Isle of Wight Ghost Encounters. Heaven and Hell

Oct
30
Photo image of St Boniface Church, Bonchurch. Isle of Wight.

Bonchurch Old Church. Ghosts of the Isle of Wight, with Margo Williams.

St Boniface church in Bonchurch is among the smallest in the island. A ghost sometimes is glimpsed, and more unwelcomely felt. From time to time members of the living congregation experience the presence, quite literally hands-on.
5 min read
Oct
24
Photo image of enrance to Blackgang Chine Fantasy Park, Blackgang Road, Isle of Wight

Blackgang Chine. Ghosts of the Isle of Wight, with Margo Williams.

A ghostly figure is sometimes seen on the old road to Niton that leads past the Blackgang Chine fantasy park. Some ghost-hunters say it is the doomed spirit of a wrecker who lured ships onto Blackgang's ship-destroying underwater ledge.
5 min read
Oct
09
Photo image of Church of St. Mary the Virgin, and the Old Rectory Mansion, Brading. Isle of Wight.

Brading. Ghosts of the Isle of Wight, with Margo Williams.

No one knows what happened to the image of the Virgin Mary that stood in a niche above the door of St. Mary's church. Detectorists believe she was probably not the first holy Virgin to be worshipped and removed from historic Brading.
5 min read
Oct
07
Photo image of Ventnor Botanic garden Isle of Wight.

Ventnor Botanic Garden. Ghosts of the Isle of Wight, with Margo Williams.

Ventnor's Botanic Garden is haunted so badly, people who didn't believe in ghosts called in a ghost hunter.
6 min read
Oct
01
Photo image of Church Hill, Godshill. Isle of Wight.

Godshill. Ghosts of the Isle of Wight, with Margo Williams.

Paranormalists wonder if All Saints church ghost is the disappointed spirit of Sir Richard Worsley. "Why so unhappy?" ask the unimpressed. God Himself came to Godshill and personally placed the church on this fairy-home hill.
6 min read
Sep
14
Victorian engraving of Brading Haven circa 1850 viewed from Nunwell Down.

Brading's 'Druid Well'. Ghosts of the Isle of Wight, with Margo Williams

When Brading Haven dried out, an old stone well emerged. "Roman" claimed some Brading locals. "Druid" replied the mythweavers. And maybe it was.
6 min read