• America’s Lost Ghosts
  • Britain’s Lost Ghosts
  • Ghost Research
    • Haunt Field
    • Year One
  • Mysteries
  • About MJ
    • Contact Me
    • Writer and Author
    • Media Credits
  • My Books
    • 50 Real American Ghost Stories
    • 50 Real Ghost Stories
    • 50 Real Ghost Stories 2
    • Derby Ghost Walk
    • Real Christmas Ghost Stories
    • Tales of the Polden Hills
    • The York Ghost Walk
    • York’s Hidden Hauntings
  • Have You Seen A Ghost?
MJ Wayland
otherworld antiquarian
Author

MJ Wayland

MJ Wayland

MJ Wayland is a No.1 bestselling writer, researcher and historian specialising in ghosts, supernatural and Fortean subjects. His research has appeared in dozens of publications and he has consulted and appeared in over one hundred television programmes and documentaries. Over the last fifteen years, he has lectured internationally, appearing at the Oxford Literary Festival and Latitude Festival. His research has taken him from the dark haunted castles of Britain to the haunted graveyards of New Orleans, Loch Ness to Vlad The Impaler’s Castle, Romania.

  • Ghost Research

    Ghostly Treasure & The Older Woman

    by MJ Wayland March 14, 2023
    March 14, 2023

    Some of the oldest beliefs about ghosts are that supernatural entities protect or are connected to ‘treasure’. One of Britain’s oldest…

    Read more
    0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
  • Ghost Research

    Screaming Skulls and Headless Spirits

    by MJ Wayland January 24, 2023
    January 24, 2023

    For thousands of years across many different cultures across the world people have believed that the head or skull has held…

    Read more
    0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
  • Mysteries

    The Horseman’s Word in Print

    by MJ Wayland January 10, 2023
    January 10, 2023

    After purchasing “The Society of the Horseman’s Word” edited by Ben Fernee, I have been interested in this ancient order /…

    Read more
    0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
  • Haunt Field

    The Ghosts of Repton, Derbyshire

    by MJ Wayland January 10, 2023
    January 10, 2023

    Despite their macabre associations, churchyards are not normally more liable to ghosts than anywhere else, for in normal circumstances churchyards are…

    Read more
    0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
  • Mysteries

    Silbury Hill

    by MJ Wayland January 10, 2023
    January 10, 2023

    Silbury Hill in Wiltshire just a few miles from Avebury is a place of mystery for both historians and new agers…

    Read more
    0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
  • Britain's Lost Ghosts

    Haunted Chest of Stanbury Manor

    by MJ Wayland January 10, 2023
    January 10, 2023

    In March 1950, an auction at Stanbury Manor, Morwenstow in Cornwall brought an unusual item to the fore – a haunted…

    Read more
    0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
  • Mysteries

    Painswick’s Hidden Folly

    by MJ Wayland January 6, 2023
    January 6, 2023

    More than three hundred years ago a lodge was built high above the Gloucestershire village of Painswick, this was no ordinary…

    Read more
    0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
  • Britain's Lost Ghosts

    A Fight with a Ghost

    by MJ Wayland January 6, 2023
    January 6, 2023

    In ghost history, there are many mentions of encounters of ghosts which results in violence, the most famous case is that…

    Read more
    0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
  • Britain's Lost Ghosts

    Henry Sutton shoots a ghost

    by MJ Wayland January 6, 2023
    January 6, 2023

    While researching Victorian ghost hunters, I don’t mean the toffs behind the Society of Psychical Research or the Ghost Club, but…

    Read more
    0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
  • Year One

    Middletons’ Bucklebury Manor

    by MJ Wayland January 6, 2023
    January 6, 2023

    With reports of Kate Middleton’s family moving to a new home – Bucklebury Manor in Berkshire, there have also been misconceptions…

    Read more
    0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
  • Britain's Lost Ghosts

    All Saint’s Bristol – A Very English ghost story

    by MJ Wayland January 5, 2023
    January 5, 2023

    While promoting my book “50 Real Ghost Stories” I have been interviewed by many regional radio stations, one of which was…

    Read more
    0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
  • Haunt FieldMysteries

    Brinklow Hill

    by MJ Wayland January 4, 2023
    January 4, 2023

    With its tales of hauntings, UFO activity and alleged satanic murder, Brinklow Hill, Leicestershire is one of the mysterious sites in…

    Read more
    0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
  • Mysteries

    Saracen’s Head Mystery?

    by MJ Wayland January 4, 2023
    January 4, 2023

    The South Lincolnshire village of Saracen’s Head has one of the most unusual names in the UK. Its name supplies images…

    Read more
    0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
  • Haunt Field

    The Haughton Castle Ghost

    by MJ Wayland January 3, 2023
    January 3, 2023

    Haughton Castle sits on the banks of the North Tyne and is a well-known area for fine trout fishing. The castle…

    Read more
    0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
  • Year One

    The Ghost Bus of Kensington

    by MJ Wayland January 3, 2023
    January 3, 2023

    This article forms a part of the ‘Year One’ project, reviewing and researching prominent paranormal cases from the perspective of the…

    Read more
    1 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Load More Posts
Available from Amazon Now

My Books

  • 50 Real American Ghost Stories
  • 50 Real Ghost Stories
  • 50 Real Ghost Stories 2
  • Derby Ghost Walk
  • Real Christmas Ghost Stories
  • Tales of the Polden Hills
  • The York Ghost Walk
  • York’s Hidden Hauntings

Don't forget to check out the illustrator of my books here - Unseely

And if you are interested in Scottish Border History

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram

@2021 - All Right Reserved. Sarkless Kitty & MJ Wayland

MJ Wayland
  • America’s Lost Ghosts
  • Britain’s Lost Ghosts
  • Ghost Research
    • Haunt Field
    • Year One
  • Mysteries
  • About MJ
    • Contact Me
    • Writer and Author
    • Media Credits
  • My Books
    • 50 Real American Ghost Stories
    • 50 Real Ghost Stories
    • 50 Real Ghost Stories 2
    • Derby Ghost Walk
    • Real Christmas Ghost Stories
    • Tales of the Polden Hills
    • The York Ghost Walk
    • York’s Hidden Hauntings
  • Have You Seen A Ghost?