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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Do you remember I mentioned The Haunting of Hill House?! Well, let’s just say I have only just got over the trauma. But it was an awesome theatre production and I totally recommend you go see it before it goes on tour. www.wiltshirecreative.co.uk/events/the-h...

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Good shout here by Miss Scarlett! 👻 👍🏻These are great books and Dr Paul is a lovely guy. Really worth a read if you like ghosties! 👻

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

After coming across a near diplomatic incident between Andy Burnham and Micheal Martin over tea, I have a Saturday morning debate we need to settle. Firstly Yorkshire Tea or Barry’s Tea? Barry’s for me! Next, milk in yer tea before or after pouring? After of course, (my nan would disagree)! 🫖🫖🫖

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

September is officially Spooky Season, so it seems fitting to go and see The Haunting of Hill House at Salisbury Playhouse in Wiltshire. It's running from the 12th Sept to 3rd Oct if you want to see it. A fright is good for the soul (but bad for the blood pressure)! 👻 #SalisburyPlayhouse

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This is my new Irish Worry Stone, a gift from a friend, made of Connemara marble. Rub it and all your worries disappear. As you can see, it’s worked on Buddy pretty well (who is himself Irish)! ☘️ 🇮🇪 There’s also some wise advice with it I’m going to share with you…read it on the image.

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

There are more places to explore than I can ever have time for, just in Wiltshire alone. Another for the list is Puckwell, hidden in a coppice in East Knoyle. Puckwell is puca-wielle, the spring of the puca or goblin. It might also be the Devil's Well. So, what happened there?! The mind boggles! 👺

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

So, my understanding of this tech bro ‘AI warning’ is that it could ‘swarm and take over the internet’. They are worried because they’ll lose their power. To me that sounds great. Would it be so bad to unpick things and go back to life before the internet? Quite frankly, it was better in my view!

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

🧵👻One of the most enduring mysteries I have uncovered in my time of running Weird Wiltshire is the story of the Stone Ghost Girl of Eyeworth Pond. It all started after my other-half accidentally stumbled upon an old photo and sent it my way. From there it grew to be.. contd

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🧵I started the evening looking into Black Dogs and have ended up reading all about the ghosts of Newgate Prison in London. It happens... rabbit holes and all. 🐰🕳️ This place, on which now stands The Old Bailey, is Deadman's Walk. Down this dark passageway you would go, from the prison to court.

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Cory Laran @corylaran.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

One bonus of waking up with the larks is I can sometimes catch a morning moon! 🌝 #fullmoon #moon

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This is a short, ghostly read for #phantomsfriday, one of my first ever blogs and the story of a curious incident involving my dad and a sugar bowl in Nottinghill Police Station, London, in the 70s. It's quick enough to read while you drink your morning cuppa! weird-wiltshire.co.uk/2020/11/22/n...

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Notting Hill Police Station Ghost- The Sugar Bowl Incident - Weird Wiltshire

A police detective describes his strange experience with a sugar bowl in Notting Hill Police Station, London.

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I found someone’s old 1960s scrapbook in the indoor market at Devizes. There were newspaper cuttings, invitations and greetings cards glued into it. Then there was this page! Not sure why it was in there but it made me smile! 🌈😊 🌈

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I’ve never visited the engineering wonder that is Caen Hill Locks in Devizes before today. 29 locks in a row up the hill! It really is impressive and the Canal and River Trust are doing a great job of making this a lovely place where people boats and nature can live together. 🌳🌞🛶🦆

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

In these modern times we bow down at the Alter of Consumption, as we are all part of the Cult of Materialism. But let’s not forget these wise words: Thought of the day from philosopher Socrates: "He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have." 🌞🌻🌞

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

🧵👻Like buses, I post nothing for a month and then two blogs come along at once. Sitting with the summer theme, one is about a haunted holiday home in Chideock, Dorset. Fellow weirdo Amy and her family stayed there a few years back: weird-wiltshire.co.uk/2026/08/23/t... #ghosts #dorset

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You're not welcome! A Haunted Holiday in Chideock - Weird Wiltshire

Amy and her family stayed in this haunted holiday cottage. It wasn't the relaxing holiday they hoped for. Read about the ghosts of Chideock.

