Ghosts of Cannock Chase: Terrifying reports of paranormal activity from the UK’s most haunted town (Lee Brickley's Paranormal X-Files)

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Richards, Cara (2000). The Loss of Innocents: Child Killers and Their Victims. Scholarly Resources. ISBN 978-0-520-28287-2

There’s also talk of a cat who wanders by the cottages, but vanishes when you approach to stroke it. An examination of records pertaining to Morris in the index card filing system revealed Morris had been questioned four times between 1964 and 1968 in relation to the abductions and murders, and had initially been considered a strong suspect. [21] On each occasion, his wife had provided an alibi as to his accounts of his whereabouts to authorities. [5] Resultingly, his index card had simply been marked "Alibied wife only-NFA". [68] No further action had been taken, although two police officers who had interviewed Morris on 29 February 1968 as part of the renewed house-to-house enquiries had commented upon the questionnaire Morris had filled in for investigators: "Very good likeness to the Identikit; not satisfied with this man due to the unsatisfactory alibi of wife alone." [69] Three months later, on 30 December, a five-year-old girl named Diana Joy Tift disappeared from a street close to her Walsall home. The child was last seen at 2p.m. outside her grandmother's home in Chapel Street, walking to her own home in nearby Hollemeadow Avenue, Blakenall Heath. She was carrying a pink plastic handbag with a white plastic strap she had received as a Christmas present. The last potential sighting of Tift was made by a family member, who believed she had subsequently seen her walking past a nearby launderette en route to the family home. [23] Borrell, Clive; Cashinella, Brian (1975). Crime in Britain Today. Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. pp.50–52. ISBN 978-0-710-08232-9.The 15th Earl of Shrewsbury, Charles Talbot, later owned the building and renovated it. The famous tale of the Earl’s encounter with a witch is narrated on the ride Hex in the theme park, which is built into part of the old building.

A ‘humped profile’ dry valley running west–east, and followed by the bridleway between Brocton and Beggar's Hill is interpreted as a glacial overflow channel, operative during the ice age. An expanse of glacial till underlies Haywood Warren with smaller patches mapped elsewhere. Sand and gravel have been quarried in different parts of the Chase over the years, as at Wolseley today. [2] Landscape, flora and fauna [ edit ] In the months prior to Reynolds' abduction, investigators in and around the vicinity of her disappearance had received numerous reports of a lone white male in a car who had attempted to entice prepubescent girls into his vehicle and who, if successful, had sexually assaulted the children, with his assaults often including digital penetration. [22] Diana Tift [ edit ] Stoke & Staffordshire - Discover Staffordshire - Werewolves in Staffordshire". BBC. 29 September 2009 . Retrieved 25 February 2011. a b "Pictures of Girl Upset Defendant". The Canberra Times. 17 February 1969 . Retrieved 30 December 2021.I couldn't tell if it was a boy or a girl, but they definitely seemed in distress and sounded very close to us, so we instantly started running towards the noise.

