A village ghost story

Each issue we investigate the most ghostly places to visit. Here we take a look at the surprisingly spooky town of Bolton

“Welcome to the 19th century,” began Jeremy Harte, introducing the Folklore Society’s Legendary Weekend examining ‘Lying in Legend and Tradition’. Gathering at Carlisle’s Tullie House Museum over 6-7

ON a grey Monday morning, Jessie walked down the steps of the Sheriff Court in Stirling, her face burning with shame. At her side, a rather worse-for-wear Robert tried to screen her from the camera fl

My bargain piece of furniture held a terrifying secret…

Castle Gate is a ghost town in Price Canyon, Utah, in the western USA. During the early 1920s it was a thriving coal-mining settlement and workers flocked there from all over the world, including my S

A Queer Inheritance: Alternative Histories in the National ...