Dewsbury. Novel Method of Ejectment. During the last week, the inhabitants of Dewsbury and its neighbourhood have been labouring under great excitement, terror, and alarm, on account of a house, situated at Kilncroft, Dewsbury, occupied
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Hitchin, Hertfordshire (1951)
Poltergeists? It’s all over now, but it was hair-raising at the time. Mischievous spirits at work at Hitchin Urban District Council’s rating office in Brand Street! Stones, pieces of coke, a key, belt buckle and
Continue ReadingBlyth, Northumberland (1962)
‘Ghost’ walks when girls make wreaths. Blyth flower shop is ‘haunted’. The first job every morning for two Blyth shop girls who work in a main street florist’s is the making-up of wreaths. And as
Continue ReadingMobberley, Cheshire (1970)
Mysterious knocks and a ghostly glow. A Mobberley woman who lives in a lonely country cottage may ask the Rector of Mobberley, Canon H.S. Randle, to exorcise a “ghost” from her home. Strange knocking sounds
Continue ReadingKidderminster, Worcestershire (1959)
Ghost of recluse may haunt his former home. Eerie noises in bedroom. By our Kidderminster correspondent. “For sale” states a noticeboard in the front garden of this house in Birmingham Road, Kidderminster, which is believed
Continue ReadingCowdenbeath, Fife (1970)
Rabbie’s ghost makes a family quit home. A family of five fled from their council house claiming it was haunted by the ghost of Rabbie Burns. Now pipe-maker Norman Penman, 21, is to apply to
Continue ReadingNorthampton (1854)
Spirit Pelting [In the Northampton Petty Sessions] Scarcely had she [the last complainant] made her exit, when another good lady entered with a fair haired little girl, and besought their Worships’ advice under the following
Continue ReadingGrimsby, Lincolnshire (1959)
There’s a ghost in house – family. Is there really a ghost at 1 Kirkstead-crescent, Nunsthorpe, Grimsby? “Yes,” said the tenant, 37-years-old lumper Mr Robert Eddington. He declared: “I have seen it several times. It
Continue ReadingAsfordby, Leicestershire (1890)
Asfordby. A series of strange mishaps. On Saturday and Sunday no little excitement was caused in Asfordby by certain strange occurrences which commenced at three o’clock on Saturday afternoon at the Old Hall, occupied by
Continue ReadingAberdeen (1854)
A mystery explained. A curious case came before the Police Court on Monday. A family in Affleck Street had been annoyed for some weeks back by the mysterious ringing of bells, breaking of windows, and
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