There’s a ghost in our house! Two frightened couples have been forced to flee their homes in a “haunted house from hell” on the city’s famous Hessle Road. Horrific screeching, unexplained bangs in the night,
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Lyme Regis, Dorset (1973)
A ghost writer of the past? Western Daily Press Reporter. Employees at a Lyme Regis printing company will not work alone at night. The premises are haunted, they say. The manager, Mr Michael Woodward, agrees
Continue ReadingIrvine, North Ayrshire (1984)
Ghostly happenings at Irvine boutique. If you mention spirits to Frances Moss and Aileen Park it won’t be the kind you find in local lounge bars. For both these ladies have been plagued by a
Continue ReadingBuckland, Portsmouth, Hampshire (1992)
Ghost of a chance for new home. A mother who claims her daughter has befriended a ghost called Percy is asking to be rehoused. Mrs Nichola Griggs, who says 20-month-old Jasmin has even picked up
Continue ReadingRomford, Essex (1972)
Anyone want a spooky house? Postman Walter Johnson claims that the ghost of a “mad old woman” is making life unbearable for his family in their £4-a-week council flat. So he is asking Havering council
Continue ReadingWolverhampton, West Midlands (1983)
‘Poltergeist’ puts young mum to flight. A young Black Country mother says she has been forced to flee her home because of a poltergeist. Now Mrs June Zachariasz aged 21, refuses to return to her
Continue ReadingPreston Leigh, Cirencester, Gloucestershire (1963)
Vicar is called to haunted caravan. By R.J. Simmons. A mother and her 13-year-old son have been driven from their caravan by noises and vibrations that no-one can explain. Now she has called in the
Continue ReadingVila Franca de Xira, Portugal (1921)
Cannot rest in her grave. Restless spirit of poor seamstress. Weird noises which disturb villagers. For nearly a year the Portuguese village of Vila Franca de Zira and the country round has been much disturbed
Continue ReadingCramlington, Northumberland (1991)
Two up, two down blessing for estate agents with des res ghost! Exclusive by Sarah Stephens. A ghost-busting vicar was called to exorcise a North estate agency… after a three-month spate of horror-hauntings. Spooked staff
Continue ReadingWellington, Somerset (1977)
Salon where hair stands on end. Staff at a hairdressing salon fear the place may be haunted. Several weird happenings at the New Moon Salon in North Street, Wellington have been enough to make people’s
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