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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England and Wales High Court (Administrative Court) Decisions: Mr Justice Simon v. Raymond Morris & the Criminal Cases Review Commission". bailii.org. 7 February 2011 . Retrieved 17 November 2021. An examination of records pertaining to Morris in the index card filing system revealed Morris had been questioned four times between 1964 and 1968 in relation to the abductions and murders, and had initially been considered a strong suspect. [21] On each occasion, his wife had provided an alibi as to his accounts of his whereabouts to authorities. [5] Resultingly, his index card had simply been marked "Alibied wife only-NFA". [68] No further action had been taken, although two police officers who had interviewed Morris on 29 February 1968 as part of the renewed house-to-house enquiries had commented upon the questionnaire Morris had filled in for investigators: "Very good likeness to the Identikit; not satisfied with this man due to the unsatisfactory alibi of wife alone." [69]

There are a number of visitor centres, museums and waymarked paths, including the Heart of England Way and the Staffordshire Way. There are also accessible trails to enable people to experience the health benefits of the Chase, such as The Route to Health. [5] Additionally, there are many unmarked public paths. On the north-eastern edge of the Chase can be found Shugborough Hall, ancestral home of the Earls of Lichfield. At its southern edge are the remains of Castle Ring, an Iron Age hill fort, which at 242 m / 794ft is the highest point on the Chase. Several glacial erratic boulders are also found on the Chase, remnants of glaciation. One is mounted on a plinth. Five weeks after the conclusion of Morris's trial, on 28 March 1969, the Austin A55 car in which he had abducted and murdered Christine Darby was bought by a Worcestershire-based car dealer, who immediately drove the car onto the forecourt of his garage and publicly burned the vehicle. [99] A lot of sceptics will always deny evidence because it’s not that they want proving wrong, they don’t want to believe at all.

I just presumed that she must have been doing some kind of play of the olden days at the nearby Gladstone pottery museum." This judicial review was rejected by Mr Justice Simon in February 2011. [95] Shortly thereafter, Morris indicated his potential intention to transfer his case to the European Court of Human Rights. He later abandoned this plan, adding his belief he would die in prison. [96] The Austin A55 used by Morris to abduct Christine Darby is publicly burned on 28 March 1969 Aftermath [ edit ]

Burton upon Trent Sheet 140 Solid and Drift Edition. Keyworth, Notts: British Geological Survey. 1982. In Walsall, the phonetic pronunciation of the district of Caldmore Green is "Carmer Green"; [43] the vernacular the abductor had used. Individuals from towns less than twenty miles away did not pronounce this location in a local dialect. Wilson, Colin; Seaman, Donald (1988). Encyclopedia of Modern Murder: 1962–1982. Bonanza Books. ISBN 978-0-517-66559-6 Literally hundreds of years of reported hauntings and mysterious sightings, are waiting for you as Haunting Nights take you on a ghost hunting experience like no other The list of the top 100 haunted places in the UK in 2020 has been released by paranormal organisation Higgypop, revealing eight eerie pubs, halls and theatres in Staffordshire and Cheshire.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]

Search Ends: Guard Over Girl's Body". The Canberra Times. 24 August 1967 . Retrieved 30 December 2021. Some walkers have even reported hearing music in the distance, which Higgypop said “is thought to be the ghost of William Lawes, King Charles' court musician, who was shot down by a parliamentarian.” Tatton Old Hall - Knutsford, Cheshire Oruye, Rebekah (13 May 2010). "From the Archives: Was Little Christine Just One of Raymond Morris's Victims?". Birmingham Mail. Birmingham, England . Retrieved 23 July 2012. Other paranormal sightings at the 17th century property, in Smallthorne, include a male with a silver tipped cane standing at the top of the attic stairs. He wears a red coat and has his hands on his hips. There’s also reports of a woman walking through a bedroom wall. Regional current affairs programme ATV Today broadcast a 20-minute episode pertaining to the abduction and murder of Christine Darby in November 1969. Morris's wife is among those interviewed for this programme. [105]a b "Those Were The Days: All Over – and We've Won!". Express & Star. Wolverhampton. Archived from the original on 28 June 2002 . Retrieved 4 September 2009. An ITV television engineer would subsequently testify the precise timing of the ending of the 4 November 1968 episode of Coronation Street had ended was 7:56:42p.m. [81]