Apparitions / Book Review / Ghost Ships / Ghost Stories / Haunted Hotels / Haunted Pubs / Hauntings / Poltergiests / Review
by Ian · Published February 20, 2012 · Last modified October 14, 2018
I have to confess that Dundee is not the first, or indeed the second or third place that I would think of when it comes to haunted towns and places, and as the author Geoff Holder points out in the introduction, it seems as far as ghost hunters are concerned Dundee isn’t on the map either.
Folklore / Folktales / Ghost Stories / Hauntings / Welsh Folktales
by Ian · Published February 20, 2012 · Last modified November 23, 2018
When Thomas Pennant was touring Wales, he noted that the three farms on the Nant were Tŷ Hen, Tŷ Canol and Tŷ Ychaf respectively.
Anniversary Ghosts / Apparitions / Black Dogs / Book Review / Civil War Hauntings / Ghost Stories / Haunted Hotels / Haunted Pubs / Hauntings / Poltergiests / Review / Road Ghosts / Screaming Skulls
by Ian · Published January 20, 2012 · Last modified October 14, 2018
Being born and bred in Lancashire I’ve grown up surrounded by the rich folklore, ghost stories and paranormal experiences that are embedded in the county, call me bias, but we have some of the most diverse and well documented stories from the famous Pendle witches to headless boggarts, lonely ghosts, black cat sightings and UFO’s.
Today the hamlet of Talkin in north Cumbria sits astride the quiet road which connects the villages of Hallbankgate and Castle Carrock. Although secluded and well away from busy highways, it is now home to a variety of people from many walks of life.
Ghost Stories / Hauntings / Tall Tales
by Neil Boothman · Published September 28, 2009 · Last modified January 2, 2019
Tom Phillips, born around the middle of the 19th century and believed to be in his late fifties on his death, was unfortunately profoundly deaf from birth. For this reason, and because he could not enunciate intelligible speech, he was referred to by all who knew him as ‘Dummy’ Philips.
Chapter One: Work was progressing well on the new stretch of road from Gelt Bridge to Byegill Farm. It had taken some eight years and much lobbying by local representatives to obtain sufficient funding.
George Eakin had decided to clear away the ‘Cherry Tree Well’. It was a hazard to people and animals and, so far as George was concerned, a nuisance in the centre of a large and productive field some thousand yards from the home farm.
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