9 November 2021
Magpie Lane, Oxford
This Oxford street once went by a considerably cruder name than it does today!
9 November 2021
St. Mary's Church, Church Walk, Upper Heyford
In 1885, Frederick Charles Walton was found shot in the head near the church shortly after Sunday service. Murder or accident?
1 November 2021
Merton College, Merton Street, Oxford
J.R.R. Tolkien's ghost is said to walk the quads and corridors of Merton College, leaving behind it a distinctive whiff of pipe smoke!
1 November 2021
St. Giles' Street, Oxford
The Eagle and Child pub was once home to a famous literary group, but its cellars are said to be home to more sinister visitors.
27 October 2021
The White Hart Inn, Grove Street, Wantage
During the Wantage Fair of 1833, the body of the landlady of the White Hart Inn was found, her head severed by a single blow.
18 October 2021
River Thames near Kennington
When Charles Andrews drowned in the Thames near Kennington it sparked an inter-county argument over who was responsible for his body.
12 October 2021
Langley Farm, Langley
The ghost of a woman with an anguished face has been seen close to the site of this former royal hunting lodge.
11 October 2021
Randolph Hotel, Beaumont Street, Oxford
In March 1870, Lord Randolph Churchill was arrested for an alleged drunken assault on a police constable outside the Randolph Hotel.
8 October 2021
Burford
Every midsummer a dragon puppet is paraded through the streets of Burford in a ceremony that dates back over 1200 years.
30 September 2021
Wycliffe Hall, Banbury Road, Oxford
In 1938 the University of Oxford was rocked by the murder of a sixteen-year-old pantry boy by a theological student at Wycliffe Hall.