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...
by eheard | May 7, 2024 | ghost, Grave, hauntings, history, history of Wiltshire, paranormal, Salisbury, wiltshire
Here are three ghostly tales, told to me by a lady called Jan. All happened in Wiltshire and all have left a strong impression on Jan, now in her late 60s. The Ghostly Warning This happened in the early 2000s, on the road through the Woodford Valley, which is a fairly...
