by eheard | Feb 12, 2025 | devizes, folklore, ghost, haunted houses, haunted workplace, hauntings, history, history of Wiltshire, long barrow, paranormal, Salisbury, Swindon, wiltshire
I’ve got stacks of books containing various snippets of information about Wiltshire ghosts and folklore. One of the main reasons for this blog is to share these stories with you all but some of the information is so limited, they really are short, short stories!...
by eheard | Jan 20, 2025 | Dorset, elementals, folklore, ghost, ghost hunt, hauntings, history, long barrow, paranormal
‘Gappergennies?’ You say, ‘Whatever are they?’ That’s exactly what I was thinking when I first came across this little-known folklorish tale from the somewhat rural area of Ashmore. Now, I know Ashmore is not quite in Wiltshire;...
by eheard | Dec 16, 2024 | devon, folklore, ghost, halloween, hauntings, history, legends, paranormal
Welcome back to David Aneurin Morgan! He’s a regular contributor to Weird Wiltshire and we share a particular interest in the tale of the Four Witches, the story of the Handsel sisters, the poor unfortunates that were said to have been murdered in Grovely Woods,...
by eheard | Nov 30, 2024 | devon, folklore, ghost, halloween, hauntings, history, legends, paranormal
WARNING: GRAB A CUPPA OR A BEER – THIS IS A LONG BLOG AND ITS FULL OF GHOSTS! One thing that really surprised me when I started doing my latest research into the crumbling ruins of the sinister Devonshire castle, Berry Pomeroy, was just how many ghostly images...
by eheard | Jul 21, 2024 | cryptid, fairies, folklore, ghost, hauntings, history, legends, paranormal, UFOs
Glastonbury Tor This is the first in the series of blogs I plan to write about the mythical and magical lands of Glastonbury and in this blog we visit Glastonbury Tor. It’s somewhere I visit regularly because I feel a great affinity with the place. I’m talking about...
by eheard | Jun 10, 2024 | avebury, folklore, ghost, haunted houses, hauntings, history, history of Wiltshire, paranormal, stone circle, wiltshire
This blog has been quite a long time coming. I started this series in 2022 and although I have been back to Avebury several times (because it is one of my favourite Wiltshire destinations) I haven’t had the chance to go into the Avebury Manor or wander St James...
