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Mystery of The Witch of Scrapfaggot Green
Mystery of The Witch of Scrapfaggot Green
Written By Mister Gu on Tuesday, September 16, 2014 | 4:31 AM
Great Leighs in Essex has acquired a reputation as a haunted village. This is due to ghost stories told about the St Anne's Castle, a local pub, and the Witch of Scrapfaggot Green, whose spirit was alleged to have terrorised the area during World War II. According to articles in the Sunday Pictorial of 8 and 15 October 1944, the village of Great Leighs (Essex) was being plagued by nocturnal