Moved to www.robgutro.com /I am an author, paranormal investigator & medium with Inspired Ghost Tracking. I can receive messages from ghosts or spirits (who have crossed over). As a scientist, I explain the paranormal with energy. Known as a Pet Medium; but work with human ghosts and spirits, too. My books teach you how to recognize signs from spirits.* AWARD-WINNING - 2021,2022 and 2023 BookAuthority Best New Grief Ebook for Pets and the Afterlife 3
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Photo: St Peter Tavy Church (Image: Richard Austin)
My latest book is called "Ghosts of England on a Medium's Vacation" (by Rob Gutro) and conveys all
of the ghosts I met as I traveled throughout England. There are a
LOT more ghosts in England that I did not (yet) meet, and here is the twelfth of several postings from Devonlive in Devon, U.K about some of
them.. - Rob
Unmarked grave on Dartmoor
Near Peter Tavy Moor, marked by a granite post, is the
grave of poor farm labourer George Stephens (d. 1763), who is said to
have committed suicide after losing the prospect of marriage to Mary
Bray, a farmer's daughter.
He
was buried outside the parish boundary, as was the custom for suicides,
and it is said that his ghost still haunts the nearby moor to this day.
He
was said to have been so in love with his fiancé he would pace outside
her home every night, only to find that a week before they were due to
marry she was cheating with his best friend.
He killed her and later himself with a poisoned apple, and was buried under the unmarked post which is still visible on Dartmoor.
My latest book is called "Ghosts of England on a Medium's Vacation" (by Rob Gutro) and conveys
all
of the ghosts I met as I traveled throughout England. There are a
LOT more ghosts in England that I did not (yet) meet, and here is the eleventh of several postings from Devonlive in Devon, U.K about some of
them.. - Rob
Old Kitty lured to her death by famous White Lady waterfall
Photo: The White Lady waterfall at Lydford Kit’s Steps at Lydford are said to have been named after a
woman called 'Old Kitty' who had slipped and fallen to death as she
returned home one day.Legend holds the 'White lady of the Water'
had lured her to jump in, and some local residents used to say they
often felt the same call. Other tales say Kitty had tried to jump her
horse across the water but it fell and they both plummeted to a sudden
death.
My latest book is called "Ghosts of England on a Medium's Vacation" (by Rob Gutro) and conveys
all
of the ghosts I met as I traveled throughout England. There are a
LOT more ghosts in England that I did not (yet) meet, and here is the tenth of several postings from Devonlive in Devon, U.K about some of
them.. - Rob
How Sheepstor villagers hung a man for bringing cholera
Image: Blue Moon Over Burrator as seen from Sheepstor at 6.15pm by Sheepstor Hub on Facebook (Image: Sheepstor Hub on Facebook) In 1832, a group of cottagers died after cholera came into
their family in a strange fashion. When a wealthy merchant and his
family died of the disease in Plymouth, two thieves raided their home in
search of valuables.
On the run from police, one fled to Sheepstor, posing as a
wealthy man in order to gain shelter with a family. Cholera spread to
the family and the people of Sheepstor hunted down and hung the thief
for bringing sickness to their village.
My latest book is called "Ghosts of England on a Medium's Vacation" (by Rob Gutro) and conveys
all
of the ghosts I met as I traveled throughout England. There are a
LOT more ghosts in England that I did not (yet) meet, and here is the Ninth of several postings from Devonlive in Devon, U.K about some of
them.. - Rob
The legend of Dewerstone Rock
The Dewerstone Rock near Bickleigh has sparked rumours of Satanic visitation for years.
People
have reported seeing blue lights, and torch-lit processions on the
paths around the rock, but claim they disappear at the sight of humans.
Legend tells that a naked human was once spotted and where the human
footprints ceased a cloven hoofprints continued. It is even rumoured
that a farmer was handed the body of his baby son by the devil himself.
Photo: The so-called Spinsters Rock near Drewsteignton
My latest book is called "Ghosts of England on a Medium's Vacation" (by Rob Gutro) and conveys
all
of the ghosts I met as I traveled throughout England. There are a
LOT more ghosts in England that I did not (yet) meet, and here is the Eighth of several postings from Devonlive in Devon, U.K about some of
them.. - Rob
Spinsters Rock
This rock formation is a Neolithic dolmen near Drewsteignton on Shilstone Farm west of the village near the A382 road. Legends
surround these rock formations and stone circles in Dartmoor often tell
of young maids being turned into stone for dancing on the Sabbath. But
it is in fact a neolithic tomb. The distinctive leaf-shaped flint
arrowheads used by Neolithic man have been found nearby on the Moor.
