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Stigmata

Mon, 12 May 2008 10:29:43 GMT

I came across a note stating the first recorded instance of Stigmata was St Francis of Assissi in 1224 and it only tends to effect deeply religious people. Any thoughts on the subject? Is it paranormal?

Funny Nicknames

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:12:45 GMT

These got e-mailed to me so I'll share them.

Nicknames in use that have been given to Glasgow characters by their friends and workmates.

Two Soups - his real name is Campbell Baxter.

Norrie Two Bunnets - the Glasgow taxi-driver who wears a wig under his cloth cap.

The Colostomy - the girlfriend of a married man (ie. the wee bag on the side).

The Boomerang Kid - whenever anyone at work asks a question, he always replies: 'I'll get back to you on that.'

The Man from ...

Tommy Cooper like Jokes

Fri, 16 May 2008 14:09:20 GMT

I met this bloke with a didgeridoo and he was playing Dancing Queen on it. I thought, 'That's Aboriginal.'

This lorry full of tortoises collided with a van full of terrapins. It was a turtle disaster.

I told my girlfriend I had a job in a bowling alley. She said 'Tenpin?' I said, 'No, permanent.'

I went in to a pet shop. I said, 'Can I buy a goldfish?' The guy said, 'Do you want an aquarium?' I said, 'I don't care what star sign it is.'

I bought some Armageddon cheese today, and ...

Unicorns

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 20:24:03 GMT

Does anyone have any thoughts on Unicorns, where the legends originated, how they differ and were they based on real animals?

Iam a physic?

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:22:28 GMT

This happens to me One Or twice a Week.. SOmetimes More.. When I Look At Something It Seems So Familliar Like My Brain Says Its Seen it Before.. Like Today i Looked at this Paper.. Seen it before.. And i've never seen it before... I Rarely See it in my dreams.. But As soon as i see it i see a still picture Pop up like something Controlling my Brain.. Iam Physic?

Warminister UFO Sightings

Wed, 14 May 2008 21:02:19 GMT

As I've Read from Reports Warminister Which is A Quite Known Sightings Town Now.. Are They Real?

Well They're Right Next To Salisbury Plain And I Live In Salisbury And Go Up There Often.. I Watch Them Do Activities (The Army).

Heres a List of Possibilitys:

Strange Lights in Sky : Flares Fired Up By The Army.. They Can Go As High As They Can And Somehow They Can Go Weird And Change Colours.. Sometimes Go Off Course And Make it Look Like They're Coming For You

Loud Sounds ...

Did i see A Ghost?

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:32:46 GMT

While At a Young age of 11.. I Was in Assembly At School.. I Watched through a WIndow As a Special Needs Class Came in.. Near There Classroom.. I Saw Something/Someone In a Long Dark Black Robe Behind one of the teachers .. I Didnt See his Face.. i Blinked without Thinking and he Was Suddenly Disappeared.. Yet i Did Felt the presence in there on my own.. Eg Changing room When i go in there on my own i swear i get watched... Did i See a Ghost?

Ghost Village

Wed, 14 May 2008 23:41:15 GMT

Imber Village evacuated for emergency training in wwii promised to have it back but they didnt the army still train on it. reports of ghosts from public and military personal ill say a story soon. legends of witchcrafts are about. have you got any storys?

Where Are The White Ladies

Sun, 02 Sep 2007 16:22:40 GMT

A close friend of mine commented that in these days when camera's are more common we should be getting more pictures of ghosts. In and around the 1960's we had fantastic images such as the White Lady on the Tulip Staircase. (Taken by Rev.Ralph Hardy in 1966 at the Queen's House, National Maritime Museum in Greenwich). Why aren't we getting more of the same now? Why do we just get pictures of Orbs? Where have the White Ladies gone?

An article on the Queens House and the above photograph ...

Archive release

Wed, 14 May 2008 09:40:15 GMT

The national Archive is releasing previously classified UFO files check out the link on the BBC website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/7398491.stm

Black Candles and Pigs Heads

Tue, 13 May 2008 19:39:55 GMT

We have had two complaints about an article wrote by Charles Walker in which he implied that black candle remains found in West Kennet Long Barrow were evidence of Black Magic rituals. I support these complaints and we have stuck up a disclaimer stating the views expressed in the article are those of the author, not Mysteriousbriatin. Many pagans use black candles, not just black magic practitioners.

http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/occult/westkennetoccult.html

However, I am researching ...

Mass Hallucination

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:39:16 GMT

When two people independantly see an apparition at the same time could it be some kind of mass hallucination and are they really seeing exactly the same thing?

Herne's Oak (Windsor Park-Berkshire)

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:41:01 GMT

I would like to have someone more knowledgeable helping me out with this one.

