by eheard | Sep 4, 2021 | devizes, folklore, history of Wiltshire, moonrakers, superstitions, Uncategorized, wiltshire
If you ever visit Wiltshire, you may hear of or see the term ‘Moonrakers’. It’s the name used to describe anyone born in the county and there’s a rather charming folk tale associated with this name. Wiltshire was well known throughout Europe...
by eheard | Jun 29, 2021 | devizes, folklore, ghost, Grave, hauntings, paranormal, superstitions, wiltshire
Slap bang in the middle of Weird Wiltshire sits the historic and beautiful market town of Devizes. It is literally dripping with stories of the paranormal. There are so many unexplained tales of the ghosts of Devizes; if I covered them all now, you would be reading...
by eheard | May 25, 2021 | folklore, ghost, hauntings, paranormal, superstitions, Uncategorized, wiltshire
Why is a strange mummified hand under lock and key in an old bread oven in The Haunch of Venison Salisbury pub? I found out! And it wasn’t just a shrivelled hand that made this very old inn a curious place to visit… Originally the building was used to house...
by eheard | May 3, 2021 | ghost, hauntings, paranormal, superstitions, wiltshire
This is a personal tale about a farm cottage, called Spring Cottage, in Chilmark, Wiltshire that I rented with my boyfriend. It was a quaint little two-bedroom cottage with small windows and thick stone walls, dated 1876. We were looking to move out of Salisbury into...
by eheard | Apr 10, 2021 | Bowerchalke, folklore, ghost, Grave, hauntings, paranormal, superstitions, wiltshire
Confusion surrounds the story and location of Kitt’s Grave. It’s often the case when investigating stories from the past. Tales based on real-life events were rarely recorded on paper and there was no internet! Evidence is often scant. Their existence today relies...
by eheard | Nov 22, 2020 | ghost, hauntings, paranormal, superstitions
This is a story my dad told me about a potential Notting Hill Police Station ghost. He was a policeman in London for over 30 years and is not the kind of man given to being overtly emotional or having fanciful notions. When someone sceptical about ghosts and the...
