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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The Battle of Rowton Moor took place here during the English Civil War in 1645 and it appears to have left its mark on the land. A spokesperson for the firm said: “With Halloween around the corner, we’ve researched and revealed some of the scariest outdoor spaces in the country. He said he glimpsed "a grey figure" and asked if others had seen anything similar. Several people replied describing a variety of ghosts said to haunt the cemetery or the adjoining Swains Lane. A Staffordshire beauty spot associated with legends of werewolves has been named the most haunted location in the UK.

Haunted Cannock Chase: Unveiling the Ghosts of Cannock Chase

It contains many never-before published investigations of my own into some of the most scary supernatural happenings people have reported.Hundreds of the 10,000 men who fought there died - and it’s now said that the ghosts of the dead soldiers are spotted near the boating lake on the anniversary of the battle on May 13. However, according to the list put together by GardeningExpress.co.uk to mark the build-up to Halloween, it also has a dark side. We couldn't find the child anywhere and so stopped to catch our breath, that's when I turned round and saw a girl stood behind me, no more than 10 years old, with her hands over her eyes, like she was waiting for a birthday cake. The woods were in the news earlier this year when a number of of frightening baby dolls were discovered nailed to its trees.

Ghosts of Cannock Chase: Terrifying reports of paranormal

When I was little, I found it all quite fun. It was only when I was older my dad told me the house was haunted and he always tried to play it down and hide it from me. A great place to head for a restful afternoon in the sun, but not all of the parkland is as welcoming. These are places steeped in history, myths and legends, from cursed trees to vampires and werewolves. The entirety of one certain village has earned a spooky reputation over the years, and whilst you might assume every cemetery could be haunted to some degree, there’s one in particular that trumps the others.” The spookiest outdoor spaces in the UK In a letter to the Hampstead and Highgate Express in 1970, a vampire sighting was reported by an onlooker who had noticed it when passing the cemetery. It was one of the bloodiest battles of the conflict, with a huge number of English soldiers brutally killed here.Between 12 and 16 ghost sightings have been reported in the village, including a screaming man, a highwayman who appears at "Fright Corner", a schoolmaster found hanged by a group of children and an old woman who used to sit on a bridge smoking. In the evenings, it was common to see shadows moving across the walls, and I would regularly see someone walking past my doorway across the landing in the night.