Volume 367. Debated on Friday 27 April 2001: Raymond Morris". hansard.parliament.uk. 27 April 2001 . Retrieved 24 December 2021. As Halloween is just around the corner, StaffordshireLive has taken a look at some of the local ghost stories and most haunted places in the area. He said: “I remember thinking that the houses looked out of place and yet looked quite quaint. There was shouting coming from one. I didn’t want to be too nosy but the door to one of the houses was open and there was a woman sitting on the doorstep. Would you dare to visit any of these paranormal hotspots? The Ancient High House - Stafford, StaffordshireThe Chase is popular with cross-country mountain bike users. The purpose-built XC 'Follow the Dog' trail [6] is an 11km (6.8mi) technically challenging route, opened in 2005, starting and finishing at the Birches Valley Visitors/Cycle Centre. It is open to all; however, it is not recommended for beginners. A new section of XC trail was opened in April 2010. The 'Monkey Trail' (11.2km (7.0mi)) is a more technical trail that splits from 'Follow the Dog' at about the halfway point, then rejoins slightly further on. There are several features mountain bikers can look out for when riding on the chase, such as Kitbag Hill, Rabbit Hill, Quagmire Bridge, Roots Hall and Brocton Shorts. Wilson, Colin; Seaman, Donald (1988). Encyclopedia of Modern Murder: 1962–1982. Bonanza Books. ISBN 978-0-517-66559-6 At 9p.m. on 2 December 1964, a nine-year-old named Julia Taylor was lured into a blue Vauxhall Velox in Bloxwich by a man claiming to be a friend of her mother and referring to himself as "Uncle Len". The child was informed her mother had asked this individual to transport her to her aunt's home to "fetch Christmas presents". [15] She was driven to a pile of slag heaps near the mining village of Bentley where she was sexually assaulted, manually strangled and thrown half-naked from the car into a ditch, having endured grievous internal injuries. Taylor was found alive by a passing cyclist approximately fifty minutes later. This individual would later state he had overheard "weak, sobbing" noises as he cycled in the pouring rain and darkness and had stopped his bicycle to investigate the sounds. The cyclist immediately flagged down a passing van, which drove the sobbing and bleeding child to a hospital. [16] Questioned by police, the witnesses to Darby's abduction explained the man had been white, in his mid-thirties, clean-shaven and with dark brown hair. He wore a white shirt and drove a grey car—possibly an A55 or A60 "Farina" model Austin Cambridge or a Morris Oxford—and spoke in a notable local accent. One of the children in particular, seven-year-old Nicholas Baldry, remained adamant the man had pronounced Caldmore Green as "Carmer Green" and not "Cold-moor Green", as only a local individual would. [n 4] This information further reaffirmed the police view they were hunting a local man. As such, police concentrated their manhunt for the perpetrator in and around the Borough of Walsall. [44] Second manhunt [ edit ] I just presumed that she must have been doing some kind of play of the olden days at the nearby Gladstone pottery museum."

Visitors have reported seeing the apparition of a young woman in the bunker's former telecommunications area. Others have seen a man dressed in period uniform, or felt uncomfortable in the bunker, as well as some being pushed in the theatre area. Crewe Lyceum Theatre - Crewe, Cheshire I think the paranormal puts fear in a lot of people because it’s the unknown and people fear the unknown and I think this is one thing that causes scepticism in our field.” Shortly after Morris took the stand and began to testify in his own defence at his trial, Julia Taylor—then aged in her early teens—rose from the public gallery, hysterically pointing at Morris and crying out: "That's him! That's the man that did it to me!" She was gently ushered, weeping, from the public gallery. The jury were not informed as to her identity due to fear their knowledge of her identity and ordeal may prejudice the trial. [15] The manhunt to identify and apprehend Morris is reported to be one of the largest initiated to apprehend a child killer in British history. [7] [10] [11] [12] He died of natural causes at HMP Preston on 11 March 2014. [12] [13] [14] Abductions [ edit ] Julia Taylor [ edit ]

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Joshua Lester-Rigg, from Telford, spent several days visiting the Chase with a friend after dark in a bid to get to the bottom of scary reports from the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, We are convinced that the man who murdered Christine Darby is the man in the Identikit picture and that it is a good likeness. His is a face well-known to someone—probably to several people. He is being shielded, either by a relative who knows of his guilt but is prevented from coming forward by misguided loyalty or fear, or by people who recognise a resemblance in an acquaintance but cannot bring themselves to believe that the person could be a child killer ... the innocent—and many innocent men may resemble the picture—have nothing to fear, but no child is safe while the man guilty of the murder of Christine Darby walks free." Oruye, Rebekah (13 May 2010). "From the Archives: Was Little Christine Just One of Raymond Morris's Victims?". Birmingham Mail. Birmingham, England . Retrieved 23 July 2012.