A Haunted House. The strange noises which harass Sergeant Haggarty nightly. Sergeant P.S. Haggarty, of the police force, is a quiet, peaceable man in his way and not given to complaining of the trials of
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Roxburgh, New Zealand (1878)
Roxburgh (From our own Correspondent). During the past few days nearly every person in Roxburgh has no doubt heard of the “haunted house.” The two storey stone building recently erected for the Roxburgh Ferry Hotel,
Continue ReadingOakland, California, USA (1964)
There’s a Ghost at Work. By Jim Hazelwood. The strange outbreak of falling, flying, cascading objects continued to beset the embattled offices of George H Wheeler today. Items moved on an average of 5 to
Continue ReadingMiddleway, West Virginia, USA (1790)
The New York World Finds a Real Ghost Story. Queer happenings in small town in West Virginia. Priests are often asked if they believe in ghosts. The New York World has printed one which it
Continue ReadingColumbia, South Carolina, USA (1899)
Sportive Spooks. (Atlanta Constitution) Mr John Bauskett of Columbia is a good lawyer of long practice. He was United States commissioner here during the Cleveland administration. He is sedate, quiet and serious, and is one
Continue ReadingMetham, East Riding of Yorkshire (1964)
The Third Dog. Since moving into their home at Metham Hall, near Laxton, East Yorkshire, parts of which are 400 years old, both Mr and Mrs Bill Lewell claim to have heard a ghost on
Continue ReadingAurillac, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (1926)
Scared by “Ghost” Nightly showers of stones on widow’s house. Paris, Saturday. A supposed “ghost” that throws stones has terrorised the village of Roux, near Aurillac. Every night for weeks past the home of a
Continue ReadingAshton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester (1964)
Who’s that tapping on the stairs? Loud tapping noises, low humming and heavy breathing is making life tedious for Mrs Marion Smout, of Hawthorn Road, Downall Green, near Wigan. For middle-aged Mrs Smout firmly believes
Continue ReadingWestwood, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire (2002)
Ghosts: Woman wants her house exorcised. Sylvia Smith’s house she claims is haunted and inset, the Very Rev Michael Bunker, Dean of Peterborough. “My dead sister seeks revenge” claims woman. By Irena Barker. A city
Continue ReadingTisbury, Wiltshire (1991)
Father-of-five, 62, could find his haunted house is re-possessed. Arthur flees home to escape a ghost. By David Humphrey. Handyman Arthur Maidment is in danger of losing his council home – because of a ghost.
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