Brian Langston

Brian Langston is a former police officer turned paranormal historian. He now writes on mysteries, true crime and strange phenomena and is the author of True Ghosts and Ghouls of Windsor & Eton and London Murder Stories

In the Spotlight

The ghost who stalked her killer to the gallows- London 1839

Did the ghost of a murdered Victorian housemaid haunt her killer until he confessed to her brutal killing?

In the Spotlight

The Mysterious Teleportation of Jacob Mutton - Bodmin Moor, Cornwall 1687

What was the mysterious force which transported Jacob Mutton across 30 miles of Cornish countryside in late 17th century England? Could this really have been an early case of alien abduction?

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The Astonishing Materialisation of Agnes Guppy- London 1871

Victorian society was transfixed by the teleportation of a celebrated psychic medium 3 miles across London, witnessed by a room full of distinguished onlookers.

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The Immovable Coffin of Donald Beamish- The Man They Could Not Bury: Dumfries 1672

What was the supernatural force which prevented countless men and a team of oxen from moving the simple wooden coffin of Donald Beamish in Scotland of 1672?

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The Lingering Death and Botched Burial of William the Conqueror

Feared as an all-conquering invader during his lifetime, William the Conqueror suffered an ignominious death and a farcical funeral. His remains were repeatedly desecrated for 1000 years afterwards.

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The Miraculous Rejuvenation of the Vicar of Lesbury 1657 - The Real-Life Benjamin Button

Stuart England was astounded at the amazing story of Rev. Patrick Makel Wian who was rejuvenated at the age of 80, growing new teeth and hair, regaining his sight and hearing and living to 130 years.

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  Ghosts & Demons

  The Real Hammer House of Horror: Oakley Court Hotel Windsor

  2 years ago

  Used as a creepy Gothic backdrop for countless films by Hammer and other filmmakers, The Oakley Court Hotel on the banks of the Thames in Berkshire harbours dark and evil secrets of its own.

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  The Lingering Death and Botched Burial of William the Conqueror

  14 months ago

  Feared as an all-conquering invader during his lifetime, William the Conqueror suffered an ignominious death and a farcical funeral. His remains were repeatedly desecrated for 1000 years afterwards.

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  Ghosts & Demons

  The Fleet Street Phantom- Hallowe'en 1684

  9 years ago

  Who was the menacing and malevolent stranger who climbed into Tom Cox’s Hackney Carriage on All Hallows Eve 1684 who not only terrified him out of his wits, but changed his life forever?

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  Witchcraft

  John Lambe - The Devil's Doctor

  9 years ago

  The astonishing life and extraordinary death of Jacobean alchemist and magician Doctor John Lambe

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  A Monstrous Massacre in Upper Mayfield

  9 years ago

  A triple murder of unparalleled brutality in Georgian England, gave rise to speculation that the Devil himself had touched this Staffordshire hamlet. Was this a case of super-nature or human nature?