Author: Ghosts and Hauntings Explored

Otherworld North East: Ghosts and Hauntings Explored (2004) Author: Tony LiddellPublisher: Tyne Bridge Publishing (Newcastle City Libraries)Date: 2004 Extract: “Otherworld North East contains 40 chilling

The Haunting of Newcastle Keep: Investigation Series I Extract: “The Haunting of Newcastle Keep” is Volume I of the Otherworld North East Research Society’s Investigation

RESEARCH BY THE OTHERWORLD NORTH East Research Group began in 2003 into the alleged hauntings of Castle Keep, Castle Garth, Newcastle upon Tyne (NGR NZ 2504 6387). The Keep is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I Listed Building and stands as a stoic reminder of Newcastle’s war-ridden past..

In September 1939, the Nazi War Machine began its attack on Poland, and the Second World War erupted when Britain and France honoured their defensive pact – this was a war in which statisticians claim nearly sixty-two million people lost their lives. With six years of warfare before the War was finally won by the Allies, every element of life at home in the England felt the effects, including those supposedly ‘spiritually’ inclined.