from the “Leinster Leader.” – “I have the spirit of the Devil in my new cottage, and
Continue ReadingWashington DC, USA (1949)
Minister Tells Parapsychologists Noisy ‘Ghost’ Plagued Family. For about five months, Washington had a poltergeist right in its own backyard. It was on January 18, 1949, that “Mr and Mrs John Doe,” their 13-year-old son
Continue ReadingHadleigh, Suffolk (1981)
The Ghost Of Bridge Street. A Hadleigh family have spoken of how their home has been taken over by the ghostly presence of a small boy who smashes crockery, frightens visitors and terrorises their small
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Curate battles against plague of poltergeists. City families in grip of fear. By Paul Markillie. Families in north Cambridge are being plagued with poltergeists – hurling objects around their homes and terrifying young children. A
Continue ReadingItchen Abbas, Hampshire (1907)
Itchen Abbas. The “Ghost” Scare. In the course of domestic duties in one of the bedrooms at the Itchen Common farmhouse the woodman’s daughter, who is in service there, is alleged to have seen to
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