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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Doctor Who believes in ghosts
Interested to learn on tonight’s ‘Doctor Who Confidential’ on the BBC that both the Doctor and Amy believe in ghosts – or rather Matt Smith and Karen Gillan do. The actors were taking time out of filming at Caerphilly Castle … Continue reading
New eBook from popular young blogger
Richard Thomas is an enthusiastic young researcher into the paranormal with a particular interest in UFOs and conspiracies. He has blogged extensively on the Binnall of America website, and has written articles for Alien Worlds, Paranormal Magazine and for newspapers … Continue reading
The Vampire Cat of Eastbourne
Having previously uploaded a yarn about a phantom pussycat, I decided to follow it with a classic weird tale about a much less benevolent moggie: the ‘vampire cat’ recorded in Lord Halifax’s Ghost Book of 1936. If you don’t know … Continue reading
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Lengthy interview with Prof Ronald Hutton
Found this fascinating, in-depth interview online with Professor Ronald Hutton, UK folklore supremo and internationally acknowledged expert on the history of witchcraft and modern Paganism. For those confused re Hutton’s attitude to Wicca etc (following his landmark book Triumph of … Continue reading
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Spike Milligan’s unsucessful holiday to the Bermuda Triangle
Classic not-very-PC sketch from Milligan’s 70s BBC ‘Q’ series on an equally classic Fortean theme, which I happened to stumble upon on YouTube. Includes one of the best insults ever and a particularly bad pirate-related pun. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p0VuZMWpNA
The (super)nature of ghosts explored in Phenomena Magazine
The May edition of Phenomena Magazine is ready for download and is as cracking as ever. Particularly appealing to me are the three separate articles all of which in their own way explore the (super)nature of the ghostly phenomenon. Robert … Continue reading
Living with a ghostly pet
Over the years so many people have told me about ghostly encounters in situations in which I wasn’t able to take notes, or it would have seemed rude or intrusive to do so, that I have a fund of yarns … Continue reading
The creepiest house in Britain?
On Royal Wedding day I went to stay with a friend who lives in Talysarn in Snowdonia, North Wales. We escaped the wedding by going for a walk in the blazing sunshine to a disused quarry near his home, where … Continue reading
Report on a haunted pub in Stoke-on-Trent
Uncanny UK reader and host of the Potter-Geist website Ivan Latham has kindly let me know about a Staffordshire pub with a growing reputation for hauntings. It has the unusual name of The Leopard. Ivan visited the pub recently. Here … Continue reading
An interview with me on UFO Mystic
Richard Thomas, an enthusiastic young writer on the subject of the paranormal who contributed a couple of articles to Paranormal Magazine, has kindly carried out a short interview with me. You can read it here: http://www.ufomystic.com/2011/05/03/ufomystic-exclusive-interview-with-richard-holland/
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