Tag Archives: British ghosts
Three more of Dr Clay’s eerie tales
An invisible intruder, ghostly singing and an eerie and tragically prophetic dream. Continue reading
Back from the depths
Ghosts seem to have an affinity for water and there are many haunted rivers and lakes. Continue reading
The Avebury Lodge Mystery
The second of two articles about strange incidents in the Wiltshire village of Avebury, collected by the late R C C Clay: one of those inexplicable little events that though linked to ghostly activity are otherwise hard to categorise. Continue reading
He put out his hand to touch it, but…
From an unpublished personal collection of ghost accounts, a tale of a haunted Wiltshire churchyard. Continue reading
The Scents of Culloden
The sweet smell of garden flowers is the last thing you’d expect on an infomous battleground – especially when it is on an isolatd upland moor. Continue reading
‘Ghost’ guards suicide tree
A Derbyshire youth attempts a grisly dare but learns to regret his impudence when a being sporting a glwoing skull apears Continue reading
Trapped by a spectre
An encounter with an appariton in the West Midlands led to a man spending a very uncomfortable night Continue reading
Weirdness at Whittington
An unusual ghost from Shropshire – how can it shriek without a head? Continue reading
The icy grip
A woman running through a wood to escape a storm is caught by an invisible, skeletal hand Continue reading
Chat with a dead Rector
Cases where ghosts interact with the living are uncommon – but in very rare cases they have been known to converse with witnesses. Continue reading

