Nick Hammond and Margo Williams

Nick Hammond and Margo Williams

Nick Hammond's best job ever was working with Isle of Wight psychic ghost hunter Margo Williams for the last 18 years of her life. Adventure and mystery-solving in sacred sites and haunted buildings.
Oct
25
Photo image of a map of the Isle of Wight circa 1611 features an area known as The Belgae

The Belgae. Unsolved Mysteries Isle of Wight

Old maps identify an area of the island as definitively Celtic. Chances are a rich DNA vein runs through its residents to whom we owe not only our belief in ghosts, but acceptance of religion.
6 min read
Oct
24
Photo image of enrance to Blackgang Chine Fantasy Park, Blackgang Road, Isle of Wight

Blackgang Chine. Unsolved Mysteries Isle of Wight

A ghostly figure is sometimes seen on the old road to Niton that leads past the Blackgang Chine fantasy park. Some ghost-hunters say it is the doomed spirit of a wrecker who lured ships onto Blackgang's ship-destroying underwater ledge.
5 min read
Oct
22
Photo image of Knighton Gorges gateposts. All that remain of the island's finest house.

Knighton Gorges House. Ghosts of the Isle of Wight, with Margo Williams

Most extraordinary ghost site on the Isle of Wight is Knighton Gorges manor. No such house exists, though sometimes it appears, Brigadoon-like. But not for its famous ghost.
7 min read
Oct
15
Photo image of Old Sun Inn building, Holyrood St. Newport. Isle of Wight.

Newport. Sun Inn. Ghosts of the Isle of Wight, with Margo Williams

No one living stayed for long in this building. Intensity of paranormal activity too much for everyone. Site of the former Sun Inn, and possible location of King Charles' last night in Newport tragedy.
8 min read
Oct
13
Photo image of Carisbrooke Castle battlements

Carisbrooke Castle. Ghosts of the Isle of Wight, with Margo Williams.

A sinister spectral figure sometimes is seen drifting along this battlements walk in Carisbrooke Castle. Guesses gather like mist around the mystery of its identity.
6 min read
Oct
12
Newport. Unsolved Mysteries Isle of Wight

Newport. Unsolved Mysteries Isle of Wight

A bonnet-wearing ghost sometimes is seen wafting the paths of Church Litten park. A fashion accessory which dates her as a late addition to the old burial ground below.
5 min read
Oct
10
Photo image of Shanklin Chine and Fisherman's Cottage Inn, Shanklin, Isle of Wight.

Shanklin. Ghosts of the Isle of Wight, with Margo Williams.

"All's Fair in Love and War" a familiar saying dating to 1578 as "the rules of fair play do not apply in love and war." But is that so? The ghost of Shanklin Chine discovered a truth.
5 min read
Oct
09
Photo image of Rectory Mansion, Brading

Brading. Ghosts of the Isle of Wight, with Margo Williams.

Among the island's oldest buildings, the Rectory Mansion in Brading is also among the most haunted. First in a series of investigations.
7 min read
Oct
07
Photo image of Ventnor Botanic garden Isle of Wight.

Ventnor Botanic Garden. Ghosts of the Isle of Wight, with Margo Williams.

Ventnor's Botanic Garden is haunted so badly, people who didn't believe in ghosts called in a ghost hunter.
6 min read
Oct
03
Photo image of Nunwell House, Ashey. Isle of Wight

Nunwell House. Ghosts of the Isle of Wight, with Margo Williams.

Nunwell House's most famous haunting is a ghostly Grey Lady wafting and weeping through the elegant rooms. Guests guess it is an Oglander, but which one?
8 min read