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Ellen Strange : A Moorland Mystery (1761) | Holcombe | True Crime
#holcombe #ellenstrange #helmshore ➝ Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to our channel so you never miss a new upload! https://www.youtube.com/@DaysofHorror?sub_confirmation=1 The story of Ellen Strange has throughout the years changed in various way. And just like the age-old game of ‘chinese whispers’, what was once originally factual has, in some sense of the word, been taken…
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Ocean Chemical Works – CYANIDE! | Ramsbottom | Summerseat
#ramsbottom #derelict #abandoned ➝ Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to our channel so you never miss a new upload! https://www.youtube.com/@DaysofHorror?sub_confirmation=1 In this video, we visit the now derelict and abandoned – Ocean Chemical Works in Ramsbottom and just situated alongside Nuttall Park. This former building used to produce cyanide and was at one time the only…
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The Life and Crimes of Moses Clayton | Rossendale | True Crime
#Rossendale #Truecrime #victorians ➝ Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to our channel so you never miss a new upload! https://www.youtube.com/@DaysofHorror?sub_confirmation=1 When Moses Clayton’s body was laid to rest on Saturday, 1st March 1919, it would close the book on one of Rossendale’s most notorious villains. A character that had once terrorised an entire district with his…
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The Ghostly Hounds of Helmshore | Investigation | Paranormal
#Helmshore #GreensLane #paranormal ➝ Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to our channel so you never miss a new upload! https://www.youtube.com/@DaysofHorror?sub_confirmation=1 In this video, we delve into the local myth that is the so-called ‘ghostly hounds of Helmshore’. As a kid back in the ’80s, I was told the story of two hounds that roamed Rossendale golf…
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Looking for answers : Dowsing Rods pt One
#Dowsing #DowsingRods #DowsingGraves ➝ Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to our channel so you never miss a new upload! https://www.youtube.com/@DaysofHorror?sub_confirmation=1 In this video, we try three experiments to see IF we can get our dowsing rods to direct us to some grave headstones. For clarity, we knew where two of them were. We used these two…
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