Tom Slemen

A feature recounts alleged encounters with a red-haired phantom at Moreton Cross roundabout in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Witnesses Gary and Mike described the woman flagging down motorists, claiming she was being followed, then vanishing during the journey after giving an address near Pasture Road. A beige handbag allegedly left behind contained a knife that disappeared before the bag itself vanished. Later reports repeated the same details, prompting speculation that the apparition was the ghost of a murdered woman, although Tom Slemen found no record of such a murder.

Tom Slemen recounts alleged Tic Tac-shaped UFO sightings around Wirral from 1979 through 2023, including reports over Moreton, Bidston Hill, Wallasey, the River Mersey and New Brighton. The accounts describe silent, wingless white craft, apparent Chinese-speaking figures, and more recent sightings of dark apertures releasing glowing red objects. The feature connects these local stories with the 2004 US Navy encounter near Southern California and speculates about experimental aircraft, wormholes and possible aerial portals, while acknowledging that the claims remain unverified.

Tom Slemen recounts several purported ghost encounters in Wirral, including a monk with an eyepatch who allegedly warned a thief to return stolen money and confronted an adulterous couple. He links similar sightings across Chester, Liverpool, Lancashire, Southport and Wirral to the legend that Harold Godwinson survived the Battle of Hastings, became a monk in Chester and later appeared as a wandering spectre. The column also includes stories of ghosts warning residents about electrical and fire hazards.

Two paranormal stories are recounted: one involving alleged ghostly voices and apparitions linked to salvaged bricks from the demolished Tollemache Road School, and another describing a decorator and a passerby who believed they slipped back to 1977 before abruptly returning to the present. Both accounts explore themes of residual memories, time anomalies and personal fear, concluding with the couple's lasting relationship and their conviction in the experience.