Nigel Wright: Hidden Gem of North-West England
So, where is this place of forgotten lives? It is at Heysham, near Morecambe, on the northwest coastline of the UK. The village itself is beautiful - full of small, 17th Century cottages, placed along a small street that leads down to the shore of Morecambe Bay. At the bottom of one of these streets is the small church, beside which is a small pathway that leads up to a quiet, open point of the hill that overlooks the bay itself. It is on this point that the ruins of St Patrick’s chapel lie. A few walls remain but it is what surrounds these walls that is the really interesting thing. The chapel itself dates from the 7th Century AD, and here, lying beside the ruins, are some stone carved Viking graves. On the day we visited the chapel, the graves were filled with rain water, which in a strange way seemed to add to their candour. As I looked at these graves, filled as they were, I mused on the idea that in ancient times our ancestors thought that water was an entrance to another world, hence their sacrifices made in lakes, ponds and wells. - continue reading at Cryptozoology Online
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Ghostly Photograph Taken at Execution Site
telegraph - The Galleries of Justice in Nottingham claims to be one of the most haunted locations in Great Britain.
Scores of highwayman, murderers and thieves were subjected to public hangings from within its walls.
Many modern visitors to the site in Nottingham, now a museum, claim to have witnessed spooky goings-on from flying orbs to strange smells and rattling keys.
Now, a couple has stepped forward claiming to have photographic evidence of a supernatural being haunting the former dungeon.
Christine Spice visited the old prison and courtrooms with her partner Denyer earlier this month and took snaps of what she describes as "an eerie mass of white, like an evil male figure."
The figure is pictured behind a second apparition, which appears to be a small child in some form of period dress, captured on Christine's mobile phone camera.
Ms Spice, from Herfordshire, said: "Denyer and I went on one of the museum's guided tours.
"We are both very spiritual people, and could sense quite a lot of spiritual presence around the building.
"We went to visit the pits and immediately I became very agitated and sensed something really bad and evil.
"I told Denyer I thought we should leave as it was affecting me. I could sense the danger and my breathing and heartbeat became faster - I felt very scared.
"We could smell a musty, rotting smell and was very uncomfortable. I then became so freaked out that I ran out.
"The feeling of evil was so overwhelming. Once outside we looked at the photo and could see a white glow like a huge threatening aura."
There has been a court at the Galleries of Justice since at least 1375 and a prison since 1449.
It is the only place in Britain where criminals could be tried, convicted, and sentenced. Some executions were even done at the entrance of the building.
The Galleries contains the original cells, dungeons, two courtrooms, and several medieval caves, where the photo was taken.
Christine said that after she calmed down, they continued looking around and spent some time looking at all the ID photos taken of prisoners displayed on the walls.
She said: "It was in this room that someone pulled my hair. I turned around expecting to see my brother but there was no one there," she said.
"We could sense spirits all over the building and I would definitely describe the place as being very haunted."
Tim Desmond, chief executive at the museum, said: "The staff at the museum are quite used to experiencing the supernatural on the site, not surprising as it was a place of punishment since the Middle Ages.
"What is interesting is now that people have camera phones we are receiving actual images of what they pick up. Even if you are a sceptic it is very difficult to refute the unusual sights."
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Ouija Board Movie a Real Possibility
gearlive - Ouija boards have played roles in movies before. The Exorcist’s Linda Blair talked to “Captain Howdy” with one just before she went nuts and started projectile vomiting, one spontaneously burst into flames to frighten views in Paranormal Activity, and more than one slumber party has been creeped out when the Ouija is jokingly pulled forth during the witching hour.
As far as board games go, the Ouija is the scariest and the most mysterious (sorry, Clue fans). So … when is Hollywood going to take advantage and make a Ouija-centric film? Well, we hear that it's finally going to happen.
Surely, you’re already imagining a bevy of scantily-clad girls running around a darkened house after an impromptu Ouija session seems to raise a mysterious being from the Netherworld … but we’re hearing the film is going to take a different track altogether.
According to rumors, Michael Bay and some of the Lost writers are involved, so moviegoers can expect a much more action-adventure-type feeling for the flick. Think: Jumanji-meets-Poltergeist.
Early negotiations are ongoing and there's no script, but things look hopeful for a full-length Ouija movie.
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