Here is a seasonable item: – The Dean and Chapter of Canterbury have presented the vicarage of Sopley, near Bournemouth, to the Rev. J. F. Vallings, at present curate of Hythe, Kent. I hear that
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Coventry, West Midlands (1930)
Phantom Night Visitor. Tale of Haunted House in Midlands. Strange tappings and a phantom figure stated to have been seen in the middle of the night, have terrified a family occupying an old Coventry house
Continue ReadingSrbobran, Serbia (1934)
Town of Broken Windows. Yugoslav Mystery. For many months, night after night the citizens of Srbobran, a Yugoslav town, have been mystified by the vast number of windows smashed. The police have been unable to
Continue ReadingNorth Ormesby, North Yorkshire (1924)
North Ormesby “Ghost” Excitement caused by youth’s story. Residents of North Ormesby, Middlesborough, have been excited this week over a ghost story which received wide credence and attracted hundreds of people nightly to its haunt.
Continue ReadingNew Tredegar, Caerphilly (1903)
The inhabitants of New Tredegar, says a local journal, have been lately somewhat excited by sensational reports about a loud knocking noise heard inside a local surgery. The knocking, it is said, would commence at
Continue ReadingKampung Chemara, Malaysia (1966)
Poltergeist out from teacher’s home. Sungei Patani, Tues. A poltergeist, which for several weeks disturbed the family of teacher, Inche Zainal Abidin bin Hamid, in Kampong Chemara, Sik, has been exorcised by a bomoh. The
Continue ReadingJalan Eunos, Singapore (1958)
Strange Case of Rohanah. I see ‘ghost’ knock a glass out of her hand. By Sit Yin Fong. Pictures by Han Hai Fong. In broad daylight yesterday a poltergeist played tricks on a terrified 14-year-old
Continue ReadingSingapore (1951)
Playful ghost haunts Tan. Sunday Times Staff Reporter. Thirty-six-year-old Tan Boon Chong, owner of a Singapore motor tyre repair shop in Anson Road, is a harassed man – a poltergeist is worrying his family. At
Continue ReadingJurong Island, Singapore (1960)
This ghost scares away girl from her home. Jurong, Fri. Wong Poh Choo, a pretty country girl, has left her father’s house in Jurong and sought refuge in a relative’s house nine miles away in
Continue ReadingIpoh, Malaysia (1960)
Spirit scare on rubber estate. By Henry Paul, Ipoh, Sept. 12. A poltergeist has been causing a commotion in the labour lines on Pinji Estate, about seven miles from here, during the past three days.
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