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Here at Uncanny UK, we are always pleased to receive genuine accounts of encounters with the supernatural.
Perhaps you have seen a ghost, glimpsed a fairy or caught sight of a strange creature prowling through the countryside.
If you have had a weird experience, or can report one had by a relative, we’ll be very interested to hear about it. Uncanny UK is the place to record previously undocumented supernatural encounters.
Please send your story to: editor@uncannyuk.com
Category Archives: Witchcraft and Magic
Kill or cure (pt 2)
Folk healing of the past often included gruesome ingredients and practices Continue reading
Kill or cure (pt 1)
Folk remedies were based on principles that seem bizarre today and they included some very ‘nasty medicines’ indeed Continue reading
The deadly decor intended to bring doom
The Image House in Cheshire was decorated with stone ‘voodoo dolls’ by its hate-filled builder Continue reading
Coventry conjurors who cursed a king
Supernatural plot against the King causes scandal in 14th century middle England Continue reading
Posted in Witchcraft and Magic
Tagged British black magic, Coventry black magic, Coventry conjurors, John de Notingham, John de Nottingham, Leicester black magic, male witches, medieval magicians, Robert le Mareschal, Witchcraft in Britain, witchcraft in Coventry, Witchcraft in England, witchcraft in Warwickshire
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Fears of witchcraft led to cruelty
Fewer witch trials were held in Wales than in other parts of Britain. But rough justice on the part of superstitious country folk took place well into the 19th century Continue reading
The witch hunts
The belief that one person can use supernatural means to harm another has held many people in a grip of fear Continue reading
Horrible result of ignoring a nightmare
There are many tales of prophetic dreams and the dangers of ignoring them. This is among the most gruesome Continue reading
Sometimes dreams come true
Two amazing cases where people in peril of their lives were saved thanks to their rescuers’ dreams Continue reading
Posted in Ghosts, Witchcraft and Magic
Tagged British ghosts, Dee estuary, dreams save lives, Flintshire, ghosts in Britain, ghosts in Wales, Ghosts of Britain, ghosts of Wales, Haunted Britain, haunted Wales, Mold, Montgomeryshire, Powys, premonition, prophetic dreams, Welshpool, Wirral
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