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pubs

  1. AnonyJ

    Whitby Pub Appeals For Return Of Stolen 'Mummy'

    The as-yet unnamed mummy decoration was stolen from The Endeavour public house over the annual Goth Weekend at Hallowe'en From https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-67727151 "A pub landlady has said she wants her "mummy" back after it was stolen on Halloween. The prop was...
    • AnonyJ
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    • 2023 crime & criminals goths hallowe'en mummies & mummification pubs strange crimes whitby
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Fortean Crime
  2. maximus otter

    The Crooked House In Himley: The Pub Where Coins 'Roll Uphill'

    The Crooked House, in Himley, West Midlands, has attracted fans from the four corners of the world since it became a pub in the 1830s. And it's all down to its odd structure and crooked bar. Said to be a favourite of visitors, the building slants to the left and is decorated with crooked...
    • maximus otter
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    • 1765 arson buildings crime & criminals himley leaning buildings optical illusions pubs the crooked house the west midlands
    • Replies: 233
    • Forum: General Forteana
  3. lordmongrove

    Haunted Toilets

    http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/japans-bathroom-ghosts?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=74389416df-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f36db9c480-74389416df-64340589&ct=t%28%29&mc_cid=74389416df&mc_eid=5daa1340ab Creepy khazi critters
    • lordmongrove
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    • east london ghosts & hauntings haunted objects haunted pubs japan & the japanese london pubs rooms the kings head toilets
    • Replies: 49
    • Forum: Ghosts: General
  4. OneWingedBird

    Evacuation Song On Jukeboxes In Irish Pubs Cira 80s

    I got reminded about this U/L fron the supermarket/train code video I dropped in Good Stuff Online and figured it could do with it's own thread... I know it's come up here in passing before but I'm going way back and don't recall it being explored. The story is that Irish pubs in the UK cira...
  5. D

    Fortean Shops, Restaurants & Businesses

    (A thread for Fortean-themed businesses such as bookstores or shops or restaurants etc.) Little A'Le'Inn Rachel Nevada USA http://www.littlealeinn.com/ A little place made famous by countless "Area 51" documentaries, the Little A'Le'Inn has become something of a tourist attraction in...
    • dreeness
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    • aliens area 51 area 51 viewer's guide australia bangkok cafés devon edinburgh fortean businesses garlicandshots glenn campbell las vegas melbourne mr p milne's antiques & curios nevada norwich nottingham pubs rachel restaurants shops & stores sourton thailand the death awareness cafe the extraterrestrial highway the frankenstein bar the haunted bookshop the highwayman pub the las vegas zombie apocalypse store the little a’le’inn the pit and pendulum pub ufos
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: Fortean Traveller
  6. H

    Ghost Tales From Everyday People

    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...
    • Hypermetropia
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    • Replies: 737
    • Forum: Ghosts: General
  7. rynner2

    Viking Ship Rediscovered

    Builder found Vikings washed up at pub Jack Malvern Archaeologists believe they have found the only intact Viking boat in Britain beneath the patio of a Merseyside pub. The 10th-century vessel was discovered in the 1930s by builders excavating the basement of the Railway Inn on the Wirral...
    • rynner2
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    • 10th century 1930s archaeology archeology john mcrae knut paasche liverpool university merseyside norway nottingham university pubs ships & shipping stephen harding the railway inn the vikings the wirral peninsula
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Earth Mysteries: Historical & Classical Cases
  8. rynner2

    Rattlebones Inn & Other Pub Names

    This pub has received a lot of publicity recently (I forget exactly why...) I consider myself a minor expert on English pub names, but this was a delightful new surprise to me. There must be lots of fascinating pub names out there - One from Cornwall is the Bucket of Blood, near Hayle...
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