One of the world’s leading aviators, Amy Johnson disappeared in strange circumstances after flying off-course in 1941
Redcaps
Unique to the Scottish Borders region, redcaps are said to be violent, murderous goblins that lurk in the ruins of deserted castles
François l’Olonnais
One of the most feared buccaneers, this French pirate with a taste for both torture and murder eventually met an end just as grisly as anything he had meted out
The Sankebetsu Brown Bear Incident
The worst bear attack in Japanese history, the Sankebetsu incident results in seven deaths
The Hodag
Amongst the strangest of the ‘fearsome critters’ of frontier folklore, a Wisconsin businessman claimed to have captured a live Hodag in 1896
Operation Cottage
How the Allies took over 300 casualties invading an island that wasn’t defended
The Battle of Bamber Bridge
How a small village in Lancashire was the site of a running gun battle during the Second World War
Haunted Pennsylvania – Thornbury Farm and Pennhurst Asylum
After previously looking at some of the most well-known hauntings associated with the town and battlefield of Gettysburg, our second…
Blackpool Ghosts
A rundown of six different tales of haunted locations across the Lancashire resort of Blackpool
The Abbeystead Disaster
During an organised visit to a pumping facility for villagers concerned with flooding, a huge explosion destroyed the facility
