Mysterious Britain & Ireland

Category: Tall Tales

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Haunted Dundee by Geoff Holder

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.

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Paranormal Lancashire by Daniel Codd

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.

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Ghost Stories / Tall Tales

The Old Woman of the Tarn

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.

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Ghost Stories / Hauntings / Tall Tales

Tom ‘Dummy’ Phillips and the Station Bar

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.

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Articles / Folklore / Tall Tales

The Feytin’ Ape

Here’s a tall tale I collected from a local character when I was researching folklore in Oldham, Lancashire. While the tale is purely fictional it does include some half truths and was ‘doing the rounds’ of the local pubs.

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Ghost Stories / Tall Tales

The White Lady of Byegill

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.

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Ghost Stories / Tall Tales

The Packman and the Well

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.