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    Stockport Poltergeist 1940s / 50s

    This was posted recently by an acquaintance, to a Stockport history page on Facebook. THE HAUNTING OF 1, EVA ROAD, 1941 – 1954. 1, Eva Road, Cheadle Heath, Stockport, Cheshire, was the address…a seemingly normal enough end terraced house in a small street of fourteen similar dwellings. In...
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    "England's Most Haunted Cottage"

    The owner of Lowes Cottage, Upper Mayfield, Derbyshire, describes his experiences to The Guardian. (A lot of it sounds like fairly common old building defects, but as this is an owner who evidently doesn't mind the publicity, why can't there be a *proper* investigation?)...
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    Norfolk Road Ghosts

    http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/weird-norfolk-the-ghosts-of-the-acle-straight-1-5294158 Not a location I've seen mentioned in connection with Phanton Jaywalkers before, The road – also known as the Acle New Road – began as a turnpike road following an Act of Parliament in 1830 for making a new...
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    Iona Opie & The Folklore Of Children

    Sad to see that Iona Opie, half of the duo Peter and Iona Opie, tireless cataloguers of the folklore and riddles and rhymes of the playground, has died, albeit at a splendid age. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/oct/25/iona-opie-obituary and this sentence from the obituary should be...
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    Mystery Tourists 'Baffle' Villagers

    Should be easy enough to ask one of them what the attraction is, but that hasn't been thought of yet, apparently... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-36706591 Residents of an Oxfordshire village have been baffled by the weekly appearance of "coach loads" of tourists in their...
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    Sheffield: Most Haunted?

    http://www.citymetric.com/horizons/why-are-sheffield-s-social-housing-tenants-being-attacked-angry-ghosts-1855 selected quote: Sheffield, an area more famous for spawning the Arctic Monkeys than a terrifying army of spectres, is apparently a hotbed of paranormal activity. More bafflingly, most...
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    Time Machine in London Cemetery

    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/brompton-cemetery-the-sealed-mausoleum-believed-to-be-a-fully-functioning-time-machine-a6771076.html Brompton Cemetery: The sealed mausoleum believed to be a fully-functioning time machine The mausoleum of a Victorian Egyptologist’s friend is...
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    Spooky Simulacrum (Dead Man's Cross; Dartmouth)

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3255131/Spooky-hanging-man-shadow-appears-Dead-Man-s-Cross.html A 'spooky' shadow of a hanged man has been creeping out residents of a small town. The illusion is seen at a spot called Dead Man's Cross in Dartmouth, Devon, where criminals were hanged in...
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    Fireball over Norfolk?

    Tantalisingly uninformative article http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/update_emergency_services_called_to_reports_of_fireball_in_the_sky_near_thetford_1_3417541 Emergency services have been called to the Thetford area after a member of the public reported seeing a “fireball” in the sky which then...
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