Weird in the Wade

39 The Prestonville Horror


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We return to Brighton and the suburb of Prestonville to discover one of the most bizarre hauntings Nat has ever found. Investigated by the Daily Mirror in 1907, the Presonville Horror defies all understanding of what a ghost might be. A mother and daughter are plagued by strange sounds and sights whilst they care-take a large crumbling house. A flamboyant sceptic investigates and claims to have solved the mystery of the haunting, though few believe him.

Is this haunting of 1907 linked to another on the same street investigated by the Society for Psychical Research (SPR) in 1888? To have two houses just 5 numbers apart on the same street making ghostly headlines seems like more than just a coincidence?
Find out more on today’s episode.

Thanks to Tom Ruffles’ SPR archive blog
Find show notes and links for further reading at weirdinthewade.blog
Contact the show at [email protected]




Weird in the wade is researched, written, presented and produced by Nat Doig
Theme music and this episode’s Unicorn theme by Tess Savigear


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