Dangerous things lurk under the waves out there in Torbay. There are monsters waiting to emerge from the sea and...

“I have to admit, it looked better on the website” When the M5 comes to an end you have a...

The great Torquay pub was never just a place to drink. It was a social centre, the focus of community...

“What is the shadow that passes me in the back kitchen and walks across the yard into the church?” It’s...

  We’ve long been worried about youth crime. Evidence from the courts and newspaper articles suggests that juvenile crime really...

Here at WASD we’ve mentioned Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873), the nineteenth century's most significant occult author who lived in his Torquay...

  “With a paring knife she cut the string of the package and undid its brown paper. The book within...

  We very nearly lost the 1922 vampire movie ‘Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror’ - nearly all copies of this...

On the night of 7-8 February 1855 the Devil came to Torquay. The visit came to people’s attention when, after...

The journey towards an independent Ireland was long and troubled. The First Irish Home Rule Bill was introduced in 1886...

It was in the early years of the Second World War that Odette Keun came to live in Torquay. Odette...

“The people of Ellacombe had better renounce the name of religionists, and call themselves ‘alcoholists’.”   One of the impressions...

“I have seen more luxury since being in Torquay than in all my previous life, and I know I never...

During a Torquay pub conversation amongst a group of men of a certain age, the discussion eventually turned to the...

Dennis Wheatley (1897-1977) wrote more than 70 books and sold in excess of 50 million copies in 28 languages -...

  Between 1909 and 1914 Torquay’s Suffragette Organiser Elsie Howey (1884-1963) was “in the vanguard’ of militancy”. She was imprisoned...

“Mr. Crowley, what went on in your head? Oh, Mr. Crowley, did you talk to the dead? Your life style...

“Police would not attend an incident for the report of paranormal activity. An officer will however attend if there is...

"Beware the beat of the cloth wrapped feet”, The Mummy’s Shroud (1967) One of the rewards of writing articles on...

One of the most popular articles we’ve done on WASD looked at the Dartmoor legend of Jay’s Grave. A few...