Posters like this are common place in the London Underground. They tell you about delays, about the importance of drinking water when it’s hot and not leaving your luggage. Okay, posters exactly like this one aren’t actually common. This one deals with ghosts. In Pure Spirit Have you seen anything like this before? Why not […]
The Loch Ness monster appears in Europcar’s food map
Car hire company Europcar have produced this animated food map of the United Kingdom. Viewers start at the top by John O’Groats and the Castle of Mey and can actually drive down the page, using their mouse wheel, until they get to Land’s End. Along the way the car passes through or near to places […]
Wonderful Maori carvings at Mine Bay, Lake Taupo, New Zealand
Lake Taupo is the largest lake, by surface area, in New Zealand. It’s a freshwater lake too that sits in a caldera created by a super volcano about 27,000 years ago. There are still hot springs in the area, especially at the Horomatangi vent and the volcano is considered dormant and not extinct. These carvings […]
The ghosts and names of Penkaet Castle (Fountainhall)
Penkaet Castle is situated just outside of Pencaitland and is one of those centuries old mansions that are a delicious blend of history and hauntings. As with any such combination, it elicits admiration, curiosity and a nervous tingle down the spine. Built over 400 years ago, this cream sandstone has seen several phases of additions […]
The mystery of Easter Island solved
In Pure Spirit This picture was posted on April 1st – also known as April Fools.
The Door to Hell
This remarkable picture is the door to hell. It shows a natural gas field in the Ahal Province in Turkmenistan. The area is called “Darvaza” which means “gate”. The gas field as been aflame since 1971. You can smell the sulfur for miles. The fires started in 1971 when a team of Sciet scientists thought […]
History and hauntings of Saint John’s Chapel and the Tower of London
The Tower of London is one of the best-known buildings in London and a major tourist attraction. It is of architectural interest and historical significance. Not only has this building got an interesting history, there are also stories of hauntings that make this building even more intriguing. Construction of the Tower of London began in […]
The illegal view from the top of the Great Pyramid
You are no longer allowed to climb the Great Pyramid in Egypt. It’s a shame but it is a good decision. The Pyramid has stood for thousands of years and we must ensure it stands for thousands more years. That means we can’t allow tourists to stamp all over it. A group of Russians, however, […]
What about the Highgate Vampire?
In the 60s a group of youngsters with a growing interest in the occult began to explore Highgate Cemetery in London. One of them, David Farrant, spent a night there. He mentions this in the book he wrote on the subject in 1991. A few months later, in February 1970, Farrant wrote to the local […]
Is the Birkwood Psychiatric Hospital haunted?
Birkwood “Castle”, once known as the Birkwood Psychiatric Hospital, is believed by some to be one of the most haunted buildings in the United Kingdom. The building, at Lesmahagow in Lanarkshire, was built around 1860 and believed to have been designed by the Scottish architect John Baird for the McKirdy family and became a psychiatric […]
