Magdalen: Oxford's Most Haunted College?
29 March 2021
Magdalen College, High Street, Oxford
The ghosts believed to haunt Magdalen College include that Oscar Wilde, Jesuit martyr George Napier and a selection of monks, some headless!
The Burning of the Oxford Martyrs
29 March 2021
Broad Street, Oxford
An iron cross marks the spot where three bishops were burned at the stake in 1555 and 1556 for refusing to convert to Catholicism.
Mary Blandy's House at Henley-on-Thames
22 March 2021
Blandy House, Hart Street, Henley-on-Thames
The murder Mary Blandy is perhaps Henley-on-Thames's most notorious former resident.
Murder of a Woodeaton Gamekeeper
22 March 2021
Woodeaton, Oxfordshire
The body of Woodeaton gamekeeper Thomas Cooper was found face down in the mud in the early hours of 4 November 1835. He had been murdered.
A Murder in Woodcote
18 March 2021
Woodcote, Wallingford
On 7 May 1839 the widow Fanny Phillips was found murdered in her bed, her life savings of £300 stolen. And her murderer nearly got away with it!
Ghost of a Hanged Vicar at Chipping Norton
16 March 2021
St Mary's Church, Church Street, Chipping Norton
Vicar Henry Joyes was hanged in chains from Chipping Norton church tower for his part in the Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Rising of 1549.