[Part of an article called ‘In the Southern Alps’ – by our special reporter] … Their news is the news of the whole line of road, and their newsmen are Tommy Pwer and his companions
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Lochrutton, Dumfries and Galloway (1851)
A Tale of Wonder. Considerable excitement has prevailed in a parish not far from Lochrutton, for the last week, from a report that something no very canny had been playing some mysterious cantrips about a
Continue ReadingBury St Edmunds, Suffolk (1838)
Ghost Story. The following story appears in the Suffolk Chronicle, and upon inquiry of the last occupier of the house, the statements are confirmed, with the exception of those which we have printed in italics-
Continue ReadingCardiff (1995)
Ghost forces sisters out. By Alison Stokes. Spooked sisters Kathryn James and Lisa Fitzgerald are afraid to sleep alone because they claim their house is haunted. Electric sockets have blown, lights have mysteriously switched themselves
Continue ReadingChelmsley Wood, West Midlands (1992)
Scared mum calls in vicar. Spooked. Family quits haunted home. Strange goings-on at a Birmingham flat where a man was murdered five years ago have caused a young mother to abandon her home in terror
Continue ReadingTye Green, Essex (1993)
Spirit of the season? Ghostly goings on at an ancient farmhouse ensured white-faced Kevin Wadsworth a few spirits with his Christmas and New Year celebrations. The Met Office scientific officer, who works at Stansted Airport,
Continue ReadingLichfield, Staffordshire (1997)
We uncover the ghostly secret of city centre shop. That’s the spirit. Report by Mike Lockley. The ghost of a tormented young girl, pleading for the return of her china doll, roams the corridors of
Continue ReadingKettering, Northamptonshire (1930)
A Kettering Ghost Story. Spook in a modern council house? It has been a long time since Kettering furnished a ghost story, but something with spook-like tendencies has appeared lately. The eerie visitor has not
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The Malayan ghosts. Other ghost stories with an unusual twist come from Malaya. A ghost which flipped clods of earth at a man and his wife was trying to lead searchers to the body of
Continue ReadingWest Bromwich, West Midlands (1978)
Mystery of ‘happenings’ among the fashions. Shop girls plan sit-in to trap a ghost By Edward Stephens. Shop assistants at a West Bromwich store are planning an all-night ghost-hunting session – after spooky carryings on.
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