Mill Road, Cambridge
The following Cambridgeshire News story by Nicola Gwyer was published 4 October 2019. There has been a report of a “quite annoying” ghost spotted on Mill Road. The spooky spirit was spotted just outside...
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Lyceum Theatre, Crewe
The current Lyceum Theatre building in Crewe dates back to 1911 though the theatre has been on the site since 1876, when it originally opened in a converted Roman Catholic Church which had been...
Hungry Grass
According to Irish folk tradition anyone crossing a patch of Hungry Grass (sometimes stated as crossing it at night) will be gripped with a terrible and unless sated immediately, fatal hunger. The origin of...
Nocton Hall
Nocton Hall was built during the reign of Henry VIII on the grounds of a priory which was dissolved during the dissolution of the monasteries. It burned down and was rebuilt in 1841 by...
Thornton Abbey
Not much remains of Thornton Abbey, once one of the largest monastic structures in the British Isles, but what does remain looks formidable and imposing. A few crumbling stone walls remain, but the largest...
Lee Bay Big Cat (2019)
On 25 August 2019 the Bristol Post published the following article by Max Baker and Alexander Brock entitled ‘Bristol man spots ‘puma’ while on holiday near coast’. ‘A Bristol man claims he had a...
The Strugglers Inn
The Strugglers Inn stands in the shadow of Lincoln Castle in the city’s Bailgate area. The pub’s name and sign both give clues as to the grisly history of the place – the pub...
Death Omen
A man who was following a pair of horses for another farmer, was coming home one fine evening in May. and as he was nearing the gate leading to the farm, he intended to...
A Dead Woman Seen
There was a man once saw a woman in the way before him, a woman he was well acquainted with, and she was looking at him very hard, and her face looked very pale. He hurried...
A Ghost of a Suicide
A man was once going to Douglas to hear a great preacher. He left Surby soon after twelve o’clock on Saturday night, and as he was just going to cross the river near Ballasalla,...
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