Paranormal Suffolk

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A fabulous collection of ghost hauntings in Suffolk from the infamous Black Dog of Bungay to the headless Anne Boleyn stalking visitors at Blickling Hall. The serene low-lying countryside of Suffolk with its scattered farms water-meadows & extensive coastline seems an unlikely area to be associated with ghosts & demons. Yet a motley array are said to haunt the region. The most famous is the Black Dog a spectral hound which in the year 1577 terrorised & killed parishioners in the churches of Bungay & Blythburgh & continues to exert a strong presence today. Other strange phenomena include phantom coaches rattling through the countryside at night drawn by spectral horses & driven by a headless coachman & the freshwater mermaids who lure young children to their deaths in pools & rivers. Tobias Gill the black drummer haunts the crossroads near Blythburgh where he was hanged for the murder of a servant girl & Mrs. Short the Queen of Hell can still raise the hairs on your neck if you wander in the region of Boulge Hall near Woodbridge. Famous characters such as Anne Boleyn Earl Hugh Bigod & St. Edmund add an additional lustre to folk tales of the area & strange happenings occur in many of the churchyards Suffolk having more churches per acre than almost any other county. This fascinating account of local sightings deals with all the traditional historical legends as well as modern day sightings & investigates their relevance & significance for the modern age.