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- May 30, 2021
- 1 min
Available now on Amazon! The Haunted Mirror: History, Folklore and the Supernatural, from the Haunt
Published 16 May 2021, 230 pages Paperback £8.99 Kindle £3.99 Buy now on Amazon, click here: The Haunted Mirror: History, Folklore and...
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- Jan 11, 2020
- 10 min
Jealousy, bigamy, gin and a ghost: The murder of Elizabeth Beesmore
At 8 o’clock on Monday 18 September 1815, 51 year old Thomas Bedworth was hanged at Newgate for the murder of his on/off lover Elizabeth...
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- Sep 25, 2019
- 10 min
Phantom fashion: why do ghosts wear clothes?
Phantom Fashion: why do ghosts wear clothes? “Ghosts commonly appear in the same dress they usually wore whilst living; though they are...
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- Jun 20, 2018
- 9 min
Ghost Hunting with Ghost North East
Spencer from S.M.O.G (Scientific Measurement of Ghost) Avengers, The Living Dead, 1967. When I think of the Avengers, I don’t think of...
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- Jun 2, 2017
- 10 min
Greyfriars Kirkyard: Covenanters, Bloody MacKenzie and things that go bump in the night.
surgeons shake hands with murders, superstition vies with enlightenment and the cruel compete with the sentimental. And in a city like...
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- Mar 12, 2017
- 8 min
John Middleton and Laird Bocconi: A Ghostly Bromance
Images source unknown. The image of the vengeful ghost is one which is very common in literature, films and folklore. Usually the spirit...
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- Jan 20, 2017
- 5 min
The deathly stoop chair of Thomas Busby
Thirsk Museum. Image source Trip Advisor. If you visit the small jewel of a museum in Thirsk you will see the rather strange sight of an...
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- Nov 15, 2016
- 8 min
Thomas Skelton: the murderous jester of Muncaster Castle
Evil Clowns Coulrophobia – the fear of clowns. From fictional phantoms such as Stephen King’s Pennywise to serial killer John Wayne...
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- Oct 16, 2016
- 11 min
Part one: The Mysterious Brown Lady of Raynham Hall – who was she?
This is a two-part post, examining the history, legend and paranormal sightings of the Brown Lady of Raynham Hall. Part one examines the...
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- Aug 13, 2016
- 10 min
Screaming Skulls – folklore, fact and fiction
Screaming Skulls – a very British Tradition Screaming Skull, 1958, director Alex Nicol. Wikimedia Tales of screaming skulls punctuate...
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- Dec 8, 2015
- 10 min
The Bloody Code and the Black Nun of Threadneedle Street
“Criminals do not die by the hands of the law. They die by the hands of other men.” ― George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman Engraving by...
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- Jul 12, 2015
- 10 min
Scratching Fanny the Ghost of Cock Lane
English Credulity or the Invisible Ghost 1762, artist unknown. Scratching Fanny the ghost of Cock Lane was the veritable wonder of the...
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- Dec 28, 2013
- 4 min
A Winter Ghost Story…the grieving lady of Pockerley Old Hall, Beamish
Image by Lenora It is the time of year to catch up with old friends, preferably by a roaring fire and with a glass of vino in hand. ...
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- May 30, 2013
- 3 min
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 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 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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