Hexed heirlooms

Last time (FT460:28-35), we explored something of the historical background behind the idea of spontaneous human combustion and how the orthodoxy of forensics and fire experts has largely damned the p

The piece I’d never part with

In AD 897, Pope Formosus was put on trial for the crimes of perjury, coveting the papacy and violating canon law by holding more than one bishopric at a time. In truth, the whole thing was a spectacle

It was completely by accident that I came across what is possibly the most mysterious ‘ghost’ photo I have ever seen. This strange image was to become quite the Forteana Forum sensation in the summer

Pluckley is a small English village located on the northern edge of the Kentish Weald between Maidstone and Ashford. It was an Anglo-Saxon settlement, boasts a 14th century church, and found fame in t

There’s a bit of a spooky feel to this month’s proceedings. Our cover story concerns the notorious Kentish village of Pluckley, frequently cited in the press and popular ghost books as “the most haunt