"Mainstream" tradition has it that the celebrated Herne's Oak in Windsor Park died of natural causes in 1864 and was replaced by order of Queen Victoria with a young sapling that has grown to a large tree. Some folklorists contend this date and point as the right date either 1796 (during George III's reign) or 1906 (during Edward VII's reign).

Years ago I read in a book (which I am currently trying to ...

To Maintain a Healthy Level of Insanity

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 19:04:00 GMT

Just had this e-mailed to me. But I already do all these

1. At Lunch Time, Sit In Your Parked Car With Sunglasses on and point a Hair Dryer At Passing Cars. See If They Slow Down.

2. Page Yourself Over The Intercom. Don't Disguise Your Voice.

3. Every Time Someone Asks You To Do Something, Ask If They Want Fries with that.

4. Put Your Garbage Can On Your Desk And Label It "In."

5. Put Decaf In The Coffee Maker For 3 Weeks. Once Everyone has Gotten Over Their Caffeine ...

Mary Kings GhostFest, Edinburgh

Sun, 11 May 2008 19:03:01 GMT

Just in case anyone is interested, the next two weeks are the annual Mary King GhostFest up here in Edinburgh. The more notable 'stars' include Richard Wiseman and Richard Feelix!

I'm pretty sceptical as it is expensive, pretty much believer orientated and why anyone would want to see a second rate tour guide masquerading as a historian is beyond me, but each to their own.

http://www.marykingsghostfest.com/

Penny Hedge ceremony in Whitby

Thu, 08 May 2008 09:18:05 GMT

The traditional Penny Hedge ceremony took place in Whitby last week.

There is some video footage on the Whitby Gazette website.

Click here to see it

Whitby Penny Hedge video

Calling all guitarists

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:13:02 GMT

Well, I am buying an electric guitar (plus amp and some effects etc). I have never been able to play but have always fancied learning - so its going to be a new hobby, a new challenge.

Any guitarists got any tips, links etc for a beginner?

My set up is:

Ibanez RG370DX

Line 6 15watt amp

Effects = crunch, echo, reverb, distortion, mayhem, (via the amp)

Reincarnation

Mon, 05 May 2008 11:50:18 GMT

Obviously this is more popular in eastern cultures, but what do you think about first the possibility of a soul existing and secondly that it can be returned to earth to lead multiple mortal lives? Personally I don't believe but is there evidence to support reincarnation?

Dungeon Horror

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:31:16 GMT

Whilst hearing about the latest Austrian dungeon horror where a man kept his daughter locked away for 24 years, (I think I would have everyone checking their neighbours cellars if I was in the Austrian government) it made me think about some of the tales connected to hauntings where people have been locked up for years and in some cases like Spedlins Tower forgotten about until they starved. I light of these recent cases where people have been held in captivity like this they seem somewhat less ...

Wem Town Hall

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:34:39 GMT

An account of the Wem Town Hall picture is now on the main site under Shropshire.

http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/england/shropshire/shropshire7.html

Genealogy

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:24:03 GMT

One of my passions is genealogy and have traced my family tree back to the 1400's. Has anyone else looked into their family history?

Only In America - I hope.

Thu, 01 May 2008 14:06:26 GMT

Quote:

NEW YORK TIMES:

Bosses of a New York publishing firm are trying to figure out why no one noticed that one of their employees had been sitting dead at his desk for five days before anyone asked if he was feeling okay. George Turklebaum, 51, who had been employed as a proof-reader at a New York firm for 30 years, had a heart attack in the open-plan office he shared with 23 other workers. He quietly passed away on Monday, but nobody noticed until Saturday morning when an office cleaner ...

Gibbeting myth... can anyone help me on this?

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:42:11 GMT

Hi folks,

I've been raiding my books of late trying to find info on a tale I remmember reading about once and it appears that I've either overlooked the article, or no longer have the book.

I believe the story was set in Warwickshire and it concerned a man who I believe was meant to be one of the last men hung on the Gibbet post in the local area. Bits of his corpse were gradually removed over time from the Gibbet, including his skull. The tale goes that his skull is in one of the neighbouring ...

Mysteriousbritain Re-Vamp

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:43:03 GMT

We are currently ploughing through the process of relaunching the website with some new features such as interactive maps, integrated forum, online report forms etc. Hopefully we should be able to pull it all together and roll it out sometime later this year.

As you guys are actively using the site on a near daily basis, what are your ideas? What would you like to see on Mysteriousbritain, apart from including Ireland

WWII and the Occult

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:20:23 GMT

There are lots of books out there concerning Hitler, the Nazi's and the occult. I also remember hearing or reading about a coven of witches in the New Forest that attempted to oppose the Nazi black magic and keep Britain safe from it.

