Tag Archives: Haunted Britain
Ghost cat scares the neighbourhood moggies
Uncanny UK editor RICHARD HOLLAND delves into the dark recesses of his memory to present a true tale of an unusual but rather charming little ghost. About 25 years ago I was on a coach travelling down to Somerset when … Continue reading
The headless and the heedless
RICHARD HOLLAND considers a few examples of haunted burial mounds and wonders why so many of their associated ghosts are described as headless. Could it be down to the robbing of skulls? It is said that a headless horseman rides through … Continue reading
Another Wiltshire ghost
A visitor to Uncanny UK forwards an account of an apparition previously unrecorded but whose existence is at least partly backed up by an account in a recently published village history. Continue reading
The ghost that bit
A young woman has a peculiar and perhaps unique interaction with a wraith that wakes her in her bed. Continue reading
The Leper in the Birdcage
RICHARD HOLLAND revisits a grotesque story that helped get him hooked on ghost-lore Continue reading
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
A ghostly coach and two phantom funerals
Three more spooky snippets from the collection of the late Dr R C C Clay. 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From an unpublished personal collection of ghost accounts, a tale of a haunted Wiltshire churchyard.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

