Ghosts of Cannock Chase: Terrifying reports of paranormal activity from the UK’s most haunted town (Lee Brickley's Paranormal X-Files)

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I think the paranormal puts fear in a lot of people because it’s the unknown and people fear the unknown and I think this is one thing that causes scepticism in our field.” It was a part of the English Civil War, where it was believed around 600 soldiers died on the moor. Haunting Nights Ghost Hunts are a team of experienced event facilitators, ghost hunting mediums and historians who have joined forces to bring you this brand-new concept resulting in the ultimate ghost hunting experience. Jeffers, H. P. (1992). Bloody Business: An Anecdotal History of Scotland Yard. Pharos Books. ISBN 978-0-886-87678-4

After being abandoned, it was taken on by the Home Office and used as Regional Government Headquarters until the 1990s. The list of the top 100 haunted places in the UK in 2020 has been released by paranormal organisation Higgypop, revealing eight eerie pubs, halls and theatres in Staffordshire and Cheshire. The Regent was originally built as a cinema in 1929. It has a seating capacity of 1,600 in the main auditorium and is one of the most beautiful buildings in the city - it also has a few ghosts. a b "Those Were The Days: All Over – and We've Won!". Express & Star. Wolverhampton. Archived from the original on 28 June 2002 . Retrieved 4 September 2009.

This judicial review was rejected by Mr Justice Simon in February 2011. [95] Shortly thereafter, Morris indicated his potential intention to transfer his case to the European Court of Human Rights. He later abandoned this plan, adding his belief he would die in prison. [96] The Austin A55 used by Morris to abduct Christine Darby is publicly burned on 28 March 1969 Aftermath [ edit ] Reports of wild cats have been rife in the Midland woodlands, ever since the Dangerous Wild Animals Act in 1976 imposed stringent conditions on anybody keeping predatory big cats as pets. According to urban legend, owners released them into the wild rather than have them put down. Just outside Chesterton is Apedale Heritage centre, a great place for a family day out. The heritage centre stands on the ground of the once thriving Apedale Colliery which was opened in the early 18th century and used to be the workplace for thousands of North Staffordshire men. You can read more nostalgia stories as well as join in with the conversation - sharing your own recollections and photographs.

Since 2006, the forest has been used as an open-air music venue as part of the Forestry England nationwide Forest Live, with acts such as The Zutons, The Feeling, Status Quo and Jools Holland playing in a forest clearing. However, it would seem that some of the entertainers who have appeared at the all are reluctant to leave. A ‘humped profile’ dry valley running west–east, and followed by the bridleway between Brocton and Beggar's Hill is interpreted as a glacial overflow channel, operative during the ice age. An expanse of glacial till underlies Haywood Warren with smaller patches mapped elsewhere. Sand and gravel have been quarried in different parts of the Chase over the years, as at Wolseley today. [2] Landscape, flora and fauna [ edit ] Despite painstaking groundwork efforts over the following months—including extensive house-to-house enquiries—police failed to identify the perpetrator, although several unrelated offences involving the abduction, attempted abduction or sexual assault of young girls were solved as a result of the investigation. [34] The August 1966 abduction of a 10-year-old girl named Jane Taylor, who disappeared from the Cheshire village of Mobberley while riding her bicycle, was also tentatively linked to the same perpetrator, as investigators could not discount the possibility her disappearance was linked to what were colloquially known as the "A34 murders". [8] [n 2]He said: “We have a print of The Crying Boy – a painting people refused to keep in their home as they feared it was cursed following a spate of house fires.” The Town Hall, in Hanley, is where many of us will have been to register a marriage, birth or death - but some of those recorded dead still haunt the historic city centre building.

It’s the 17th most haunted place in the UK, with doors opening and closing on their own and the ghost of a woman passing through a wall sighted regularly.Richards, Cara (2000). The Loss of Innocents: Child Killers and Their Victims. Scholarly Resources. ISBN 978-0-520-28287-2 Investigating officers later remarked this Identikit did not resemble Morris "if you regard [the Identikit] as a photo of him", but did closely resemble Morris as a collection of his facial features. [67] Literally hundreds of years of reported hauntings and mysterious sightings, are waiting for you as Haunting Nights take you on a ghost hunting experience like no other Five weeks after the conclusion of Morris's trial, on 28 March 1969, the Austin A55 car in which he had abducted and murdered Christine Darby was bought by a Worcestershire-based car dealer, who immediately drove the car onto the forecourt of his garage and publicly burned the vehicle. [99] As Halloween is just around the corner, StaffordshireLive has taken a look at some of the local ghost stories and most haunted places in the area.