Category Archives: British ghosts

I’m at Dickensian Hauntings event

I’ll be taking part in a Dickensian Hauntings event in London at the end of the month. The major event celebrates the Victorian novelist’s contribution to the ghost story genre with writers, artists and performance artists coming together for what promises … Continue reading

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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

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Creepy experiences of college care worker

A reader has kindly sent in her own account of spooky activity at her place of work in the Welsh Borders. For reasons that will be easy to understand, she has asked for the identity of the facility and her own name to … Continue reading

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The Green Lady goes for a stroll

The latest article on Uncanny UK is by an old friend of the website, Lincolnshire folklore enthusiast Sean McNeaney. Sean revisits the well-known apparition of ‘the Green Lady of Thorpe Hall’ but highlights an encounter with the ghost – if … Continue reading

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‘The Horror of Gyb Farm’ – my new book on Kindle

The reason I bought a Kindle a couple of weeks ago is that I’ve decided to start publishing on it! I’ve launched an imprint called Apparition, tying in with my app development work. This first book is chock-full of some of … Continue reading

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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

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Ghost dog in Wepre Park, Flintshire, North Wales

Recently I hooked up again on Facebook with an old friend, Alison Truesdale. Alsion happened to refer to a ‘ghost dog’ she’d seen as a child so naturally I pounced on this and asked for more details. It was not … Continue reading

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Ghost photographed in Northop, Flintshire

It’s nice to have a news story to highlight from my home patch of North-East Wales. The story comes from ‘SepiaQuill’, the blogsite of a team of enthusiasts working to save and archive community photographs. The photo was taken at … Continue reading

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Uncanny Book Club and Pic: Haunted Houses by Joseph Braddock

Another fantastic 1950s wraparound dust jacket (see Ghosts and Witches below) – this time by the wonderful Felix Kelly. I just love this cover: the colour palate, though muted, is so true to the 1950s, as are the elongated perpendiculars … Continue reading

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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

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