Does anyone else know of wartime occult links?

Templar Mysteries

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:29:56 GMT

There seems to be quite a few theories and mysteries involving the Knights Templars. These seem to revolve around missing treasure, secret artifacts in their possession (such as the Ark of the Covenant) and whether or not they still survive in one form or another today. Is it just a lot of people grasping for straws and making and linking unrelated events or is there something to what is being speculated? What do you think? Are there really any Templar Mysteries?

Greetings and salutations

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:43:33 GMT

Good evening ladies and gents. I thought I'd come along here and introduce myself, having been a reader of the site now for quite a long time but never really 'gone interactive' with it so to speak.

I'm 24, male, from the Midlands. I've been interested in the supernatural from an early age. I've been interested in the supernatural since a very early age, but I've also been a very keen writer since an early age too, so the two interests have fed into each other on plentiful occaissions.

My ...

The Chair That Moved

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:20:12 GMT

I am looking into a haunting case at the moment and it has one very puzzling incident that I am struggling to come up with a natural explanation for. As it is an on going case I am not going to give any details about names, location etc.

This incident concerns a bedroom that had a bed with a metal head and foot board (which has since been sold so there is no opportunity to experiment with it). At the foot of the bed is a reasonale gap of a few feet then a desk up gainst the wall. Tucked under ...

Do ghosts understand modern English?

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:00:24 GMT

This question is something that occured to me after watching some programme on late night sky TV in which a couple of alleged mediums managed to make contact with a ghost from the 16th century and have a conversation with him in modern English, sporting two very heavy Lancashire accents I might add.

Now whilst 16th century English isn't that drastically different to modern English and it's not too hard to follow if you've studied it for any short period, I'm doubting the reverse is true. So ...

Full Moon

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 01:04:20 GMT

Full moon tonight. Wonder if there are any witches covens dancing in the nuddy around a cemetery?

Messengers of Deception

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:10:07 GMT

I wish to share with you some conclusions I've reached in the 25 years I've followed the whole UFO phenomenon. I've chosen one of Jacques Vallee's least known books as a title to this topic because it describes very well the situation.

As a first thing: yes there are UFOs in the true term around, meaning flying objects that cannot be explained away invoking "rational" explanations. Most of these "true" objects do not even behave like objects at all: they can be best defined as a region of space ...

Article Ideas

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:03:24 GMT

Has anyone any suggestions for articles they would like the Mysteriousbritain team to write about or maybe even a topic you would like to write about yourself and allow us to host it for you.

I'd like to put forward a few suggestions for more in depth articles, let me know what you think of them.

Cottingley Fairies - They fooled a lot of people for many years and are an important episode in Britain's mysterious history.

Hell Fire Club and the Hell Fire Caves

Ilkley Moor Little ...

21st Century Vampire Myths

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 11:34:18 GMT

The title says it all really. We've been asked whether we know of any and I can't think of any off hand. Do you know any?

Culloden

Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:27:24 GMT

Knowing the area well and with an interest in the Rebellion of the 45, there are a number of tales connected to the battle and the nearby Culloden House Hotel. The best I've heard recently was regarding the B9006 near Kilravock Castle. This was the route taken by the Jacobite on the abortive night march to surprise the Hanovarian army who were camped at Nairn. Apparently the sounds of the march can sometimes be heard at night, this has been witnessed by two elderly women who live in the area ...

An Evening Ghost Hunting

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:11:55 GMT

We get a few e-mails to Mysteriousbritain from people wanting to join in investigations and asking where they can go to spend an evening in a haunted house. There are many places throughout the country that host paranormal evenings.

Muncaster Castle in Cumbria is an interesting place to visit. As well as holding their Ghost Sits they have a limited number of Investigation Evenings each year where members of the public can spend the night learning how to investigate a haunting with members ...

Ghosts in Edinburgh

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:22:39 GMT

So I will be visiting Edinburgh for the weekend. There are several ghost tours there, 2 of which have caught my eye. City of the Dead tour http://www.blackhart.uk.com/ and the Auld Reekie tours. Both of these are supposed to be genuinely haunted (Mackenzie Poltergeist and South Bridge Poltergiest respectively) and stories online seem to confirm some pretty frightening and downright malevolent stuff.

Have any of you heard of or had any experience with either tour or ghost?

The Fairy Boy of Leith

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:41:41 GMT

The Fairy Boy of Leith is now up on the main site and can be found http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/folklore/scots_folk/fb_of_leith.html.

Most Haunted

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 23:05:58 GMT

No, not a post about that show. Where do you think is the most haunted building, village, town or region in Britain and why? Lets see if we can compile some sort of league table here.