My latest book is called "Ghosts of England on a Medium's Vacation" (by Rob Gutro) and conveys
all
of the ghosts I met as I traveled throughout England. There are a
LOT more ghosts in England that I did not (yet) meet, and here is the Seventh of several postings from Devonlive in Devon, U.K about some of
them.. - Rob
Crazywell Pool has mystic powers at night but turns into a 'pop up lido' by day
PHOTO: Crazywell Pool, a Dartmoor beauty spot which was turned into a 'pop-up lido' for Devon's hardy wild swimmers This pool in Dartmoor has been said to be bottomless with
mystical powers. If you simply stare into the water on Midsummer’s Eve,
legend claims you will see the next parishioner to die in the water. One
Midsummer’s night the legend was being told in an inn and a challenge
was laid to go to the pool. Two boys went, and died on their way home.
It is actually an old shallow-cast mine, which is fed by a natural spring and is now a popular spot for wild swimming.
The pool is high up on the moors, so expect to be exposed to the
elements, and be prepared for the water to be cold. The area enjoys
uninterrupted views across the moors, making it the perfect place to get
back to nature, floating in the breeze, listening to the birds.
In
2012 the Dartmoor beauty spot turned into a 'pop-up lido' for a group
of Devon's hardy wild swimmers complete with an art installation
consisting of a portable lifeguard's chair.
Between 50 and 70
people took part in the 'living artwork', setting up deckchairs and
towels around the 'pool', swimming, picnicking and listening to their
portable radios.
My latest book is called "Ghosts of England on a Medium's Vacation" (by Rob Gutro) and conveys
all
of the ghosts I met as I traveled throughout England. There are a
LOT more ghosts in England that I did not (yet) meet, and here is the
Sixth of several postings from Devonlive in Devon, U.K about some of
them..
This one is special because I encountered the GHOST of Thomas Beckett!
- Rob
Why the ghost of St Thomas à Beckett's murderer haunts Ilfracombe
Photo: Mortehoe Cemetery Ilfracombe is said to be haunted by the ghost of one of the
murderers of Thomas à Beckett, Sir Will de Tracey. He hid on Crookham
Common between Mortehoe and Ilfracombe where his daughter fed him bits
of food.
On his death, legend tells that he would haunt the shore
forever, which already is said to be cursed and a danger to ships as
five vessels were wrecked on the winter of 1852.
My latest book is called "Ghosts of England on a Medium's Vacation" (by Rob Gutro) and conveys
all
of the ghosts I met as I traveled throughout England. There are a
LOT more ghosts in England that I did not (yet) meet, and here is the fifth of several postings from Devonlive in Devon, U.K about some of
them.. - Rob
How Viking ghosts from 'the first Battle of Britain' still haunt Bloody Corner
Photo: Bloody Corner in Appledore where 1,000 died in a Viking battle Visitors to North Devon beaches claim on clear nights they
can hear battle noises and shadows of fighting men, as the “bloody
corner” battle haunts Appledore. Viking raids were a great threat to
Devon villages during the reign of Alfred the Great.
Ancient
records of Northam exist from around the 10th and 11th Century and they
retell the story of a battle with “Hubba the Dane” at Bloody Corner in
the late 9th Century.
Tradition says he landed at what is now
Boathyde (Hyde meaning a Cove) with a fleet of more than ships and
marched to attack the “Hill Fort” at Kenwith.
The legend is that
they were defeated by Odun, Earl of Devon. Hubba and 1000 of his men
were said to have been killed. The men were buried at Bonehill (Bunhill
was the old name for a burial ground) and Hubba was buried in a Cairn,
in the area now known as Hubbastone. There is a stone tablet at Bloody
Corner in Northam (above), erected by Charles Chappell, which reads:
“Stop Stranger Stop,
Near this spot lies buried
King Hubba the Dane,
who was slayed in a bloody retreat,
by King Alfred the Great”
But
in 2008 the best selling author of the Horrible Histories books claimed
to have discovered the long-lost site of the ancient 'Battle of Cynwit'
- a bloody clash which saved England from the Vikings.
Nick Arnold, author of the children's book series, says he has solved
a 1,200 year mystery and located the site of one the most important
conflicts in Britain.
Photo: This is where Horrible Histories author Nick Arnold thinks the battlefield near Appledore really was. The famous battle in 878 saw the rampaging Viking armies
overruning the country except for Devon and Cornwall. England's ruler,
King Alfred the Great, had gone into hiding and the last of the Saxon
soldiers took refuge in a fortress named Cynwit or Cynuit (corr).
The
stronghold was surrounded and besieged by the 1,200 strong Viking force
- but according to historical accounts the English made a final charge.
In a last ditch act of defiance the remaining English stormed from the
fortress and overcame their invaders - banishing them from the country
forever.
