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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READ: Huge list of Halloween family events in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire | They suit a range of budgets He said: “I definitely believe this proves there something out there. As I explain in the video, the figure seems to carry its own light source through the darkness of the woods, which a living person would not. As well as the terrifying sighting of otherwordly creatures, the forest has experienced a lot of ghostly sightings too. First Marquess of Anglesey Morris, Jim (2015). The Who's Who of British Crime in the Twentieth Century. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 978-1-445-63924-6 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.”

One entity apparently causes momentary blindness, and there have been sightings of strange apparitions staring from windows and a weeping lost soul who walks the castle in search of her murdered mother. 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 ] The Chase Through Time - Staffordshire County Council". www.staffordshire.gov.uk . Retrieved 10 May 2020. He believes she could be one of the many local children killed during a diphtheria outbreak in the 1800s.Had the cyclist not overheard, then observed the child in this ditch, she likely would have died from exposure [15] within twenty minutes. [17]

Short Street, in Longton, is a narrow, cobbled street just off Uttoxeter Road, with three workers’ cottages sitting on it. Home to Paralysis horror escape rooms, the building at number 8 Pall Mall leaves an unsettling feeling with many who visit. Taylor's murder was subsequently proven to have been committed by a criminal named William Copeland. Her body was found buried in a field in Llanfairfechan in February 1972. [35]

Former landlady Sharon Crisp was a skeptic when she moved into the historic inn, but has seen a number of supernatural happenings. Thomas, Donald (1993). Dead Giveaway: Murder Avenged from the Grave. Michael O'Mara Books. ISBN 978-1-854-79930-2. Volume 367. Debated on Friday 27 April 2001: Raymond Morris". hansard.parliament.uk. 27 April 2001 . Retrieved 24 December 2021. The first day of proceedings saw legal arguments between prosecution and defence as to whether Morris should be tried for each of the charges to which he had pled guilty and not guilty separately or together. Although the defence argued against the prosecution's contention that each of the charges pointed to the defendant's sexual and behavioural proclivities, and were thus unduly prejudicial, the judge ruled Morris could be tried on all three indictments simultaneously. The process of jury selection then began. [77] Testimony [ edit ] The Chase has several war memorials, including German and Commonwealth war cemeteries. A memorial to the victims of the Katyn massacre was unveiled by Stefan Staniszewski, whose father Hillary Zygmunt Staniszewski (a high court judge) died in the massacre. Preserved below the memorial are phials of soil from both Warsaw and the Katyn forest. Freda, the Harlequin Great Dane mascot of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool's Own) is also buried on the chase marked with a memorial marble headstone.

Carol Morris then testified on behalf of the prosecution. She first described the route her husband had typically taken to and from work, which—contrary to official statements her husband had given police—took him in close proximity to Camden Street and Caldmore Green. She then retracted the statements she had initially told investigators about the two having been shopping on the day of Darby's murder and Aulton's attempted abduction, [5] stating that on each of the dates the two had been questioned by policemen as to her husband's movements, she had agreed to corroborate her husband's statements as she "didn't think he [could be] the person responsible." Carol then testified her husband had not returned home until the early evening of 19 August 1967 and that his demeanour had been normal on this date [80] and that on the date of Aulton's attempted abduction, her husband had not returned to their flat until the ending credits of the soap opera Coronation Street were broadcast. [n 10] She also stated her willingness to provide a false alibi for her husband on each occasion lay in her conviction her husband could not have committed the abduction and murder of a child. [82]I just presumed that she must have been doing some kind of play of the olden days at the nearby Gladstone pottery museum." Police records have seen people report sightings of strange lights or UFOs over the chase - such as November 4, 2009, 6.45pm where a ‘bright white blinking light’ was seen going on and off every two or three seconds. It apparently stayed for around four minutes before disappearing. Some walkers have even reported hearing music in the distance, which Higgypop said “is thought to be the ghost of William Lawes, King Charles' court musician, who was shot down by a parliamentarian.” Tatton Old Hall - Knutsford, Cheshire

The King's Hall in Stroke is one of the most magnificent buildings in the area. Part of Stoke Town Hall which was built in 1834, the King's Hall was added along with Jubilee hall in 1911. At the age of 35, Morris married again, this time to a 21-year-old woman named Carol Horsley. [5] Two years later, in October 1966, he was arrested on suspicion of taking indecent photographs of two schoolgirls, aged 10 and 11, whom he had encountered truanting outside the factory where he worked and whom he lured into his flat at a time his wife was absent from the premises. Both girls were paid two shillings to allow Morris to undress and photograph them. Days later, both girls confided the incident to their parents. He was not charged in relation to this incident as although police extensively searched Morris's flat, they failed to find any photographic evidence or equipment to corroborate the children's claims. [15] During a tour of the house, The Most Haunted investigators reported seeing a young monk carry a tray through a wall - supposedly to an older, ill monk. Music has been heard coming from the orchestra pit when it is dark and empty, and on many occasions staff and visitors have claimed to have seen "people" sitting in the seats as if they are waiting for a show to start… before disappearing into thin air.

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]