Raiders who weren’t afraid of ghosts. Thieves who raided a Nottingham council house were daring indeed even though nobody lives there. For the house is said to be haunted. It has been empty since the
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Cambridge (1990s)
‘Holy ghost’ helps out canon at St Mark’s. Clergy admit: We’ve got it maid! by Sarah Holmes. Cambridge. Three generations of vicars say they have lived with the ghost of a helpful maid in a
Continue ReadingBeeston, Cheshire (1985)
A frightening and disturbing tale has come from Mrs Gillian Elson, of 14 Carter Avenue, Kelsall. It concerns her mother’s house in Beeston, where strange goings on have been happening for several years. The family
Continue ReadingBirchwood, Lincoln (1983)
Exorcist to visit ghost house. Council housing officers hope to be present when an exorcist arrives at a Birch-wood council house which tenants say is haunted by a ghost called George. Housing director Mr Arthur
Continue ReadingGrimsby, Lincolnshire (1967)
All mod con and no ghost A family “evicted” from their council house by a ghost have been given a new home. At first, Grimsby’s housing committee decided that Mr and Mrs Ted Barmingham and
Continue ReadingBicester, Oxfordshire (1848)
Bicester. A Ghost Story. For some nights mysterious noises were heard in the bed-rooms of the Bell Inn, at Bicester. At times it resembled the scratchings and gnawings of a rat, and at other times
Continue ReadingBoscomoor, Penkridge, Staffordshire (1934)
Phantom figures in the night. Weird happenings in a derelict farmhouse. “Sunday Mercury” special. Finding myself within a few miles of the little hamlet of Boscamoor, near Penkridge, (writes a correspondent) – I decided to
Continue ReadingNew Castle, Pennsylvania, USA (1913)
Strange rappings cause of trouble. Policeman startled by strange sounds finds hall empty. New Castle, Pa., Feb. 1. Rappings and gentle tappings that flit from the window panes to the doors and then come from
Continue ReadingLangley Marish, Berkshire (1946)
“Misty” figures inquiry. Strange noises at almshouses. The Society of Psychical Research is to investigate incidents at a 300-year-old house at Seymour Almshouses, Langley, Bucks. It is occupied by Mrs Florence Buckland, her daughter, June
Continue ReadingBury St Edmunds, Suffolk (1844)
A ghost story. A considerable number of elderly females which, in ungallant phraseology are styled “old women,” and a very considerable number of very young gentlemen, commonly called “little boys,” have been refreshing themselves in
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