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Supernatural and unexplained phenomena

Grey ladies, phantom dogs and headless horsemen have always been part of Hertfordshire's haunted history.  Datchworth is reputedly the most haunted village in Herts, boasting over a dozen well documented spooks... Hertfordshire also has its fair share of UFO sightings.

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    An unsettling, velvety silence
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    Henry Trigg’s House - Buried in the Roof
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    Memories of The Pilgrims Rest, St Albans
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  • Sir Geoffrey de Mandeville — the Red-Cloaked Knight
    Sir Geoffrey de Mandeville — the Red-Cloaked Knight
    On the night of Christmas Eve 1932, a group of people met at a bridge over Pymms Brook in East ...
  • The Empty Building Mystery
    The Empty Building Mystery
    from my blogspot on www.hemelmoviemakers.org.uk
  • UFO Hemel Hempstead.
    UFO Hemel Hempstead.
    Unidentified Flying Objects
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