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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2019 2:10:30 GMT
New Favourite thread.
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Post by elystokie on Dec 12, 2019 8:09:52 GMT
Did it cross your mind to ask her if she fancied a threesome with you and your missus? 1. Some of you lot on 'ere, Eels, honestly, talk about a one-track mind! (At least you're consistent....... ) 2. And anyway, I'm sure it's a widely-held belief that dogs (and many animals) are supposed to be highly receptive to ghostly presences, and they apparently start acting up, eg. backing off, refusing to go into certain rooms, ears down or hackles rising, etc., when they sense that 'company' is present..... (cue X Files music)...... I live in a dog free house now murph. It's bliss
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Post by bathstoke on Dec 12, 2019 8:17:12 GMT
No, thank fuck 😁 Not seen or heard from her (The ghost) for about 7 years now though, thankfully Did it cross your mind to ask her if she fancied a threesome with you and your missus? Who would clear up all the ectoplasm💦
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Post by auntiegeorge on Dec 12, 2019 8:23:36 GMT
I think cats can sense the presence of "presences" too, Murph. At least this one can. Or maybe it was just Graham Norton on the TV?
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Post by murphthesurf on Dec 12, 2019 10:51:13 GMT
I think cats can sense the presence of "presences" too, Murph. At least this one can. Or maybe it was just Graham Norton on the TV? Yep, I have the same reaction to him myself, auntie, and even worse with Wossy. Brilliant pic, btw! Either that or the moggy in the pic is looking at a house across the road and has just seen a delivery driver not bother to knock at the door but just throw their package - marked 'extremely fragile' - over the top of their six-foot high gates into their garden and then drive off. Some of them want shooting!
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Post by murphthesurf on Dec 12, 2019 10:58:41 GMT
I agree! We had another really excellent thread on ghosts and/or 'presences' maybe a year or so ago....... many interesting accounts from Oatie folks of spooky occurrences in their homes, etc. If I've got time I'll try to find it and give it a nudge.
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Post by murphthesurf on Dec 12, 2019 11:31:06 GMT
I agree! We had another really excellent thread on ghosts and/or 'presences' maybe a year or so ago....... many interesting accounts from Oatie folks of spooky occurrences in their homes, etc. If I've got time I'll try to find it and give it a nudge. Right............... haven't found the Ghosty one yet, so will keep looking, but have found a quite lengthy one (well about 7 pgs so far) so will bump it in a min. It's called 'Mediums'.
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Post by somersetstokie on Dec 12, 2019 12:14:05 GMT
I appreciate everybody's input and I hope that some of the contributions are generally enlightening. I have no particular agenda for discussing the circumstances and beliefs regarding hauntings in general, but I am extremely interested in what is behind the reports. People can take them or leave them and believe what they want. In this instance I was looking into something else and found this rather obscure reference that completely baffled me, especially as I lived there and at the time was not aware of this manifestation.
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Post by Saul Krakinov on Dec 12, 2019 17:20:09 GMT
No, thank fuck 😁 Not seen or heard from her (The ghost) for about 7 years now though, thankfully Can we have info on your ghost, please, Saul? Ta ever so. Had quite a few strange things happen. One day while i was up in the bedroom i heard somebody walking up the stairs which are bare wood. I shouted "hi" thinking it was the Missus but no reply. After a few minutes i looked out the window to see that her car wasn't back yet. Same story as above, but the Missus thought i was back from work. She even says she heard me come in through the front door. Many a time where we have pulled the long dangly light pull thing in the bathroom and about 3 hours later it is still having a good old swing. Same with keys in the door still swinging an hour later. Things just randomly rolling off the kitchen work surface when nobody is near to it. And top randomly coming off a bottle of lime juice and landing 3 feet away. And finally... ...one night when i was watching tv in the livingroom i looked across at the Missus and there was an old lady stood motionless next to her surrounded by purple lights. She never moved and vanished after about 5 seconds. And yes i was sober. Additional. The only thing the dog does that freaks me out is when she sits there watching things that i can't see and her vision follows whatever it is around the room
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Post by murphthesurf on Dec 12, 2019 23:23:43 GMT
Can we have info on your ghost, please, Saul? Ta ever so. Had quite a few strange things happen. One day while i was up in the bedroom i heard somebody walking up the stairs which are bare wood. I shouted "hi" thinking it was the Missus but no reply. After a few minutes i looked out the window to see that her car wasn't back yet. Same story as above, but the Missus thought i was back from work. She even says she heard me come in through the front door. Many a time where we have pulled the long dangly light pull thing in the bathroom and about 3 hours later it is still having a good old swing. Same with keys in the door still swinging an hour later. Things just randomly rolling off the kitchen work surface when nobody is near to it. And top randomly coming off a bottle of lime juice and landing 3 feet away. And finally... ...one night when i was watching tv in the livingroom i looked across at the Missus and there was an old lady stood motionless next to her surrounded by purple lights. She never moved and vanished after about 5 seconds. And yes i was sober. Additional. The only thing the dog does that freaks me out is when she sits there watching things that i can't see and her vision follows whatever it is around the room Strewth! Thanks, Saul. Er.......... changed my mind about coming over for tea next week, btw...........
