Shy of the microphone? Ghosts failed to operate on broadcast night. An attempt has just been made to broadcast the strange noises which ghosts are said to have been making for some time past at
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Detroit, Michigan, USA (1873)
An American Ghost Story. About a year ago, says the Detroit Free Press, a house in the western part of the city was haunted by strange noises, and three or four families vacated, one after
Continue ReadingSandiacre, Derbyshire (1964)
Poltergeist puts kettle on. Bumps in night baffle couple at Sandiacre. A playful poltergeist is something of a problem to a young Sandiacre couple and their eight-month-old baby. Its most recent trick was to put
Continue ReadingStratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire (1867)
The Sheep Street Ghosts. A few mornings ago, shortly after the solemn, silent midnight hour – “When churchyards yawn and graves give up their dead!” – a terrible commotion was observed by our ever-vigilant borough
Continue ReadingChardstock, Devon (1896)
Chardstock. A ghostly visitor. Recently the peace of the mind of the good people o fChardstock has undergone some perturbation in consequence of the belief held by many of them that hovering about their midst,
Continue ReadingSouth Shields, Tyne and Wear (1860)
A Ghost Story. Yesterday, Mrs Barbara Coltman, shipowner, who did not appear, but who was represented by Mr Wheldon, solicitor, was summoned before the South Shields Bench by Mr George Gibson, shipowner, of the same
Continue ReadingCamberwell, London (1872)
Lambeth. Maria Horgan, 20, described as a servant, was charged before Mr Lushington with stealing a watch and chain, the property of George Wells. The facts in connection with the case were very extraordinary. Detective
Continue ReadingHolton-le-Clay, Lincolnshire (1938)
Terror-Stricken Women at North Lincs. Village Bottles and stones thrown at Holton-le-Clay. “Ghost” evades search parties. Weird happenings at Holton-le-Clay have so frightened women and girls in the village that they have been too nervous
Continue ReadingColchester, Essex (1879)
Colchester. A mystery solved. A mystery, which for some time threw the parish of St Leonard’s into a state of great excitement and alarm, has been satisfactorily solved, and the superstitious, by whom the phenomenon
Continue ReadingMilwaukee, Wisconsin, USA (1888)
Witchcraft in Wisconsin. Sworn testimony of a farmer against an old German woman. Milwaukee, July 26. A strange case has recenly occupied the attention of the Police Court in the village of Princeton, in this
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