In 1737, the house of Edward Roberts, in the Parish of Llangynllo, came to pass a strange thing. As the servant-man was threshing, the threshel was taken out of his hand and thrown upon the
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Llanllechid, Gwynedd (1758)
In Carnarvonshire. About the year 1758, at the house of a certain farmer, in the Parish of Llanllechyd, there was a great disturbance from an evil Spirit, casting stones into and about the house, beating
Continue ReadingYnyshir, Rhondda Cynon Taf (1893)
A ghostly visitant at Ynyshir. Extraordinary story. An Ynyshir correspondent writes: – The inhabitants of Ynyshir in general, and of 12, Whitting street, in particular, have been very much perturbed of late by the ghostly
Continue ReadingKennington Green, London (1903)
A Kennington mystery! For some time past mysterious showers of small, blackish stones have fallen in Kennington, near the Oval cricket ground and Kennington Green, both in daylight and after dark. Several persons have seen
Continue ReadingWoodville, Staffordshire (1878)
The Ghost. The age of superstition has not yet passed away from the minds of some people in this neighbourhood. For the past week or ten days, it is said, some supernatural being has haunted
Continue ReadingGrand View-on-Hudson, New York, USA (1908)
Murder mystery of long ago solved by diggers in trench. (From Saturday Night’s Sporting Extra of the Free Press). New York, Aug. 29. In one of the beautiful old houses overlooking the Hudson, at Grand
Continue ReadingEvishbrack, County Tyrone (1906)
( Eibhis Breac / Evishbrack is near Kildress) An Extraordinary Tale of Bewitchment in Tyrone. Tyrone seems to be a happy hunting-ground for ghosts. The “Cookstown ghost” attained much notoriety in its day, and later
Continue ReadingBirkhill, Angus (1899)
Alarmed by a ghost. An extraordinary story was current in Bo’ness on Saturday. A signalman at Birkhill, three and a half miles from the main line of the North British system to Edinburgh, on the
Continue ReadingVernouillet, Ile-de-France, France (1919)
Creepy Tale of Landru. Wailings and knockings at his villa! Paris, Thursday. Now that investigations at Gambais and Vernouillet have been concluded a search will be carried out in the village in the department of
Continue ReadingFriedrichsruhe, Aumühle, Germany (1887)
Prince Bismarck’s estate of Friedrichsruhe, in Lauenburg, Northern Prussia, is, says the Graphic, troubled by ghosts. Most mysterious noises and visions haunt one of the chief foresters’ lodges, flaming swords strangely appear, and spirits rap
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