A Haunted Wardrobe at Carterton Manor
4 July 2021
Priory Manor Farm, Manor Road, Brize Norton
An advert in the London Morning Post on 19 August 1937, offered for sale a large Victorian wardrobe, complete with ghost!
Arrested for Palmistry at St John's College
3 July 2021
St John's College, St. Giles, Oxford
In 1893 a woman was fined 10 shillings for practicing 'unlawful and subtle craft' in the gardens of St. John's College.
The Devil at Bloxham, Adderbury and King's Sutton
2 July 2021
St. Mary's Church, Church Street, Bloxham
The devil is said to have played a part in building the church spires in these three Oxfordshire villages.
The Story of Moonraker Lane, Bampton
1 July 2021
Moonraker Lane, Bampton
The curiously named Moonraker Lane harks back to a running joke from the past about mistaking the moon's reflection for a cheese!
Railway Disaster at Bicester
30 June 2021
Bicester Railway Station, London Rd, Bicester
In 1861 a misunderstanding between station staff and a train driver cost the lives of 6 people at Bicester railway station.
A Suicide Buried at the Crossroads
16 June 2021
B4022, Charlbury
The crossroads known as 'Condive's Corner' is believed to be haunted by a suicide. Or was it a murder?
'She dared me to do it': Murder at Horley
11 June 2021
Horley, Banbury
In May 1952 Oliver Butler strangled Rose Meadows. He told police she was obsessed with death and had egged him on to killer her. Was he telling the truth?
The Headless Horseman of Towersey
10 June 2021
St Catherine's Church, Church Lane, Towersey
The ghost of a headless Civil War cavalier can reportedly be seen riding between the place of his death and St Catherine's Church, Towersey.
Civil War Ghosts in Froggledown Lane, Yarnton
6 June 2021
Froggledown Lane, Yarnton
The sound of the Royalist troops marching through is said to haunt this footpath near Yarnton.
'Death by misadventure' at RAF Abingdon
5 June 2021
RAF Abingdon
On 5 April 1939 Pilot Officer paid the ultimate price for his inadequate flight suit during bombing practice over Abingdon Airfield.