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Post by chuffedstokie on Dec 13, 2019 10:05:24 GMT
Can we have info on your ghost, please, Saul? Ta ever so. Had quite a few strange things happen. One day while i was up in the bedroom i heard somebody walking up the stairs which are bare wood. I shouted "hi" thinking it was the Missus but no reply. After a few minutes i looked out the window to see that her car wasn't back yet. Same story as above, but the Missus thought i was back from work. She even says she heard me come in through the front door. Many a time where we have pulled the long dangly light pull thing in the bathroom and about 3 hours later it is still having a good old swing. Same with keys in the door still swinging an hour later. Things just randomly rolling off the kitchen work surface when nobody is near to it. And top randomly coming off a bottle of lime juice and landing 3 feet away. And finally... ...one night when i was watching tv in the livingroom i looked across at the Missus and there was an old lady stood motionless next to her surrounded by purple lights. She never moved and vanished after about 5 seconds. And yes i was sober. Additional. The only thing the dog does that freaks me out is when she sits there watching things that i can't see and her vision follows whatever it is around the room Well I suppose it's a selling point should you ever be inclined to move. 🤔
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Post by thequietman on Dec 13, 2019 12:26:17 GMT
Can we have info on your ghost, please, Saul? Ta ever so. Had quite a few strange things happen. One day while i was up in the bedroom i heard somebody walking up the stairs which are bare wood. I shouted "hi" thinking it was the Missus but no reply. After a few minutes i looked out the window to see that her car wasn't back yet. Same story as above, but the Missus thought i was back from work. She even says she heard me come in through the front door. Many a time where we have pulled the long dangly light pull thing in the bathroom and about 3 hours later it is still having a good old swing. Same with keys in the door still swinging an hour later. Things just randomly rolling off the kitchen work surface when nobody is near to it. And top randomly coming off a bottle of lime juice and landing 3 feet away. And finally... ...one night when i was watching tv in the livingroom i looked across at the Missus and there was an old lady stood motionless next to her surrounded by purple lights. She never moved and vanished after about 5 seconds. And yes i was sober. Additional. The only thing the dog does that freaks me out is when she sits there watching things that i can't see and her vision follows whatever it is around the room Mrs Q has just reminded me (she's started reading the Oatcake now & then so I'll have to try & remember to watch my P's & Q's) about the first time I ever visited her flat. Back when she was the new girlfriend and long before she was even potentially the new Mrs Q.
It was an upstairs flat. Flight of stairs leading up to Mrs Q's living area from the front door. The front door was only for her flat, no way of access from that (or any part of Mrs Q's flat) to the downstairs flat. No common areas at all.
I'd walked from the living room to the bathroom and heard what was clearly an old Chinese lady at the foot of the stairs shout "Hey, what are you doing?". Wondered if it was a neighbour popped in so I went to the top of the stairs. Nobody there. Went down the stairs to the front door. Nobody there either and the front door was chained from the inside so nobody could have gone out.
