Neil Arnold
Mystery Animal of Kent…London and Sussex
‘Lions, and tigers, and bears oh my!’ gasped Dorothy as she and her companions tiptoed through the dark forest in The Wizard of Oz. She’d never exclaimed a truer sentence.
Something in the Water
In 2004 pest controller, Steve North, made a routine check on a house in Peckham regarding any nuisances of the vermin kind, and was shocked to be lead to the bathroom of one particular tenant, where he was met by a crocodile which was lazing in the bathtub. Stunned by the two-foot long creature before [...]
Ghost Stories for Valentine’s Day
Whilst researching this feature, I was amazed at just how many cases there are pertaining to spirits that originate from lovelorn rhapsody and loveless existence. Whilst we celebrate Valentine’s Day by showering loved ones with gifts, such as roses, chocolates and romantic meals, let us venture into the darker side of love. A place where [...]
The Mermaid of London: A Weird Tail
The mermaid, like the unicorn before it, and dragons and harpies and hydras, have all been confined to a menagerie of phantasmagoria, by those who believe or not. These ‘mythological’ creatures, long standing as old tales from sea travellers, have stood the test of time, albeit now portrayed as fantastic but fictional monster stories. Yet [...]
London’s Festive Phantoms
The power of the ghost story has long served us well, but a Christmas ghost story, read by the glow of a crackling fire, can never be bettered. Combining at once a cosyness with eerie quality, generations have huddled inside, sheltered from the wintry moans, to hear the whispers roll off the tongue of the [...]
Phantom Or Flesh: Bears in London
Over the last few weeks a few strange whispers have emerged from the woods of Wanstead concerning the possible sighting of a bear-like creature. The animal was first sighted during early November 2008 by 18-year-old angler Michael Kent who was fishing with his brother and father in the Hollow Ponds area of Epping Forest, on [...]
When Dragons Ruled the Capital!
It was recorded many centuries ago, in 1222 - two years after Henry III’s coronation on the night of November 30 - of dragon-like forms soaring through the pallid skies over London.
The Mysterious Beast of Brentford
What you are about to read may sound like pure fantasy, and you are entitled to your opinion. All I can do is present the facts for you to judge for yourself.
More Mystery Snatchers, Leapers & Slashers
An obscure case which resides in London’s most silted areas of folklore, concerns a bounding prowler, a strange being, said to have been adorned in a cloak and active around the Beavor Lane vicinity, particularly St Andrew’s Guild Church around 1815.
Slashers, Snippers, Stabbers & Rippers!
The grim crimes executed by Jack the Ripper in Victorian London remain the capital’s most shocking murders. Meanwhile, Spring Heeled Jack, fifty years before the Ripper attacks, made his name by assaulting women on dark nights and vanishing into the quilt of darkness. However, and surprisingly, London’s sinister past is littered with similar accounts performed [...]
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