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Every county has its stories— instead of treading these well-worn paths, let’s venture into the shadows, off the beaten track, where the stories are stranger and less familiar. Join me as we uncover Nottinghamshire’s hidden mysteries—a tapestry of uncanny encounters, forgotten folklore, and the truly bizarre. Together, we’ll explore tales that have slipped through the cracks of history, delving into the county’s lesser-known accounts of high strangeness. Kristian Lander for Phenomenal Nottin ...
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Tales of blood-rituals, a local government-employed vampire hunter and winged beasts who keep the vagrant numbers down this is Vampires in Nottingham a unique bonus episode of Phenomenal Nottinghamshire! www.KristianLander.comBy Kristian Lander
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Secrets of Bestwood Country Park and the Men in Black - Phenomenal Nottinghamshire
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Bestwood Country Park was famously King Charles II's Royal hunting lodge, Bestwood Lodge Hotel has its share of ghostly stories. Does Neil Gywnn still offer oranges? An account given to us was a gentleman with his grandson had an apparition encounter with what was potentially Nell Gwynn. Men in Black Park Road, describing a black car, very expensiv…
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Saint Peters Church, Radford and The Old Salutation Inn - Phenomenal Nottinghamshire
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In 1969, strange occurrences were reported at St. Peter’s Church in Radford. In full view of the congregation strange events occurred, and just what happened to that candlestick? "The Sal" rocks out with live music many nights of the week. Has a history of more than 600 years on the site, has seen Cromwell enter through its doors to more contempora…
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Shadows that stepped out of the well - Phenomenal Nottinghamshire
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One night, a man awoke suddenly and went to close his curtains, only with equal parts surprise and terror, to see shadowy figures jittering and jerking, climbing out of the old cottage garden well. This is the case of The Shadows that Stepped out of the Well https://kristianlander.com/?p=3615 - link to article https://www.KristianLander.com Every c…
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The Mystery Of The Ghost with Flaming Red Hair - Phenomenal Nottinghamshire
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One morning, a young girl is awoken by a stranger beside her. Years later, she discovers that other people have also had encounters with the Ghost with Flaming Red Hair! https://kristianlander.com/?p=3616 - link to article https://www.KristianLander.com Bite Sized Audio Podcasts 5-15mins Every county has its stories—familiar tales of iconic sites s…
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Haunting of Denewood Crescent and Georges Lane - Phenomenal Nottinghamshire
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A family living on Denewood Crescent are forced to make the decision to move out. Apparitions along with unexplainable and terrifying events. Georges Lane is an eerie winding road, for nearly 100 years with accounts going back to at least the 1930s of encounters with figures who give chase to people and appear in the back of cars. Perhaps the origi…
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Ghostly Gedling and Eerie Encounters in Arnold - Phenomenal Nottinghamshire
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Accounts of weird events, taps, raps and loud bangs. Items being thrown. Pressure to call in the media, who eventually did send a reporter who himself was quickly introduced to the phenomena as he stepped into the building. A residential home where monsters come through the walls and a phantom fare dodger from the 1960s! https://kristianlander.com/…
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Annesley Hall: Ghost light of the gatehouse - Phenomenal Nottinghamshire
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Lady Chaworth was adored and lusted by Lord Byron. Annesley Hall has several famed accounts of the strange and unusual from disembodied voices to tales of portals to the underworld. Our story focuses on the gatehouse / stable block for a first-hand report of the unexplained. https://kristianlander.com/?p=3598 Link to article Every county has its st…
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Spring Heeled Jack strides into Nottinghamshire Village
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The figure who terrorized and leapt around the buildings of London from the 1830s, Spring Heeled Jack. Breathing blue flames, bright eyes and using distraction to steal items. He was never caught, and he put in the appearances both sides of the Atlantic. But it seems, he took a trip to the Fortean Village of Linby in Nottinghamshire. https://kristi…
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Brokilow Boggan & the lingering spirit of Peggy Whooper - Phenomenal Nottinghamshire
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The village of Laxton is the location of the double bill of high strangeness. The lingering spirit of Peggy Whooper, does she continue to haunt the bridge where she was murdered? The brooding Brokilow Boggan prowls on the road. https://kristianlander.com/?p=3606 - link to article www.KristianLander.com Every county has its stories—familiar tales of…
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The River That Claims Souls & Beckingham’s Black Dog - Phenomenal Nottinghamshire
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The mighty winding river Trent, reaching from the North Sea and carving itself deep into the midlands, connects our stories today. Among its oldest tales is the legend of the Black Dog of Beckingham. As with so many ghostly canines, this one is always seen as black as night. It emerges from the cemetery, moving purposefully along the road or runnin…
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Phantoms of the Park Estate and Bestwood Hauntings - Phenomenal Nottinghamshire
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Phantoms of The Park Estate has traditional-style gas lamps throughout and the whole estate has a Victorian gothic aesthetic, no two buildings look alike. The nights when the mist rolls, cloaking the streets in a cold, silken shroud. The gas lamps flicker weakly against the encroaching fog, it then she is said to appear... Case of poltergeist pheno…
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The Terror of Laurie Close & The Sunken Church - Phenomenal Nottinghamshire
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Our journey begins in a neglected corner of Forest Fields, a densely populated neighbourhood in the heart of Nottingham. Known as a multicultural melting pot, Forest Fields is a place “where there’s always something going on.” But in 1995, something otherworldly was happening within one of its modest residential homes. A small close that I pass by …
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