Della Farrant During many of the radio shows I have contributed to I have been asked about what existed before Highgate Cemetery, which is a very pertinent question. I hope that this article is useful for people from far-afield attending the Symposium, and helps them geographically and historically contextualise much of the Highgate high strangeness they will … Read more
Readers of this blog will no doubt be aware of the rich history of The Gatehouse public house in Highgate Village. Some will also be aware of just how heavily haunted this ancient building at the crossroads of Highgate High Street, Hampstead Lane and North Road is reputed to be. Today the building is divided … Read more
In my book, Haunted Highgate (2014, History Press) I make reference to a thwarted attempt which was made to produce a music video in Highgate Cemetery’s Circle of Lebanon: … in the mid-1990s a Canadian music producer, who, for reasons which will become obvious, wishes to be referred to only by his first name, had … Read more
Hello all, I am very pleased to announce that “A Walk Around Haunted Highgate with Paranormal Authors Della Farrant and Paul Adams” is now live on YouTube. Filming took place on location in Highgate, at around midnight, after the Muswell Hill Geisterfest on Hallowe’en – hence Paul any myself still being in full costume! I … Read more
I am sad to write that Peter Underwood, legendary researcher and author upon the supernatural passed away on the morning of 26th November 2014 aged 91 years of age. He leaves behind his son Chris and daughter Pamela. Peter was chairman of The Ghost Club for over thirty years, and contributed a vast amount of … Read more
Hello all, In September 2014 I recorded an interview at the theatre above Ye Olde Gatehouse public house in Highgate Village. For centuries The Gatehouse has been the alleged haunt of ‘Mother Marnes’; a Jacobean ghost who in life was allegedly murdered in a building on the site of the existing premises for her money. … Read more
I thought this article from the Muswell Hill Safer Neighbourhoods Team newsletter might amuse some of you! Here’s me with PCSO Ali Dogan, whom I have met on several previous occasions, having fun at the Muswell Hill Geisterfest. Thanks to PC Sharon Rogers for taking the pic and for the write up! We are lucky … Read more
This phrase was uttered a lot on Hallowe’en in Swains Lane, Highgate, not least by myself, Lorcan Maguire, David Milner, Redmond McWilliams and Drew Hartley. If you liked the photoshoot I did at lunchtime on that day with Lorcan Maguire of Newton Photographic, it is a testament to his professionalism that he made it look … Read more
To celebrate the launch of my new book Haunted Highgate on Hallowe’en 2014, I was honoured to be offered a photoshoot with Lorcan Maguire of Newton Photographic. I was already intending to spend the whole day garbed in Victorian costume for the Muswell Hill Geisterfest, so it seemed a shame not to make the most … Read more