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Cospatrick Memorial: Disaster and cannibalism on the high seas

14 October 2024

Church Green, Shipton-under-Wychwood

On the village green at Shipton-under-Wychwood stands a memorial to a maritime disaster that claimed the lives of nearly 500 people, including 17 Shipton residents, over 6000 miles away in 1874.

For whom the bell tolls: Bell Land and Cropredy folklore

8 October 2024

Bell Land, Wardington Road, Chacombe

A 400-year tradition of bell-ringing at Cropredy began with a lost vicar in 1512.

Death and Disaster at Shrivenham Railway Station

19 September 2024

Station Road, Shrivenham

The now-closed Shrivenham Station was the scene of some of the worst railway disasters in the region's history.

The Haunting of Oriel Cottages, Faringdon

16 September 2024

Oriel Cottages, Park Road, Faringdon

In the 1960s, an exorcism was performed to rid the Wheeler family of the troublesome ghost of a former lodger who was making their lives a misery.

The Ghosts of Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons

23 August 2024

Church Rd, Great Milton

Are the affluent customers of one of Oxfordshire's most famed Michelin-starred restaurants aware of the building's ghostly history?

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The Bainton Obelisk: Monument to a foxhound

17 July 2024

Field northwest of Bainton

Sir Thomas Mostyn's great love for his favourite foxhound is commemorated in this ornate obelisk near Bicester.

Brasenose Hellfire Club: A Devilish Encounter

7 July 2024

Brasenose Lane, Oxford

If legend speaks true, certain young libertines of Brasenose College got more than they bargained for when they tried to summon the Devil!

Ghosts of Ditchley Park, Enstone

29 May 2024

Ditchley Park, Enstone

Deadman's Riding? Grim's Ditch? The Devil's Pool? Surrounded by so many sinister names, it's no wonder that Ditchley Park near Enstone has a dark side to its reputation.