The 1965 tragedy

'Doctors fight for death-crash bride', Evening News, London, Saturday 20 November 1965, fp (late extra edition).

'Battle for crash bride's life', Evening News, London, Saturday 20 November 1965, fp (late extra final).

'Bride-to-be injured in death crash', by Bill White, Evening Standard, London, Saturday 20 November 1965, fp & back.

'Fight for bride-to-be's life', The News of the World, Sunday 21 November 1965, p.11.

'Bride-to-be hurt in death crash', The Observer, London, Sunday 21 November 1965, fp.

'Bride fights for her life on wedding day', The People, Sunday 21 November 1965, p.10.

'Bride in eve of wedding death crash', The Sunday Express, London, 21 November 1965, p.17.

'Tragedy ends bride's 'hen party', The Sunday Mirror, 21 November 1965, p.7.

'Bride-To-Be "Critical" After Crash', The Sunday Post (Glasgow), 21 November 1965, fp.

'Bride's injury halts wedding', Sunday Telegraph, 21 November 1965, p.3.

'S.A. bride-to-be injured in U.K. car smash', The Advertiser (Adelaide), Monday 22 November 1965, fp.

'Wedding day in hospital', The Australian, Monday 22 November 1965, p.3.

'Girl injured on eve of wedding', The Courier Mail (Brisbane), Monday 22 November 1965, p.4.

'Adelaide girl still serious', The Herald (Melbourne), Monday 22 November 1965, p.12.

'Girl in wedding eve smash', Newcastle Morning Herald (Newcastle, NSW), Monday 22 November 1965, fp.

'Girl fighting for life', The News (Adelaide), Monday 22 November 1965, p.3.

'Adelaide girl, 22, critical', The Telegraph (News-Pictorial) (Brisbane), Monday 22 November 1965, p.17.

'Wedding Plan Upset By Road Smash', The West Australian (Perth), Monday 22 November 1965, p.21.

'S.A. girl still critically ill', The Advertiser (Adelaide), Tuesday 23 November 1965, p.3.

'Wedding-eve crash: bride critical', The Australian, Tuesday 23 November 1965, p.3.

'Two die in smash drama: bride-to-be in a coma', Chatham Standard, Tuesday 23 November 1965, fp.

'Still critical', The Courier Mail (Brisbane), Tuesday 23 November 1965, p.4.

'Australian girl still "critical"', The Examiner (Launceston), Tuesday 23 November 1965, p.29.

'Girls die in wedding eve smash', by Peter Rimmer, Maidstone Gazette, Tuesday 23 November 1965, fp.

'Weekend Picture Special' (photo feature), Maidstone Gazette, Tuesday 23 November 1965, p.22.

'Bride-to-be is dead', The Herald (Melbourne), Thursday 25 November 1965, p.3.

'Bride-to-be badly hurt in death crash', Hunts Post, Thursday 25 November 1965, fp.

'SA girl dies in Britain', The News (Adelaide), Thursday 25 November 1965, p.2.

'Wedding tragedy', The Telegraph (News-Pictorial) (Brisbane), Thursday 25 November 1965, p.33.

'Bride-to-be dies', The Sun, Thursday 25 November 1965, p.7.

'Injured S.A. woman dies', The Advertiser (Adelaide), Friday 26 November 1965, p.8.

'Bride dies in UK', The Australian, Friday 26 November 1965, p.5.

'Death roll three with bride-to-be', Chatham News, Friday 26 November 1965, fp.

'Bride-to-be dies after crash', Chatham Observer, Friday 26 November 1965, fp.

'Fight for life: then wedding eve crash girl dies', Chatham Observer, Friday 26 November 1965, p.3.

'Tragedy of a bride-to-be', The Courier Mail (Brisbane), Friday 26 November 1965, fp.

'Prelude to grief...', by Peter Rimmer, Kent Messenger, Friday 26 November 1965, fp.

'Smash Death', Newcastle Morning Herald (Newcastle, NSW), Friday 26 November 1965, p.5.

