Stories from the dark side of Milton Keynes
Tonight’s story closes a loop. It marks the end of an era for this project because it’s the very last one from this current batch. Yes, I had such a wonderful initial response to my first call for stories, all the way back in April that it’s taken me this long to catch up! Since... Continue Reading →
Tonight's story might have the most intriguing setting yet: no-one expects a bike shop to be haunted! However, as we're discovering, Milton Keynes delights in showing us the strange and unexpected. We're going back to Stony for the third time so far, and I'm pretty sure this won't be our last visit. 59 High Street... Continue Reading →
Tonight’s story takes us to the quiet, tree-lined streets of West Bletchley — more specifically, to Angus Drive, where a seemingly ordinary household lightbulb became the source of something altogether darker. This story found me through a novel route! It came via Anne, and you might remember that I’ve shared two of her stories earlier... Continue Reading →
You might remember that a few days ago, I started telling you Jadee’s story — and I promised I’d come back to it. When we left her, she was still at her childhood home in Woolmans on Fuller’s Slade. Jadee grew up with a companion only she could see: a shadow-child who would appear on... Continue Reading →
Tonight’s story started with a chance encounter in a familiar place. I walk round Lodge Lake twice, maybe three times a week, and have done for the last year and a half. I go that way more often than ever these days—it’s the route I take to Precedent House, and I’m documenting its slow transition... Continue Reading →
I’ve noticed that I often open these posts with “tonight’s story…” and it’s true — I do tend to post them late, sometimes well into the small hours. It’s partly because I’m still working on the project after the day job’s done, but I’ll admit: there’s something deliciously dramatic about saving ghost stories for the... Continue Reading →
Our story tonight marks a quiet milestone. I’ve worked in data and analytics for a long time, and it's second nature to me that for pretty much every situation, there's a spreadsheet. So, it’s probably no surprise that I’ve been keeping careful count of how close I’m getting to my goal: a ghost in every... Continue Reading →
Tonight’s story slips in through that space between sleeping and waking — the kind that lingers in your thoughts as the lights go out. Liminality — those strange in-between states where boundaries blur — is at the heart of this project. Milton Keynes is full of thresholds. Borders of estates that bleed into Redways. New builds layered over old farmland. A modern city, haunted underneath.