Went back into the living room & mentioned it to Mrs Q & she went pale. A former resident had been an old Chinese lady who'd committed suicide. I had absolutely no idea about that until then.
I've always said I don't believe in ghosts. Still don't really believe in them, but even as a sceptic I can't deny what happened.
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Post by ersaurebot 1, 000, 000 views on Dec 13, 2019 13:37:03 GMT
My Grandma lived in Eccleshall and always told me about the over 60s club where they had a talk on ghostly goings on in the village.
Apparently there was a lady in a green dress walked around the top of Kerry Lane and my Grandma always reckoned she had not only seen her but talked to her.
I used to go looking for her with my Uncle but alas she was a no show!
Maybe that is the ghost the OP was referring to?
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Post by murphthesurf on Dec 13, 2019 13:53:14 GMT
Had quite a few strange things happen. One day while i was up in the bedroom i heard somebody walking up the stairs which are bare wood. I shouted "hi" thinking it was the Missus but no reply. After a few minutes i looked out the window to see that her car wasn't back yet. Additional. The only thing the dog does that freaks me out is when she sits there watching things that i can't see and her vision follows whatever it is around the room Well I suppose it's a selling point should you ever be inclined to move. 🤔 That would be good, Chuff Imagine your house is on the market and you're showing a potential buyer round & there's suddenly the sound of someone walking up the stairs..... then, as no-one has come in, the house-viewer says "who's that coming upstairs?" and you say "the resident ghost, of course." If I were the viewer I'd say and then "cheerio......."
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Post by murphthesurf on Dec 13, 2019 13:58:48 GMT
Had quite a few strange things happen. One day while i was up in the bedroom i heard somebody walking up the stairs which are bare wood. I shouted "hi" thinking it was the Missus but no reply. After a few minutes i looked out the window to see that her car wasn't back yet. Mrs Q has just reminded me (she's started reading the Oatcake now & then so I'll have to try & remember to watch my P's & Q's) about the first time I ever visited her flat. I'd walked from the living room to the bathroom and heard what was clearly an old Chinese lady at the foot of the stairs shout "Hey, what are you doing?". Wondered if it was a neighbour popped in so I went to the top of the stairs. Nobody there. Went down the stairs to the front door.
I've always said I don't believe in ghosts. Still don't really believe in them, but even as a sceptic I can't deny what happened.
Hi JD How could you tell she was Chinese and old just from those few words?
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Post by somersetstokie on Dec 13, 2019 15:03:23 GMT
My Grandma lived in Eccleshall and always told me about the over 60s club where they had a talk on ghostly goings on in the village. Apparently there was a lady in a green dress walked around the top of Kerry Lane and my Grandma always reckoned she had not only seen her but talked to her. I used to go looking for her with my Uncle but alas she was a no show! Maybe that is the ghost the OP was referring to? Interesting one, and again something different. Top of Kerry Lane, Elford Heath area. Must make a note to follow up. At this rate we'll have Eccleshall competing for most haunted village in Staffordshire title. Which is currently probably Alton. As a point of interest there are very often consistent reports of apparitions in some locations where the sighting seems to relate to gender, and for example only ever seem to be observed by women. In other cases it might only be children who see them. This is an added peculiarity of some records abd serves to complicate matters further.
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Post by thequietman on Dec 13, 2019 15:07:31 GMT
Mrs Q has just reminded me (she's started reading the Oatcake now & then so I'll have to try & remember to watch my P's & Q's) about the first time I ever visited her flat. I'd walked from the living room to the bathroom and heard what was clearly an old Chinese lady at the foot of the stairs shout "Hey, what are you doing?". Wondered if it was a neighbour popped in so I went to the top of the stairs. Nobody there. Went down the stairs to the front door.
I've always said I don't believe in ghosts. Still don't really believe in them, but even as a sceptic I can't deny what happened.
Hi JD How could you tell she was Chinese and old just from those few words? Mostly the quality (old, tremulous) and inflections in her voice, Murph. Ok, potentially not Chinese but definitely far eastern. And definitely old.
Possibly also the faint smell of hoisin sauce and wee although that could have been me.
