Our Haunted Midlands

Interested in the ghostlore of the Mercian region; deviant dispatch and burial practices / rites; Church Crawler; BPD.

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Part of last nights viewing...

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All that remains of poor Philis The Elephant - Bakewell Old House Museum - Bakewell - Derbyshire.

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The Tragic Story Of Philis The Elephant - Bakewell Old House Museum - Derbyshire.

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The spirits of cavalier soldiers are said to roam the corridors of this Worcestershire pub which housed prison cells for those condemned to death. Landlord Chris Wilkes explores the pubs 400-year-old history, and those that that haunt it. Listen here 👉 https://t.co/GSPmlFG9EK

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Paul Stephen Rudd, in the cast - being in it!?🤔😟

Ironically, it was Donald Pleasence's last film too, bless him!!🙏🙏🙏

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I've sat and purposefully re-watched the entire Halloween franchise on at least a couple of occasions, during my adult life... but I had NO recollection whatsoever of seeing this film before viewing it last night!?🤨😮 I'm certain I'd remember a very young Paul Rudd - listed as

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The relatively famous 'Victoria' clock - on the inside face of St. Anne's Church tower, at Baslow - created to commemorate the 'Diamond Jubilee' of Queen Victoria, in 1897...

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name to be scrubbed from the project over production issues!?🙄☹️

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Thought I'd keep 'Halloween III' for a separate post, as it's clearly nothing at all to do with the other movies whatsoever, basically!?🙄 Have to say, as these films were first being released, I absolutely HATED this offering with a passion... basically because I just wanted a

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entertaining - 'horror film' than those from the franchise itself!!😂🙏

The cherry on the cake comes about with the realisation that the script for the original story was written by non-other than one of my greatest heroes, Nigel Kneale... though Kneale allegedly asked for his

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@LawlorToni @YouTube oppressive facade!!😬😬😬 It would be weird to imagine such a site without a few associated ghosts, eh!?😮🙏

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@LawlorToni @YouTube Ahhh - thank you very much for the kind words, Toni!🙏👍

It might sound a little weird, but The Missouri State Penitentiary actually looks just like I'd expect an antiquated American prison to look - it has to be said - with those towering brick walls and no-nonsense,

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@LawlorToni The Trocadero pub is one of the main 'go to' places, whenever the local press want to write a lazy piece on 'ghosts', Toni!🙏👍 However, I'm going to have to take a look-see into my files, to see if I have anything on the other site mentioned!?🤔

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The Trocadero is an old chestnut, in Brum / ghost circles... but I don't think I'd heard of The Fighting Cocks haunting previously?🤔🤨

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@chris66521997 They usually advertise that they supply 'kit', but it's the usual, superfluous boll*cks when they do, mate... EMF meters, flashing cat balls, Spirit Boxes and all of that worthless crap!!😂👍

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This is exactly the kind of thing that utterly boils my piss under the current paranormal climate...

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Almost £40 each to attend a numpty-led 'ghost hunt' at a site which is 100% free to visit... day or night!?🙄🙄🙄

The very first time I made enquiries

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@LawlorToni Thank you very much, Toni!🙏🙏🙏

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I'd not posted any of Molls work up for a while now...🙏👍

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@LawlorToni @YouTube Ohhh - I'm feeling terribly jealous over your current situation Toni... it has to be said!!😮🙏👍 What a truly superb time of the year for a stay at a haunted hostelry, eh!? ❤️

I'll look forward to seeing your subsequent video on the subject!!🙏🙏🙏

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@MorganScorpion @CarolineIrwin3 historical context for it - now!?🤔🙏

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@MorganScorpion @CarolineIrwin3 Ahhh - that's interesting to learn, Julie!!👍🙏 Raised by my Grandmother, we'd often sit and play little games... and I think a lot of them were 'from her younger days', if you catch my drift?

I'd love to find the origins of this particular game now - or, at least, some

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@LawlorToni Sadly, my pic doesn't do this corner justice, Toni, it has to be said... The two doorways, positioned as they are, was just SO quirky and cramped!😄🙏

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I absolutely loved the look of these two - horrifically narrow - doorways, set into a corner at the 'tower end' of St Annes Church, Baslow...

I'm certainly not a large chap, but both (of the exact, same dimensions) would definitely necessitate my 'turning sideways' to enter /