Alderley Street was in a dense maze of terraced houses – the slums were demolished in the 60s and 70s and replaced by the infamous Hulme ‘Crescents’ (which were once again eventually replaced). Old maps
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Larne, County Antrim, Ireland (1992)
Our most haunted. By Christina McKenna. Shop-owner Anne thought she was going mad. An understandable reaction to the impossible, the bizarre. On a chill November morning in 1992, she’d left home at the usual hour
Continue ReadingLa Perrière, Normandy, France (1846)
An Electric Girl. A curious natural phenomena was brought before the Paris Academy of Science at its sitting of Monday last – it is that of a girl, of but thirteen years of age, who
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Aiimu beliefs. As has been previously demonstrated the part played by the ancestral spirits in the life of the A-Kamba is intensely real, and further research has brought to light several points worthy of notice.
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Mrs H., on reaching Plymouth, applied to me to aid her in procuring lodgings, which she required to be on a respectable but economic scale. The only ones I knew of belonged to Symmonds, our
Continue ReadingCoupland, Northumberland (1926)
Coupland Castle Haunted? Mysterious sounds heard. (Berwick Journal and North Northumberland News Special and Exclusive). Few are the castles which have not their haunted chambers and ghost stories, and even in our own neighbourhood we
Continue ReadingLlaniestyn, Gwynedd (1893)
Alleged Assaults. W. Maurice Jones, auctioneer, summoned David Evans, Mitre Inn, for assault. Mr Pryce Picton was for the complainant, and Mr William George for the defendant. Complainant said that he was living at Gallt-felen
Continue ReadingCoxley, Somerset (1912)
Somerset “Ghost” Story. Furniture and Pottery Thrown Downstairs. Occupiers Mystified. Uncanny disturbances are reported from Harter’s Hill, near Coxley, a small hamlet on the edge of the moorland between Wells and Glastonbury. The house where
Continue ReadingCrieff, Perthshire (1999)
Crieff shop staff are spooked by strange events. By Richard Burdge. An expert in paranormal phenomena has been called in to investigate a series of unexplained happenings in a Perthshire shop. Moving objects, strange sounds
Continue ReadingRochford, Essex (1923)
The Whizzing Ghost. Hospital scared by a “spook.” Practical joker? “Matilda” causes a bit of a stir. From a Special Correspondent. Southend, Monday. Is Rochford being hoaxed by a practical joker, or is there a
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