Secret rooms and daring escapes at Chastleton House
24 August 2022
Chastleton House, Chastleton, Moreton-in-Marsh
Chastleton House hides a secret room that was once the scene of a daring escape by Royalist Captain Arthur Jones during the English Civil War.
Ghosts at the Former George Inn, Burford
7 June 2022
Antiques @ the George, High Street, Burford
The ghosts of the notorious criminals Tom and Harry Dunsdon are said to still haunt this Burford pub over two centuries after their executions.
Christabel's Ghost at Yarnton
23 February 2022
College Mead, Little Blenheim, Yarnton
This area of Yarnton is said to be haunted by the ghost of Christabel, a young woman who took her own life after discovering her lover has been unfaithful.
The Eynsham Railway Station Robbery of 1927
13 February 2022
Old Station Way, Eynsham
In December 1927 an attempt to steal the safe from Eynsham Railway Station resulted in a harrowing ordeal for station porter Frederick Castle.
Stolen Skulls at Shipton-Under-Wychwood
1 February 2022
St Mary the Virgin church, Shipton under Wychwood
A humorous local story from 1894 features drunken dares, practical jokes and stolen human remains!
Ghosts at North Leigh Roman Villa
24 January 2022
East End, North Leigh
The Roman villa at North Leigh was one of the largest in England. But do more supernatural relics of the past linger on here as well?
Charlbury Anti-Vaccination Riots of 1897
6 January 2022
Church Street, Charlbury
In 1897, riots in Charlbury made national headlines as the small town found itself at the centre of the debate around compulsory smallpox vaccinations.
Thor Stone at Taston
4 January 2022
Taston Road, Taston
This standing stone is said to be all that remains of a lightning bolt thrown to earth by the Norse God Thor!