On her first day working at Dover Castle, Cecilia noticed a woman standing at an upstairs window of an old military building. She appeared to be wearing a dark hooded cloak and was looking out toward the car park. Cecilia thought little of it. She was new to the enormous castle complex, and seeing someone … Read more
Vanessa Mitchell had barely moved into her new house when she saw a tall, dark figure standing inside. She didn’t recognize the man, and she was certain he wasn’t supposed to be there. It was an unsettling welcome to a home she had been excited about buying. But the strange visitor was only the beginning. … Read more
Harry Martindale was working alone in a cellar in York, England, when he heard what sounded like a trumpet. He assumed someone had a radio playing nearby and carried on with his work. The sound came again, louder this time. When he heard it a third time, it seemed to be coming from inside the … Read more
The fire doors were standing wide open, but nobody was there. Security staff at Hampton Court Palace had hurried to a restricted part of the building after an alarm went off. There was no sign of anyone entering or leaving. It was October 6, 2003, and the officers decided to check the security cameras. What … Read more
On February 2, 1834, Major Edward Moor returned from church to his home in Great Bealings, Suffolk, and heard an odd report from his servants.
The security cameras at Chester Castle were doing an ordinary job when they captured something that should not have been there.
Warwick Castle has plenty of ghost stories, but one of its strangest hauntings begins with something almost ordinary: the sound of a man walking.
In December 1716, the Wesley family’s rectory in Epworth began making sounds that did not belong to the house. A maid first heard deep groans outside the dining-room door, followed by knocks that seemed to travel from room to room.
Late in 2005, a young couple living in South Shields, England, began noticing small things around their home that made no sense. Objects appeared where nobody remembered leaving them, noises came from empty rooms, and household items seemed to shift without explanation.
When Mary and William Ricketts moved their family into Hinton Ampner in Hampshire in 1765, Mary had little reason to believe the old stories surrounding the property.