Ghost Stories

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

The Coral Sprigs
Mrs. Weiss, of St. Louis, was in New York in January, 1...

Giles The Shepherd And Spectre
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Farm House 3 Interior Arrangement
As has been remarked, the main entrance front to this h...

The Difficulty Of Crossing A Field
One morning in July, 1854, a planter named Williams...

'the Foul Fords' Or The Longformacus Farrier
"About 1820 there lived a Farrier of the name of Keane ...

The Ghost-ship
BY RICHARD MIDDLETON Fairfield is a little village...

The Scar In The Moustache
This story was told to the writer by his old head-maste...

The Mysterious Mr Home
"So you've brought the devil to my house, have you?" ...

Cottage 2 Interior Arrangement
PLAN The front door opens into a common living room,...

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...