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A Haunted Wardrobe at Carterton Manor

4 July 2021

Priory Manor Farm, Manor Road, Brize Norton

An advert in the London Morning Post on 19 August 1937, offered for sale a large Victorian wardrobe, complete with ghost!

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Palmistry

Arrested for Palmistry at St John's College

3 July 2021

St John's College, St. Giles, Oxford

In 1893 a woman was fined 10 shillings for practicing 'unlawful and subtle craft' in the gardens of St. John's College.

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Gargoyle at St. Mary's Church, Bloxham

The Devil at Bloxham, Adderbury and King's Sutton

2 July 2021

St. Mary's Church, Church Street, Bloxham

The devil is said to have played a part in building the church spires in these three Oxfordshire villages.

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Bampton, Oxfordshire

The Story of Moonraker Lane, Bampton

1 July 2021

Moonraker Lane, Bampton

The curiously named Moonraker Lane harks back to a running joke from the past about mistaking the moon's reflection for a cheese!

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Bicester station circa 1910

Railway Disaster at Bicester

30 June 2021

Bicester Railway Station, London Rd, Bicester

In 1861 a misunderstanding between station staff and a train driver cost the lives of 6 people at Bicester railway station.

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A Suicide Buried at the Crossroads

16 June 2021

B4022, Charlbury

The crossroads known as 'Condive's Corner' is believed to be haunted by a suicide. Or was it a murder?

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'She dared me to do it': Murder at Horley

11 June 2021

Horley, Banbury

In May 1952 Oliver Butler strangled Rose Meadows. He told police she was obsessed with death and had egged him on to killer her. Was he telling the truth?

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Towersey Church

The Headless Horseman of Towersey

10 June 2021

St Catherine's Church, Church Lane, Towersey

The ghost of a headless Civil War cavalier can reportedly be seen riding between the place of his death and St Catherine's Church, Towersey.

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Map of Frogwelldown Lane, Yarnton

Civil War Ghosts in Froggledown Lane, Yarnton

6 June 2021

Froggledown Lane, Yarnton

The sound of the Royalist troops marching through is said to haunt this footpath near Yarnton.

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'Death by misadventure' at RAF Abingdon

5 June 2021

RAF Abingdon

On 5 April 1939 Pilot Officer paid the ultimate price for his inadequate flight suit during bombing practice over Abingdon Airfield.

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