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Monthly Archives: August 2012
The meteorite monument
How come I’ve never heard of the Wold Newton monument? It commemorates a meteorite fall in 1795 in a farmer’s field. Lots of fascinating stuff about it on Wikipedia. Here is the link to picture of it on Flickr, with … Continue reading
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Lots of weird pix on my new Tumblr account
I’ve started an Uncanny Pix blog on Tumblr just for a bit of fun. Because I’m bad at updating things every day (as you’ll have noticed!), I feel I have no excuse not to with a picture blog so I … 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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The Vision of Ezekiel
I love this image, one of the creepiest of the very many creepy images engraved by the glorious Gustav Dore. This is from his Bible pictures published in the 1880s.
Ancient and modern ghosts in Haunted Peterborough
In his introduction to Haunted Peterborough, Stuart Orme makes the valid point that most people’s conception of the city is that it’s a rather brash and modern place, despite its great antiquity. It’s true. I felt the same in my … Continue reading
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Faith in scientific explanation for ghosts still unfounded
I’ve just been going back through ‘True Irish Ghost Stories’ by Seymour and Neligan. In it the authors note: “Some day, no doubt, psychologists and scientists will be able to give us a complete and satisfactory explanation of these abnormal … Continue reading
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Phenomena Magazine shines a light into dark corners
My ‘Spookology’ article in the latest edition of Phenomena Magazine is all about mysterious lights associated with hauntings. Two of these are weirdly illuminated rooms, including an intriguing account of a haunted chamber in Somerset in which the illumination was … 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
Interview on Planet X Live radio
Planet X Live is a chat show dedicated to all things weird and esoteric on Liverpool-based City Talk Radio (105.9FM). It’s presented by Neal Atkinson, with Phenomena Magazine co-editor Steve Mera as a regular guest. I’m being interviewed tomorrow night … Continue reading
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