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Post by thequietman on Dec 13, 2019 15:09:24 GMT
My Grandma lived in Eccleshall and always told me about the over 60s club where they had a talk on ghostly goings on in the village. Apparently there was a lady in a green dress walked around the top of Kerry Lane and my Grandma always reckoned she had not only seen her but talked to her. I used to go looking for her with my Uncle but alas she was a no show! Maybe that is the ghost the OP was referring to? Interesting one, and again something different. Top of Kerry Lane, Elford Heath area. Must make a note to follow up. At this rate we'll have Eccleshall competing for most haunted village in Staffordshire title. Which is currently probably Alton. Not Eccleshall itself, Somerset, but Brocton Hall definitely had ghostly goings on. IIRC there was a child and a bloodstain underneath a painting that would reappear no matter how many times it was cleaned up.
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Post by yeokel on Dec 13, 2019 15:32:46 GMT
Interesting one, and again something different. Top of Kerry Lane, Elford Heath area. Must make a note to follow up. At this rate we'll have Eccleshall competing for most haunted village in Staffordshire title. Which is currently probably Alton. Not Eccleshall itself, Somerset, but Brocton Hall definitely had ghostly goings on. IIRC there was a child and a bloodstain underneath a painting that would reappear no matter how many times it was cleaned up. We’ve got a red wine stain in the carpet that’s like that, as the missus keeps reminding me about every time I’m seen with a glass of red in my hand
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Post by murphthesurf on Dec 30, 2019 14:37:31 GMT
Interesting one, and again something different. Top of Kerry Lane, Elford Heath area. Must make a note to follow up. At this rate we'll have Eccleshall competing for most haunted village in Staffordshire title. Which is currently probably Alton. Not Eccleshall itself, Somerset, but Brocton Hall definitely had ghostly goings on. IIRC there was a child and a bloodstain underneath a painting that would reappear no matter how many times it was cleaned up. Intriguing - - do you mind if we ask how you know that, JD? Actually, come to think of it, there's a very large old detached house in Barlaston village, just up from the railway station and close to where Wedgwood Memorial College is/was --- and back in the c.1940s (ONO) the chauffeur murdered the lady of the house and there's supposed to be a reappearing bloodstain on/near the fireplace (ONO). I think the police caught the killer & he was hanged. I'll see if I can find a link to it.
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Post by murphthesurf on Dec 30, 2019 15:44:58 GMT
Not Eccleshall itself, Somerset, but Brocton Hall definitely had ghostly goings on. IIRC there was a child and a bloodstain underneath a painting that would reappear no matter how many times it was cleaned up. Intriguing - - do you mind if we ask how you know that, JD? Actually, come to think of it, there's a very large old detached house in Barlaston village, just up from the railway station and close to where Wedgwood Memorial College is/was --- and back in the c.1940s (ONO) the chauffeur murdered the lady of the house and there's supposed to be a reappearing bloodstain on/near the fireplace (ONO). I think the police caught the killer & he was hanged.
I'll see if I can find a link to it. Yep, here we are, and this might as well be straight out of an Agatha Christie book! The huge and beautiful old country house was called 'Estoril', owned by Mr & Mrs Wiltshaw, and it was their chauffeur wot dunnit: 'The chauffeur (and ex-Borstal boy) Leslie Green was found guilty of the brutal murder of Mrs Alice Wiltshaw in July 1952 and was hanged at Stafford Gaol on 23 December 1952'. Read all about it: murderpedia.org/male.G/g/green-leslie.htm
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2019 17:30:07 GMT
Intriguing - - do you mind if we ask how you know that, JD? Actually, come to think of it, there's a very large old detached house in Barlaston village, just up from the railway station and close to where Wedgwood Memorial College is/was --- and back in the c.1940s (ONO) the chauffeur murdered the lady of the house and there's supposed to be a reappearing bloodstain on/near the fireplace (ONO). I think the police caught the killer & he was hanged.
