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    • 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

Britain’s Lost Ghosts

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    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…

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    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…

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    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…

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    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…

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    The Peterhouse College Haunting

    by MJ Wayland April 28, 2022
    April 28, 2022

    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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    Hunting for Britain’s Haunted Villages

    by MJ Wayland November 4, 2021
    November 4, 2021

    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 14, 2021
    October 14, 2021

    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 7, 2021
    October 7, 2021

    “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 14, 2021
    September 14, 2021

    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 17, 2021
    August 17, 2021

    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 15, 2021
    June 15, 2021

    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 20, 2021
    May 20, 2021

    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 18, 2021
    May 18, 2021

    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 8, 2021
    April 8, 2021

    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 28, 2021
    March 28, 2021

    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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  • 50 Real American Ghost Stories
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  • 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?