ghosts & hauntings

Many years ago I used to drink in a pub in East London called the Kings Head (locally called 'The Nuthouse'). It was quite a big old pub and was situated across the road from West Ham Church which has a history going back to the Norman period. One night, during an after hours "late night...

So, my partner, who is a resident of Middlesbrough, has decided that for Halloween she wants to go somewhere "spooky" for a late night walk. Now, not being from those parts myself, I have no clue if there is anywhere open to the public at night where we could do this, and Google seems to be of...

We've been going to Byland Abbey a fair bit recently - it's English Heritage but open access. Often go in the evening so there is no-one else around. I had a bit of a weird experience there a month or so back - couldn't bring myself to write about it here, at the time because it was only a...

As a reformed believer in all things paranormal it surprises me that, when I’m alone at the allotment, I often get weirded out by the feeling that a presence is near me. I’ve never seen anything there, or if I have, it’s a pigeon or similar flying by that I catch in my peripheral vision. It...

We have lived in our house since it was built in 2007, we rent it, and the next door house is also rented out. We've seen a few families come and go over the years but we have a new family next door - a young couple and their two year old son. They've lived there for approximately a year now...

Apologies in advance for the long post. I work on counters in a large supermarket. I haven’t been there long. Due to it being a bit short staffed at the moment I’m often working them by myself. At the rear of the counters are the sinks for washing chopping boards, knives etc. Whilst doing this...

Reading about theatre history and yet again came across stories about Les Dawson seeing the ghost of Sid James, not long before his own death. And it's clear that whatever he saw, was absolutely terrifying. But I can't seem to find an account I thought I found a while back, that did actually...

Did the legendary master of terror M.R James ever meet a ghost himself? https://www.spookyisles.com/art-montague-rhodes-james/

I read a letter in the August 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine referring to an article in the April edition of the same magazine (which I haven`t yet seen) which stated that in the April issue there was a photo of several workers building the Titanic standing in a line (this would be...

With the popularity of paranormal shows like Most Haunted and Taps it's hard for nonprofit or upcoming clubs to find locations that don't charge a Kings ransom. I had to get really creative to find new venues for my previous club. Many clubs are willing to hold public ghost hunts for paying...

That at least is how the Front Page of the Daily Mirror summarised it. The story appears to have been in all the main tabloids, online at least and dominated the front of the Mirror....which is highly unusual for that paper, unless there's been a sudden change of policy. Paranormal themed items...

One from my neck of the woods. British tourists claim to photograph ghost on Alcatraz Posted on Wednesday, June 18 at 2:31pm | By Beth Spotswood Is it a ghost? (Image taken by Sheila Sillery-Walsh. Sheila Sillery-Walsh, visiting San Francisco from Birmingham England, managed to capture a...

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I Have just finished "the poltergeist prince of london, the remarkable true story of the battersea poltergeist" and while i thought it was a very interesting read, the case itself i have my doubts about. While there appear to be a few events for which shirley can't seem to be blamed for, i think...

People sharing their experiences of seeing a ghost. The last chap to speak has a great tale. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03lph1d Be quick, it's only there for a few days.

I just heard after something like 38 years of not hearing it that a long time ago in the house I grew up in my sister, who was around 3 at the time walked from the bathroom into my mother's bedroom one morning and said 'there's a man in the bathroom'. This was met with 'no there isn't, your...

It has been many moons since I last posted in these here parts, so I thought I’d return with a tale to tell. The tale of the door that rattled… In July 2011, a girlfriend and I decided to have a few days break in Liverpool. I had booked an apartment for the visit, so it gave us more...

My story begins....it was a cold dark, foggy night...OK, i shall stop and be sensible now. The building i work in was built in the 1870's, it has most of the original foundations intact, since being built it has always been used as an engineering site, through WW2 it was used to make army...

Here's an old poltergeist story some of you may remember, now turned into a low-budget movie... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_ ... Pontefract Here's an interview with the director... http://www.screendaily.com/home/blogs/h ... 59.article I'm not sure about his line... "It is...

Hi Everyone, A friend has recommended that I come on here a share a story with you that my Dad recently told me about something that he saw around 40 years ago. Looking at some of the other topics this story seems a little bit tame but its the best I've got at the moment! A few weeks ago I...

A model builder says his replica Titanic is haunted. :wink: It is a rather nice model. http://wtkr.com/2012/06/14/portsmouth-man-says-titanic-replica-could-be-haunted/ "It’s been 100 years since the RMS Titantic struck an iceberg and sent more than 1,500 souls to their watery graves. In...

http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Angler-t ... story.html "FISHERMEN casting off from Clevedon Pier have found their lonely vigils interrupted by a ghostly figure who appears in the mist. Anglers who use the historic pier regularly say they have caught glimpses of an apparition staring out to...

Here is a brief article about ghost beliefs in Japan, as well as current Japanese attitudes regarding Hallowe'en, and related matters. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20111025zg.html (Yes, this is what I came up with for a Hallowe'en topic.) :oops:

I am 60 this year, and I have been amazed just how many rational people have admitted they have either seen or felt a ghost. I got to talk intimately with men and women when I was a nurse and carer, so perhaps they felt they could confide in someone who would give them a sympathetic ear. I...

"I am a skeptic, but have friends and family who swear by their ghost stories. I have access to a supposedly haunted house and been tempted to run a proper scientific investigation. My first question is what sorts of tools or measurements would make for sensible metrics to test during a hunt...

