by eheard | Mar 17, 2024 | folklore, ghost, haunted houses, hauntings, history, history of Wiltshire, legends, paranormal, tisbury, wiltshire
This blog is definitely for the sceptics among you! It’s a story that just goes to show how local folklore, tales that have been passed down from person to person over many years, sometimes centuries, endure the tests of time and eventually become set in local stone...
by eheard | Feb 10, 2024 | avebury, Bowerchalke, calne, cryptid, devizes, elementals, fairies, folklore, ghost, Grave, haunted houses, haunted pub, haunted workplace, hauntings, history, legends, long barrow, paranormal, Salisbury, stone circle, stonehenge, Swindon, Swindon Old Town, tisbury, wiltshire
This set of spooky little tales originally ran on Twitter and Bluesky through January 2024. It felt like the perfect time of year, a dark and dismal winter month, for sending out these short stories as a series. Some of them you may recognise as they are the...
by eheard | Oct 29, 2023 | ghost, ghost hunt, Grave, halloween, haunted workplace, hauntings, history, history of Wiltshire, legends, paranormal, Salisbury, wiltshire
The Wars of the Roses happened at the end of the medieval period, and it was time of treachery and betrayal, murder and terrible violence, great battles and political turmoil. One of the biggest traitors played his final hand of cards within this period and it was to...
by eheard | Jul 1, 2023 | folklore, ghost, ghost hunt, hauntings, history, legends, paranormal, superstitions, Wales
After a most successful chat about podcasts and ghosts, my friend, fantastic Welsh storyteller Owen Statton, and I decided it was time for our first real-life meet up and a trip out to somewhere spooky, historical and folklorish. But where to go? Between the south of...
by eheard | Jun 20, 2023 | cryptid, elementals, folklore, ghost, ghost hunt, Grave, hauntings, history, history of Wiltshire, legends, paranormal, stone circle, stonehenge, superstitions, traditions, wiltshire
As a glorious bubble of high pressure settles over the magical British Isles, the sun continues its climb into the blue sky and reaches the furthest point from the equator in its annual cycle. On this day of light, the 21st of June, we celebrate the longest day of the...
by eheard | May 29, 2023 | history, history of Wiltshire, legends, traditions, Wilton, wiltshire
As part of my Weird Wiltshire journey, I have found out about many old traditions and celebrations, heading back centuries, that have simply ceased to be. Indeed, in the village where I live, the annual carnival held in September, which has been going on for over one...