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Royal Mail Stamps
A collection of stamps issued by the Royal Mail portrays six mythological creatures - where do they fit into UK and Irish legends? |
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Density of Paranormal Places per Region
A quick statistical analysis of the number of paranormal places per region, measured in square miles. |
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Phantom Highwaymen and Women
Highway robbery has a large place in English history, with a degree of romanticism covering up the robber's often brutal and deadly methods. Many stories and legends remain, and possibly a handful of ghosts..?
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Headless Ghosts
There are hundreds of headless ghosts that are reputed to roam the UK and Ireland - coachmen, brides, stableboys, horses, dogs, cats, and even sheep. This extract from the database contains this specialised type of ghost. |
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From the Shoulders of Giants
Stories of giants scatter the UK and Irish landscapes. The gigantic peoples have been blamed for a myriad of environmental features, from misplaced rocks to hills and valleys. Here we can find some of those locations where giants have left their legacy. |
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A Hex on Thee
Roads, rivers, universities and even football grounds have been subjected to curses and hexes over the years. While the screaming skull legends are the most prolific of these cursed locations, a surprising number of other unlikely places have their own ill luck and misfortune. |
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Paranormal Hotspots
Some places in the UK and Ireland appear to attract weirdness, be it ghosts, haunted homes and buildings, UFO sightings or just everyday Fortean activity. A list of those cities, towns and villages can be found here. |
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Alien Big Cats
Can a country the size of the UK really be home to so many large cats? How do they remain undetected and uncaught? Are they flesh and blood, or phantoms of the past? The Paranormal Database lists the places where these mysterious cats have been observed. |
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Slaying the Dragon
Dragons, drakes, draco, wryms, winged snakes... If only half the legends
were true, then the UK was once truly the land of the lizard. |
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Visitors from Space?
Aliens? Time Travelers? Secret aircraft? Or just observational errors? Can thousands of people really be so wrong? Here is a list of places where just a few of these UFOs have been reported around the UK and Ireland. |
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
A church bell rings from beneath the sea, a victim of coastal erosion... The buzz of the doorbell summons occupants to an empty front step... A phantom lady is never seen, only the silken rustling of her dress and the sound of tinkling denote her presence... Bells, chimes, peals and rings feature in dozens of paranormal stories. |
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Up in Smoke
A source of hot debate, why do some people just combust? The places which Spontaneous Human Combustion has occurred are scattered throughout the country. |
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Not Just for Weddings
and Funerals
Tens of thousands of churches are scattered across England, Scotland,
Wales and Ireland, and a high proportion have associated myths and
legends attached - from hauntings by ghostly monks to visits made
by Old Nick himself... |
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Phantom Horses & Riders
A high percentage of the phantoms in the UK & Ireland are of ghostly horses and horsemen / horsewomen, be they killed in battle, decapitated by a low branch, drowned in a pool by the roadside, or cursed to roam by the devil himself... |
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A Rolling Stone
While many of the standing stone of the UK and Ireland are a mystery
in their own right, many are accompanied by even more strange supernatural
and paranormal tales. |
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The Silver Scream
Many people enjoy being scared at the cinema by horror and ghost films - would it add to the terror knowing that the dark building they are sitting in is truly haunted? |
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Out of No Other Shop
Poltergeist infested and haunted shops (and shopping centres) are by
no means uncommon, and actually appear to be on the increase. You may
know what you're buying, but do you know where you're buying it from..? |
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A Bridge too Far
Some bridges are said to have been built by the Devil, some are haunted
by suicides and other tragic figures, while others have an annual
headless horseman who drives a coach across them once a year... |
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Environmental Concerns
Spectral aural
or visual effects can appear to surround a witness or dominate
a landscape. The most common form of this type tends to be houses which
do not really exist, although many other phantom environments have
been reported. |
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The
Last Encore - Haunted Theatres
Some actors find it hard to let go of their roles, while others find
it more difficult to let go of their lives... The haunted theatres and
old playhouses of Great Britain and Ireland can be found here. |
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Why
are you Looking at my Neck?
