Apparitions / Black Dogs / Book Review / Haunted Hotels / Haunted Pubs / Hauntings / Poltergiests / Review / Road Ghosts
by Ian · Published March 11, 2014 · Last modified October 13, 2018
County Durham is an area of outstanding beauty that is primarily recognised for its lead mining and farming industries. With rolling hills, quaint countryside villages and a historic city as its capital, County Durham is a stunning region to behold and it is truly haunted. Join the North East’s foremost ghost hunter, Darren W. Ritson on this spine-chilling tour.
Book Review / Occult / Occult Traditions / Review / Witchcraft
by Ian · Published March 11, 2014 · Last modified October 14, 2018
We no longer believe in witches as our ancestors once did. However, in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, any unforeseen or unexplained events were likely to be attributed to witchcraft.
An area behind the British Museum was known as Southampton Fields.
A private residence, Watton Abbey is a Grade I listed building dating from fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and built on the location of Watton Priory, which was a Gilbertine double monastery founded by Eustace fitz John (died 1157) in 1150, as a penance for having fought in the Battle of the Standard (aka Battle of Northallerton) (23 August 1138) on the Scottish side.
Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (Born 19 September 1778 – Died 7 May 1868), Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, was born and brought up in Edinburgh. According to his autobiography, ‘The Life and Times of Henry, Lord Brougham’ he had a strange experience whilst travelling in Sweden.
Fairies / Folklore / Folktales / Scottish Fairies / Scottish Folktales
by Ian · Published February 14, 2014 · Last modified November 19, 2018
The following extract is taken from Folklore [A Quarterly Review of Myth, Tradition, Institution & Custom] Vol III (1892). ‘Lochan-wan* is a small loch, in a fine grazing district, lying on the upper confines of Aberdeen and Banffshire.
Folklore / Folktales / Scottish Folktales
by Ian · Published February 12, 2014 · Last modified December 16, 2018
Archibald Boyle is said to have been the leader of ‘The Hell Club’ in Glasgow during the 18th century. There is a story associated with his death which has appeared in Catherine Ann Crowe’s ‘The Night-side of Nature’ (1848), and repeated again in ‘The Haunted Homes and Family Traditions of Great Britain’ by John Ingram (1897).
Apparitions / Hauntings / Occult / Occult Traditions / Witchcraft
by Ian · Published February 9, 2014 · Last modified December 18, 2018
According to an article by Oliver Norton in the Daily Mail on 7 February 2014, part of the home of the occultist Thomas Weir still survives.
In his account of "Apparitions," Aubrey relates some curious particulars of one that was believed to haunt Caisho Burroughs, eldest son of Sir John Burroughs; and if the antiquary’s record, derived from his friend Monson, might be credited, it is one of the best authenticated stories of its class now extant.
The Bristol Post published the following article entitled ‘Bristol police hunt for crocodile in Bedminster after bus driver reports seeing one on the loose’ (3 February 2014)
Police carried out a ‘big game’ hunt today after a bus driver reported seeing a six foot crocodile on the loose.
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