'Aust. Girl Dies In U.K.', The West Australian (Perth), Friday 26 November 1965, p.20.

'Last Minute News', Chatham Observer, Friday 3 December 1965, fp.

'We will Remember', Chatham Observer, Friday 3 December 1965, p.10.

'Deaths crash survivor improving', Chatham Standard, Tuesday 7 December 1965, fp.

'Acknowledgments', Chatham Standard, Tuesday 7 December 1965, p.18.

'Survivor in crash horror improves', Chatham News, Friday 10 December 1965, p.7.

'Acknowledgments', Chatham Standard, Tuesday 14 December 1965, p.16.

'Crash killed three girls, inquest jury told', Chatham Observer, Friday 25 March 1966, p.50.

'Blue Bell Hill triple tragedy 'accident'', Kent Messenger, Friday 25 March 1966, p.7.

'Death crash of three girls still remains a mystery', Chatham Standard, Tuesday 29 March 1966, p.5.

The Ghost

'Maidstone Comment', by District Editor Roy Plascott, Kent Messenger, Friday 8 December 1967, p.3.

'Hitch-hiking spirit' (in 'Talk of the Town'), by Roy Plascott, Kent Messenger, Friday 10 May 1968, p.3.

'Riddle of the phantom girl', Evening Post, Monday 9 September 1968, p.3.

'Have you met the ghostly hitch-hiker?', The Gazette, Tuesday 10 September 1968, p.3.

'Blue Bell Hill - the driver's nightmare!', Evening Post, Thursday 27 February 1969, p.5.

'Words in brief' (in 'Listening Post'), by John Huffam, Evening Post, Wednesday 9 December 1970, p.2.

'Riddle of the phantom on death hill', The News of the World, Sunday 14 July 1974, p.5.

'Ghost on the A229..', Sunday Mirror, 14 July 1974, p.13.

''Ghost walks' after crash', Sunday People, 14 July 1974, p.9.

'Ghost riddle of 'injured girl'', Evening Post, Monday 15 July 1974, fp.

''Ghost' mystery of injured girl', Chatham Standard, Tuesday 16 July 1974, bp.

'Hunt for phantom schoolgirl road victim', The Gazette, Tuesday 16 July 1974, fp.

'Riddle of injured girl who 'disappeared'', Chatham News, Friday 19 July 1974, p.20.

'Drivers beware of the phantom on the hill', by Nigel Nelson, Evening Post, Friday 19 July 1974, p.7.

'Bluebell Hill's phantom girls', Kent Messenger, Friday 19 July 1974, p.4.

'Spectre of Bluebell Hill', by Nigel Nelson, Kent Messenger, Friday 26 July 1974, p.8.

'Memories of Judy' (in 'Letters to the Editor'), Kent Messenger, Friday 9 August 1974, p.2.

'Phantom on the TV screen' ('Haunted Kent') by Jenni Balow, Kent Messenger, Friday 30 August 1974, p.8.

'Ghost hunters discover surprise spirit', by Phil Dalton, Kent Messenger, Friday 10 January 1975, fp.

'Hauntings' (letter of appeal by Andrew Green), Kent Messenger, Friday 14 February 1975.

'I gave ghost a lift, says pop star', Reveille, May 1975.

The News (now Fortean Times) No.10, June 1975, p.5.

'Two in 'haunting' encounter on Blue Bell Hill', Evening Post, Tuesday 30 August 1977, p.10.

'Ghostly experience', Evening News (London), Monday 12 September 1977, p.9.

'Ghosts and Visions', by Steve Moore, Fortean Times No.24, Winter 1977, pp.13-14.

'Tales of phantom hitch-hikers', by Paul Screeton, The Mail, Hartlepool, Friday 31 October 1980, p.27.

'What a story - if it's on the level!', by Roy Plascott, Kent Messenger, Friday 26 September 1980, p.6.

'On the road again', by Michael Goss, Fortean Times No.34, Winter 1981, pp.14-16.

'Taken for a ride?', by Michael Goss, The Unexplained (1986), pp.1706-09.

