“Next event coming up, a cracker of a place. 50-60 murders have taken place at this inn by the landlord. The…
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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.
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Today I visited an old haunting ground of mine. The Cross Keys Inn is one of the oldest pubs in Sheffield and being the only one built on holy ground.
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I always enjoy reading the archives of the Victorian Illustrated Police News for their plain silliness and over the top reporting. …
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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”.
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“I uncover evidence that the Black Alchemist could have made his first forays into the Black Arts 20 years before the…
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According to folklore and historic records, a lost treasure chest is buried somewhere in Preston, a small village about 3 miles…
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“The dead, shrivell’d hand, as she clasps it with gleeAnd now, with care, The five locks of hairFrom the skull of…
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During my researches for Year One project I uncovered a story that suggested St Michael’s Cathedral, often known as Coventry Cathedral,…
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I have spent nearly four months researching and delving into America’s archives hunting for reports of ghostly sightings and occurrences, and…
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I came across the following stories quite by accident, I was actually investigating a claim by a witness that they had…
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A ghostly terror struck the suburbs of Bradford in 1926. Over a period of several nights a ghost appeared to the…
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Saint Rumwold (often spelled Rumbold) is a curious saint that beggars belief, however its an interesting tale that has grown and…
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“Millions of spiritualists find their Mecca just now in a little farmhouse which lies seven miles north of Rutland, Vermont. It…
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Danbury is closely related to the Knights Templar and the Saint-Clere (Sinclair) Family, the builders of Roslin Chapel. There is also…
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A Supernatural Monster? 565AD: The Saint stood on the banks of the Loch, ready to encounter the water monster that lurked…