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An account from various informants concerning allegedly dubious activities in the building of the former island dairy.
The bulk is a transcript from the book Alderney: The Devil’s Rock, but with additional updated elements interjected into the reading. Narrated by Ulysses Black.
Copyright 2023. All rights reserved.
The actual building on The Val that was once the island dairy, before eventually becoming the island snooker club
A little look at the legend of demonic magics on a noted hill in Alderney. Here we learn of Albertus Magnus and the grimoires - the books of magic - attributed to his name…
Click here for the wiki on the book known as Le Petit Albert.
The bulk is a transcript from the book Alderney: The Devil’s Rock, but with additional updated elements interjected into the reading. Narrated by Ulysses Black.
Copyright 2023. All rights reserved.
A photograph of The Devil’s Chair with tide rising around it, Clonque Bay. Photograph by Steve Phelan, copyright 2018, all rights reserved.
The Devil’s Chair - the Chair of the Monk - has captured the imaginations of islanders ever since it was used as a sacrifical location for the godless heathens of the island. Here is our short essay on the matter from our book, Alderney: The Devil’s Rock
Please comment where possible if you have insights or questions, or stories of your own to share relating to our magical island.
Narrated by Ulysses Black.
Copyright 2010 Ulysses Black & Lazarus Ravenscroft. All rights reserved.
For your delectation, the writing up of a very real account of a spectre seen in one of the island’s most cherished drinking establishment, the ‘Corrie’ (The Coronation Inn).
Curiously, this account of a ghost is not the only account we have of the same spectral encounter. Further to this, the pub has a variety of other curious tales and tragedies associated with its past. Some of these are what led our investigation down an altogether darker route as almost revealed in the unpublished ‘Alderney: The Devil’s Rock Vol 2’.
Any more information on this mystery, accounts of encounters or explanations for such are welcome!
Narrated by Ulysses Black.
Copyright 2010 Ulysses Black & Lazarus Ravenscroft. All rights reserved.
Reconstruction for illustrative purposes only.
Two pieces of Alderney clifftop folklore from the research archives of Dr Ravenscroft and Ulysses Black.
Narrated by Ulysses Black.
Copyright 2010 Ulysses Black & Lazarus Ravenscroft. All rights reserved.
The south-western end of the island and the region most commonly haunted by the two spectres that are the focus of this episode
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An all to real account of a spectre encountered by a youthful Ulysses Black, while staying as a guest of an equally youthful Lazarus Ravenscroft.
This encounter took place within the strange and labyrinthine warren of bungalows located ‘up Alles es Fees’. Curiously, the place name Alles es Fees means ‘lane of the fairies’.
Narrated by Ulysses Black.
Copyright 2010 Ulysses Black & Lazarus Ravenscroft. All rights reserved.
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A hyperbolic account of a misplaced afternoon spent by the authors visiting St Vignalis Garden in the Bonne Terre, a valley in the western wide of the island of Alderney.
warning: some facts may appear exaggerated for narrative effect.
Narrated by Ulysses Black.
Copyright 2012 Ulysses Black & Lazarus Ravenscroft
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A short unpacking of the various aspects of a ghost story concerning a very specific cottage in Alderney near the corner of Longis Rd and Valongis.
Any more information on this mystery, accounts of encounters or explanations for such are welcome!
Narrated by Ulysses Black.
Copyright 2010 Ulysses Black & Lazarus Ravenscroft. All rights reserved.
A hyperbolic retelling of a traditional ghost story from the Trigale area of Alderney.
As with any of these stories, if you recognise the houses in question, please do not disturb the current occupiers. They have enough on their plates just dealing with the phenomenon without the pestering prying of curious persons.
Narrated by Ulysses Black with guest voice from Daisy Jordan
Copyright 2010 Ulysses Black & Lazarus Ravenscroft. All rights reserved.
Starting with the opening chapter from the book Alderney: The Devil’s Rock (2010), author Ulysses Black gives the listener an initial insight into some of the strangeness that surrounds this enigmatic island in the English Channel.
The Devil’s Rock project draws on island folklore and mythology, combining it with a weird history of the island, and modern myths and ghost stories. Sometimes drawing on the lighter side of things, and others embracing the dark and chilling, the stories nevertheless are the result of the life-long investigations into the weird and uncanny on our native island.
Artistic license has generally been taken to distill a narrative or to protect informers identities. What remains astounding is that, typically the more bizarre the claims, the more authentic to our investigations they really are.
Please comment where possible if you have insights or questions, or stories of your own to share relating to our magical island.
click here for the googlemap of alderney, so you can explore it yourself!
Narrated by Ulysses Black.
Copyright 2010 Ulysses Black & Lazarus Ravenscroft. All rights reserved.
