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Category Archives: British folklore
Haunted Bodmin Moor
Bodmin Moor is one of the most atmospheric and magical areas of Cornwall – which let’s face it is saying something. A newly published book by the History Press has brought Bodmin’s haunted heritage bang up to date and it is written … Continue reading
Posted in British folklore, British ghosts, Cornish folklore, Cornwall, Cornwall ghosts, England, ghosts, ghosts Britain, ghosts England, ghosts of Britain, haunted Britain, haunted Cornwall
Tagged Bodmin Moor, book review, Cornish ghosts, Cornwall ghosts, ghosts in Cornwall, haunted Cornwall, Jason Higgs
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Weird Creatures of Evil
The latest article on Uncanny UK has a disturbing selection of three apparently true encounters with strange animal-like entities which were not only bizarre to look upon but also generated a distinctly evil atmosphere. You can read these hair-raising stories … Continue reading
Posted in British cryptozoology, British folklore, British ghosts, Centre for Fortean Zoology, cryptozoology, folklore, ghost animal, ghosts England, ghosts haunted Britain, ghosts of Britain, haunted Britain, Richard Freeman, supernatural, zooforms
Tagged CFZ, cryptozoology, Richard Freeman, weird creatures, weird fiction, zooforms
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The ghost of the drunken miser
Tucked away in a remote corner of North Wales can be found a modest country house called Plas yn Rhiw. It must be one of the smaller ‘stately homes’ in the care of the National Trust. It’s right down on … Continue reading
Uncanny Book Club and Pic
Here is J Wentworth Day’s ‘Here Are Ghosts and Witches’, the 1954 first edition. I’ve always liked the sinister cover art by Michael Ayrton. Ayrton also provides some distinctive interior illustrations and, judging by his Wikipedia entry, seems to have … Continue reading
Posted in Book Club, British folklore, British ghosts, folklore, ghost writer, ghosts Britain, ghosts England, ghosts of Britain, haunted Britain, pic of the day, Uncanny pic, witchcraft in England
Tagged Book Club, East Anglia folklore, East Anglia ghosts, folklore Fens, J Wentworth Day, Uncanny Book Club, Uncanny pic
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Uncanny Book Club: Ghost-lore goes art nouveau
I am a book nut. I keep buying the bloody things. I can’t help it. I just can’t see me ever really buying into the whole Kindle-type pretend book thing. I love the feel of a book, the design, the … Continue reading
>New posts on Uncanny UK
>The two latest stories on http://www.uncannyuk.com include a delightful recollection of fairy belief in the Isle of Skye and a very weird account of a plague of spiders – possibly created through witchcraft – in Suffolk. More to come soon.
>Eerie crossroads
>Two new articles on http://www.uncannyuk.com, each about the folklore attached to crossroads. These liminal places have long had an eerie aspect and there are many examples of haunted crossroads in Britain. Just click on the ‘Ghosts’ tab to read them.
