Ghosts of Cannock Chase: Terrifying reports of paranormal activity from the UK’s most haunted town (Lee Brickley's Paranormal X-Files)

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The strangest thing was after we started calling out asking if any spirits would like to communicate by the Katyn Memorial just off Camp Road that's when things changed," he added. Questioned by police, the witnesses to Darby's abduction explained the man had been white, in his mid-thirties, clean-shaven and with dark brown hair. He wore a white shirt and drove a grey car—possibly an A55 or A60 "Farina" model Austin Cambridge or a Morris Oxford—and spoke in a notable local accent. One of the children in particular, seven-year-old Nicholas Baldry, remained adamant the man had pronounced Caldmore Green as "Carmer Green" and not "Cold-moor Green", as only a local individual would. [n 4] This information further reaffirmed the police view they were hunting a local man. As such, police concentrated their manhunt for the perpetrator in and around the Borough of Walsall. [44] Second manhunt [ edit ] Search Ends: Guard Over Girl's Body". The Canberra Times. 24 August 1967 . Retrieved 30 December 2021.

Tift was reported missing by her parents at 7p.m. [24] As had earlier been the case with Margaret Reynolds, despite extensive searches, no trace of the child was discovered. Tift's disappearance saw approximately 2,000 people search for her. A local councillor also offered a reward for the child's safe return. [6] From the Archives: Alarm Bells Start Ringing over Girls' Disappearance". Birmingham Evening Mail. 24 October 2012 . Retrieved 13 December 2021.Had the cyclist not overheard, then observed the child in this ditch, she likely would have died from exposure [15] within twenty minutes. [17] One of the bar staff also reported hearing unseen children singing the nursery rhyme, 'ring o' ring o’ roses’. Short Street, in Longton, is a narrow, cobbled street just off Uttoxeter Road, with three workers’ cottages sitting on it. The Victoria Hall, in Bagnall Street, Hanley, was first built in 1888 to commemorate Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee. Prison cells were built into the basement, which served the integrated police station that used to be part of the building. The cells are now actors’ dressing rooms. She stared at us for around five minutes before running away into a densely grouped area of trees. My wife wanted to follow her, but I was having none of it.”

Shortly after Morris took the stand and began to testify in his own defence at his trial, Julia Taylor—then aged in her early teens—rose from the public gallery, hysterically pointing at Morris and crying out: "That's him! That's the man that did it to me!" She was gently ushered, weeping, from the public gallery. The jury were not informed as to her identity due to fear their knowledge of her identity and ordeal may prejudice the trial. [15] A bloody conflict in 1645 - known at the Battle of Rowton Moor - is said to be responsible for the ghostly happenings on the land.Joshua Lester-Rigg, from Telford, spent several days visiting the Chase with a friend after dark in a bid to get to the bottom of scary reports from the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Raymond Morris died at the HMP Preston health facility of natural causes on 11 March 2014 at the age of 84, [100] having spent the final 45 years of his life in prison. Ten days before his death, he signed a disclaimer rejecting any further active medical treatment and specifically stating he did not wish his family to be informed of this decision. [101] Tom captured the spooky figure in the darkness on Saturday evening while he was investigating the area for his TV show Haunted Finders.

Wilson, Colin (2000). The Mammoth Book of the History of Murder. Carroll & Graf Publishers. ISBN 978-0-786-70714-0. Raymond Leslie Morris was born on 13 August 1929 in Walsall, Staffordshire (now part of the county of West Midlands). [5] Morris had lived in Walsall his entire life and was reported to have an IQ of 120. [8] [5] In 1951, he married a young woman named Muriel, the daughter of a neighbour, who was two years younger than him. The couple had two sons. [8] a b "Child Killer to Appeal After 32 Years". BBC News. 16 August 2001 . Retrieved 9 September 2009.

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Carol Morris then testified on behalf of the prosecution. She first described the route her husband had typically taken to and from work, which—contrary to official statements her husband had given police—took him in close proximity to Camden Street and Caldmore Green. She then retracted the statements she had initially told investigators about the two having been shopping on the day of Darby's murder and Aulton's attempted abduction, [5] stating that on each of the dates the two had been questioned by policemen as to her husband's movements, she had agreed to corroborate her husband's statements as she "didn't think he [could be] the person responsible." Carol then testified her husband had not returned home until the early evening of 19 August 1967 and that his demeanour had been normal on this date [80] and that on the date of Aulton's attempted abduction, her husband had not returned to their flat until the ending credits of the soap opera Coronation Street were broadcast. [n 10] She also stated her willingness to provide a false alibi for her husband on each occasion lay in her conviction her husband could not have committed the abduction and murder of a child. [82] Since 2006, the forest has been used as an open-air music venue as part of the Forestry England nationwide Forest Live, with acts such as The Zutons, The Feeling, Status Quo and Jools Holland playing in a forest clearing. The Chase Through Time - Staffordshire County Council". www.staffordshire.gov.uk . Retrieved 10 May 2020.

Child Killer Raymond Morris in EU Court Freedom Bid". Express & Star. 12 February 2011 . Retrieved 8 January 2017. At the age of 35, Morris married again, this time to a 21-year-old woman named Carol Horsley. [5] Two years later, in October 1966, he was arrested on suspicion of taking indecent photographs of two schoolgirls, aged 10 and 11, whom he had encountered truanting outside the factory where he worked and whom he lured into his flat at a time his wife was absent from the premises. Both girls were paid two shillings to allow Morris to undress and photograph them. Days later, both girls confided the incident to their parents. He was not charged in relation to this incident as although police extensively searched Morris's flat, they failed to find any photographic evidence or equipment to corroborate the children's claims. [15] Lane, Brian (1991). The Murder Guide to Great Britain. Robinson Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-854-87083-1. I just presumed that she must have been doing some kind of play of the olden days at the nearby Gladstone pottery museum." We are convinced that the man who murdered Christine Darby is the man in the Identikit picture and that it is a good likeness. His is a face well-known to someone—probably to several people. He is being shielded, either by a relative who knows of his guilt but is prevented from coming forward by misguided loyalty or fear, or by people who recognise a resemblance in an acquaintance but cannot bring themselves to believe that the person could be a child killer ... the innocent—and many innocent men may resemble the picture—have nothing to fear, but no child is safe while the man guilty of the murder of Christine Darby walks free."On 15 November, Morris was rearrested as he drove to work. He was informed his arrest was in relation to the murder of Christine Darby. [10] In response, Morris simply stated, "Oh God! Is it my wife?" He was driven to Stafford police station to await questioning. [72] Morris, Raymond Leslie". real-crime.co.uk. Archived from the original on 18 February 2009 . Retrieved 9 September 2009.