Bettiscombe skull
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Screaming skull
Human skull that emits blood-curdling screams when anyone attempts to move it.
Scrying
Form of divination in which the diviner gazes into a reflective surface, in which visions appear.
British Premonitions Bureau
Organisation set up by the psychiatrist John Barker in 1966 in the wake of the Aberfan disaster. Its aim was to collect premonitions from members of the public in the hope of being able to issue warnings about similar tragedies in the future.
Society for Psychical Research
Registered charity founded in 1882 to conduct scientific investigations into psychic and paranormal phenomena.
Bealings Bells
Early modern poltergeist phenomenon reported to have taken place in Bealings House, Suffolk in 1834.
Lady Lovibond
Perhaps the best-known of the ghost ships that reportedly haunt British waters.
The Hooper
Mysterious cloud of mist that often hovered over the Cowloe Rock, near Sennen Cove in Cornwall, warning of approaching bad weather.
Angels of Mons
Angels who were widely reported as having defended the British Expeditionary Force against overwhelming odds in the first major engagement of the First World War, the Battle of Mons, on Sunday 23 August 1914.
Ectoplasm
Ectoplasm is a gelatinous substance that exudes from the body of a spiritualist medium during a seance, which the spirits being communicated with are able to mould into shapes allowing them to communicate with the living.