You are here
Login or Register
Gazetteer
Articles
- Ancient Sites
- Cryptozoology
- Featured Sites
- Festivals
- Folklore
- Hauntings
- Anniversary Ghosts
- Apparitions
- Articles
- Black Dogs
- Civil War Hauntings
- Ghost Ships
- Ghost Stories
- Green Ladies
- Haunted Battlefields
- Haunted Pubs and Hotels
- Haunted Wedding Venues
- Jacobite Ghosts
- Photographed Ghosts
- Poltergiests
- Road Ghosts
- Roman Hauntings
- Screaming Skulls
- Usual Suspects
- WWI Hauntings
- WWII Hauntings
- Legends
- Other Mysteries
- Pantheons
- The Occult
- UFOs
- Book Reviews
Community
Business Directory
Random Article
Weeton Cairn Boggart
In the 1876 book entitled ‘History of the Fylde of Lancashire’ by John Porter, reference is made to an extensive barrow or cairn near Weeton Lane Heads which was accidentally opened. This burial chamber had the reputation of being haunted by a boggart or hairy ghost. Read More »
Navigation
Active forum topics
Recent comments
- 20 Henrietta Street, BathIan Topham19 Jun 2013 - 9:44pm
- Mecure Blackburn Dunkenhalgh Hotel and SpaIan Topham9 Jun 2013 - 7:01pm
- St Margaret's Church, HornbyIan Topham9 Jun 2013 - 1:16pm
- 20 Henrietta Street, BathIan Topham8 Jun 2013 - 5:00pm
- Maiden Well, North KelseyAmethyst1 Jun 2013 - 8:15am
Book Review
Wiltshire Stories of the Supernatural by Sonia Smith
‘Most people are intrigued by ghosts and stories about paranormal happenings, even if they do not believe in them’. Sonia Smith has certainly gathered together an amazing collection of twenty three short stories guaranteed to intrigue and entertain all who pick up this book. Read More »
Featured Site
Gretna
The name Gretna derives origins from ‘Gretenhow', an Angle term meaning gravel hill. Of course the Angles were not the first settlers in Gretna, they had been preceded by both the Romans and Norsemen. The area surrounding Gretna has seen many battles between the English and Scots as they invaded each other. In 1376 Gretna was completely destroyed during one such battle. Read More »


