Strange Occurrences at Newry in Ireland. Frances and Elizabeth Dixon are two sisters (one about forty, the other thirty years of age) who have lived together in a little house of their own, ever since
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Colne Priory, Essex (1600s)
Perhaps the servants were having him on. But nevertheless it’s an interesting example of Bells, and the use of prayer to get rid of the problem. Mr Harlakenden, who lived at Coln-Priory in Essex, (where
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(much more of a cross-over example, with ‘fairies’, witchcraft, and Not Taking Things or you get bad luck (until you get rid of them). The writer seems to believe it all anyway) Dr Lamb, who
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Mr. Mun, rector of Stockerson in Leicestershire, had a Daughter married to one Mr Beecham, Rector of Branston in Rutland; in whose House it was frequently observed, that a Tobacco-pipe would move it self from
Continue ReadingFintry, Dundee (1981)
A family flees haunting horror. A Dundee family fled their home early yesterday after a series of strange incidents. Objects moved about and lights switched themselves on and off. They phoned the Samaritans and a
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The day a priest saw a bedspread get up and walk downstairs. By Henry Macrory. Odd things seemed to be happening to a family living in an ordinary semi-detached house in a city suburb. The
Continue ReadingLiskeard, Cornwall (1997)
Spooky goings on at charity shop. Staff at a charity shop in Liskeard fear their premises have become the favourite haunt of a spirited prankster. A supernatural joker has moved in to the Red Cross
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‘Poltergeist’ riddle of boy’s hospital room. From Laurence Wilkinson: Rome. Doctors and students of the occult have been studying the strange goings-on in the sick room of a nine-year-old Sardinian boy. The trouble started in
Continue ReadingSt Charles, Virginia, USA (1939)
“Ghost” makes bed bounce. Girl bewitched, thinks father. St. Charles, Virginia. All the farmers for miles around gathered in the wooden shack where Frank Sybert’s nine-year-old daughter is having trouble with a ghost or a
Continue ReadingRiverchapel, County Wexford (1905)
A Ghost Story. A real ghost story comes from near Riverchapel. A resident avers that he is nightly troubled with a ghost which is of the unseen, but outlandishly noisy description, its heavy footfalls resounding
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