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BBC Audio | Uncanny | Cold Cases | Case 10: The Great Amherst Mystery
2+ hour, 37+ min ago (155+ words) Danny and the team travel back to Canada in the 1870s to investigate the Great Amherst Mystery - one of the most famous and perplexing paranormal cases to come to light during the Golden Age of Spiritualism. 18 year old Esther Cox is…...
The haunted Pontefract house that became a tourist attraction
3+ week, 2+ day ago (782+ words) "A haunted house at the top of your street is fantastic," says Pontefract resident Caroline Gibson. While not everyone would agree with her, Caroline and other residents of the town's East Drive have embraced the paranormal activity for which one…...
'Banshee' screams and chilling handprints in one of UK's 'most haunted woods"
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (810+ words) It has long been rumoured that a woodland in Somerset is one of the most haunted spots in the UK. From "banshee-like" screams heard by campers to drivers discovering chilling handprints inside their cars, locals believe they have experienced numerous…...
Ghosts feature film begins filming next month
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (397+ words) The Wait is Over" Ghosts: The Possession of Button House is coming to the big screen BBC Film, Lionsgate and BBC Studios have given Monumental Television, part of ITV Studios, the greenlight to bring the beloved and award-winning BBC comedy…...
Ghosts TV sitcom brought back to life as a feature film
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (441+ words) Ghosts, the Bafta-nominated TV comedy about a young couple who inerit a crumbling mansion with spooky inhabitants, is being made into a feature film. Ghosts: The Possession of Button House will see the return of its writers, creators and stars…...
Carmarthen car park search for five prison bodies believed buried
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (900+ words) A car park at a council's headquarters is being scoured for the bodies of five prisoners from the 19th Century who are thought to be buried underneath. The four murderers and a forger were executed between 1818 and 1894 at the old Carmarthen…...
Jim O'Neill: Family 'haunted' that loved one was in morgue for over a year
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (676+ words) The father of a Belfast man whose body lay unidentified in a Dublin morgue for more than a year has said the family are haunted by the thought that they were living their lives while he was "lying there in…...
Surrey Ghosts house 'protected' by digital mapping
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (421+ words) A digital survey has taken place of a historic manor known to millions as the setting of the BBC sitcom Ghosts. The detailed 3 D model of Grade 1 listed West Horsley Place in Surrey, was created by engineers from the University…...
The Warminster Thing: 60 years since town's UFO fascination began
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (1052+ words) In 1965, local news reports told of unusual happenings in a rural town - then the mysteries continued, with what started as sounds progressing into sightings. The Warminster Thing was born: a series of phenomena and UFOs reported by many in the…...
Mark Gatiss, Joanna Lumley and Tobias Menzies talk dreams, ghosts and ghastly reveals in a chilling Ghost Story for Christmas
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (1443+ words) Nightmare and waking life seem to finally collide in A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower by E. F. Benson Dame Joanna Lumley and Tobias Menzies star in a spine-chilling new Ghost Story for Christmas - The Room in the…...