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I’m giving my pal, the Professor, a mini-boost here! 😁 If you like slightly bonkers history and lots of humour, this is the book for you (all his books are awesome though)! Give it a try. 📕

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Mudlarking treasures from the River Thames! ⭐️

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Today I headed to Windmill Hill, Avebury, with my intrepid fellow adventurers @profjasperh-b.bsky.social and archeological legend Dr Doug Pitt! We walked, took photos and I tried to do some videos, and we laughed A LOT! Avebury - always good for the soul. 🌞⭐️🌞 #avebury #wiltshire

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Just a gentle reminder to anyone in the UK right now…🌞 Please put out ground-based water trays for the birds and little critters. They are desperate for water right now. I had a wren and robin ‘queuing up’ to get in this one. Apologies for the poor image - I didn’t want to disturb the blackbird! 🐦‍⬛ 🐦

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

It looks like a lovely little country lane doesn't it? But, imagine it back in the 1950s on a chilly autumn evening, the gloaming setting in. You meet one of Wiltshire's Black Dogs, the guardians of the ancient barrows - harbingers of doom that inhabit this road. Suddenly, it's not so lovely! 👻

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

🧵Wherever I go I can always find a new ghost story… Today I’m sat here at Salisbury Train Station and I started chatting to one of the guards. Omg! 😦 This place has A LOT going on. 👻 One story is that of a fireman, one of the tragic deaths in the 1906 Salisbury Train Disaster which killed 28.

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Am I the only one watching devastating wildfires break out across Europe while our governments green light data centres, more fossil fuels and more. Great swathes of materialistic humans building huge monster homes, buying jets and cars that just pollute. And none of them seem to care. ☹️

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Wiltshire Summer evening ‘earsie’ shot!! ☺️🌞☺️

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Hands down, these are THE BEST of the summers fruits. No arguments. They just are! 🍒 🌞🤤🍒

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

🧵One type of ghost Wiltshire doesn't seem to have (much to my disappointment) is a ghostly hand. 👋 While I will keep on searching, I have uncovered one in Dorset. A ghostly hand, that of trumpet-sergeant Blandford, has been seen bobbing around the churchyard of St Peters, Pimperne.

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

🧵Built by the US Army in 1942, the field hospital, located up on the downs about a mile out of Salisbury, was made from standard British and Nissen hut type designs. It dealt with many casualties following the D-Day landings on 6th June 1944, a total of 10 004.

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

What’s that on the tree-line? My first thought was, of course, it’s a ghost. It’s not! But, once again, this just proves real life is as weird as the world of ghosts. Why is this strange figure in hunting gear sat on a saddle looking across the field? Creepy!

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

It's too hot to do much but reading a ghost story requires little effort.🔥 In this personal story, something happened that shaped a man's beliefs and thoughts on life after death when a 'recently deceased' ghost returned to check in on the living.👻 weird-wiltshire.co.uk/2026/07/05/r...

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Ron's Ghost - An unexpected Visit from the Recently Departed - Weird Wiltshire

Tony tells us the story of Swindon resident Ron, a neighbour of his mum, who came back to check on things after he passed.

