I’m very excited to announce that the title of my next book will be PARANORMAL WALES – coming 2020! As the name suggests, it will be a spine-chilling quest in search of the country’s “most haunted” places and, unlike my previous Ghosts of Wales books, will be based on modern-day tales of things that go […]
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Ghosts of Wales Live! with the Swansea Devil at Swansea Museum
Is the Swansea Devil really cursed? There was only one way to find out – by hosting a Ghosts of Wales Live! event in Swansea museum!
A curious night at Swansea Museum with Mark Rees
Is the Swansea Devil really cursed? We’re about to find out on what promises to be the most curious night in Swansea Museum’s illustrious history!
The A-Z of Curious Wales, the new book from Mark Rees, is OUT NOW!
The A-Z of Curious Wales, the new book from Mark Rees, is OUT NOW!
Ghosts of Wales on Folklore Thursday
Mark Rees’ research into the “Ghosts of Wales” can be read on the Folklore Thursday website The “Ghosts of Wales” are no ordinary ghost stories, and Folklore Thursday is no ordinary website. On Mark Rees’ Folklore Thursday page you’ll find tales of: • A murderer who returned from beyond the grave. • A two-headed phantom […]
Ghosts of Wales on the Weird Wacky Wonderful Stories Podcast
Mark Rees (author of Ghosts of Wales) was the guest on new episode of the Weird Wacky Wonderful Stories podcast and talked about haunted Wales
NEW BOOK: The Little Book of Welsh Landmarks out now
The Little Book of Welsh Landmarks is available now from all good bookshops. The Little Book of Welsh Landmarks, the second “little book” from Mark Rees, is available now. Following on from The Little Book of Welsh Culture (The History Press, 2016), this was by far the most challenging book that I’ve written to date. […]
Mark Rees records Christmas ghost story special for BBC Radio Wales
Mark Rees, author of Ghosts of Wales, will be talking about corpse candles and death omens on a special episode of festive ghost stories for BBC Radio Wales. Ahead of Christmas, the BBC in Wales are broadcasting a series of creepy specials with each looking at a different supernatural subject. Mark has recorded an episode […]
Photos from Ghosts of Wales – Live! at National Waterfront Museum, Swansea
Photos fromGhosts of Wales – Live! at National Waterfront Museum, Swansea: The now-annual Ghosts of Wales – Live! event brought the spookiness to the Swansea Fringe Festival in October, and here are the photos to prove it!
Folklore Thursday: Read about the two-headed phantom from Ghosts of Wales
Ghosts of Wales: Accounts from the Victorian Archives by Mark Rees on Folklore Thursday: Did I ever tell you about the two-headed ghost which terrorised a Welsh community? No? Well, now you can read all about it in my latest Folklore Thursday article!