It’s so hair-raising! Salon’s eerie spirit. Strange happenings at a Nottingham hairdressing salon have led to the premises being blessed by a priest. Staff at the Hollywood Salon, Upper Parliament Street, claimed they had known
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Folkestone, Kent (1996)
Real flying ‘saucer’ mystery. It’s not flying saucers spooking the neighbours in a quiet Folkestone cul-de-sac – it’s flying cups and saucers! And airborne crockery is just one example of the intense paranormal activity which,
Continue ReadingBrierley Hill, West Midlands (1882)
Superstition in the district. A rather curious affair has occurred this week in Brick-kiln-street, Brierley hill, and has been productive of a considerable amount of interest, curiosity, credulity, gullibility, and even superstition amongst some of
Continue ReadingBarnwood, Gloucester (1864)
Ghost Story. We relate the following ridiculous story for the purpose of showing the absurd means by which nervous or superstitious people are sometimes frightened. For a fortnightt the people of the village of Barnwood,
Continue ReadingBalsall Heath, Birmingham (1969)
‘Voodoo’ blaze mystery. Family hit by 27 fires in 3 months. A family who have been driven out of two homes by fires are blaming the blazes on voodoo. In three months Mr Eustace Waite
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‘Ghosts’ drive newly weds from Victorian flat. Newly-weds Graham and Jenny Wale travel 120 miles a day – because they are too frightened to sleep in their Bristol flat. The flat is in a Victorian
Continue ReadingTydd, Cambridgeshire (1950s)
The ghost that’s kicked the bucket. Malcolm Scott explains the strange tales of Hannath Hall. Embellished by the years, the legends that surround Hannath Hall, Tydd, are enough to make your hair stand on end.
Continue ReadingWilnecote, Staffordshire (1984)
Chilling tales as the ghost-hunters gather. Behind the doors of No. 10… things that go bump in the night. Special report by Sue Robinson. Two former tenants of a small terraced council house in Wilnecote
Continue ReadingWoodmansterne, Surrey (1948)
I did not believe in ghosts until – Herald Reporter, Woodmansterne, Surrey, Tuesday. Yesterday I did not believe in ghosts, but I heard these things during last night in the stables of Fairlawns, an old
Continue ReadingRotherhithe, London (1910s)
Grim secret of a “haunted house.” Infant’s body found in chimney. The grim secret of a “haunted house” has been revealed at Rotherhithe. For 12 years No. 678 Rotherhithe Street has been standing empty. Locally
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