The Library’s collections in parapsychology and the paranormal began with the deposit of psychical investigator and author Harry Price’s collection of books and papers in the late 1930s. The Harry Price Library of Magical Literature has grown since then and includes over 13,0000 items on psychical research and parapsychology, the occult, spiritualism, the paranormal, the unexplained, phenomena, magic and witchcraft. The tunnels also had a canteen, staff dormitory, toilets, medical aid post and a ventilation shaft which could double as an emergency escape hatch. Perhaps that’s why so many young people are turning to paganism. New Age faiths are rapidly growing in numbers year on year. Maybe the pandemic prompted the shift, with more folk seeking solace in nature. Paganism quite literally deifies the natural world, after all. Iona is a small island, roughly 3.5 miles long and one mile wide which lies off the west of Mull. In 563AD St Columba (grandson of the Irish King Niall) and 12 followers built their first Celtic Church on the island and monastic community. Iona became famous as St Columba started converting Scottish and English pagans into Christians. Iona also became the resting place of Kings and according to a survey in 1549 it boasted 48 Scottish Kings, 8 Norwegian and 4 Irish. Amongst the Scottish kings buried on Iona are King Kenneth I, Donald II, Malcolm I, Duncan I, Macbeth and Donald III. Whether it's celebrating people, sharing issues or discussing latest news, our newsletter covers all things Wirral.

An engineer, called into the museum to solve the riddle (and spoil the fun), concluded that the movement was, in fact, caused by vibrations from the busy Oxford Road nearby, aided by the statue’s convex base! “Did that just move?” Manchester’s most haunted A vaporous outline of a man – said to be a miller who was murdered in the early 19 century - has been seen in the vicinity of Bidston Hill windmill many times over the years.

Several ghosts are said to haunt this hill and its famous windmill – which was built in 1800. Read More Related Articles Netta was a student of the occult and a member of the ‘Alpha et Omega’ Temple. This was the name given to the branch of the Golden Dawn that remained loyal to Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers after it was closed in 1906. She was a close friend of fellow member Dion Fortune who referred to Netta as “Mac”. According to popular belief she did not especially get along with father who was a medical practitioner and Italian national. Her mother was English. Books and journals can be searched for in the Library Catalogue and Archive collections in the Archive Catalogue. All upcoming public events are going ahead as planned and you can find more information on our events blog The Darkened Room : Women, Power and Spiritualism in late Nineteenth Century England (Opens in new window) (1989) by Alex Owen and,

We did a two-hour investigation at a bingo hall before a charity event,” Kymmi said. “When we took Pebble, she saw a two-year-old sat next to her and said she saw a little girl with red hair. Another tragic and mysterious story is of a young baby who died after falling from a table in the upper bar area, which was said to have occurred sometime in the 1800's. The pub closed in 2019, and has remained derelict ever since. We take her everywhere,” Jon Paul said. “We were driving down Deansgate when we got branded our name of the real-life Addams family. We’ve trademarked it.” The Library’s collections are rich with contemporary material on these subjects. These include publications of the Society of Psychical Research, spiritualist journals and pamphlets, investigations of mediums and cuttings and offprints from the popular press.Janet Oppenhiem’s The Other World: Spiritualism and Psychical Research in England, 1850–1914 (Opens in new window) (1985) At the higher end of culture, the supernatural is increasingly at the heart of art. There was the recent Horror Show! exhibition in London, where artists and filmmakers explicitly asked the question: why is there so much dread in the world?

Alongside these are 18th century ‘exposés’ of the conjuror’s arts and 19th century manuals of magic, including numerous editions of Modern Magic. Iona is a small island off the West coast of Scotland with a long religious and mystical history. In the late 1920s it was the scene of the mysterious death of Netta Fornario. Her motives and the manner of her passing have been the subject of much debate over the years. Ed and Lorraine Warren were some of the most legendary paranormal investigators of all time, with the married couple forming their own society -- the New England Society for Psychic Research (NESPR) -- and investigating some of the most terrifying hauntings of all time, including the Amityville hauntings, the Perron family hauntings, and the Enfield poltergeist case. Famously, the case files of the Warrens also helped to inspire The Conjuring movies, bringing Ed and Lorraine’s investigations to the big screen.Between 1918 and 1939, our ancestors lived in the long shadow of conflict and death. After the trenches, Spanish Flu shredded mortality. War and disease: sound familiar? When times get frightening, minds turn to frightening themes. Some of the buildings on Watergate Street have medieval undercrofts that are still accessible. These are basically large cellars, that were used for storage. The largest and best preserved undercroft is Watergates Crypt, which today houses a wine bar and restaurant. The Crypt is said to be haunted by a long deceased sailor, who has often been witnessed crossing the floor of the cellar, emerging from south wall and then disappearing as he reaches the other side of the room. The spectre is quite a passive and un-intrusive ghost. There are no known examples of the apparition interacting with living humans or the modern surroundings in anyway, leading many paranormal experts to believe that this ghost is more like an echo than a conscious entity. Books on this subject can be found in many parts of the Library’s collections including Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, Art and Literary Studies as well as in our e-book collections. The Hauntings is a 1-4 player online co-op investigation and exorcism game. Using a wide range of paranormal investigation equipment your group must try and successfully discover the source of the haunting and proceed to remove the threat from the area! Watergates Street in Chester is one of the oldest streets in the U.K. Some historians believe that the early medieval buildings that stand on the street were constructed upon the ruins of much older Roman buildings. Many of the buildings on Watergate Street and Watergate Row are a mash-up of different periods and styles, with buildings literally growing, layer on layer over the years. It is not unusual for buildings to have floors and rooms that date from eras separated by many hundreds of years.

Hocus Pocus Junior (Opens in new window)(1634), the first work dedicated to conjuring with illustrations. a 1572 English translation of Ludwig Lavater's De Spectris, Lemuribus et Magnis atque Insolitis Fragoribus (Opens in new window) on ghosts and spirits Environmentalism is another theme that plays strongly in art inspired by spirituality. This year brings renewed interest in the art of Monica Sjöö, a Swedish-born artist who described herself as a “radical anarcho/eco-feminist and goddess artist, writer and thinker involved in Earth spirituality”. A retrospective of her work is at Modern Art Oxford this month which moves to London next year. The 19th and early 20th century are particularly well represented in the areas of spiritualism and psychical research. Price was also a collector of antiquarian material. Among the early books are:is reviewed between 08.30 to 16.30 Monday to Friday. We're experiencing a high volume of enquiries so it may take us Many of these books are held within the Sterling Library,(Opens in new window) a collection of c.7000 volumes of first editions of English Literature; section I of this collection contains works published prior to 1900. Brighton has as many interesting ghost stories as it has clubs, bars and pretentious media types. In particular, the seaside resort seems to have a number of roaming ghosts, capable of manifesting in a wide geographical area. British Paranormal outlines a few of its favourite wandering Brighton ghosts below: JP and Kymmi are still getting used to their new-found fame and have received calls from various other media outlets. Kymmi explained: “He bought me a birthday present which was to visit the most haunted house in the UK.