THE following is an accurate account of what occurred in a lonely
house at a place called ... in Yorkshire on the moors and it goes to
prove that ghosts do exist. My husband, when a boy, lived with his
parents in this house which was on a hill surrounded by woods. They
were warned before going there that the house was haunted, but being
Christian people, laughed at the idea. However, they had not long to
wait before strange things began to happen. Often when lying in bed
they were awakened by hearing fearful noises downstairs, just as if
someone was smashing all the china and furniture. On investigation,
everything was found all right, but, while they were downstairs, the
same noises took place upstairs. One evening when they were all
sitting round the fire there came such a bang at the stair door as if
someone was beating it down. They quite expected to see the door
splintered, but it burst open intact and some vision flitted through
the room. The dogs, usually afraid of nothing, crouched down in fear,
and the girls fainted with fright. There were other similar instances
which I could quote. Things got so bad the family were compelled to
leave the house and I understand no one has lived there since.