Category: Ghosts

In 1997 Denise Russel took a picture of her 94 year old grandmother enjoying a summers day. In failing health she had been admitted to a care facility just a week earlier. Denise went to help her get settled in. It would be the last picture she took of her beloved grandmother. Sadly she passed […]

Peter and Diane Berthelot visited Norfolk during a family holiday with their son David in 1975. A time when holidays abroad were still expensive and rare. Diane had been ill and needed the break. During the trip they visited the quaint sleepy village of Worstead. While sightseeing, they stopped for a while in St Mary’s […]

Meadowbank guesthouse was always a happy, warm place. Situated in the beautiful countryside of Cumbria, just a few miles from Lake Windermere. Holidaymakers far and wide flocked here. Brought in part by the wonderful owner Frances Grimshaw. For years she ran the business. Part home, part guesthouse, those who came usually returned. Unfortunately, as with […]

The S.S. Watertown was a tanker class vessel, used to transport liquids. In 1924, two crewmen, James Courntey and Michael Meehan are put to work cleaning an empty cargo tank. It would prove to be a fatal assignment. Due to an accident, of which there are few details, both succumbed to fumes and died in […]

Raynham Hall in Norfolk has been the seat of the Townshend family for almost 400 years. Charles George Townshend is the 8th and current Marquess Townshend and a British peer. As you can imagine, Raynham Hall has seen it’s fair share of history. Around 1713, the 2nd Viscount Townshend, also called Charles, married Dorothy Walpole. […]

Queen’s House. Greenwich, London. A beautiful seat of power and former royal residence. Construction was completed in 1635 and the house is considered one of, if not the most important building in British architectural history. As you can see from the above picture, it’s an imposing country pile, full of history. Inside is a very […]

Wem is a small market town in Shropshire, England. As is generally the case in England, it’s old. Settlements have been there since way before the Roman conquest of Britain. In 1905, a new town hall was built. Made of red brick, it still stands on the high street. Although now it has been repurposed […]