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.
Sep
17
Photo image of Osborne House, Isle of Wight

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

Some Cowes residents and members of staff at Osborne House believe the ghost responsible for mysteriously moving things is Eustace Mann, a mean-spirited prankster searching for his lost treasure map.
5 min read
Sep
16
Photo image of Yarmouth Castle, George Inn and St. James' church. Isle of Wight.

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

Some regulars in the cosy Bugle Inn say Yarmouth's ghost is their long dead landlord, artful amateur taxidermist Mr Butler searching for his lost collection of stuffed Isle of Wight birdlife.
5 min read
Sep
15
Photo image of Dimbola Lodge, Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight.

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

Being a ghost is not necessarily a fate worse than death. Some like it that way. How they make it work is an intriguing question.
5 min read
Sep
14
Victorian engraving of Brading Haven circa 1850 viewed from Nunwell Down.

Brading's 'Druid Well'. Ghosts of the Isle of Wight, with Margo Williams

When Brading Haven dried out, an old stone well emerged. "Roman" claimed some Brading locals. "Druid" replied the mythweavers. And maybe it was.
6 min read
Sep
06
Photo image of window, old Quarr Abbey. Quarr, Isle of Wight.

Quarr Abbey. Ghosts of the Isle of Wight, with Margo Williams.

Spooky stuff happens at old Quarr Abbey. A ghostly funeral procession appears, escorting a coffin smothered in white flowers. A clue to its occupant's identity, some ghost hunters claim.
6 min read
Sep
03
Photo image of St. Catherine's Oratory tower, Blackgang Isle of Wight

St. Catherine's Tower. Ghosts of the Isle of Wight, with Margo Williams.

Ghostly lantern glow in St. Catherine's lighthouse tower signals to a ghost girl at the Clarendon shipwreck graves in Chale churchyard. Is she the drowned homeward-bound passenger Ms Gourlay?
6 min read
Sep
03
Image of passport photo of Margo Williams

Margo Williams Interview. A Serious Case of Spontaneous Combustion. Part 1.

An Interview with Margo Williams. Nick Hammond searched for something fishy in Margo Williams' backstory, and found it.
9 min read
Sep
02
Photo montage image of Margo Williams and tribal people in Africa

Margo Williams Interview. Part 2 Sweet Thursday in a Cannery Town

Bomb-Damaged London far behind, Margo and her chemical engineer husband worked in an African laboratory where white people were weirder than black people. But a new and better fish-testing job opportunity appeared in the desert.
9 min read
Sep
01
Photo montage of Margo Williams and scenes of Whaler Station in Africa

Margo Williams Interview Part 3. Only Hotel in Hellsville

Margo and Walter Williams made friends and enemies in the stinking desert cannery town where giants dressed for low beamed church on Sunday. Next stop Hellsville.
7 min read
May
30
Marine Goddess Amphitrite. Oil Spill and Dolphins

Marine Goddess Amphitrite. Oil Spill and Dolphins

Fierce marine goddess with a message. No place for dolphins in war among humans.
8 min read