White Ladies, Wicked Lairds, and WT Stead at Hermitage Castleā¦.
āHaunted Hermitage, Where long by spells mysterious bound, They pace their round with lifeless smile. And shake with restless foot the...
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- Jul 28, 2013
- 9 min
The Female Messiah of Suburbia
The Panacea Society, Albany Road, Bedford On an ordinary English suburban street, in an ordinary English town, there lies an...
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- Jul 21, 2013
- 4 min
Frigg: Trophy wife or force majeure?
Frigg: the perfect wife? Image of Frig by InertiaK When I first began researching the Norse Gods and Goddesses for my series Granny...
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- Jul 13, 2013
- 5 min
Traditional Witchcraft and the Pagan Revival by Melusine Draco
One of my other pass-times, in between researching odd avenues of history and the supernatural, is doing book reviews for my friend...
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- Jul 6, 2013
- 4 min
Guilty Pleasuresā¦Leechās pictures from Punch Magazine
The cheap tailor and his workmen by Leech (detail) by John Leech Just a short post today as I have been a bit busy this week.Ā I havenāt...
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- Jun 28, 2013
- 8 min
Dr Sex and The Electric Love Bed
James Brown, medical reformer, with James Graham just visible in a white suit in the background by John Kay 1786, National Portrait...
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- Jun 14, 2013
- 6 min
Merlin and the Silver Swan
The Silver Swan, 1774, created by John Joseph Merlin and James Cox. The eighteenth century was a time of magic and mystery despite ā or...
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- Jun 5, 2013
- 6 min
The Beast of Gevaudan: the Napoleon Bonaparte of Wolves*
The Beast of GĆ©vaudan Max Von Sydow in The Wolfman, 2010, Copyright Universal Pictures I first came across the legend of the Beast of...
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- May 30, 2013
- 3 min
Britainās most hauntedā¦.?
Chambercombe Manor Dining hall at Chambercombe Originally it was the home of the Champernon family, but it is now owned by The...
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- May 19, 2013
- 8 min
Chevalier dāĆon: Soldier, Spy and Transvestite
In June 2012 the National Gallery revealed its new acquisition.Ā Discovered by the London dealer, Philip Mould at a provincial sale in a...
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- May 18, 2013
- 6 min
Mother Shipton: Yorkshireās Nostradamus
Old Mother Shipton I visited Knaresborough in Yorkshire on a family holiday when I was a teenager.Ā One of the things I remember most...
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- May 9, 2013
- 5 min
Wicked Jimmy Lowther: The Toadstool Earl
Vincent Price, from Tales of Terror (Dir.Roger Corman 1962) When I first found out aboutĀ Wicked Jimmy, otherwise known as Sir James...
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- Apr 30, 2013
- 8 min
The Real Barry Lyndon ā Stoney Bowes, a Georgian Sociopath
The Infamous Life of Stoney Bowes Andrew Robinson Bowes, MP, by John Downman 1781 (Fitzwilliam Museum Cambs) The tale of Andrew Robinson...
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- Apr 28, 2013
- 2 min
St Maryās Islandā¦
St Maryās Island: A chequered past St Maryās Island at low tide. Image by Jim Blakeley. Originally named Bates Island after Thomas Bates...
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- Apr 25, 2013
- 5 min
The strange case of Sir Francis Bacon and the frozen chicken
One of the strangest ghost stories that I have ever come across involves Sir Francis Bacon, empirical scientist and a frozen chicken. Sir...
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- Apr 20, 2013
- 7 min
Dick Turpin, Boudica, Hangmanās Hill and the Suicide Pool: Tales from Epping Forest
Image by John Leeming/Wickimedia Commons Epping Forest together with Hainault and Hatfield forests are all that is left of the ancient...
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- Apr 17, 2013
- 3 min
The Ghosts of Felbrigg Hall
The Approach to Felbrigg Hall Felbrigg Hall is situated amidst vast parklands in North Norfolk and is one of the finest houses in East...
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- Apr 15, 2013
- 9 min
The Wicked Lady: folklore, fiction ā fact?
The Gentlemanās Magazine, Monday, 24 November 1735: Margaret Lockwood as the Wicked Lady, 1945 Gainsborough Pictures. āA Butcher was...
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- Apr 10, 2013
- 9 min
Eyam: Village of Death
A Lovers Tryst Detail of tombstone at Eyam Two lovers meet in secret. Gazing across the grassy Delph, they dare not speak for fear of...
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- Apr 4, 2013
- 7 min
The curse of the red shoes: dancing manias of the middle ages
Dance of Death Image by Pieter Breugel the elder Amidst our people here it comeThe madness of the dance.In every town there now are...
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