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Dr Paul Lee

@drpaullee.bsky.social

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Dilletante wannabe. Doctorate in physics. Currently involved in ghost research, the Titanic and a myriad of other interests like tinkering with computers. My website is http://www.paullee.com

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Dr Paul Lee @drpaullee.bsky.social · 12h

Will you be featuring the mid 1990s William Woolard narrated "Ghost Hunters'?

Dr Paul Lee @drpaullee.bsky.social · 13h

I got a like from Basil Brush on X. That was the highlight of my time there.

Dr Paul Lee @drpaullee.bsky.social · 14h

UK Haunted Hotels Halloween 2025 Advent Day No.8

The George Hotel, Amesbury, Wiltshire

Booking site: expedia.com/affiliate/bp... (we may get a tiny commission)

#ghosts #hauntings #halloween #hotels #halloween2025 #31daysofhalloween

Dr Paul Lee @drpaullee.bsky.social · 16h

Did they skip "Discovery"?

Reposted by Dr Paul Lee

London Fortean Society @forteanlondon.bsky.social · 1d

Tomorrow! Find out what makes a house haunted at
@conwayhall.bsky.social

London Fortean Society @forteanlondon.bsky.social · 2d

This Thursday (9 October) @conwayhall.bsky.social
Caitlin Blackwell Baines asks what makes a house haunted? Why do some buildings conjure up a reputation for being particularly creepy, while others leave us unmoved?

In-person and online; details and booking:
www.conwayhall.org.uk/whats-on/eve...

Dr Paul Lee @drpaullee.bsky.social · 1d

Look at the TV listings on the British Newspaper Archive?

Dr Paul Lee @drpaullee.bsky.social · 1d

I had a chance to peruse one of his other books recently. Of the cases I'm familiar with, I was not impressed by his research!

Dr Paul Lee @drpaullee.bsky.social · 1d

UK Haunted Hotels Halloween 2025 Advent Day No.7

The Sun Hotel, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

Booking site: expedia.com/affiliate/TS... (we may get a tiny commission)

#ghosts #hauntings #halloween #hotels #halloween2025 #31DaysOfHalloween

Dr Paul Lee @drpaullee.bsky.social · 2d

#uncanny #uncannycommunity #uncannytour #Cardiff #ghosts #hauntings #halloween

The ghosts of the New Theatre in Cardiff

Dr Paul Lee @drpaullee.bsky.social · 2d

Any freight between Canada and Mexico is being routed via cargo ship.

Dr Paul Lee @drpaullee.bsky.social · 2d

and taste.

Dr Paul Lee @drpaullee.bsky.social · 2d

UK Haunted Hotels Halloween 2025 Advent Day No.6

Dalhousie Castle, Bonnyrigg

Booking site: expedia.com/affiliate/BR... (we may get a tiny commission)

#ghosts #hauntings #halloween #hotels #halloween2025 #31daysofhalloween

Dr Paul Lee @drpaullee.bsky.social · 2d

I just looked up the price! Bloody hell!

Dr Paul Lee @drpaullee.bsky.social · 2d

Despite being able to sign up on the NHS app, I was told by the pharmacist that I wasn't eligible when I went for my vaccination.

Dr Paul Lee @drpaullee.bsky.social · 2d

Have a look here (you can click on the icons)
www.paullee.com/ghosts/ghost...

Dr Paul Lee @drpaullee.bsky.social · 3d

UK Haunted Hotels Halloween 2025 Advent Day No.5

Ostrich Inn, Colnbrook, Berkshire

Booking site: expedia.com/affiliate/9T... (we may get a tiny commission)

#ghosts #hauntings #halloween #hotels #halloween2025 #31DaysOfHalloween

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Amanda Watson @amndw2.bsky.social · 3d

I couldn't resist. #pleasingterror

A bingo card for the ghost stories of M.R. James. Boxes read:
"Spiders
Terrible hotel stay
Narrator makes fun of golf
Latin passages
Eerie disembodied voices
Confirmed bachelor main character
Vengeful spirit
Evil magician
Working-class character as comic relief
Bleak East Anglian coast
Visit to an archive
Narrator in guidebook mode
FREE SPACE
Unholy doings in a church
Frogs or toads
Queen Anne style house
Cursed artifact
Don't buy that rare book!
Something hairy and horrible
Someone gets too curious
Tentacles
Story told via old manuscript
Research trip gone horribly wrong
Beds are scary
Tactile horror

Dr Paul Lee @drpaullee.bsky.social · 3d

It's like jumping ship from the Titanic... to the Lusitania.

Dr Paul Lee @drpaullee.bsky.social · 4d

Despite its publicised problems (and right wing press trying to rubbish it), "Your Party" has been growing impressively too.

Dr Paul Lee @drpaullee.bsky.social · 4d

UK Haunted Hotels Halloween 2025 Advent Day No.4

The Jamaica Inn, Bolventor, Cornwall

Booking site: expedia.com/affiliate/vj... (we may get a tiny commission)

#ghosts #hauntings #halloween #hotels #halloween2025

Dr Paul Lee @drpaullee.bsky.social · 4d

Yes, quite a few but only experienced odd things in two of them.

Dr Paul Lee @drpaullee.bsky.social · 5d

I went to the Trip last Halloween for my birthday and the upstairs bar was closed 😔

Dr Paul Lee @drpaullee.bsky.social · 5d

I'd read some information on Thurston Hopkins in archive editions of "The Psychic News" and acquired a healthy respect for him. But that is now in peril!

Dr Paul Lee @drpaullee.bsky.social · 5d

#phantomsfriday

Gavin Fox (Author) @gavinfoxauthor.bsky.social · 5d

Been busy this #ForteanFriday, but didn't forget my plans to share 31 classic ghost documentaries, one a day until #Halloween. And I think both #ParanormalSky and #ForteanSky will get a kick out of this one. It's so delightfully twee.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTqt...

1975: Meet THE GHOST HUNTERS | Classic BBC Documentaries | BBC Archive

YouTube video by BBC Archive

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Dr Paul Lee @drpaullee.bsky.social · 5d

I've focussed on Syderstone as I devote 25 pages to it in my book, but I was perplexed by the mention that the rectory was demolished in 1850. The current owner, who is an amateur historian and knows something of architecture says thats b*ll*cks - which makes me wary about the rest of the book!