Although Annesley Hall itself is widely known as the ancestral home of the Chaworth-Musters family, its grand history would typically steer us away from lesser-known locations our series of Phenomenal Nottinghamshire has been aiming for. Its connection to Lord Byron makes it impossible to ignore....

Spring-heeled Jack is one of Victorian England’s most enduring urban legends, a figure shrouded in mystery, fear, and much speculation. First reported in the 1830s, this enigmatic figure was said to leap impossibly high walls and rooftops, leaving witnesses in stunned terror. Descriptions of him...

ISBN 185306 429 7 Phenomenal Nottinghamshire Ghostly goings on within the Park Estate and A Bestwood HauntingThe Brokilow Boggan & the lingering spirit of Peggy Whooper Want to continue your handshake with the mysteries of Nottinghamshire? We have a 12 part series of articles ready...

Park Estate The Park Estate is one of some intentional secrecy, a private estate formerly a hunting ground for nobility. It’s right behind Nottingham Castle with limited access in and out. There are traditional-style gas lamps throughout and the whole estate has a Victorian gothic...

Phenomenal Nottinghamshire series uncovering a unique blend of the uncanny and bizarre across the county, exploring some of Nottinghamshire’s most mysterious and rarely told tales of high strangeness. If stereotypes are to be believed, ghosts and phantoms only haunt grand houses once occupied by privileged...

Steve Bushfield, now editor of Press Gazette Media Guardian, found himself at the brief focus of a poltergeist case while working for the Nottingham Evening Post. After repeated requests to investigate strange events at Rolleston Drive. Bushfield visited the office cabin of Arnold Self Drive....