Ash and Smoke at Wolf’s Nick: Evelyn Foster Between Fact and Fire

“We see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face.” — 1 Corinthians 13:12 The death of Evelyn Foster has become one of those crimes whose unsolved nature is almost more essential than its facts. In the bleak January of 1931, a young woman, independent enough to drive her own car for hire, was discovered … Continue reading Ash and Smoke at Wolf’s Nick: Evelyn Foster Between Fact and Fire

The Phantom in the Linen: On the Ubiquity of White Ladies, Grey Ladies, and Other Draped Nonsense

A couple of weeks ago, I found myself in Blanchland, Northumberland - a village so theatrically atmospheric it looks like it was designed by a heritage-obsessed monk with a fondness for mist. I was holed up in The Lord Crewe Arms, one of the North’s most famously haunted pubs - though frankly, the prices gave me … Continue reading The Phantom in the Linen: On the Ubiquity of White Ladies, Grey Ladies, and Other Draped Nonsense