Every Remembrance Sunday, an elderly woman leaves a single poppy at a village war memorial. But when someone finally asks whose memory she honours, her answer reveals a mystery buried for more than a century.
Some names are carved in stone. Others survive only because someone refuses to forget.
Every Bonfire Night, the people of Ottery St Mary in Devon carry blazing tar barrels on their shoulders through crowded streets. It’s one of Britain’s most astonishing surviving fire customs, but where did it come from, and why has this extraordinary tradition endured when so many others disappeared?
Of Bonfires, Wandering Spirits, Falling Stars and the Gathering Dark…
The morning after a very strange Hallowe’en, Ken and Alison have questions.
Unfortunately, nobody else in the village seems to have noticed anything unusual.
A little digging leads them to the legend of Ceridwen – and the unsettling discovery that what they witnessed follows an ancient story rather too closely for comfort.
If something from Welsh mythology really did appear in their village, there is one particularly awkward question left to answer:
Why here? And why now?
If you’re into cosy vibes and spooky tales, Derbyshire’s got some creepy history! The Church Grim is a black dog spirit guarding graveyards, ensuring the dead stay safe from darker forces. Folks claim it shows up before a death, but it’s more of a watchful protector than a pure fright. Just be cool and let it do its thing!
In 1817, a mysterious young woman arrived in a Gloucestershire village speaking an unknown language. Soon, she had convinced polite society that she was Princess Caraboo of Javasu -but behind the elaborate performance was Mary Willcocks, a resourceful woman determined to survive.
