Upholland prides itself as an ‘historic village’, the signs declare it such a place. We have travelled the urban roads… Read more A story of a shit highwayman from a place near Wigan you have probably never heard of
The Longridge Boggart
Under a carved stone down an ancient quiet lane in deepest darkest Lancashire, supposably lies a trapped boggart, a relic… Read more The Longridge Boggart
Cursed Objects
What makes terror? Is it what you can see, just for a split second or what you can only imagine? … Read more Cursed Objects
The Gypsy King of Kirkcudbright
‘It seems that he had both the good and bad qualities of man about him in a very large degree.… Read more The Gypsy King of Kirkcudbright
The Croglin Vampire
A pile of old books scavenged from an old old bookshop in Carlisle but with surprisingly modern prices. Books about… Read more The Croglin Vampire
Sambo’s Grave, Sunderland Point, Lancashire
A child, brought into the earth kicking and screaming. Born into a place of heat and hot clay earth, home… Read more Sambo’s Grave, Sunderland Point, Lancashire
The Drowned, the Vikings, Pinky and Perky and Heysham, Lancashire
St Peter’s Church, Heysham. A small ancient church dating back from the seventh or eighth century, containing much of the… Read more The Drowned, the Vikings, Pinky and Perky and Heysham, Lancashire
A Hangman’s Grave
Joseph Wilson, hangman, a local man from local lineage, many of his family to be found in St Bridgets Churchyard… Read more A Hangman’s Grave
The Woodplumpton Witch
Woodplumpton. A small parish five miles away from Preston. Home of a dead ‘witch’ in a churchyard. Somebody is very… Read more The Woodplumpton Witch
The Fake Witch of Kirkcudbright
I found this story in ‘Witchcraft and Superstitious Record in the Southwestern District of Scotland’ (J. Maxwell Wood, 1911) My… Read more The Fake Witch of Kirkcudbright