A Time-slip in St Margaret's Road
St. Margaret's Road, Oxford
Did the Principal of St Margaret's College really witness scenes from hundreds of years previously on the streets of North Oxford?
A Statue to Dagon at Banbury?
Banbury Cross, A361, Banbury
In July 1600 the High Cross at Banbury was pulled down by Puritans, who considered the images thereon a form a pagan idolatry.
The Sad Murder of an Oxfordshire Pedlar
Headington, Oxford
On an early morning in February 1887, a couple in Headington were awoken by the cry 'Missus! Missus! My mother's dead! He's killed her with a hammer!'
The Stain of Dean Liddell at Christ Church
Christ Church Cathedral, Christ Church College, St Aldate's, Oxford
After the death of Dean Henry Liddell in 1898, a stain with an uncanny resemblance to him appeared in Christ Church Cathedral.
The Ghost of Reverend Spooner
New College, Holywell Street, Oxford
New College is said to be haunted by the ghost of Reverend William Archibald Spooner, about whom the term 'Spoonerism' was coined.
A Cut Throat at Chipping Norton
Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
The troubled marriage of Joseph and Henrietta Walker ended in murder in 1887.
Ghostly Twins at Trinity College
Trinity College, Broad Street, Oxford
Kettell Hall is reportedly haunted by the ghosts of twins who were scholars at the college in the early 20th century.
Ghosts at the Red Lion
The Red Lion, Oxford Road, Kidlington
This Kidlington pub is reported to be haunted by the ghost of a woman who died in the fire that destroyed the pub's original building.
Murder and Madness on Blenheim Estate
Water Meadow Gate, Blenheim Park, Bladon
Petty grievances can get out of hand among people who are forced to work together, as is shown by the murder of William Beckley.
Ghosts of Queen's College Library
Queens College, High Street, Oxford
The ghost of the eccentric Cuthbert Shields is believed to have been released into the library at Queen's College after a box of his papers was opened in 1950.