Local hearsay says Reculver Towers is haunted but most old ruins have spook legends associated with them.
Skeletonmaster said:Yithian, I've just remembered another place you might want check out; Cobham Mausoleum (in the grounds of Cobham Hall, I believe) I remember my mum telling me about that, can't remember a thing about it, but if I do find anything I'll post it here.
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The site is supposed to be cursed, it will never pass through more than two generations. It is true that there are no records of the estate passing from any further than father to son.
...I recently read David Seabrook's, All the Devils Are Here - a rather strange, rambling, arch (and highly recommended) book about Kent which covers everything from Dadd to Dickens, Haw-Haw to Mosley and The 39 Steps to The Waste Land.
Denizen of Deal and enthusiastic friend of Dorothy, Charles Hawtrey gets a mention. As does the suggestion that he might be haunting his old, and now Blue-Plaqued (which must have made some of the blue-rinses blue in the face), house.
The current owners, Peter and Barbra Stevens, agreed. 'I think we've got ghosts in the house. We went away to France and when we returned bottles of wine we had left in boxes in the cellar were all laid out in neat rows. My husband was also inexplicably locked in a cupboard...
I can imagine the poor drunken sot's shade staring longingly at rows of booze - but, Charles Hawtrey, locking someone in the closet? Or do ghosts have a sense of irony?
...Jack of Jumps, by David Seabrook. This got some unfavourable reviews. It's certainly somewhat gratuitous, the slightly Ellroyesque style sometimes grates and the attempts at hardboiled humour do occasionally fall flat, but I think it's still a thoroughly interesting read if simply for the rather grim and sickly light it throws on 60's London...
On another note, has anyone got any information on graves in Cobham Woods? I'm not talking about the Mausoleum, but I distinctly remember visiting a grave site in Cobham Woods (I think there were three graves in total) separate and distinct from the mausoleum. Googling only brings up the Mausoleum and I don't know who was buried there so I can't narrow it down further.
Not far from the Darnley Mausoleum, hidden away in the woods, are the ruined remains of the Toe Monument.
In 1835 the 5th Earl of Darnley severed his toe with an axe, while showing off. He died four days later of lockjaw. Lady Darnley had the "Toe Monument" erected on the spot of the accident. The monument has since been destroyed by vandalism but remains of the brickwork base are still visible and three of the eight funerial yew trees, planted around the base, still survive.
...In 1835 the 5th Earl of Darnley severed his toe with an axe, while showing off. He died four days later of lockjaw. Lady Darnley had the "Toe Monument" erected on the spot of the accident...
Seems it wasn't a grave though, but a monument to a toe:
Apropos of not very much.
As a teenage soldier during the General Strike of 1926, my previously mentioned grandad was stationed with one other man - A WW1 veteran - to guard an old Medway fort which was being used as an ammunition store. They had two rounds of ammunition each with which to fight off the imminent Bolshevik swarm - the ammunition dump had several million more, but they were threatened with courts-martial should they have been tempted to replenish their stock at any time during the assault.
Apparently at one time Engel - or Marx (I forget which) - believed that the worldwide Socialist revolution would start in Great Britain, and were mystified when no-one seemed much interested. Clearly they missed the fact that we were all too busy appearing in Monty Python sketches.
There is a fort at the eastern end of the Isle of Grain, called Grain Fort or Grain Tower. It's opposite Sheerness, and not long ago it was put up for sale by a London builder. We had a thread on it, and I suggested we club together and buy it as a Fortean HQ! But can I find that thread now? Can I heck!As a teenage soldier during the General Strike of 1926, my previously mentioned grandad was stationed with one other man - A WW1 veteran - to guard an old Medway fort which was being used as an ammunition store. They had two rounds of ammunition each with which to fight off the imminent Bolshevik swarm - the ammunition dump had several million more, but they were threatened with courts-martial should they have been tempted to replenish their stock at any time during the assault.
Are you meaning this post?There is a fort at the eastern end of the Isle of Grain, called Grain Fort or Grain Tower. It's opposite Sheerness, and not long ago it was put up for sale by a London builder. We had a thread on it, and I suggested we club together and buy it as a Fortean HQ! But can I find that thread now? Can I heck!
Hi All, been a while since I posted here. I'm looking for some information on the "Hythe Mothman". I've done a search, but can only find a passing reference on the first page of this thread.
A few google searches have turned up the link on the mysterious universe site above and a few other references but they all seem to run in circles referring back to each other.
I don't have access to the author's books linked in these sites but I am certain I read a report about this (probably linked from this very forum) in a local paper - likely the Kent Messenger that differed somewhat from the websites I've been able to find, but I've had no joy in their archives. For what it's worth the article focused very much on the witnesses credibility, mainly focusing on discrediting him. As I recall he was out celebrating that night and was none too sober.
Can any of you point me in the direction of further posts about this topic? Or, even better the news article I'm talking about?
Kind Regards
Matthew
Yes, well done! (None of the keywords I tried found it!)Are you meaning this post?
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/the-lone-coastguard.53104/page-112#post-1445059
From what I could work out from your post, it might be right?