Tonightโs story reached me through a particularly delightful connection - last year, I was honoured to be a guest on Rob Kirkupโs wonderful How Haunted?ย podcast, talking about this project and the stories I've been collecting across Milton Keynes. Rob has a wide international audience, so when the episode went out in November, I wondered where... Continue Reading →
The Woodland Embrace, Oxley Park Woods
One of the things Iโve learned while running this project is that stories donโt always wait politely for you to come looking for them. Sometimes they arrive in your inbox at midnight. Sometimes theyโre handed to you on a walk. And sometimes - like tonight's story - theyโre spoken over a cafรฉ table, just when... Continue Reading →
You Have To Come With Me, Conniburrow
Tonightโs 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 daysโitโs the route I take to Precedent House, and Iโm documenting its slow transition... Continue Reading →
“Human-ish but hovering”, Bradwell
Before Revenants on the Redway began, I thought Iโd have to hunt for stories. I imagined long walks, obscure Living Archives searches, knocking on doors. What I didnโt expect was how many stories would come to me. Or, more unnervingly โ how some stories seemed to be waiting for me, just beyond the edge of the light.... Continue Reading →
A Haunting Hello, Springfield
We're just over two weeks into the project, and it's been an absolute privilege to hear so many stories. They're all special, but there's something really trusting when people take the time to show me exactly where their experience happened. Tonight's story comes from Keely in Springfield, who not only told me about the experience... Continue Reading →