Saints, Snakes and Bones at Dorchester Abbey
30 May 2021
Dorchester Abbey, High St, Dorchester
After St Birinus was killed by a snake bite, a local legend states that no snake can live within earshot of the bell at Dorchester Abbey.
Sandford Lasher: Oxfordshire's Most Deadly Water?
26 May 2021
Sandford Lock, Sandford-on-Thames, Oxford
The weir known as Sandford Lasher has a terrible reputation for taking the lives of unwary swimmers, including the boy who inspired 'Peter Pan'.
Highwaymen of Shotover
25 May 2021
Old Road, Shotover Country Park
The old road through Shotover Forest was in the past notorious as a haunt of highwaymen looking to steal from unwary travellers.
The Giant of Shotover Hill
23 May 2021
Shotover Country Park, Shotover, Oxford
Was Shotover Hill once home to a hill carving fit to rival the Cerne Abbas giant?
Ghost of a Hanged Shepherd Boy, Ipsden
22 May 2021
Watch Folly, near Ipsden
The hill known as Watch Folly is haunted by the ghost of a shepherd boy who was hanged from an oak tree by sheep stealers.
Haunted George Hotel in Dorchester on Thames
21 May 2021
The George Hotel, High Street, Dorchester on Thames
This historic coaching inn is haunted by a sad woman dressed in white. What is the cause of her tears?
Cadaver Monuments at Ewelme
9 May 2021
St. Mary the Virgin Church, Parson's Lane, Ewelme
Inside Ewelme church can be found the gruesome tomb of Alice Chaucer, which contains sculptures of her body both in life and in death!
Ghosts of Mapledurham House
8 May 2021
Mapledurham House, Mapledurham, Reading
The ghost of a former owner can reportedly be seen pulling across the floor the body of a servant who he murdered in a fit of anger.
Ghosts of Holton Park, Wheatley
5 May 2021
Holton Park, Holton
Some say the old house at Holton Park was pulled down because it was too haunted to be inhabited!