Hauntings (Ghosts, Haunts and the Occult)

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The game uses a diction based voice recognition system to allow the player to interact with the AI via several different pieces of equipment. The entity will be listening at all times and will respond to predetermined phrases as well. At game launch, English will be the only supported language for voice recognition. However, there will be an in-game action wheel to access the spoken phrases. Iona is a small island, roughly 3.5 miles long and one mile wide which lies off the west of Mull. In 563AD St Columba (grandson of the Irish King Niall) and 12 followers built their first Celtic Church on the island and monastic community. Iona became famous as St Columba started converting Scottish and English pagans into Christians. Iona also became the resting place of Kings and according to a survey in 1549 it boasted 48 Scottish Kings, 8 Norwegian and 4 Irish. Amongst the Scottish kings buried on Iona are King Kenneth I, Donald II, Malcolm I, Duncan I, Macbeth and Donald III. Books on this subject can be found in many parts of the Library’s collections including Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, Art and Literary Studies as well as in our e-book collections. In 2013 bosses at the University museum were confused (and dare we say, a little scared) to notice a ten-inch ancient Egyptian statue of Neb-Sanu, discovered in a mummy’s tomb nearly 4,000 years ago, spinning of its own accord. A time-lapse video was even set up to record the statuette – and clearly showed it rotating 180 degrees without being touched.

A Satanist and murderer, is said to be buried close to the windmill and legend has it that his ghastly-looking zombie-like form has been seen to slowly emerge from its grave on some moonlit nights."Many of these books are held within the Sterling Library,(Opens in new window) a collection of c.7000 volumes of first editions of English Literature; section I of this collection contains works published prior to 1900. The tunnels also had a canteen, staff dormitory, toilets, medical aid post and a ventilation shaft which could double as an emergency escape hatch. The spirit has attached itself to us since day one. We just bought this house, it's brand new and has no history. We've had toys going off and we've heard footsteps. We don't feel anything sinister.

Tom added: "Bidston Hill is also classed by many investigators of UFOs as a “window area” – a hot-spot of UFO activity where strange craft and lights in the sky regularly appear. Protection, 2023, by Paula Turmina will be on show as part of the Surrealism and Witchcraft exhibition at Lamb Gallery, London. Photograph: Courtesy of the artist The library’s modern collections, much of which is on open access, are also rich in reprinted primary gothic and supernatural literature, many secondary works on the themes, and also first editions from the latter half of the 19thcentury onwards. The Library’s collections are rich with contemporary material on these subjects. These include publications of the Society of Psychical Research, spiritualist journals and pamphlets, investigations of mediums and cuttings and offprints from the popular press.

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Watergates Street in Chester is one of the oldest streets in the U.K. Some historians believe that the early medieval buildings that stand on the street were constructed upon the ruins of much older Roman buildings. Many of the buildings on Watergate Street and Watergate Row are a mash-up of different periods and styles, with buildings literally growing, layer on layer over the years. It is not unusual for buildings to have floors and rooms that date from eras separated by many hundreds of years. Books in the collection date from the 16th to the 20th century and the collection is one of the most significant for the subject in an academic library. Some of the rare works include:

Books and journals can be searched for in the Library Catalogue and Archive collections in the Archive Catalogue. Jon Paul (JP) Kenny, Kymmi Jeffrey and their two daughters Snow and Pebble on This Morning (Image: Supplied) Since the arrival of The Harry Price Library, the Library has continued to acquire archive collections on related subjects. Among these are the papers of psychical investigator and anthropologist Eric Dingwall. The papers include his extensive and wide-ranging scrapbooks, records of the Society for the Study of Supernormal Pictures, prints and slides of psychic and anthropological photographs and Dingwall’s kit of essentials for investigations. Bidston was also at the centre of the gruesome Williams murders in the 19th century, which saw a mother and her four children discovered buried within the cellar of a building near Bidston Hall.

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A major retrospective of Serbian artist Marina Abramović, currently running at the Royal Academy, showcases an artist whose fascination with shamanism and astrology informs her work. Next year brings a landmark show at Tate Modern dedicated to performance artist Yoko Ono, much of whose work is inspired by spirituality and mysticism. The 19th and early 20th century are particularly well represented in the areas of spiritualism and psychical research. Price was also a collector of antiquarian material. Among the early books are: