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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Top 50 Most Haunted Places in Britain – daily countdown
So what was my Hallowe’en article? Well, it’s the first post in my own personal roster of what I consider the Top 50 most haunted places in Britain. As I say, it’s very much a personal choice. My criteria are … Continue reading
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Tagged Top 50, Top 50 most haunted, Top 50 most haunted places in Britain
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Spookiest coincidence this year
No one’s going to believe that I didn’t plan this but when I uploaded my Hallowe’en article I discovered that it was the six-hundred-and-sixty-sixth article on Uncanny UK. I only knew because the URL of each article generated includes the … Continue reading
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Devilishly good T-shirts – I hope!
I have just opened a Zazzle store, using some of the weird imagery in my collection of… um… weird imagery. So far I’m just doing T-shirts and for that reason I’ve called the store DevilMayWear. But no doubt mugs, mousemats … Continue reading
The perfect hotels for a spooky break
Wesley McDermott of the website Haunted Hotels has kindly created for Uncanny UK a list of the top 10 best places to stay over Hallowe’en. His roster of the top 10 haunted hotels in England include Georgian townhouses, 16th century … Continue reading
The October edition of Phenomena Magazine
Once again I find I have neglected to promote Phenomena Magazine, despite having an article in it! Shame on me, for the October edition maintains its excellent reputation. My own contribution is the second part of my ‘Spookology’ article on … Continue reading
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Tagged Edmund Jones, Haunted Wales, Phenomena Magazine, Welsh folklore, Welsh ghosts
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Uncanny quote
“Of all the things which the brain will grasp the last will be itself.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Uncanny Pic: Max Klinger’s pterodactyl
A stunning example of cryptozoological art, this image of a pterodactyl making off with a lady’s glove is by Max Klinger, a German artist of the 19th century. This comes from his picture cycle made between 1878/81 about the adventures … Continue reading
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Uncanny quote: Arthur Machen
‘The real difficulties in [psychical] enquiries are to be found partly in the exquisite skill to which the art of the conjuror is sometimes brought, partly to the rarity of the faculty of keen and clear observation, partly to inaccurate … Continue reading
Uncanny pic: Welsh Fairies by Pogany
It’s a about time we had a ‘fairy’ image. This is the beautiful colour frontispiece by Willy Pogany to ‘The Welsh Fairy Book’ by W Jenkyn Thomas, first published in 1907.
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‘For over all there hung a cloud of fear, A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear The place is haunted!’ From ‘The Haunted House’ by Thomas Hood, apparently about Bodysgallen Hall … Continue reading
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