The clash has been dubbed the 'first battle of Britain'
but the site of the fortress became lost and all attempts to
definitively identify it have failed. For 300 years historians have
speculated its location.
But Nick claims they were looking in the
wrong place and says he has located the remains of the fort and the
battlefield at Castle Hill near Beaford.
My latest book is called "Ghosts of England on a Medium's Vacation" (by Rob Gutro) and conveys
all
of the ghosts I met as I traveled throughout England. There are a
LOT more ghosts in England that I did not (yet) meet, and here is the
fourth of several postings from Devonlive in Devon, U.K about some of
them.. - Rob
The true story behind the Hound of the Baskervilles
Photo: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stayed at the former Duchy Hotel at Princetown, now the Dartmoor visitor centre This is the story that inspired Arthur Conan Doyle to write
The Hound of the Baskervilles when he was staying at the former Duchy
Hotel in Princetown, which is now the Dartmoor visitor centre.
Legend
has it that evil Squire Richard Cabell was much feared during his
lifetime around Dartmoor - but he war even more fearful in death when he
led a pack of black hounds.
To this day you can see where he was
buried in Buckfastleigh Church and his coffin was secured with a giant
slab to ensure his hounds wouldn’t ride on the moor.
Photo: The Cabell tomb in Buckfastleigh church (Image: Lincoln Shaw)
Legendary Dartmoor says you can still see
the spooky 'sepulchre': "As you walk up the main pathway you will find a
huge building that defies description. Known locally as ‘the
sepulchre’, this ‘penthouse tomb’ would probably be more suited to
Colditz.
"If it reminds you of a prison then you
are not far wrong because in it are the incarcerated remains of the
Cabell family and in particular Squire Richard Cabell.
"If
you peer through the heavy metal bars you will see a tomb with a
gigantic white slab on top of it. The building and the heavy slab will
give you a hint that we are not dealing with the normal family burial
plot. It will strongly suggest that somebody is trying to contain
something and there we have the legend.
"Squire
Richard Cabell lived during the 1600s and was the local squire at
Buckfastleigh. He had a passion for hunting and was what in those days
described as a ‘monstrously evil man’. He gained this reputation for
amongst other things immorality and having sold his soul to the Devil.
There was also a rumour that he had murdered his wife.
"On the 5th of July 1677 he passed away and was laid to rest in ‘the sepulchre’ but that was only the beginning of the story.
"The night of his internment saw a phantom
pack of hounds come baying across the moor to howl at his tomb. From
that night onwards he could be found leading the phantom pack across the
moor usually on the anniversary of his death.
"In
an attempt to lay the soul to rest the villagers built a large building
around the tomb and to be doubly sure a huge slab was placed on top of
the grave to stop the ghost of the squire escaping. Even after taking
these measures people have reported a strange red glow emanating through
the iron bars. Other folk have reported seeing a whole host of demonic
creatures gathered around the grave trying to get the promised soul for
their master." SOURCE: Devon Live: https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/viking-ghosts-still-haunt-bloody-2286420
My latest book is called "Ghosts of England on a Medium's Vacation" (by Rob Gutro) and conveys all
of the ghosts I met as I traveled throughout England. There are a
LOT more ghosts in England that I did not (yet) meet, and here is the
3hird of several postings from Devonlive in Devon, U.K about some of
them.. - Rob The Great Ball of Fire that killed four and injured 62 churchgoers at Widecombe
Photo: Snow returns to Dartmoor, Widecombe Church in 2004 (Image: Steve Pope) No explanation has ever been found for this terrible event that stuck on sunday October 21 1638.
The
Reverend George Lyde was preaching in Widecombe Church when a great
ball of fire fell through the roof killing four people and injuring 62.
The phenomenon is said to have occurred during a thunderstorm.
There
are gruesome contemporary accounts telling how 'an extraordinary flame
passed right through the church, filling it with a loathsome smell, like
brimstone and a great ball of fire fell through the roof'.
The
whole congregation dropped to the floor as a large beam crashed down
between the parson and his clark. Neither was hurt but the congregation
was hit. One man 'had his head cloven, his skull rent into three pieces
and his brains thrown on the ground whole, but the hair of his head,
through the violence of the blow struck fast to a pillar near him where
it remained a woeful spectacle a long while after'.Rumours began
flying around that Satan had come to take sinners - including Widecombe
Jan, a wild young bachelor of the parish who was sleeping off his
hangover in church when the lightning struck.
It was claimed that the devil was seen tethering his horse
outside the church and dropping through the roof with the ball of fire:
"Seizing Widecombe Jan, he threw him violently against a pillar, dshing
his brains out, while the storm raged throughout the rest of the church,
diverting everyone's attention from what was going on."
