White Ladies, Wicked Lairds, and WT Stead at Hermitage Castle….
“Haunted 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 10, 2013
- 1 min
BUY ME – PIMP ME
Granny Irene’s Guide to the Afterlife by Ingrid Hall My really good friend Ingrid Hall has just published a serialised and revamped...
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- Jun 5, 2013
- 6 min
The Beast of Gevaudan: the Napoleon Bonaparte of Wolves*
The Beast of Gévaudan 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
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Britain’s most haunted….?
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 23, 2013
- 3 min
Review: The Woman in Black
The Woman in Black The Woman in Black at the Theatre Royal Newcastle The Woman in Black stage adaptation originated because of a...
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- May 18, 2013
- 6 min
Mother Shipton: Yorkshire’s Nostradamus
Old Mother Shipton I visited Knaresborough in Yorkshire on a family holiday when I was a teenager. One of the things I remember most...
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- May 12, 2013
- 6 min
Hikes, Hostels and the Old Hag…
Just want to get this straight here, I’m NOT the hag mentioned in the title (I’ve got a few more years before that happens yet!) ;0)...
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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
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Dick Turpin, Boudica, Hangman’s 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
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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 – fact?
The Gentleman’s Magazine, Monday, 24 November 1735: Margaret Lockwood as the Wicked Lady, 1945 Gainsborough Pictures. “A Butcher was...
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- Apr 11, 2013
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Guilty Pleasures: Gabriella Pierce’s 666 Park Avenue Series
A Review by Lenora Book 1: 666 Park Avenue This series is definitely a guilty pleasure! I first came across Gabriella Pierce’s 666 Park...
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- Apr 3, 2013
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Casa Templo de SanterÃa: Yemayá
A meeting with the Goddess Market in Trinidad I visited Cuba in September 2010 and one of the most striking and impressive places that I...
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- Mar 29, 2013
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Michael Scott: The Wizard of the North
The Wondrous Michael Scott Tomb of Michael Scott at Melrose Abbey, no longer extant. Image adapted by Lenora. “In these far climes, it...
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