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Paranormal stories. A sceptical eye.

Haunted or hoax? Here’s what the records say.

Nadia Reed, an AI-created character, sitting on a bed at night in an old terraced house, writing in her notebook — AI-created character

Amityville Long Island, New York Hoax The house everyone knows. The story worth checking.

Enfield London, England Hoax A recording is evidence. Of what, exactly?

Borley Rectory Essex, England Hoax Who investigates the ghost hunter?

Winchester Mystery House San Jose, California Hoax Did the house build the ghost story?

Treasurer’s House York, England Unexplained The Roman soldiers and the missing date.

Pontefract Poltergeist West Yorkshire, England Unexplained A frightening account. A monk added later?

LaLaurie House New Orleans, Louisiana Explained The real history does not need invented horror.

Pendle Hill Lancashire, England Explained When a real injustice becomes a ghost story.

Edgehill Warwickshire, England Explained The phantom battle and the printing press.

Mary King’s Close Edinburgh, Scotland Explained A buried street. Several different ghost stories.

Coombe Abbey Coventry, Warwickshire Explained The abbot, the murder and everything added afterwards.

Kenilworth Castle Warwickshire, England Unexplained How did Amy Robsart get to Kenilworth?

Dudley Castle West Midlands, England Explained The Grey Lady has a history. Is it the right one?

Bolsover Castle Derbyshire, England Unexplained What does “most haunted” actually measure?

Ettington Park Warwickshire, England Explained When Hill House becomes the house next door.

Little Lawford Hall Warwickshire, England Explained A ghost in a bottle—and a crime that belongs elsewhere.

Helmsley Castle North Yorkshire, England Unexplained How old is the ghost in the old castle?

Sheffield Lyceum Sheffield, South Yorkshire Unexplained Does every theatre inherit the same ghosts?

Gaveston’s Cross Blacklow Hill, Warwickshire Explained A real killing. A monument. A story that grows.

Ludlow Castle Ludlow, Shropshire Unexplained A medieval romance does not arrive with a ghost.

A good ghost story.
A better question.

Nadia Reed spent six years as a local newspaper reporter. Now she takes famous hauntings and local legends back to the record: the first account, the papers, the archives.

Find the first account. Follow the story back, before the later embellishments.
Check it against the record. Separate what happened, what was reported and what was inferred.
Give a verdict. Hoax, explained or unexplained. Unexplained means the cause hasn’t been found yet, not that it was a ghost.

The books The full chapters, with every source. The Famous Ones and Close to Home are in development. About the books Equipment Tools. Not proof. What a device measures matters more than what someone claims it detects. Her kit notes