A collection of the somewhat limited
reports of werewolf and vampire sightings, myths and legends found
in the UK and Ireland . |
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Walking
with Hell Hounds
A gathering of the locations from which Shucks
and other ghostly Devil Dogs have been reported. |
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Look
Both Ways
From vanishing hitchhikers to phantom limousines, the haunted
highways and byways of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland are
all listed here. |
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The
Little People
Fairy sightings and the locations they call home collected from across
the lands, along with reports of other members of the same 'family'. |
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View
from the Battlements
A roundup of the haunted castles and fortifications of the
UK and Ireland is contained within these pages |
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Strange
Beasts
A cryptozoological assembly of the places these strange and displaced
creatures have been seen, from mermaids to the Loch Ness Monster and
his less (in)famous relatives. |
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Old Soldiers Never
Die
Haunted battlefields and other sites where dead soldiers walk and
reenact the fights which took their lives. |
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When the Grey Nurse Visits
Are these stories of haunted hospitals told to unnerve new nurses on
their first nightshift, or just as a matter of fact? |
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Phantoms
of the Waterways
The spirits of the drowned and ethereal boats & ships prove
that ghosts are not just land loving entities. |
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Where the Spirits are Served
Traditionally the public house is the cornerstone of many communities;
it is no wonder why some former drinkers and landlords
like to linger on after hours... |
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The Inn Crowd
With some inns dating back hundreds of years, one can not be surprised
by the large number which claim to house at least one ghost. |
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A Room for a Night
A surprisingly number of hotels claim to be haunted - for some, it is a great selling point; for others, an embarrassment. A collection of the haunted hotels of Britain and Ireland, and their
occupants, can be found here . |
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Rail
Ghosts and Hauntings
Phantom
steam engines, spectral rail workers, and other paranormal occurrences
on and just off the rails. |
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Going Underground
Mile after mile of long dark winding passages may carry tens of thousands of people by day, but at night do the dead really walk London Underground? |
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Incorporeal Inmates
- Haunted Prisons
Not all inmates of the prison system are flesh and blood; when
behind bars, witnesses find it quite difficult to escape the unearthly... |
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Please Do Not
Touch
With relics of the dead entombed within the walls, it is really
a surprise so many museums are haunted or cursed? |
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What's not
on the Menu
From fast food to five star, sometimes restaurants can offer more than
just food and drink. A guide to the haunted restaurants of Britain and Ireland is revealed here. |
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Our Learned
Friends
Many educational establishments in Britain and Ireland can boast paranormal
events - the ghosts of the universities and colleges of Oxford and
Cambridge are the most well known, but are by no means alone. |
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That Ol' Devil
Old Nick is part of dozens of myths and legends; whether popping up
to teach mortals to respect the sabbath or just passing by en route
to steal a church, the Devil's stories are told here... |
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If You Go Down to the Woods Today
From the mighty forest to a humble solitary oak, paranormal entities
have an affinity towards trees and wooded areas of all kinds. |
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Royal Ghosts and Hauntings
No other family can lay claim to such a bloody history and so many
of their members returning from the dead. |
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Arthurian Myth & Legend
Few can agree on the exact details of King Arthur and the many stories surrounding him. Several places claim to be camelot, a few buildings claim to house the round table, and the hills and castles that claim Arthur still sleeps beneath them waiting for Britain to need him are many. |
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No Body Loves Me
Whether crying, complaining or chatting away merrily, the legend of the screaming skulls is one of the more popular myths in the UK. A few of the stories are little more than campfire tales, but some are truly terrifying... |
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Pit Ghosts and Haunted Collieries
The darkest places are not on the earth but beneath it. Countless people have lost their lives providing this country and others with the raw materials required for the backbone of society. Are the ghosts
here born from the minds of men, or should we really be afraid of
the dark?
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Of Mermaids and Men
The waters around the isle are full of mysterious creatures, none so strange as the half human, half fish creatures known as mermaids and mermen. Most of the stories concerning the merfolk are little more than legend, but could a few prove that truth is stranger than fiction? |
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Police & Fire Station Hauntings
When human tragedy is an everyday occurrence, it is little wonder that emotional echoes are left behind once the flesh is all but gone. If anything, one may be surprised that more fire and police stations are not haunted by former staff. |
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Media Interference
The popular media is not traditionally sympathetic towards the paranormal, tending to dramatise events or carry the stories with heavy doses of sarcasm. So, when the reports of haunted TV or radio studios start to drift in, the taste of irony can be sweet. |
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Boadica
The Warrior Queen of the Iceni holds a special place in British history and mythology. Several sites lay claim to be her final resting place or the battlefield where she was finally defeated by the Romans, while a few other places are said to be haunted by her phantom. |
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Robin Hood
The tales of folk hero Robin Hood may be ingrained in our psyche, but what do we really know of the man? Where was he born? Where did he frequent? Did he actually even exist? The latter question no-one can ever be sure of, but the locations which lay claim on the Hood can be found here. |
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Tomb Raiders and Treasure Hunters
For anyone brave and foolish enough, there is much treasure to be discovered. Legends cover the land of concealed gems and gold, just waiting for the right person to come along and grab it. Granted, many of the stories have fabulous beasts, ghosts and curses all protecting the wealth, but for the true tomb raider would this really deter? |
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Further
Reading
A selection of books, magazine and other publications
used in the construction of the Paranormal Database |
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