Tag Archives: halloween

My close encounter with a London Ghost last week!

Posted on October 28, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

It’s still a few days before Halloween and I have a whole plethora of Halloween themed posts as well as from history such as Corpse Roads and Dancing on the Dead at Enon Chapel – The Victorian Sensation! to more recent … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, Life | Tagged City of London, Ghost Walk, Ghosts, halloween, Life, Ye Olde England Tours | 2 Comments

An eerie journey along old Corpse Roads

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

Can anyone believe that I have written Halloween (related posts for 7 years now. When I started this blog I thought I’d be lucky to still be going in a month. As with everything else, I always try to keep … Continue reading →

Posted in Cumbria & The Lake District, history, Life, Religion and Faith | Tagged Corpse Road, Death, Funeral, halloween, outdoors, Stonehenge, Superstition, walks | 9 Comments

Top 10 films of 2018

Posted on December 19, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

It’s become tradition that every year I do a blog post listing my favourite television programmes and films of the year. As for the big screen, I don’t think it has been a classic year either. I don’t think anything … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Movies and Films, Opinion, Popular Culture | Tagged 2018 review, Darkest Hour, Film Review, halloween, Movie Review, Operation Overlord, Peterloo, The Meg | 4 Comments

An eerie old mortuary from Jack The Ripper and the world’s oldest Police.

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

Whilst out on one of my walks and whilst taking some photos for Mondays post on The Ratcliffe Highway Murders, I made it my business to hunt out a new (for me) location related to Jack The Ripper. Hidden away … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, Life, London, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged East End, Elizabeth Stride, halloween, Jack The Ripper, Murder, River Police, River Thames, St George In The East Church | 4 Comments

The Ratcliffe Highway Murders

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

It’s Halloween and I’ve done a number of related posts on the origins of Halloween, hauntings, the modern day Enfield Poltergeist and of course the infamous Jack The Ripper. Real life figures such as the Victorian poisoner Mary Cotton and figures … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, London, Popular Culture | Tagged halloween, Limehouse, London, Murder, Police, Ratcliffe Highway Murders, Shadwell, St George In The East Church, Wapping | 12 Comments

My latest ‘mini’ horror movie – Bad Dream?

Posted on October 24, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

It’s become something of a tradition for my friend and I to make a Halloween inspired video and I thought I would share this years effort. Bizarrely, whilst all the other young children would and still do watch cute shows, … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Life, Movies and Films, Popular Culture, television, writing | Tagged Bad Dream?, Film, halloween, Home Movie, Horror, V1 Vixen, writing | Leave a comment

Crows, Ravens & Halloween

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

Over the years, I have written quite a few posts on Halloween related subjects such as Halloweens of past and present (updated) Top 10 Haunted places in the U.K. the fearful Spring Heeled Jack who wrought terror in mostly distant times and … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, Life, Religion and Faith | Tagged Corvus, Crows, Faith, halloween, Legends, Myths, Ravens, Stonehenge, Tower of London | 3 Comments

Mary Ann Cotton – Dark Angel

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Stephen Liddell

As we reach All Hallows Eve, it has become a tradition that I write a post related to Halloween or at least, things that go bump in the night. Last year I wrote about the apparently true events portrayed in … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, television | Tagged County Durham, Dark Angel, Death, halloween, Jack The Ripper, Joanne Froggatt, Life, Mary Ann Cotton, Murders, Poisoning, Serial killer | 11 Comments

The Enfield Poltergeist

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Stephen Liddell

It’s Halloween time again and this year I’d like to tell you about one of the best documented and most irrefutable cases of otherworldly spookiness that shook London in the 1970’s and quickly came to be known as The Enfield … Continue reading →

Posted in history, London, television | Tagged 101 Most Horrible Tortures In History, Ghost Story, Ghosts, halloween, Haunted, history, Horror, Life, London, Poltergeist, scary, Strange but true, television | 9 Comments

Halloweens of past and present (updated)

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Stephen Liddell

This week sees the beginning of special part of the calendar which for various historic reasons see 3 of the most important events of the calendar taking place in what would otherwise be a dark and dreary part of the … Continue reading →