High Strangeness in the British Isles and beyond
Roger Thomas is quite a conundrum. Whilst he dresses and speaks like a jovial college professor, he has actually worn many hats over the course of his 58 years on this Earth. Having left school at 16, he has variously been a Second Officer in the Merchant Navy, driven an ambulance, hosted his own radio... Continue Reading →
On October 31st of 2006 the following handwritten document was recovered from the body of one Professor Alana Fowler, head of Acoustic and Auditory science at Reading University. She disappeared over three decades ago, in March of 1975, at the same time as her husband was found strangled in the master bedroom of their spacious home... Continue Reading →
As a paranormal researcher, it is often presumed that my waking hours are filled with the strangest of events from the moment I wake until the moment I slumber. This is not true. Whilst I have personally witnessed several examples of most unusual phenomena, they have been few and far between. After all, these things... Continue Reading →
On the 3rd of November 1911 construction begins on the USS Lioness, a bulk cargo ship built by the Newport Ship Building and Dry Dock Company designed to carry coal and other supplies for naval use. The second of her class of five colliers, she is launched on the 15th of October 1912. Two years later she... Continue Reading →
In the summer of 2014, Friday the 11th of July to be precise, a series of strange lights are spotted in the skies above the small village of Downley on the outskirts of High Wycombe. These lights are witnessed by at least two dozen people, including a troupe of boy scouts out for an early... Continue Reading →
In the field of paranormal research, one of the more well-known subjects one will encounter is that of so-called ‘cursed objects’. From the famous sarcophagus of the Egyptian boy-king Tutankhamun, allegedly responsible for several tragic deaths since its discovery, to the limestone statue known as ‘the Woman of Lemb’, which apparently kills all who touch... Continue Reading →
After my graduation in 1989 I was introduced to one Professor Joanne Harper. Professor Harper was one of the leading lights in the field of psychical research at the time; a pioneer, if you will. It was her diligent research that led to the exposure of the controversial medium Madame Brass, and her work on... Continue Reading →
A couple of months ago I was invited over to Oklahoma in the United States to assist in an investigation into an alleged haunted house. The investigation itself transpired to be a fruitless task, and our efforts ended prematurely and with an unsatisfying whimper. Finding myself with some spare time on my hands before my... Continue Reading →
1922, and Michael Taylor, a British pilot testing the new Mitsubishi 1MF fighter aircraft, crashes his aeroplane into the Pacific Ocean. Upon rescue, he reports that the accident was caused by a group of small grey creatures, each no larger than a cat, that followed him aboard his craft and set about wreaking havoc with... Continue Reading →
