Shot students at Caudwell's Castle
14 February 2023
5 Folly Bridge, Abingdon Road
Just two years after it was built, the owner of Caudwell's Castle was on trial for shooting a student who had been tampering with his ornamental cannons!
A body-snatching hoax at Enstone church
9 February 2023
St Kenelm's Church, Enstone
In February 1832, the peaceful village of Enstone was suddenly alive with stories of grave-robbing. But were these rumours true?
Baby-farming and ghosts at Stonelands
3 February 2023
Stonelands, Burford Road, Brize Norton
The Stonelands area in between Brize Norton and Burford had a dark reputation in the 18th and 19th centuries as a location for 'baby-farming,'. Is Stonelands haunted by the ghost of a child-murderer?
Grave robbing at St. Mary Magdalen church, Oxford
30 January 2023
9 Magdalen Street, Oxford
With Oxford's anatomy schools desperate for cadavers, resurrection men were at work in the very centre of the city!
The Murder and Ghost of William Noble Edden
30 January 2023
St. Mary's Church, Thame
Murderer, clairvoyant visions and ghosts all come together is twisting, turning tale from 1828.
The Highwaymen of Swinbrook Manor
13 January 2023
Swinbrook Manor, Swinbrook
In 1806 Swinbrook locals started to believe there was something decidedly odd about the new tenants for Swinbrook Manor...
Two die in 1912 aeroplane crash at Wolvercote
10 January 2023
Godstow Road, Wolvercote
At plaque on a bridge between Wolvercote and Godstow commemorates two members of the Royal Flying Corps who lost their lives here in 1912.
Murder at St. Agatha's: Death comes to Brightwell
6 January 2023
Parish church of St. Agatha, Church Lane, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell
The church of St. Agatha at Brightwell-cum-Sotwell was the scene of a grizzly murder in 1507, when the parish priest was stabbed to death at the alter.