Portsmouth is a coastal port city, in Hampshire, in the south-east of England.
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Why was Arthur Conan Doyle a spiritualist?
MATT WINGETT explores the Spiritualist beliefs of Arthur Conan Doyle, relating the extraordinary account of his encounter with his deceased son, Kingsley.
Wymering Manor Ghosts are friendly, says former resident
DAVID SCANLAN says he knows the ghosts of Wymering Manor in Portsmouth are a friendly lot because he used to live there!
Sherlock Holmes and the Spirit World
MATT WINGETT tells us how a small seaside town influenced Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his greatest creation - Sherlock Holmes
How hypnosis helped me to see a ghost
MATT WINGETT tells how he used hypnosis and visions of long-dead WW2 servicemen to inspire his latest ghost novel.
Helen Duncan, the fate of Britain’s last jailed witch
TODAY is the 55th anniversary of the death of Helen Duncan (1897-1956), the last person to be imprisoned under the British Witchcraft Act 1735.
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