LIVING WITH SKELETONS

I seem to always have my head in TROVE - and some interesting stories have surfaced which I will share over the upcoming weeks.

THIS ONE is from 1959 -

"Lived in House with Skeletons"

Newcastle, Wednesday - The skeletons of a woman and her child were found on the verandah of a house at West Wallsend today. Detectives think they were both strangled.

Newcastle Police charged a 31 year old man with the murder of the woman and boy - the dead were (name withheld ) aged 24 and her son ( name withheld) aged 3.
An 80 year old man has been living in the house for months not knowing a crime had been committed.
Today when he opened a door onto the verandah he found the skeletons.
The remains were removed to the Royal Newcastle Hospital Morgue."

(thought I would not publish names just to be a little respectful here - but this story is on Trove so if you are really keen you can search for it)

For more true ghost stories head to our new podcast called TRUE HAUNTINGS PODCAST on iTunes and Spotify.

The link for Spotify is right here:

https://open.spotify.com/show/1FIfOIC08D6v9Y5FP6ud1c

And find more info about my adventures here:

Newcastle Ghost Tours

Till next time - Renata Daniel

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