Dr Paul Lee

Thank you, I hope you enjoy reading them!

I've put some of Joan's stories up on my website which I've managed to supplement with more recent data:

www.paullee.com/SnettishamVi...

and

www.paullee.com/Didlington.pdf

Haunted Somerset: Spooky hotel makes Halloween Advent Calendar - and there're more... | The Somerset Leveller | In Print & Online Somerset is teeming with haunted locations. From farms to stately homes, we're never far from a ghost - if you believe in such things...

More spooky headlines

somersetleveller.co.uk/news/haunted...

#ghosts #hauntings

I may get her will and find out. They're not with the SPR archive in Cambridge.

I tried to trace Joan's archives as I know she researched a local case that isn't in her books.

UK Haunted Hotels Halloween 2025 Advent Day No.12

Bodmin Jail, Cornwall

Booking site: expedia.com/affiliate/4d... (we may get a tiny commission)

#ghosts #hauntings #halloween #hotels #halloween2025 #31daysofhalloween

There's a great account of Snettisham Rectory in the east Anglia book. I managed to contact one of the boys who lived there at the time and he told me some great information.

Pazuzu idol pendant for sale at Debenhams

Debenhams is selling idols of Pazuzu, in case you were wondering what stage of late capitalism we’re in…

But nominations closed at about the time of the inauguration...

Another spooky headline

#ghost #haunting #halloween

www.express.co.uk/travel/artic...

It might have been better if he repeatedly said "Boogie Woogie."

Black Orchid is his least favourite story!

The 9 haunted properties in Conwy & Denbighshire you can visit this Halloween Conwy and Denbighshire are known for their rich history and abundance of old castles, manor houses, and ancient ruins, which naturally lend…

Latest roundup of UK Spooky headlines

www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2119...

www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/travel/leeds...

www.rhyljournal.co.uk/news/2552676...

#ghosts #hauntings

"Exceptional Health" the headlines said.

UK Haunted Hotels Halloween 2025 Advent Day No.11

The Prince Rupert Hotel, Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Booking site: expedia.com/affiliate/Xh... (we may get a tiny commission)

#ghosts #hauntings #halloween #hotels #halloween2025 #31daysofhalloween

UK Haunted Hotels Halloween 2025 Advent Day No.10

White Hart, Exeter, Devon

Booking site: expedia.com/affiliate/t2... (we may get a tiny commission)

#ghosts #hauntings #halloween #hotels #halloween2025 #31daysofhalloween

My friend MJ Wayland has done some work into the historical provenance (or lack of) of the hauntings at the Ostrich in Colnbrook. Still some weird things happening though!

www.mjwayland.com/year-one/ost...

www.mjwayland.com/year-one/mos...

#phantomsfriday

Probably because China is restricting the export of rare earth elements.

Well, Lincoln's off. It's too expensive and our household income has dropped by 50% as my wife has taken 4 months off work due to her serious illness.

The story of a fairground ghost where laughs echoed until the screaming began His name, quite affectionately, is Cloggy – because he wore clogs and the tapping sound of his wooden footwear can apparently still be heard echoing through the dark tunnels of the ghost train ride.

I keep an eye on spooky UK newspaper headlines its been very disappointing so far, way down on this time last year. Here's today's offerings

www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/retro/the-st...

www.examinerlive.co.uk/whats-on/wha...

www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/2553042...

#phantomsfriday #ghost #haunting

This excellent documentary also has a mention of the Bell Inn and its ghosts. Since then, room 10 has been renumbered 29.

#phantomsfriday

Yes, try it! It defaults to London but I've put code in for those places that have a substantially spooky population.
Thanks for your compliment. I've been working on this since 2015 and add to it regularly.

Its an incredible sight (and site!)
The people in Lincoln are incredibly friendly; thats my overwhelming memory.
Oh, and Steep Hill 😠

#phantomsfriday
I've written up some details about this haunted hotel in my book and this is the relevant section:
www.paullee.com/ThetfordBell...

@gavinfoxauthor.bsky.social - this might interest you?

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I maintain a map of ghostly locations in the UK (with caveats), with clickable icons
- here's the entry for Lincoln

www.paullee.com/ghosts/ghost...

#lincoln #phantomsfriday #ghosts #hauntings #halloween #halloween2025 #31DaysOfHalloween

We're booking a break for my birthday (which falls on Halloween!) - and we're off to a place that we've been to twice before, one of them on my birthday 10 years ago; the very haunted city of Lincoln!

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#lincoln #phantomsfriday #ghosts #hauntings #halloween #halloween2025 #31DaysOfHalloween

#phantomsfriday

Bealings Bells

#phantomsfriday

I thought that was a deprived Dalek !

The only time I heard it pronounced primmer was by Jodie Foster in "Contact.'

The cover of the original 1982 version was scary stuff!