Jenny Stannywell
Straddling the Roman Ermine Street near Hibbaldstow was a Romano Britian settlement, the walls of which are said to have still been partially visible in the 1700s. The construction of Ermine Street is thought...
Category: Hauntings
A15 Ruskington
The following article by Matthew Lodge entitled ‘The ‘haunted’ stretch of Lincolnshire road which has left drivers quaking’ appeared in Lincolnshire Live on 22 October 2019. ‘From footsteps heard in the middle of the...
Howlet’s Close
Between Prestonmill and Kirkbean—midway between the two villages—there is a small plantation, with, on the other side of the road, a larger wood. The road itself at this particular part forms a hollow. This...
A710 Derry’s How
‘Between Mainsriddel and Prestonmill there is a sequestered part of the road known as “Derry’s How,” once reputed to be haunted by an evil spirit in the form of a black four-footed beast. [Another]...
Dalbeattie Boulder
‘Until some years ago a huge boulder lay at the roadside on the way from Dalbeattie to Colvend, not far from the cottage known as the “Wood Forester’s.” The story was, that this was...
Cobden Road, Worthing (1931)
‘One family, who had recently moved into their new home in Worthing’s Cobden Road in 1931, were terrified by figures of monks, slamming doors and heavy footsteps. Evidence seemed to suggest that the house...
Isle Of Man Time’s Office, Douglas (1958)
On 24 December 1958, the Isle of Man Times published the following article entitled ‘The Times Ghost Story’. This centred around the experiences of the staff at the Times’s office in Douglas. The first...
Sea Road, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
In 2004 the Sunderland Echo posted the following story concerning haunt like events taking place at a Greggs bakery in Fulwell. The article published on 29 June was entitled ‘The Greggs-orcist’. ‘SPOOKED staff have...
Machermore Castle
Machermore Castle possibly dates from the late 16th to early 17th century. Below is an account of a reported experience in the castle, it is extracted from ‘Witchcraft and Superstitious Record in the South-Western...
Private Residential Property, Barnards Green
‘Ordinary homes can be haunted too, apparently. In 2005, Dawn and Andy Bradshaw and their children moved into their house in Barnards Green, Malvern, and sensed “something odd about the place”. The family heard...
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