119. Spanko! In episodes 29, 30, 31 and 34 I spoke about London’s phantom assailants – a variety of elusive rippers, snippers, cutters and stabbers said to have lurked in the darkest corners of the capital, hell-bent on slashing their way through female victims and …
106. The Spooker of Hammersmith Many phantom assailants have been mentioned in my weekly column over the last year or so, and so we come to another obscure London legend – that of the Hammersmith ‘monster’. A few decades previous to Spring-Heeled Jack leaping his …
Photo by lazzarello on Flickr 104. An Account Of A Horrifying Apparition The old Newgate Prison harbours one of London’s most terrifying apparitions, that of an evil black hound. Legend dates back to the reign of Henry III, during a period of extreme famine, where …
96. The Ghost Bus The belief that vehicles can appear as apparitions has long been confirmed by sightings across the capital, and the rest of the country of ghostly carriages. But to consider phantoms of modern day modes of transport seems absurd, and yet one …
91. The Phantom Plane When ghost stories concern inanimate objects, and certainly objects said to not have souls as people allegedly do, it’s always of interest to know as to why such things should haunt. The Kentish Independent of December 11th 1975 reported on an …
68. Phantom Snatchers! In episodes 29, 30, 31 and 34 I chronicled various cases pertaining to phantom assailants, ranging from the bizarre to the sinister. From dress-snippers and buttock slashers to cat-rippers, and now, without further ado I’d like to introduce you to another asylum …
66(6)! The Coventry Street Vampire It is a case obscure, hardly spoken of. Whilst the legend of the Highgate ‘vampire’ continues to intrigue and be discussed, something just as wicked occurred several decades before, in the West End at Coventry Street. In 1922 a giant …
60. More Than Just A Haunting… In the borough of Lewisham sits Brockley Road. Not exactly known for its supernatural relations or unnerving apparitions, but let me share with you a campfire story to chill even the warmest of hearts… It happened during the 1800s …
48. The Phantom Cat Whilst searching through my archives, like a gleeful grave-digger shoveling out the mounds of soil on a moonlit night, I literally stumbled across a text from a pamphlet dated 1674, in reference to a peculiar haunting, if it was indeed a …
42. The Phantom Ape Apologies that last week’s installment of the weird and sinister went missing… the author decided to go in search of a phantom ape, but never returned… so, in the style of ‘Blair Witch’ we bring you his notes for another episode …
31. Phantom Assailants: Part Three The last two episodes of the Strangeness have concentrated on bizarre and elusive individuals who have slashed their way into folklore. This third instalment in the mini-series continues the thread except that the victims have been domestic cats! 1998 was …
