The Hairy Hands
A ghost story about phantom hands attacking drivers on a remote stretch of the B3212 near Postbridge, popular since the early 20th century.
A ghost story about phantom hands attacking drivers on a remote stretch of the B3212 near Postbridge, popular since the early 20th century.
Spectral hounds said to hunt across Dartmoor on winter nights, particularly near Wistman's Wood on the West Dart River.
A water spirit said to haunt the River Ashburn near Ashburton, remembered in old Devon folklore as a mischievous or dangerous presence.
A witch legend attached to a remote Dartmoor tor, now inaccessible to the public.
Old books sometimes spell "Leather Tor" differently. Which of these is one of those spellings?
A Wild Hunt legend tied to an Iron Age fort above the River Plym, popular in Dartmoor folklore but of uncertain age and origin.
A large moorland pool near Princetown, said to be bottomless and an omen of death in local tradition.
A moorland spirit said to preside over Crockern Tor, summoned by tinners and cited in medieval law.
A devil legend tied to a violent thunderstorm at Widecombe church in 1638, and how the story has shifted over three centuries.
A ghostly coach drawn by headless horses, said to travel the road between Tavistock and Okehampton on winter nights.