I'll see if I can find a link to it. Yep, here we are, and this might as well be straight out of an Agatha Christie book! The huge and beautiful old country house was called 'Estoril', owned by Mr & Mrs Wiltshaw, and it was their chauffeur wot dunnit: 'The chauffeur (and ex-Borstal boy) Leslie Green was found guilty of the brutal murder of Mrs Alice Wiltshaw in July 1952 and was hanged at Stafford Gaol on 23 December 1952'. Read all about it: murderpedia.org/male.G/g/green-leslie.htm
Good bit of detective work Murph. It's a gruesome story but I always find it interesting and intriguing to learn about these stories.
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Post by felonious on Dec 30, 2019 21:31:11 GMT
Here's an excerpt from a link that a friend who lives in Eccleshall has mentioned. Red Socks Location: Eccleshall - Broughton Hall Type: Haunting Manifestation Date / Time: Unknown Further Comments: The nickname given to the ghost of a young boy, Red Socks was killed by parliamentarian troops during the Civil War. He has been seen standing in the Long Gallery, and has been mistaken for a real person. Tudor Man Location: Eccleshall - 'Ghost Mile' Road Type: Haunting Manifestation Date / Time: Unknown Further Comments: A piece of road near Eccleshall is so named by locals as several paranormal events have occurred there. This includes a man dressed in Tudor clothing being seen walking along it, and another figure that stepped out in front of an incoming car - the driver swore that he'd hit someone, but the figure vanished. A phantom coach may also haunt the area. Suicidal Lycanthrope Location: Eccleshall - Village crossroads Type: Werewolf Date / Time: April 1975 Further Comments: Andrew, a teenager from the village, was found dead at the crossroads having killed himself with a penknife. One of his friends reported that Andrew had called him just before midnight, saying that his skin was changing and that he was turning into a wolf. Sword Play Location: Eccleshall - Ye Olde London House, High Street Type: Haunting Manifestation Date / Time: 1993 / 1994 Further Comments: A former occupier of this establishment reported a couple of strange events which occurs during his 18 months here. He and his wife were awoken by the sounds of two armoured men having a sword fight - the skirmish occurred for around thirty five seconds before ceasing. The couple's son and a friend were scared after they felt the building shake and the sound of a canon being fired, although others in the location heard nothing. www.paranormaldatabase.com/staffordshire/stafdata.php?pageNum_paradata=1&totalRows_paradata=125
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Post by murphthesurf on Dec 31, 2019 0:31:24 GMT
Here's an excerpt from a link that a friend who lives in Eccleshall has mentioned. Red SocksLocation: Eccleshall - Broughton Hall Type: Haunting Manifestation Date / Time: Unknown Further Comments: The nickname given to the ghost of a young boy, Red Socks was killed by parliamentarian troops during the Civil War. He has been seen standing in the Long Gallery, and has been mistaken for a real person. Stockings! Thank you, Nige!
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Post by murphthesurf on Dec 31, 2019 0:43:04 GMT
Yep, here we are, and this might as well be straight out of an Agatha Christie book! The huge and beautiful old country house was called 'Estoril', owned by Mr & Mrs Wiltshaw, and it was their chauffeur wot dunnit: 'The chauffeur (and ex-Borstal boy) Leslie Green was found guilty of the brutal murder of Mrs Alice Wiltshaw in July 1952 and was hanged at Stafford Gaol on 23 December 1952'. Read all about it: murderpedia.org/male.G/g/green-leslie.htm
Good bit of detective work Murph. It's a gruesome story but I always find it interesting and intriguing to learn about these stories.Thx Dees, and yes, I do too. I had a number of visits to Wedgwood Memorial College, next door to Estoril, quite frequently over a couple of years in the very late 1970s and remember the Estoril house very well (although we never went to it) - it was stunning, and just waiting for an Agatha Christie event....... If the A.C. Society had held annual (for instance) 'Midlands Region' conventions there over a weekend they would have made a fortune!
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Post by marylandstoke on Dec 31, 2019 13:50:55 GMT
I dated a corrections officer from Eccleshall and lived there for a while.
She was terrifyingly spooky..
