The Haunted Close. Strange manifestations in Chichester Priest-Vicar’s House. Former Dean re-visits Earth? “Observer” Special. One of the four beautiful old houses in the Vicars Close, Chichester, possesses the unusual but intriguing reputation of being
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Sunderland (1935)
Mystery Night Marauder. House windows smashed at Millfield. Residents in Enderby Road, Millfield, are undergoing a stone-throwing ordeal which started on Monday night and continued last night. Windows of three houses were broken on Monday
Continue ReadingBowdoinham, Maine, USA (1909)
Maine town glories in its many spooks. Bangor ,Dec 22. Bowdoinham boasts of a ghost house where it is said the chairs refuse to stay quietly in their places, but in the middle of the
Continue ReadingGrenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (1907)
A Haunted House. A queer story of a haunted house comes from Grenoble. Every night, starting at ten o’clock, a loud knocking is heard in the flat occupied by Mme. Masson. At first the neighbours
Continue ReadingMoseley, Birmingham (1952)
Police watch on mystery house. Noises, telephone calls – now a fire. A 35-year old Birmingham woman, the mother of four-year-old twins, yesterday asked for police protection for herself and her family, because of mysterious
Continue ReadingLinton, Cambridgeshire (1976)
The spirit of Bill Ives, the Ashdon gardener who died on the A604 in January, will return again, claimed a Linton woman, this week. Mrs Christine Toft of 65 Back Road called in the Rev.
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Desperate plea as ‘spirits’ invade home again. ‘Close encounters’ bring new wave of terror to mum ‘Haunted’ family’s plea to council A terror stricken mother of two is pleading to be moved from a council
Continue ReadingFalkirk, Stirlingshire (1994)
Shoe shop spooked by lost soles. By Alan Crow. Spooked shoe shop staff have walked out on their jobs… Because of haunting goings-on among the high heels! Workers say five of their colleagues have quit,
Continue ReadingLoughborough, Leicestershire (1998)
Does child’s spirit haunt family home? Special report by Tara Rippin. Sensing the spirit of a young child breezing eerily in and out of your home is strange enough – but can you imagine becoming
Continue ReadingDouglas, Isle of Man (1942)
“The Woman in Black” Family flee “Haunted House.” A Douglas hawker and his family have been driven out of a 15-roomed house in Douglas by what they describe as: Uncanny noises; Loud thumpings in the
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