Ghosts of Abingdon Old Gaol
23 April 2021
The Old Gaol, Bridge Street, Abingdon-on-Thames
An 8 year-old boy hanged in 1629 could be the cause of the hauntings reported at the Old Gaol in Abingdon.
The Sad Murder of an Oxfordshire Pedlar
13 April 2021
Headington, Oxford
On an early morning in February 1887, a couple in Headington were awoken by the cry 'Missus! Missus! My mother's dead! He's killed her with a hammer!'
Anne Greene: Back from the Dead
1 April 2021
Castle Yard, New Street, Oxford
Execution by hanging in the 17th Century was often a messy and imprecise business, but rarely so much as in the failed hanging of Anne Greene in 1650.
The Murder of Ann Merrick at Witney
29 March 2021
Meeting House Lane, Witney
"I shall kill Ann Merrick tonight or tomorrow night. And there's another down the street I'd like to serve the same. My sister!"
Murder of a Woodeaton Gamekeeper
22 March 2021
Woodeaton, Oxfordshire
The body of Woodeaton gamekeeper Thomas Cooper was found face down in the mud in the early hours of 4 November 1835. He had been murdered.
The Despicable Dunsdons of Fulbrook
3 March 2021
Fulbrook, Burford
The Dunsdon brothers were once the most feared criminals in all of Wychwood, but they met their end due to a bungled burglary that resulted in a severed arm!
Ghosts of the Tear Drop Room, Wallingford
3 March 2021
The George Hotel, High Street, Wallingford
Unusual 'tear drop' wallpaper in one of the bedrooms at the George Hotel tells the ghostly tale of a 17th century suicide.