On 18 November 1750 the crisis apparition of John Bonnell, born 1732 in Stanton Harcourt was witnessed by two people as it exited The Queen’s College* of which Bonnell was a member. The following account of this experience was taken from ‘The Haunted Homes and Family Traditions of Great Britain’ (1897) by John Ingram.
Dragons / Folklore / Folktales / Legends / Welsh Folktales
by Ian · Published March 10, 2012 · Last modified November 23, 2018
The Story of Llud and Llevelys appears in the The Mabinogion and here is the translation published by Lady Charlotte Guest (1877).
Folklore / Hauntings / Mary Blandy / Usual Suspects
by Ian · Published January 14, 2012 · Last modified December 28, 2018
Mary Blandy was executed on 6 April 1752 for the muder of her father Francis Blandy in Henley on Thames. The location of Mary Blandy’s execution was either the Westgate prison mound or in the Castle Yard in Oxford, both of which are very close to each other.
Apparitions / Hauntings / Mary Blandy / Occult Biographies / Usual Suspects
by Ian · Published December 24, 2011 · Last modified November 19, 2018
Mary Blandy (Born 1720) was executed on 6 April 1752 outside Oxford Castle for murdering her father, Francis Blandy at the request of her lover, Captain William Henry Cranstuon. As with Mary Queen of Scots, Oliver Cromwell and several other famous ghosts, Miss Blandy reputedly haunts at numerous locations over several counties.
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