The Californian Ghost. Not to be outdone by the old country San Francisco has had a reproduction of the Cock-lane Ghost mystery. A committee of investigation is sitting with closed doors endeavouring to sift the
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New Southgate, London (1895)
The Police Courts. The New Southgate Ghost. Windows mysteriously broken by stones thrown from unseen hands. The ghost of the famous Stockwell ghost which was laid years ago, when its vagaries were found to be
Continue ReadingAdelaide, South Australia (1870s)
I have neglected my usual custom of marking the date of the occurrence on this extract, but the even t occurred only a few years back. The story is evidently a description of a spiritual
Continue ReadingGuernsey (1882)
An Experimental Research. By John E. Purdon, M.B. On the morning of the 4th inst., while making my round of the wards of the Station Hospital, Guernsey, a report was made to me by Private
Continue ReadingBloomsbury, London (1923)
‘Haunted bookshelf.’ Mystery in London house Ghost expert is called in. A bookshelf torn bodily from the wall by an unseen hand lies on the floor of a bedroom in a Bloomsbury boarding house, and
Continue ReadingFlodigarry, Isle of Skye (unclear)
Leaving Staffin Bay’s rugged shore behind you soon come to Flodigarry, with its many traditionary stories connected with it. Old Flodigarry House had the reputation of being haunted, and after nightfall a place of dread
Continue ReadingWard End, Birmingham (1985)
Catapult riddle Mercury Staff Reporter. Ballistics experts from Aston University have been called in to try to help catch a catapult marksman who has been bombarding the windows of four Birmingham houses with stones for
Continue ReadingSouth Shields, Tyne and Wear (1945)
Three girls go on the trail of ghosts. A young South Shields housewife has been surprised to hear that her house was “haunted” 20 years ago. Three grammar school girls are going to call on
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Haunted house. Councillors who put a family in a hotel when they fled their “haunted” council house are offering to pay for an exorcism. Derby Council says the family can either join the housing waiting
Continue ReadingYork, North Yorkshire (1954)
Keeper of museum resigns at York after “hauntings”. From our own correspondent, York, Monday. A special meeting of the council of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society at York today decided to accept the resignation of the
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