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Britain’s Lost Ghosts

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    Hunting for Britain’s Haunted Villages

    by MJ Wayland November 6, 2025
    November 6, 2025

    We all know Halloween is a silly season in the media where it is common to read about the ‘top 10 …

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    Shakespeare’s Ghost at Kirkstall Abbey

    by MJ Wayland October 16, 2025
    October 16, 2025

    In this second article about the weirdness surrounding Kirkstall Abbey (see The Kirkstall Abbey Ghost Hunt) I uncover the claims of …

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    The Kirkstall Abbey Ghost Hunt

    by MJ Wayland October 9, 2025
    October 9, 2025

    “Kirkstall Abbey, near Leeds, famous ruins of which are beloved by antiquaries and pleasure seekers is reported to be haunted,” wrote …

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    Illustrated Police News – Yorkshire Ghost

    by MJ Wayland September 16, 2025
    September 16, 2025

    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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    Strange Ghost Scare in Coventry

    by MJ Wayland August 19, 2025
    August 19, 2025

    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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    Frightened to Death – by Ghosts

    by MJ Wayland June 17, 2025
    June 17, 2025

    Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Mitchell may seem fairly unremarkable names, however both of them died of fright after encounters with ghosts. …

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    Miners refuse to work in haunted mine

    by MJ Wayland May 22, 2025
    May 22, 2025

    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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    A Braybrooke Ghost Story

    by MJ Wayland May 20, 2025
    May 20, 2025

    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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    Standard Hill Ghost at Nottingham Castle

    by MJ Wayland April 10, 2025
    April 10, 2025

    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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    The Coverdale Ghost Light

    by MJ Wayland March 27, 2025
    March 27, 2025

    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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    Haunted Chest of Stanbury Manor

    by MJ Wayland January 9, 2025
    January 9, 2025

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

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    A Fight with a Ghost

    by MJ Wayland January 7, 2025
    January 7, 2025

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

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    All Saint’s Bristol – A Very English ghost story

    by MJ Wayland January 7, 2025
    January 7, 2025

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

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    Henry Sutton shoots a ghost

    by MJ Wayland January 7, 2025
    January 7, 2025

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

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    The Peterhouse College Haunting

    by MJ Wayland April 30, 2024
    April 30, 2024

    Who is the Peterhouse College ghost? What happened when a series of paranormal incidents at the oldest college in Cambridge triggered …

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MJ Wayland
  • Britain’s Lost Ghosts
  • Ghost Research
    • Haunt Field
    • Year One
  • 10 Most Haunted Places
    • 10 Most Haunted Places In Berkshire
    • 10 Most Haunted Places In Bedfordshire
    • 10 Most Haunted Places In Cambridgeshire
    • 10 Most Haunted Places In Cornwall
    • 10 Most Haunted Places In Cumbria
    • 10 Most Haunted Places In Devon
    • 10 Most Haunted Places In Dorset
    • 10 Most Haunted Places In Norfolk
    • 10 Most Haunted Places In Somerset
    • 10 Most Haunted Places In Suffolk
  • Mysteries
  • About MJ
    • Contact Me
    • Books Published
    • 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?