'Collecting UFO facts' (in 'Letters'; letter of appeal by Sean Tudor), Adscene, W/E Friday 10 November 1989, p.M4.

'Have you met phantom hiker?' (in 'Starpost'; letter of appeal by Sean Tudor), Maidstone Star, Thursday 25 January 1990, p.2.

'Search for the ghost' (in 'Postbag'; letter of appeal by Sean Tudor'), Evening Post, Friday 20 July 1990, p.6.

'Ghost girl seen again', by Emma Cooper, Kent Today, Tuesday 10 November 1992, fp.

'Driver runs over a ghost', Daily Mirror, Wednesday 11 November 1992.

'Driver told girl he hit 'was ghost', The Sun, Wednesday 11 November 1992, p.9.

'Crash girl gives up the ghost', Today, Wednesday 11 November 1992, p.17.

'Terror as ghost girl reappears', by Emma Cooper, Kent Messenger, Friday 13 November 1992, p.3.

'Resurrection of ghost story can create pain for living' (in 'Messenger letters'; by Sean Tudor), Kent Messenger, Friday 20 November 1992, p.2.

'Briefly' (in 'Local News'), KM Extra (Ma), W/E Friday 20 November 1992, p.6.

'Accident victim vanished', The Weekly News, Saturday 21 November 1992, p.12.

'Blue Bell Hill ghost seen again', Kent Today (Maidstone), Monday 23 November 1992, fp.

'Horror of driver who hit a spook', Daily Sport, Tuesday 24 November 1992, p.7.

'Driver tells how he 'hit' ghost girl', by Helen Sissons, Kent Today (Maidstone), Tuesday 24 November 1992, p.2.

''Ghost looked me in the face' says teenage driver', by Helen Sissons, Kent Today (Medway Towns Final), Tuesday 24 November 1992, p.2.

'I ran over ghost of tragic bridesmaid', by Paul Hooper, The Sun, Tuesday 24 November 1992, p.7.

'Our psychic hears tragic tale of bridesmaid ghost', by Mike Ridley, The Sun, Thursday 26 November 1992, pp.12-13.

'Ghost claims latest victim', Adscene, W/E Friday 27 November 1992, p.MS3.

'Second driver 'knocks down' ghost', Kent Messenger, Friday 27 November 1992, p.3.

'Is this the ghost of Blue Bell Hill?', The Sun, Friday 27 November 1992, p.17.

'Join The Sun psychic tour: Let medium Nella speak to spooks in your home', The Sun, Wednesday 2 December 1992, p.11.

'Briefly' (in 'Local News'), KM Extra (Ma), W/E Friday 4 December 1992, p.6.

'Bridesmaid's ghost haunts highway where she died', by John Cooke, The National Enquirer, 15 December 1992, p.44.

'Spirit sightings of car crash girl on the increase', Psychic News, 26 December 1992.

''Wizened road horror is ruining our lives'', by Claire Ogley, Kent Today, Friday 8 January 1993, p.13.

'Cabbie confirms 'ghost' sighting', by Claire Ogley, Kent Today, Thursday 14 January 1993, p.12.

'Blue Bell Hill spectre puzzles historian', by Claire Ogley, Kent Today, Friday 22 January 1993, p.11.

'Ghostly figure fails to show', by Claire Ogley, KM Extra (Medway), W/E Friday 29 January 1993, p.56.

''Bizarre creature' causes motorists miles of misery', Psychic News, February 1993, p.5.

'Is this the most haunted road in Britain?', by Alison Legh-Jones, Woman, 8 March 1993, pp.28-29.

'Blue Bell ghost picks on Paula', by Emma Cooper, Kent Today, Wednesday 23 June 1993, p.7.

'Ghost reappears', Kent Messenger, Friday 25 June 1993, p.13.

'Briefly' (in 'Local News'), KM Extra (Ma), W/E Friday 2 July, 1993, p.2.

'Hit and Myth' (in 'Road Ghosts'), by Sean Tudor, Fortean Times 73, February/March 1994, pp.27-31.

