Ghost Stories

Permeshwar Dayal Amist, Ba,
_July 9._ _Vakil, High Cou...

The Hammersmith Ghost
In the year 1804, the inhabitants of Hammersmith were...

Bendith Eu Mammau
They appeared diverse ways, but their most frequen...

A Common Sheep
That the keeping of choice breeds of animals, and the c...

The Devil Of Hjalta-stad {246}
The sheriff writes: "The Devil at Hjalta-stad was outs...

Sir George Villiers' Ghost
The variations in the narratives of Sir George Villiers...

The Dream That Knocked At The Door
The following is an old but good story. The Rev. Josep...

A Fruitless Assignment
Henry Saylor, who was killed in Covington, in a qua...

The House And The Brain
A friend of mine, who is a man of letters and a ph...

Kitty's Bower
When Eric Chesters of Chesters Castle married Miss Br...

A Thin Ghost And Others

The Residence At Whitminster
Dr. Ashton--Thomas Ashton, Doctor of Divinity--sat in his study, habited in a dressing-gown, and with a silk cap on his shaven head--his wig being for the time taken off and placed on its block on a side table. He was a ma...

The Diary Of Mr Poynter
The sale-room of an old and famous firm of book auctioneers in London is, of course, a great meeting-place for collectors, librarians, dealers: not only when an auction is in progress, but perhaps even more notably when bo...

An Episode Of Cathedral History
There was once a learned gentleman who was deputed to examine and report upon the archives of the Cathedral of Southminster. The examination of these records demanded a very considerable expenditure of time: hence it becam...

The Story Of A Disappearance And An Appearance
The letters which I now publish were sent to me recently by a person who knows me to be interested in ghost stories. There is no doubt about their authenticity. The paper on which they are written, the ink, and the whole e...