In January 1932 residents of a house in Trinity Street, just off Clifton Street, reported a series of events that quickly drew the attention of the local press and the public. Witnesses described a headless figure with glowing red eyes, a man in formal dress and a ghostly nun. Doors slammed, windows opened by themselves, and one woman said a spectral hand hovered over her while she slept. Bangs, creaks and footsteps were heard, especially from the attic.
Crowds gathered outside the house every evening, and the police were eventually sent to manage them. A local spiritualist, Mr Campbell, held seances and spread flour to try to catch ghostly footprints. He claimed to have made contact with the spirit of a young man named Edwards, who he said had been murdered and buried beneath the coal shed. The landlord refused permission to excavate, and no physical evidence surfaced.
With the media attention mounting and no resolution, the tenants moved out. By the end of January 1932 the house was empty, and the phenomena stopped.
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