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Category Archives: Creepy History
Halloween Superstitions
Creepy History 65. Happy Halloween, and I hope you have enjoyed another October of “creepy histories” on Windows into History. Our last Halloween themed quote for now is from the Dundee Courier, 3rd November 1902: The ghostly spells of Hallowe’en … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Britain, Creepy History, History, Newspapers
Tagged Halloween, Supersitions
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The Harbinger
Creepy History 64. Happy Halloween, and welcome to another October of “creepy histories” on Windows into History. The following quote is from Strange Pages from Family Papers by T. F. Thistleton-Dyer, published in 1895: In some cases, families have been … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, Books, Britain, Creepy History, History
Tagged Ghosts, T F Thistleton-Dyer
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The Kingdom Underground
Creepy History 63. Happy Halloween, and welcome to another October of “creepy histories” on Windows into History. The following quote is from Strange Pages from Family Papers by T. F. Thistleton-Dyer, published in 1895: At Rushen Castle, Isle of Man, … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, Books, Britain, Creepy History, History
Tagged Ghosts, Isle of Man, Rushen Castle, T F Thistleton-Dyer
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Music of the Dead
Creepy History 62. Happy Halloween, and welcome to another October of “creepy histories” on Windows into History. The following quote is from Strange Pages from Family Papers by T. F. Thistleton-Dyer, published in 1895: But, in modern days, one of … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, Books, Britain, Creepy History, History
Tagged Ghosts, T F Thistleton-Dyer
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The Doppelganger Ghost
Creepy History 61. Happy Halloween, and welcome to another October of “creepy histories” on Windows into History. The following quote is from the Lakes Herald, 15th March 1895, and references a book by Thomas Thistleton-Dyer, which we will be looking … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, Britain, Creepy History, History, Newspapers
Tagged Ghosts, T F Thistleton-Dyer
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Jumping to Conclusions
Creepy History 59. Happy Halloween, and welcome to another October of “creepy histories” on Windows into History. A brief snippet today. The following quote is from the Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, 4th January 1918: Stories of a mysterious highwayman seen … Continue reading
Bitten by a Ghost
Creepy History 58. Happy Halloween, and welcome to another October of “creepy histories” on Windows into History. The following quote is from the Staffordshire Advertiser, 28th December 1918, but reuses a report from 1864, which in turn concerns an incident … Continue reading
Ghosts in Parliament
Creepy History 57. Happy Halloween, and welcome to another October of “creepy histories” on Windows into History. We start with a quote from the Sheffield Weekly Telegraph, 23rd February 1918. However much men and women who boast of their minds … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Britain, Creepy History, History, Newspapers
Tagged Ghosts, Houses of Parliament
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Two Welsh Ghosts
Creepy History 56. Happy Halloween, and I hope you have enjoyed all the “creepy history” quotes this month. We will finish for now with two newspaper articles concerning ghostly happenings in Wales, both within a relatively short space of time. … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Britain, Creepy History, History, Newspapers
Tagged Ghosts, Wales
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Ghost or Imagination?
Creepy History 55. On 26th December 1885, the following short article appeared in the Dundee Courier: A remarkable ghost story is reported from Doora, near the town of Ennis. It is asserted that a ghost appeared in the dwelling of a … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, 20th Century, Britain, Creepy History, Crime, History, Newspapers
Tagged Ghosts
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