The Lambton Worm is a legend from County Durham in North East England in the UK. The story takes place around the River Wear, and is one of the area’s most famous pieces of folklore,…
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Madam Pigott
Madam Pigott is the local ghost story in the market town of Newport, Shropshire The Tale Squire Pigott lived at the Chetwynd Park estate; he took himself a wife. He was a harsh uncaring husband…
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The Palatine Light is an apparition reported near Block Island, Rhode Island, said to be the ghost ship of a lost 18th-century vessel named the Palatine. The folklore account is based on the historical wreck…
Read More Palatine LightUnidentified flying object
An unidentified flying object (UFO) is an object observed in the sky that is not readily identified. Most UFOs are later identified as conventional objects or phenomena. The term is widely used for claimed observations…
Read More Unidentified flying objectHexham Heads
The Hexham Heads were a pair of small stone heads, about 6 cm high, found in 1971 in the English town of Hexham. The heads became associated with alleged paranormal phenomena, and their exact origin…
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“Wið færstice” is an Old English medical text surviving in the collection known now as Lacnunga in the British Library. “Wið færstice” means ‘against a sudden/violent stabbing pain’; and according to Felix Grendon, whose collection…
Read More Wið færsticeYoung Teazer
Young Teazer was a United States privateer schooner that captured 12 British vessels, five of which made it to American ports. A member of her crew blew her up at Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia during…
Read More Young TeazerMetheringham Lass
The Metheringham Lass is the name given to an apparition which has been reported at RAF Metheringham. Reports have stated that the woman, wearing a jacket bearing RAF insignia, approaches cars as they pass the…
Read More Metheringham LassPoltergeist
In ghostlore, a poltergeist (/ˈpoʊltərˌɡaɪst/; German for “noisy ghost” or “noisy spirit”) is a type of ghost or spirit that is responsible for physical disturbances, such as loud noises and objects being moved or destroyed.…
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The Old Rectory in Epworth, Lincolnshire is a Queen Anne style building, rebuilt after a fire in 1709, which has been completely restored and is now the property of the British Methodist Church, who maintain…
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