'TV appeals for police witnesses to ghostly events', Kent Today, Wednesday 18 May 1994, p.8.

'TV company needs help to nail ghost', Kent Messenger, Friday 20 May 1994, p.5.

'Spectral jaywalkers' (in 'Dear FT...' (letter by Anthony Bell of Leeds)), Fortean Times 75, June/July 1994, p.57.

'Obsessive Compulsion' (in 'Dear FT...' (letter by Jeffrey Vallance of Portland, Oregon)), Fortean Times 76, August/September 1994, p.55.

'Good guide scores with five ghouls!', by Carol Davies, Adscene, W/E Friday 9 September 1994, p.MS5.

TV guide/review references to the BBC's Out of This World (7 October 1994): 'I had premonition of death, says TV Sue', by Peter Willis, The Sun, Thursday 6 October 1994, p.13; 'Watching Brief: Out of This World (BBC-1, 9.30pm)', The Guardian, Friday 7 October 1994, in '28 Television'; 'Pick of the Day: Out of This World (BBC1, 9.30pm)', by Liz Jarvis, Today, Friday 7 October 1994, p.33; 'Pick of the Day: Out of This World, BBC1, 9.30pm (N Ireland 10.25pm)', by 'NA', Daily Mail, Friday 7 October 1994, p.56; 'Aerial views: Spotlight on spooks', Kent Today, Friday 7 October 1994, p.21; 'Choice: Out of This World BBC1, 9.30pm', The Times, Friday 7 October 1994, in 'Television 43'; 'The ghost in the scheduling machine', by Jasper Rees, The Independent, Saturday 8 October 1994 (Television & Radio); 'Catering for the wrong medium' (in Stephen Pile's 'On TV'), The Daily Telegraph, Saturday 8 October 1994, p.24.

'Tortured bridesmaid haunts the hill', EVA, 19 October 1994, p.21.

‘101 Ghosties, Ghoulies and Scary Monsters’, by Murray Davies, The People, 30 October 1994.

'Road ghosts' (in 'Dear FT...') (letter by Sean Tudor)), Fortean Times 77, October/November 1994, p.56.

'The Unexplained: Phantom hitch-hikers', by Harry Hinde, ME, December 1994.

'Tell us about those spooks', Maidstone Star, Wednesday 5 July 1995, p.3.

'Let me have your ghost stories' (in 'You Say...' (letter of appeal by R.A. Stevens-Bassett of Eastbourne)), Kent Today, Friday 20 October 1995, p.6.

'Ghostly goings-on in North Kent' (see '9. Blue Bell Hill: Chatham'), Kent Today, Tuesday 31 October 1995, p.20.

'Students out to lay pub's ghost', by Louise Kirby, Kent Today, Thursday 16 May 1996, p.4.

'Haunted Blue Bell Hill', by David L Thomas, Anomaly (Journal of research into the paranormal (ASSAP), No.19, November 1996), pp.2-8.

'Phantom's £3,000 bill', in Mirror Motoring, with Ken Rogers, Daily Mirror, 1 November, 1996, p.28.

‘That’s the third time we’ve passed a ghost’, by Paul Sieveking, Daily Telegraph, Saturday 22 February 1997.

'The Ghosts of Bluebell Hill', by Alison Legh-Jones, The Virginian No.10 (Spring 1997), p.7.

'The Spook Map of Britain', Sunday Mirror, 19 October 1997, p.17.

'Mind out who you bump into', by Sean Keeley, Kent Today, Thursday 30 October 1997, p.5.

'Hell's Belles', by Sean Tudor, Fortean Times 104, November 1997, pp.36-40.

'Hell's Belles' (in 'Letters' (by Neil Arnold of Chatham, and Lenna Mahoney)), Fortean Times 108, March 1998, p.54.

'News in brief', Kent Today, 27 April 1998, p.2.

'We'll haunt you with a spirit of good value' (advertisement feature), Kent Today, Tuesday 28 April 1998, p.7.

