In June 1833, the small, quiet Norfolk village of Syderstone hit the national headlines after a reported six weeks of strange…
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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.
I always enjoy reading the archives of the Victorian Illustrated Police News for their plain silliness and over the top reporting. …
I’m always intrigued by really leftfield mysteries, and this one certainly seems incredibly bizarre. While researching in the Gentleman’s Magazine of 1789, I discovered a “Botanical Discovery”.
“I uncover evidence that the Black Alchemist could have made his first forays into the Black Arts 20 years before the…
According to folklore and historic records, a lost treasure chest is buried somewhere in Preston, a small village about 3 miles…
Little has changed in the Yorkshire village of Copgrove since the Roman legionnaires deserted the nearby fortification of Isurium Brigantum (the…
Belas Knap, a neolithic burial mound that lies two miles south from the beautiful Cotswold village of Winchcombe is known as…
“The dead, shrivell’d hand, as she clasps it with glee And now, with care, The five locks of hair From the…
In the North-East of England there are hundreds of public houses, but only a minority claim to be haunted, I explore…
During my researches for Year One project I uncovered a story that suggested St Michael’s Cathedral, often known as Coventry Cathedral,…
I have spent nearly four months researching and delving into America’s archives hunting for reports of ghostly sightings and occurrences, and…
In the late 1990s Joe Tagliarini appeared in the news and UFO media as someone selling insurance against paranormal phenomena including…
I came across the following stories quite by accident, I was actually investigating a claim by a witness that they had…
A ghostly terror struck the suburbs of Bradford in 1926. Over a period of several nights a ghost appeared to the…
Norton Hall, Norton Church Road, Sheffield sits with an area rich in ghost and folklore tales, surrounding the Grade II Hall…
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