Raynham Hall

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:51:33 GMT

The Brown Lady is probably one of the most famous ghost photographs of all time. I have heard it mentioned that it is the only ghost to be photographed twice, but I have only come across one picture and I am unsure how true it is. http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/hauntings/brownlady.html

Do you think this photograph could be the result of light coming through the window at the top of the stairs? Is it a real ghost? Any opinions?

Elementals

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:43:18 GMT

Elementals seem to be the "in" thing with many paranormal groups - a location simply isn't deemed spooky enough unless it has one! Shadow people seem to have been eschewed in favour of this vaguely applied term, no doubt furthered by unscrupulous and plain misguided mediums.

I'm wondering what people's views are on this. Obviously, books like "Conjouring Phillip" suggest at the possibility of creating thoughtforms (which I think is the better phrase to use, since elemental ...

Investigators Card Fraud

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:31:40 GMT

I have recently updated my ASSAP investigators card. I scanned my picture in and asked my wife to e-mail it through to ASSAP whilst I was away on an investigation weekend. I have just got my card back and was rather pleased as I thought it made me look like I was not thinning as much on top. Turns out my wife decided to photoshop a bit of hair back in place to stop it looking too patchy . At least I am not as far gone as Dan yet .

What Do Satanists Believe?

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:59:27 GMT

This could open a hornets nest

I once knew an investigator who looked in Satantic Child Abuse, a subject matter I have never been involved in nor have any wish to be. It is a matter for Social Services, not paranormal investigators.

He did say that he had spoken to some Satanists and discussed their beliefs. He told me that they considered Satan as Earths manager under God. Satan offered the Earth to Christ, how could he do this if it wasn't his to offer. Now if your in an organisation ...

British Eccentrics

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:09:21 GMT

I was e-mailed this article which although does not mention much about ghosts it does highlight some fantastic British eccentricity.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=459373&in_page_id=1879

The Wasp Revolver, brilliant

What Do Psychics See?

Sun, 16 Sep 2007 18:32:56 GMT

Clairvoyance, Ghosts or Madness � Introduction by Ian Topham

The following article is constructed by an anonymous contributor who both Dan and I know very well and have worked with closely. This person started seeing apparitions in their mid teenage years and tried to catalogue the types he/she saw in order to try and make sense of the experiences he/she was having.

I think that many people when faced with somebody claiming to be a clairvoyant either view them as being a con artist, ...

How Psychic are YOU?

Sun, 30 Dec 2007 00:05:36 GMT

Just wondered how psychic you think you are?

I think we all have it in us to be psychic, some people are just more open to the whole idea.

I am a little bit psychic- I would really like to develop it further.

Sometimes I have just known when someone is going to get in touch with me, predicted accurately when people are going to call me, been thinking of someone just as they are typing an email or text to me, known when I shouldn't buy things (but then gone against it only for the product ...

Them little voices

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:07:30 GMT

Now, i'm not sure if this is in the right place as it covers a few different things, may even involve NDE's depending....

Read the following like you are a 1940's pathe news reader

On friday late afternoon/early evening on the way home from work i stopped at my local beverage dispensery for my evenings happyness tonic, I purchased aforementioned cans of tonic and proceded to mount my trusty steed (an extreamly spiffing Yamaha BT1100 Bulldog). As the engine growled into life i decided ...

Do Ghosts Go WOO?

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:38:06 GMT

Do ghostly apparitions actually make a noise? If they are physical manifestations of a lost soul or some sort of hallucination, it should not preclude them from being accompanied by some sort of noise, or even a smell. Do ghosts go WOO? I�m probably wrong, but I can�t remember coming across an apparition that was both seen and heard or smelt.

Newbie saying hi!

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:00:37 GMT

Hi All,

New to the forum, I'm 25 yrs old, soon to turn 26yrs old. I'm married with a 16 week old baby boy (Joseph Abraham, avatar pic).

I'm interested in the paranormal and have attended a few paranormal investigations, which were fab!

I have had a little spiritual training, taught via myself and a fellow, close family member's guidence. I originally started off with healing and eventually, found my spirit guide and moved on a little further. However, I haven't been down this road ...

Good Evening!

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:47:24 GMT

Just saying hi and all that - I'm an American, fascinated by folklore, particularly when it comes to the areas that are just plain impossible to explain easily. Given my geography, my experiences with British mysteries are mostly limited to what I have read... but I look forward to reading what all of you have to say!

TV historian required

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:46:10 GMT

Hello!

I am putting together a paranormal invetigation team for TV and need a historian to work on the show, researching the locations we investigate and matching this information with the evidence gained on the investigation. This will be a paid position, although probably not enough for it to be a full-time role; all expenses will be covered. You must be able to commit to between 16 and 20 investigations a year. You will be on TV (assuming the pilot works ) and we have access to the ...