'Kent's Ghost Cat' (in 'Cats in the Hats' ('Strange Days')), Fortean Times 111, June 1998, pp.14-15.

‘They came from Kent’, by Jonathan Sale, The Guardian, Thursday 31 December 1998.

'UFO adds to spooky spot's mystery', by Geoff Maynard, Kent Today, Thursday 8 April 1999, p.5.

'Atomics power UFO?', by Geoff Maynard, Kent Today, Wednesday 14 April 1999, p.5.

‘It’s our very own Blue Bell Witch Project...’, by Geoff Maynard, Medway Today, Friday 5 November 1999, p.24.

‘Blair Witch!’ What about the hag of Blue Bell Hill?’, by Geoff Maynard, Kent Messenger, Friday 12 November 1999, p.53.

‘Ghost Stories’ (in ‘WI: A page in support of WI’ (Bearsted Green)), Downs Mail, March 2000, p.43.

‘Chilling legend at fire station’, Medway News, Friday 27 October 2000, p.9.

‘Los fantasmas de Blue Bell Hill’, by Sean Tudor, Enigmas 12 (Spain), December 2000, pp.8-13.

‘SUPER NATURAL - GHOSTS: Blue Bell Hill, Kent’, Bizarre 46 (Summer 2001), pp.88-89.

'Weird accolade for local haunt', Medway Today, Friday 4 May 2001, p.4.

‘A scarier side to All Hallows Eve’, by Neil Arnold, Medway Messenger (KM) Friday 26 October 2001, p.20.

'Landscape Spirits' (Letter by Sean Tudor), Fortean Times 155, February 2002, pp.54-55.

‘Can you help?’, Kent Messenger (Maidstone), Friday 3 May 2002, p.40.

‘Kentonline WebWATCH: www.roadghosts.com’, Kent Messenger (Maidstone), by Pauline Green, Friday 10 May 2002, p.21.

‘GHOSTLY GOINGS ON’, Kent Messenger (Maidstone), Friday 14 November 2003, p.2.

‘Triple death crash began riddle of Blue Bell Hill’, by Emily Hall, Kent Messenger (Maidstone), Friday 14 November 2003, p.18.

‘Was my hitchiker [sic] a girl or a ghoul on the hill?’, by Emily Hall, Kent Messenger (Maidstone) Friday 5 December 2003, p.15.

‘Wet hair, big eyes and bare feet: Two more readers tell of their ghostly sightings on Blue Bell Hill’, by Emily Hall, Kent Messenger (Maidstone) Friday 19 December 2003, p.18.

‘Ghostly hitch-hiker who vanished into thin air...’, by Emily Hall, Kent Messenger (Maidstone) Friday 30 January 2004, p.52.

Books

G. Weaver, Kent Ghosts ((Viewing Kent series); James Pike Ltd, St Ives, Cornwall. First Edition 1977; ISBN 0-85932-181-9), The Open Road, p.22.

Alan Bignell, Kent Lore: A Heritage of Fact and Fable (Robert Hale, London, 1983; ISBN 0-7090-1013-3), Chapter 8 - Spirits of the Lore, pp.102-3.

Ghosts (a compilation of The Unexplained, Orbis Publishing, 1980-84), edited by Peter Brookesmith (Book Club Associates, London, 1984), Ghosts and Legend ('Taken for a ride?', pages 63-66), p.66.

Michael Goss, The Evidence for Phantom Hitch-Hikers (The Aquarian Press, 1984; ISBN 0-85030-376-1). In particular, see Chapter 6 - The Haunted Hill.

Lorrie Mack, Eric Harwood & Lesley Riley (eds), The Unexplained (Orbis Publishing, 1985, for Marks and Spencer plc), p.135.

Peter Underwood, Ghosts of Kent (Meresborough Books, 1987; ISBN 0905270-86X), p.93.

Janet and Colin Bord, Modern Mysteries of Britain: One Hundred Years of Strange Events (Grafton Books, 1988; ISBN 0-586-06529-6), Chapter 16 - Phantom hitch-hikers, p.160, and p.306.

