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.

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.