HAUNTED HOUSES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 95, 23 April 1930, Page 12

HAUNTED HOUSES

GIRL’S MYSTERIOUS DEATH RESIDENTS ALARMED A ghost that moves with tho limes has been discovered nt Now Bnniot, England. Previously it haunted an old hoURo at Hadley. Now it lu*« noted how the New Barnet area has progressed, i»n<l has moved to a council ostato there, wnere it is annoying residents. Among its achievements «re the moving ol furniture, including bods, chairs, and carpets, and especially or nametts. It has a pocnllur penchant lor ornaments, and Mrs Ellin, nt. whoso h< use tho ghost, is said to ho a fro quent visitor, told a reporter that it remove ’ four of hers Inst night. So iqtel is Mrs .Ellis by tho remark able happenings in her houso that she has applied to the Urban District Council tc help lay (ho ghott.

“My firniture is removed whenever I go out of tho room,’’ she said. Shrill ci.es precede the ghostly manifestations, which are believed to bo in some way connected with the death, in mysterious circumstances, of a ten-year-old girl in New Barnet sonic years ago.

Several men have been asked by local res'dei ts to keep a watch for the ghost, but they are so awed by the manifestations that they have declined to oc so, although they have been offered considerable inducements. It is understood that various psychic societies intend to investigate the remarkable occurrences.