My latest book is called "Ghosts of England on a Medium's Vacation" (by Rob Gutro) and conveys
all
of the ghosts I met as I traveled throughout England. There are a
LOT more ghosts in England that I did not (yet) meet, and here is the second of several postings from Devonlive in Devon, U.K about some of
them.. - Rob
The pirate who haunts Burgh Island
Photo: Burgh Island (Image: SWNS)
In modern times Burgh Island in Bigbury Bay is
most often associated with Agatha Christie’s haunting murder mystery
novel ‘And Then There Were None’. But in the 14th century it was the
hideout of a notorious pirate who was hunted down and hung on the island
and his ghost is said to haunt the Pilchard Inn pub.
At the
height of its fame the elegant hotel on the island attracted guests
including Noel Coward, King Farouk, Lord Mountbatten, Edward VIII and
Wallis Simpson, Winston Churchill, Amy Johnson the aviator, Gertrude
Lawrence, and later The Beatles.
But long, long before that the hotel was the lair of the
pirate Tom Crocker. Because Burgh Island is cut off by the tide twice a
day it is an easy spot to defend and Crocker made the island his hideout
at a time when the south Devon coast was notorious for piracy.
But
Crocker was tracked down and hanged there, at a gateway to the island
in the third week of August 1395. It is said he still walks the island
every year on the aniversary of his death. Locals still report an almost
tangible feeling of melancholy at the spot.
Up until a few years ago the bright young things at the hotel
organised celebrations on that date and everyone went out looking for
him.
Another relic of Tom Crocker on the island is a face said to
be etched into the granite chimney-breast of The Pilchard Inn at the
entrance to the hotel driveway.
My latest book is called "Ghosts of England on a Medium's Vacation" (by Rob Gutro) and conveys
all of the ghosts I met as I traveled throughout England. There are a
LOT more ghosts in England that I did not (yet) meet, and here is the first of several postings from Devonlive in Devon, U.K about some of them.. - Rob
Did Sir Francis Drake have mystical powers? Does the pirate of Burgh
Island still haunt the place where he was hung on the anniversary of his
death? And were pacts made with the devil which have left a Satanic
chill hovering over these Devon landmarks to this day?
Why Devonians think Sir Francis Drake was a wizard
Both the Spanish and the British believed that Sir
Francis Drake was a wizard who used supernatural methods. The
swashbuckling Elizabethan sea hero helped defeat the Spanish Armada
apparently against all the odds.
After
Drake was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I he took his duties to the
people he represented very seriously. One summer during a particularly
bad drought it is said that he rode up on to Dartmoor until he found a
spring to deliver drinking water to the people of Plymouth.
He is said to have 'bewitched it with magic incantations and then galloped into town with the stream at his heels.
The
stream is still visible as Plymouth leat which rises three miles north
and Sheepstor and threads it was down into a reservoir to the north of
Plymouth.
In places the Devonport Leat appears to travel uphill, which some believed was against the laws of nature.
The leats were designed to carry water, by means of
gravity.The art of the leat builders was a skilled job as they had to
ensure the flow of water was not too fast so as to flood and not to slow
as to stagnate. This was achieved by following the natural contours of
the landscape. On the eastern flank of Beardown where the Devonport Leat
flows down towards Plymouth, a section appears to flow uphill.
Photo: Drake's Leat at Roborough Down (Image: Andrew Hackney) There are still Devonians who believe the spirit of Drake reincarnates with every successive British naval hero.
Even Drake's drum is supposed to have supernatural powers. Drake took the drum with him when he circumnavigated the world.
Shortly before he died he ordered the drum to be taken to Buckland
Abbey and vowed that if England were ever in danger and someone was to
beat the drum he would return to defend the country. According to legend it can be heard to beat at times when England is at war or significant national events take place.
As recently as World War II the drum was said to bang again although many said it was the sound of Ack Ack antiaircraft guns.
Photo: Drake's Drum Now owned by the National Trust, Buckland Abbey was once the home of Sir Francis Drake who is now believed to haunt the Abbey.
After
returning from his three-year circumvention of the globe, Drake was
sold the Abbey in 1580. However the locals believed he possessed
supernatural powers granted to him through a pact with the devil.
According
to reports, Drake’s ghost is said to travel across Dartmoor in a black
coach driven by several headless horses, followed by a pack of howling
hounds. It is also believed that any living dog that hears the packs’
cries will die immediately.
This picturesque Yarcombe Inn pub
was once owned by Drake and is now said to be haunted by his spirit.
The grade II-listed building, on the Devon/Somerset border, dates from
the 14th century. Its other claim to notoriety is that Admiral Lord
Nelson stayed at the inn when he travelled between Portsmouth and
Honiton.
He
was buried outside the parish boundary, as was the custom for suicides,
and it is said that his ghost still haunts the nearby moor to this day.