I have spent almost my entire life living in Niagara Falls Ontario. Alot has happened to me as far as paranormal experiences are concerned and I feel that this place is definately an epicentre of paranormal experiences. As most of us are aware there has been some battles fought between the...

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Hi all My first post...so please be gentle. I read with interest the article in last month's FT about the imaginary friends some children take with them...but I am particularly interested in whether anyone has experienced their own children communicating with what you might term spirits...

I'm trying to look it up on Google, but a few people told me a couple of days ago that East Anglia is the most haunted place, but I'm not sure if they're actually right. Has anyone got any information for me?

Remember the Wide Awake Club that was on Saturday mornings from the 80s until the early 90s? I remember that in around 1989 they had a guest who was a paranormal expert (I can't remember who it was - it definately wasn't Maurice Grosse though) who showed three ghost photos. The strange thing...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7568844.stm It's one of those news reports that has barely any substance at all until you realise that its probably part of a build up to a '6 part' series on the supernatural that will be shown in Jan 2009 in association with the NI paranormal...

Hi everyone! I posted this on SSPR before I found out about Fortean Times Message Boards. I had a weird experience in my own home, if someone could help clarify this for me it would be useful. This was summer 2006 and it was stinking hot. I couldn't sleep in my bed and so I went...

Greetings, everybody! Does anyone remember a story in the FT about a house in Australia whose inhabitants suffered for a long time from a poltergeist (?) that threw stones at them & their house? I think the events took place in the 1960s, but I don't remember. I'm trying to find the...

Very long article... The sinister images caught on camera that could prove poltergeists DO exist... By Danny Penman Last updated at 11:41 PM on 21st May 2008 Marc and Marianne got undressed and quickly slipped under the duvet. Although the heating had been on for many hours, it was...

From screaming skulls and headless horsemen to murdered brides and phantom farmers, English folklore is full of spine-tingling ghost stories. By Peter Griffiths Reuters - Friday, May 9 11:24 am LONDON (Reuters) Terrified witnesses speak of seeing ghostly armies marching through the fog...

A friend of mine in Northern Ireland stayed with a couple of people at a lighthouse, she went out for a cigarette on her own and one of her companions took this picture. It was not until it was uploaded that there was a darkened figure standing 6 or so feet from her that she was not aware of at...

Me and my boyfriend went out today, and on the way to a supposed haunted location, (Northwood Park), we decided to tell each other our scary experiences. Whether or not the experiences we had MAY have been our imagination, some of them he told me left tingles down my spine. So, I was...

Since it is almost Halloween, I thought I'd start a thread about fake and/or photoshopped ghost pics for fun. The only one I have right now is down with a slow-exposure rather than photoshop. I call it (very unoriginally ;) ), "The Cryptkeeper". You really need to see it slightly large to...

My wife works at a university in a victorian building. One of the senior staff informed her, quite straight faced, that not many people worked out of hours because the building was haunted. The person had seen an apparition, as had a number of other's and door rattlings, chills and odd...

Hi guys this is my first time writing so help me out? i'm 16 and have had many paranormal experiences as of a few of my friends in the past, including seeing a "monk" in the old church yard off broad street, i was wondering if anyone from crewe and the area around it would like to share their...

I moved into my new house in October last year. At first we thought there was strange noises but put it down to being in an unfamilier place. Now 6 months on we can definately say that the old lady that lived here before she died is visiting. For the last few months or so, we have heard the...

I thought I'd share some stories that my wife has told me over the years regarding her experiences working on one of the wards at the local midwifery hospital. I'll give a little background about the ward first to put things in perspective. This particular ward is were terminations are...

Does anyone know of any 'haunted' houses that have been very recently constructed? What's the 'youngest' house that's been reported to be haunted? How can a house that's just been built or recently been built, be haunted? Just wondered...

I've never experienced a ghost personally, but I've been intrigued ever since someone I knew told me of his experience. One odd detail was that he had named the ghost. Actually, he said, "I call her Katherine" (my spelling, I didn't ask him how he spelled it). As far as I know, he never had any...

If we accept the popular idea of ghosts and poltergeists as disembodied spirits of some kind, or demons perhaps (whatever they may be), why are they so afraid of cameras? The body of anecdotal evidence for sightings of every kind is massive yet the credible footage of 'spirits' in action is...

Radio Six International http://www.radiosix.com/index.html have a programme 1630 GMT Thursday called Scotch Mist described as "A programme of Scottish ghost stories and traditional music." Website states that the programme was originally broadcast on December 32 1985, Spooky eh. :shock: I...

First post, so will attempt to be interesting and succinct. In my late teens and early twenties (mid 1980's) I was a touring musician living in hotel rooms and out of a suitcase (my non-ghost related stories are probably FAR more hair-raising! haha!). One particular night, the band was...

Mine has to be this one In 1982, photographer Chris Brackley took a photograph of the interior of London's St. Botolph's Church, but never expected what would appear on the film. High in the church's loft, seen in the upper right-hand corner of his photograph, is the transparent form of what...

Given the fair number of classic hauntings, is there any one period that you are likely to see a ghost from than another? Ancient times, the Middle Ages, Elizabethan or Victorian eras, the modern era? Did one time seem to produce more than their fair share? Or statisticly, are ghosts most...

I've just watched M R James A Warning to the Curious which a friend recorded for me over Christmas. What struck me watching it was that although archaeological excavations present many of the criteria required for a good haunting in fiction I can't recall having heard of any supposed...