A Murderous Vacuum Cleaner Salesman
16 April 2021
Headington Road, Oxford
In 1931 Mrs Kempson was found murdered in her home. On her mantlepiece was the business card of travelling vacuum salesman Henry Seymour.
Swearing Monks at Oxford Castle
15 April 2021
Oxford Castle, New Street, Oxford
Given that Oxford Castle was the site of numerous executions over the centuries, it is perhaps unsurprising that it has it's fair share of spooks!
A Time-slip in St Margaret's Road
15 April 2021
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?
14 April 2021
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
13 April 2021
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 Cathedral
12 April 2021
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 at New College Oxford
11 April 2021
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
10 April 2021
Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
The troubled marriage of Joseph and Henrietta Walker ended in murder in 1887.
Ghostly Twins at Trinity College
9 April 2021
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, Kidlington
8 April 2021
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.