Clifton “Ghost.” Mysterious knocking. A story reminiscent of the Guyra “ghost” incident has been received from Clifton. The facts as related are that for some considerable time the occupants of a certain house have been
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Norway (1952)
Not a ghost of a chance. Mail London Office. Ghosts cannot be used as an excuse for non-payment of income tax, the Governor of Troms (Norway) ruled. He refused to reduce the tax of a
Continue ReadingSydney, Australia (1949)
Mystery knocks baffle police and neighbours. A two hour investigation by four police and several neighbours failed to explain mysterious knockings which terrified two women and three children in a Mortdale cottage last night. In
Continue ReadingAdelong, New South Wales, Australia (1926)
‘Ghost’ in Adelong P.O. For some three or four days last week, the Postmaster at Adelong, Mr F. H. Percy was considerably disturbed by mysterious noises occurring in the dead of night, and just before
Continue ReadingPort Melbourne, Australia (1915)
Mystery Unsolved. Ghostly sounds again heard. Crowd waits for hours. No solution of the mystery of the uncanny noises heard at the cottage occupied by Mr William Eastwood, his wife and family, in Port Melbourne,
Continue ReadingBrunswick, Melbourne, Australia (1908)
Haunted house. Mysterious noises. Policemen puzzled. Melbourne, This Day. Extraordinary rappings, concussions and explosions have been occurring ina house at Brunswick for the past three weeks, and have been puzzling all the neighbourhood. The police
Continue ReadingColombo, Sri Lanka (1908)
Comedy of a ghost. Family terrorised by bottle-throwing spook. Baby lost and recovered. Eye-witnesses story of events in a haunted house. The story of what may be fittingly styled a ghost comedy comes from sunny
Continue ReadingLondon (1645)
About the year 1645, Richard Baxter, author of “Baxter’s Saint’s Rest,” a book valued by many Christians second only to the Bible, delivered an “Historical Discourse on Apparitions,” in which he said: “There is now
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Chapter XLII. On the apparitions of spirits who imprint their hands on clothes or on wood. Within a short time, a work composed by a Father Premontre, of the Abbey of Toussaints, in the Black
Continue ReadingLittle Sutton, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire (1886)
Little Sutton The Ghost. The village of Little Sutton has managed to produce or attract a ghost, and judging from present appearances, “He,” “She,” or “It” is no wayfaring apparition turned aside to tarry only
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