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I wrote this mini-tour blog for Mainly Museums about one of my favourite places to visit, Salisbury Museum! As you would expect , this being Wiltshire, there’s plenty of Neolithic wonders and weird bits and bobs. If you can’t get there yourself, take a tour with me! 🌝🗿🌝

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Jack Russell in the heatwave. Batteries have powered down! 🪫 #heatwave

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

It is, as the sun rises across the landscape of magical Avebury, that the Druid Priest, swathed in white robes with long white hair, emerges from West Kennet Long Barrow to stand atop the mound with his Fae hound. A large dog with red tipped ears. #summersolstice #avebury #solstice2026

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

This is Mrs Ridout leading 'The Coombe Express', painted in 1878, by Frank Brooks. Mrs Ridout would convey goods from Coombe Bissett to The Shoulder of Mutton Inn, Salisbury. On the way home she would stop at The Swan for a final refreshment, sharing her ale with her donkeys using the same jug! 🫏🍺😊

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

🧵Midwinter, 1927. Dr R.R. Clay, village doctor of Fovant, is driving the road from Cranborne to Handley. Around 100 metres past Squirrels Corner, a horseman appears from the northwest, moving in the same direction. 🧵👻

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I drove past my favourite Wiltshire pub sign today! Poor Kate and Wills look worse every time I see it (if that’s possible). 😂😂 #pubsigns #wiltshire

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Welcome to a new week from a hill in North Dorset! 🐓🐔

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Come for a Saturday Stonehenge drive-by with me! 😊 #wiltshire #stonehenge

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

🧵It's Oak Apple Day in Great Wishford in Wiltshire! Held on the 29th of May, Oak Apple Day is a celebration to mark the restoration of the Stuart Monarchy in 1660. It involves making a noise with pots and pans at dawn, taking boughs of oak from Grovely Woods and proceeding to Salisbury Cathedral.

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Lots of ‘3s’ on my thermometer/clock thing at Weird Wiltshire HQ yesterday! 🌞🌞🌞 #summer

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

🧵Britain's tallest man, until his death in 1918, was 8 ft 4.5 ins tall and his name was Fred Kempster. For a while he worked as a gardener at Avebury Manor before heading off to join the circus. He fell ill in Germany just before WWI but managed to return to England before he died, just 29 yrs old.

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Marlborough Mound is 19 m high, built in 2300BC. It's the 2nd biggest mound in Britain. Often referred to as Silbury Hill's little sister and is located within the grounds of Marlborough College. Legend has it, this was the final resting place of Merlin, and was once called Maerla’s Barrow. 🧙‍♀️

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Some interesting names to investigate: Bloody Shard Gate Savage Cat Farm Dead Maid's Quarry I came across some great road names, all with a tale to tell, including Ghost Lane and Chopping Knife Road when I wrote this blog about Mildenhall, nr Marlborough. 👻 weird-wiltshire.co.uk/2024/08/15/t...

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The Mildenhall Black Dog, Water Demons and a Roman Timeslip - Weird Wiltshire

Off we go to quaint and sleepy Mildenhall, a village one and a half miles to the east of Marlborough in the north of Wiltshire, in search of one of the county’s many ominous black dogs. As I delved de...

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

It's crop circle season again and there have already been some new creations. 🌾🛸 This awesome one appeared at Jack's Castle Plantation, near Alfred's Tower, on the 8th May. Photo credit, with thanks: Nick Bull at Stonehenge Dronescape. ⭐ #cropcircles #CropCircle #Wiltshire

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I found this in the barn this morning. It must have fallen from the rafters. All that hard sparrow work wasted. ☹️ 🐦🪺 I’m going to keep it though as it’s been made with Patchwork Pete’s shredded winter coat by the looks of the colour! 😊🪺 #spring #nature #horses #birds

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

🧵The curse that kept a church door unlocked for over a century… In 1801, an innocent Romani man, Joshua Scamp was hanged for a crime he didn't commit; framed by his own son-in-law. When the local clergy later desecrated his grave, the furious Gypsy Queen laid her curses. Every single one came true.

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Look what arrived in the post today? 👀 My pal @profjasperh-b.bsky.social has been busy again, turning historical titbits into funny and digestible bites! If you like history and a laugh, please buy An A-Z of WTFs in History. You won’t be disappointed! 😁 #history #books

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