by eheard | Apr 20, 2024 | Uncategorized
The White Horse It seems like an age ago now that I visited the Uffington White Horse; a lot happens in Weird Wiltshire in seven months! On one of my little trips out, on a stunning September Sunday afternoon, I ventured north, actually ending up in the county of...
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 26, 2024 | devon, ghost, haunted houses, hauntings, history, paranormal
Lynne contacted me a little while back to see if I might be interested in her ghostly tales. There’s really no need to ask me; of course I was! Lynne is a social worker and writer, with a love of historical buildings, She uses her work to inspire her writing. 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 | Oct 5, 2023 | folklore, ghost, Grave, haunted pub, hauntings, history, paranormal, Uncategorized, Wales
It’s not often I research a small town and find there are very few ghost stories associated with the place. Hay on Wye, pretty much on the border of England and Wales, does seem to be a pretty spook-free zone though. It’s unusual! There are a couple of weird tales,...