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Post by thequietman on Jan 2, 2020 12:38:36 GMT
Here's an excerpt from a link that a friend who lives in Eccleshall has mentioned. Red Socks Location: Eccleshall - Broughton Hall Type: Haunting Manifestation Date / Time: Unknown Further Comments: The nickname given to the ghost of a young boy, Red Socks was killed by parliamentarian troops during the Civil War. He has been seen standing in the Long Gallery, and has been mistaken for a real person. Tudor Man Location: Eccleshall - 'Ghost Mile' Road Type: Haunting Manifestation Date / Time: Unknown Further Comments: A piece of road near Eccleshall is so named by locals as several paranormal events have occurred there. This includes a man dressed in Tudor clothing being seen walking along it, and another figure that stepped out in front of an incoming car - the driver swore that he'd hit someone, but the figure vanished. A phantom coach may also haunt the area. Suicidal Lycanthrope Location: Eccleshall - Village crossroads Type: Werewolf Date / Time: April 1975 Further Comments: Andrew, a teenager from the village, was found dead at the crossroads having killed himself with a penknife. One of his friends reported that Andrew had called him just before midnight, saying that his skin was changing and that he was turning into a wolf. Sword Play Location: Eccleshall - Ye Olde London House, High Street Type: Haunting Manifestation Date / Time: 1993 / 1994 Further Comments: A former occupier of this establishment reported a couple of strange events which occurs during his 18 months here. He and his wife were awoken by the sounds of two armoured men having a sword fight - the skirmish occurred for around thirty five seconds before ceasing. The couple's son and a friend were scared after they felt the building shake and the sound of a canon being fired, although others in the location heard nothing. www.paranormaldatabase.com/staffordshire/stafdata.php?pageNum_paradata=1&totalRows_paradata=125Great work Fel. Yes, Broughton Hall re the ghost & the blood stain, not Brocton. I had a schoolmate whose aunty was a cleaner there, Murph, which is how I knew about it (even if failing memory told me it was Brocton ...)
Andrew / Werewolf - he was a second-cousin of mine. The family thought he'd got into dru9s & necromancy. A sad, sad tale; in all likelihood he was possibly suffering from some form of mental illness but the support for that kind of thing just wasn't there in those days, especially in small rural communities. The family never really talked about him much after his death.
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Post by somersetstokie on Jan 2, 2020 17:30:05 GMT
Some very interesting contributions from every body. As previously stated I have no particular Agenda to push and I just happen to have a personal life long interest in Paramormal Phenomena. As far as I am concerned people can believe what they want to. However it intriques me that everyone, even if they profess not to believe in "Ghosts", seems to know a story that relates to strange events. For a subject that rarely gets mentioned, and many people are reluctant to talk about for fear of possible ridicule, it certainly seems that there is a huge amount of knowledge and even experience of the paranormal hidden within the general public consciousness.
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Post by murphthesurf on Jan 2, 2020 20:45:53 GMT
Here's an excerpt from a link that a friend who lives in Eccleshall has mentioned. Suicidal Lycanthrope Location: Eccleshall - Village crossroads Type: Werewolf Date / Time: April 1975Further Comments: Andrew, a teenager from the village, was found dead at the crossroads having killed himself with a penknife. One of his friends reported that Andrew had called him just before midnight, saying that his skin was changing and that he was turning into a wolf. Great work Fel. Yes, Broughton Hall re the ghost & the blood stain, not Brocton. I had a schoolmate whose aunty was a cleaner there, Murph, which is how I knew about it (even if failing memory told me it was Brocton ...) Andrew / Werewolf - he was a second-cousin of mine. The family thought he'd got into dru9s & necromancy. A sad, sad tale; in all likelihood he was possibly suffering from some form of mental illness but the support for that kind of thing just wasn't there in those days, especially in small rural communities. The family never really talked about him much after his death.
If I weren't so well-mannered an' respectful I'd now tell that joke about 'I used to think I was a werewolf, but I'm much better nowwwwwooooooooooowwwwwwwww'
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Post by telfordstoke on Jan 2, 2020 20:51:26 GMT
Just been talking to the better half and her and our eldest are now coming to the Millwall game with Betsy and I. I shall enjoy spooking the lot of them with tales of haunting and ghosts as we drive home through Eccleshall !
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