NO. — HACKHAM TERRACE
SWINDON
THE GHASTLY SCREAMS ON
THE STAIRCASE
Technical form of apparition: Phantasm of dead
Cause of hauntings: Unknown
Last December I journeyed up from Cornwall, as usual, to the annual concert given by my old school, Clifton College, and at the subsequent House Supper I made the acquaintance of several O. C.s who were considerably my juniors in point of age.
We chatted together for a long time, and in the course of our conversation touched upon the superphysical.
“You couldn’t have a better authenticated instance of a haunted house,” one of my young friends remarked, “than that of No. —, Hackham Terrace, Swindon. Isn’t that so, Neilson? You come from Swindon.”
Neilson agreed.
“I know the people who live there,” my informant, Jarvis, continued, “and they have seen and heard the phantasm over and over again.”
“What form does it take?” I asked.
“A shrieking woman’s.”