America's haunted jail

America’s haunted jail

By Matt Hicks With its cavernous corridors, damp empty cells and peeling walls, it’s unsurprising that this Philadelphia former prison is a popular destination for filmmakers and tourists alike. Completed in 1836, the radial style and solitary confinement policy of Eastern State Penitentiary (E.S.P.) were a revolution in how Western...
THE MOON: The Biggest Mystery?

THE MOON: The Biggest Mystery?

By Gavin Slack If you asked someone to tell you about the moon, they would almost certainly reply “there’s nothing to tell, it’s just a lifeless, boring rock that orbits the Earth”. This is one of the biggest commonest mis-conceptions. The moon is far from being a “lifeless, boring rock”,...
Most Haunted Hotel in the World?

Most Haunted Hotel in the World?

The Myrtles Plantation was built in 1794 by General David Bradford and remains today an excellent example of antebellum architecture along the Mississippi River. The residents and the owners of the house, who have changed several times over the years, recall the many ghostly tales and stories that have been...
The Bell Witch

The Bell Witch

By Judyth Piazza For several years her ghost pinched, slapped, scolded and otherwise tormented a prominent Tennessee family in one of America’s best-known poltergeist cases. Adams, Tennessee, in 1817, was the site of one of the most well-known hauntings in American history. The haunting was so well known that it...
A Slip in Time

A Slip in Time

By Martin Jeffrey Ghosts are a multi-faceted phenomenon that deserves to be classified as a range of different events. Many ghost sightings are readily explained as individuals who appear out of their normal location or time; often the ghost also seems to change the surroundings of the witness, giving the...
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Hangman's Hill Witness

Hangman’s Hill Witness

Witness Recollection “Since I was about 11-12 years old I’ve heard stories about a place in High Beach called “Hangmans Hill”. So one night me and my friend got in his car and decided to take a drive up to High Beech. We asked a local about the legend and he told us about what...

Do ghosts exist?

Witness Recollection I have had a couple of experiences that have left me shaken up , and convinced that ghosts are a part of a science we do not yet understand. One of them occured when I was three and I was talking to someone who, my mum assures me was not there . She...

Dudley Castle Ghost

Witness Recollection I would like to tell of the experience my daughter and I had at Dudley Castle in October last year. I had spent the day at the zoo in the castle grounds.We then went into the visitor centre where they have several rooms dedicated to the history of the castle, archaeological finds and...

Station Hotel, Dudley

By Ian Doherty Station Hotel Dudley – Investigation 16th July 2004 I joined the team at the hotel at around 21:15 hrs and waited in the bar area until the remainder of the team was present. I then went on an initial sweep of the areas we were to be conducting vigils, being rooms 213,214,...

Hotel Experience

Witness Recollection I’ve just been reading some of the stories on your web page about ghosts in Sheffield and one in particular grabbed my attention. The story was titled ‘Strange Feeling’ and it explained very well the feelings I felt when my girlfriend (at the time) and I stayed at a Hotel in the Broomhill...

Oxford Street Ghost

Witness Recollection About three-four fears ago, during a nice bright summer, I was doing some research at Oriel College. Around lunchtime I was hungry so left the building to get some food. After eating, as it was a nice day decided to take a walk around. I believe the location I ended up was Holywell...

Strange Ghost Experiences

Submitted by JoAnne Soper-Cook I should like to share with you some experiences of my husband and myself that fall into the realm of the paranormal. I should explain that we live in Newfoundland, where talk of “The Good People” and ghosts and such are the usual thing at parties and whatnot. About ten years...

My Ghost Experiences

Submitted by Kim D I have had several extra-ordinary encounters in the U.K. and I am interested in knowing if other readers have also experienced phenomena at these sites. December 17, 1997 Borley Church: across the street from what used to be Borley Rectory, at one time called the most haunted house in England. My...

Westcliffe on Sea Ghost

Witness Recollection I used to live in Crowstone Avenue of Westcliff-on-sea, Essex it was built around 1900-1908. In the mid 70′s it was converted into 2 flats. I know this because we did some research on the building due to the strange things that happened there. We moved there in 1995, it was late October...

Experiences with a Ouija Board

Witness Recollection About 40 years ago, while still at school (in Maidstone, Kent), six of us decided one rainy lunchtime to while away the time in a private study room with a ouija board. Not having the ready made article we improvised with letters written on scraps of paper spread round a polished table top,...