• 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
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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.

  • Mysteries

    The Ice Saints

    by MJ Wayland June 6, 2023
    June 6, 2023

    “The Others are as dead as the children of the forest , gone eight thousand years. Maester Luwin will tell you…

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  • Year One

    Warwick Castle Ghosts – A Re-evaluation

    by MJ Wayland June 1, 2023
    June 1, 2023

    Year One continues to provide an insight into Britain’s hauntings, and ultimately raises questions about the origins of many of our…

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  • Mysteries

    Relics of Mary, Queen of Scots

    by MJ Wayland May 30, 2023
    May 30, 2023

    In 1869 Queen Victoria accepted a bequest from the 8th Lord Belhaven which contained various items belonging to Mary Queen of…

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  • Haunt Field

    Fields of Whitechapel

    by MJ Wayland May 25, 2023
    May 25, 2023

    There are indications that from it’s early establishment Whitechapel was always going to be the place where Jack the Ripper would strike and weirdness would ensue.

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  • Britain's Lost Ghosts

    Miners refuse to work in haunted mine

    by MJ Wayland May 23, 2023
    May 23, 2023

    In 1902 the Yorkshire Evening Post reported from Glyncorrwg Colliery near Port Talbot in Glamorganshire after miners went on strike due…

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  • Britain's Lost Ghosts

    A Braybrooke Ghost Story

    by MJ Wayland May 18, 2023
    May 18, 2023

    A tiny village near Market Harborough was the focus of many ghost hunters in 1933 after a series of sightings hit…

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  • Ghost ResearchReal Ghost Stories

    At last found a ghost!

    by MJ Wayland May 4, 2023
    May 4, 2023

    “Rumour is going about that the Psychical Society has at last found a ghost.” The Society for Psychical Research, one of…

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  • Mysteries

    Vampires of the Borders

    by MJ Wayland April 27, 2023
    April 27, 2023

    Scotland and England have very prolific stories of the vampire and that is no different for the towns that are situated…

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  • Britain's Lost Ghosts

    Standard Hill Ghost at Nottingham Castle

    by MJ Wayland April 11, 2023
    April 11, 2023

    Is Nottingham the most haunted city in England? Nottingham Castle is one location that has its fair share of ghostly activity…

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  • Britain's Lost GhostsHaunt Field

    The Coverdale Ghost Light

    by MJ Wayland March 28, 2023
    March 28, 2023

    For years a ghost light haunted a remote Yorkshire Dales village’s road. Was it the ghost of a murdered woman or…

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    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…

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  • 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…

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  • 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 /…

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  • 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…

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  • 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…

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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

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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?