Ghost Stories

The Somersetshire Demoniac
On the 13th of June 1788, George Lukins, of Yatton, i...

The Major's Lease
A curious little story was told the other day in a ce...

Concerning The Murder Of Sergeant Davies
There is at present living in the neighbourhood of --- ...

The Mezzotint
Some time ago I believe I had the pleasure of telling y...

The Bright Scar
In 1867, Miss G., aged eighteen, died suddenly of chole...

The Wraith Of The Czarina
"In the exercise of his duties as one of the pages-in-w...

Back From That Bourne
ANONYMOUS We are permitted to make extracts from a...

Farm House Design Ii
This is the plan of a house and out-buildings based chi...

The Heroic Midshipman Or Church-yard Encounter
At a respectable inn, in a market-town, in the west o...

Haunted Mrs Chang
Mr. Chang, of that ilk (Chang Chang Tien-ts), was a man...

SIR WALTER SCOTT

Wandering Willie's Tale
Ye maun have heard of Sir Robert Redgauntlet of that Ilk, who lived in these parts before the dear years. The country will lang mind him; and our fathers used to draw breath thick if ever they heard him named. ...