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Three more of Dr Clay’s eerie tales

An invisible intruder, ghostly singing and an eerie and tragically prophetic dream. Continue reading

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Back from the depths

Ghosts seem to have an affinity for water and there are many haunted rivers and lakes. Continue reading

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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

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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From an unpublished personal collection of ghost accounts, a tale of a haunted Wiltshire churchyard.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

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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

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‘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

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Trapped by a spectre

An encounter with an appariton in the West Midlands led to a man spending a very uncomfortable night Continue reading

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Weirdness at Whittington

An unusual ghost from Shropshire – how can it shriek without a head? Continue reading

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The icy grip

A woman running through a wood to escape a storm is caught by an invisible, skeletal hand Continue reading

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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

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