In 1820 the building served as a courthouse but today it is a salon owned by hairdresser Harry Browns. “We’ve been aware of an eerie presence in the salon for years but to actually see it on film is very odd,” Mr Browns told UK press who became interested in the story after ghost hunters […]
CCTV footage of the ghost of the Earl of Sefton at Croxteth Hall
Experts have been commissioned by Liverpool City Council to investigate CCTV footage which seems to show a glowing white figure prowling the grounds of Croxteth Hall. Some believe that the 400 year old Croxteth Hall is haunted by Hugh William Osbert Molyneux who was the 7th Earl of Sefton. Lord Molyneux was the last Earl […]
Hundreds travel to see resurrected taxi driver
In South Africa hundreds of people have travelled to meet and talk to Nkosinathi Ntsente who was shot, died and buried eight years ago.
Ntsente now spends his day re-telling the same story to the crowds who walk great distances to talk to him. “I’m tried of telling the same story, the whole day, every day,” he told the Daily Dispatch.
Ntsente story begins when he saw the gunmen approach in a white minibus and how a man near him and who looked very similar to him was riddled with bullets. It was this badly injured “double” that was taken to St. Barnabus Hospital in Libode.
Witch teacher blamed for exam failure
In Kenya, students of the Kakamega blamed surprisingly bad exam marks on a local teacher who, it is claimed, had been engaged in witchcraft.
Girls from Form Three and Form Four stated that personal effects had been taken by the teacher to local magicians in order to be cleansed. The teacher is said to have been liaising with magicians over the term period in order to help boost the student’s academic abilities.
The Church of Thundridge near Cold Christmas Lane
The Church – sometimes known as Cold Christmas church – is believed to be haunted.
Derby’s City General brings in exorcist to fight the hospital ghost
The new City General hospital in Derby has an old problem – a ghost. The hospital, which is about to be renamed the Royal Hospital, is built on the site of the original City General. Staff have reported a black-clad figure in a cloak roaming the wards.
The Sun has been told that there have been dozens of sightings of the apperation in recent weeks.
“Several have seen a male figure cloaked from had to toe in black darting between rooms and through walls – especially in departments near the morgue.
Ectoplasm: Spirit energy manifest
Ectoplasm is a visual (sometimes physical) manifestation of spirit energy. It is suggested that some spiritual entities wrap themselves in ectoplasm in order to interact with the living realm. It can be theorised that ghosts and other spiritual entities made visible are using ectoplasm in someway. Mediums in a trance can sometimes produce ectoplasm from […]
The death of St John’s Church at Liverpool
The area of St John’s Garden in Liverpool was once a burial ground. In 1767 the area contained a small mortuary chapel and general burial site. The construction of St John’s Church began in 1775 and was started by Thomas Litoller. Litoller would use a gothic design that would later influence buildings like St George’s Hall.
The construction of St George’s Hall started in 1854 and when it finished St John’s Church was hard against the west elevation.
The name St John’s Garden comes from St John’s Church as the Church once stood within the grounds of the garden.
The graveyard and cemetery contained about 27,000 bodies before it was closed in 1854. The closure was due to the extension of St George’s Hall and surrounding buildings. Parts of these buildings still remain on the old burial ground.
Demons from the TV: safety tips
It’s pretty common to feel the chills after watching a TV program like Most Haunted or Ghost Hunters. Sometimes, however, sensitive people might suspect that there is more going on than just a case of getting the spooks and that the atmosphere at home has really changed.
The question is can a demon or apparition enter your home through a TV?
Is there something strange at Bidston Hall?
Bidston, just west of Birkenhead and south of Liverpool, is an area of Merseyside with dark history.
One of the worse murders of the 19th century can be attributed to the area. The discovery of the remains a family of five was found buried in the cellar of a building near Rain Hill. Emily Williams and her children; Bertha, Marie, Lilla and Syndey had been cruelly butchered.
Suspicion soon fell on the surviving member of the family – the father and husband – who had fled. Police investigated and discovered that Williams had a dark past. Williams true name was likely to be Deeming. Deeming was also suspected for murder – his wife Marie. He had grown up in the Bidston area of Birkenhead before going on to travel the world and using such esoteric aliases as Baron Swanston.
