In the graveyard by the Parish Church of St Patrick, Drumbeg, is the grave of James Haddock who died in 1657. Five years later his ghost is said to made contact in a bid to ensure financial future of his son.
Apparitions / Early Christianity / Hauntings
by Ian · Published January 17, 2013 · Last modified December 15, 2018
Founded by Roger Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk (died 1107), the 12th century ruined Priory of St Mary at Thetford has been the site of several reported sightings of what may have been black robed cluniac monks.
Since 1978 Government House has been the home of the President of Dominica. It was commissioned by Sir William Young, 1st Baronet (Born 1724/5 – Died 1788), who was the first British Governor of Dominica, sworn in on 17 November 1770. There is a story about the Sir William Young being visited the ghost of Major Blomberg in his residence in Dominica.
In September 2007 an unidentified animale tagged the Beast Banwell was seen by Helen Stokes whilst she walked her dog. The following article entitled ‘Back – the Beast of Banwell’ from the Eastern Daily Press website is dated 14 September 2007.
Early Christianity / Other Mysteries
by Ian · Published January 11, 2013 · Last modified November 26, 2018
All Saints is considered to be York’s finest medieval church and has one of the best stained glass displays in Britain.
The following article by Megan Baird entitled ‘In 1854, vampire panic struck Connecticut town’ was published in the Register Citizen on 2 November 2008.
GRISWOLD, Conn. (AP) — In May of 1854, the Ray family of Jewett City was frantic.
Anchorites and anchoresses would live in religious solitude bricked up in a hut or cell known as an anchorhold attached to the side of a medieval church. This was a special vocation and the bricking up of the chosen anchorite was usually presided over by the bishop.
Rushbearing dates back to the middle ages and is a festival where rushes were collected to be strewn out over the floors of churches, back when the floors were just earthen. The tradition died off when church floors started to be flagged by the 19th century, though in some villages and towns it was revived as a folk custom.
Apparitions / Hauntings / Road Ghosts
by Ian · Published January 7, 2013 · Last modified December 21, 2018
On 11 December 2002, at least one member of the public reported to the Surrey police that they had seen a car lose control and swerve off the A3 near the emergency slip road to Burpham. When the Police attended the scene they found a car in a ditch, and the remains of the driver, but the accident which had killed him had occurred five months previously.
The site of the Priory of St George in Thetford has at least two ghost associated with it, though I am unsure of any witness reports.
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