Joan Forman, The Haunted South (Jarrold Colour Publications, 1989; ISBN 0-7117-0359-0), pp.16-18.

The Best of Fortean Times: The Journal of Strange Phenomena (Selected and edited by Adam Sisman) (Futura Publications 1991; ISBN 0-7088-5335-8), Phantom Hitch-hikers, pp.146-7.

Fortean Times 1-15 (compilation: 'Yesterday's News Tomorrow', Fortean Tomes, London, 1992, for John Brown Publishing Ltd; ISBN 1-870870-26-3), issue 10, p.5.

John and Anne Spencer, The Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits (Headline Book Publishing plc, 1992; ISBN 0-7472-0508-6), Chapter 11 - Phantom Hitchhikers, pp.212-14.

Ted Wright, One Dog and Her Man: The Life of Police Dog Bess (Meresborough Books, 1992; ISBN 0948193-719), The Ghost of Bluebell Hill (Chapter 3), pp.68-69.

Fortean Times 31-36 (compilation: 'Gateways to Mystery', Fortean Tomes, London, 1993, for John Brown Publishing Ltd; ISBN 1-870870-37-9), issue 34, p.14 & p.16.

Jenny Randles, The Paranormal Year: 1993 Edition (Robert Hale, London, 1993; ISBN 0-7090-4955-2), Ghosts, pp.93-94.

Anne Bradford & Barrie Roberts, Midland Ghosts & Hauntings (Querrus, 1994; ISBN 189813605X), p.121.

John Brooks, The Good Ghost Guide (Jarrold Publishing, 1994; ISBN 0-7117-0669-7), Southern England, p.38.

Sarah Hapgood, The World’s Great Ghost & Poltergeist Stories (Foulsham Books, 1994: ISBN 0-572-02049-X), The Phantom Hitch-Hiker of Blue Bell Hill, pp.100-101.

John Spencer & Tony Wells, Ghost Watching: The ghosthunters' handbook (Virgin Books, 1994; ISBN 0-86369-719-4), p.47 & pp.229-31.

Tony Wells & Melanie Warren, Ghost Stories of the South West (Broadcast Books, 1994; ISBN 1874092257), p.7.

Fortean Times 16-25 (compilation: 'Diary of a Mad Planet', John Brown Publishing Ltd, 1995; ISBN 1-870021-25-8), issue 24, p.14.

Peter Hough, Supernatural Britain (Judy Piatkus (Publishers) Ltd, 1995; ISBN 0-7499-1406-8), p.63-64.

Jenny Randles, Strange But True? Casebook (Judy Piatkus (Publishers) Ltd, 1995; ISBN 0-7499-1558-7), Chapter 9 - Phantom Hitchhiker, p.118.

Tony Allan, Tales of Real Haunting (Usborne Publishing Ltd, 1997; ISBN 07460 23596), Chapter: Haunted Highways (pp.53-55) (Bluebell Hill), p.53.

Brian Paine (Ed.) with Trevor Sturgess, Unexplained Kent (The Breedon Books Publishing Company, 1997; ISBN 1-85983-104-4), pp.63-64.

John and Anne Spencer (Eds), The Unexplained (Simon & Schuster, 1997; ISBN 0-684-81985-6), p.169. Book version of the Flagtower CD-ROM (see below).

Fortean Times 73-77 (compilation: 'Mouthful of Mysteries, John Brown Publishing Ltd, 1998; ISBN 1870-870-662), issue 73, pp.28-31; issue 75, p.57; issue 77, p.56.

Alan Baker, Sci-Fi Channel True Life Encounters: Ghosts and Spirits (Orion Books Ltd, 1998; ISBN 0-75281-766-3), The Ghost of Blue Bell Hill, pp.198-202.

Lionel Beer (Ed.), TEMS News 19 (ASSAP area newsletter), May 1998), The Bluebell Hill Ghosts p.6.

Janet and Colin Bord, The World of the Unexplained (Blandford, 1998; ISBN 0-7137-2746-2), Phantom Hitch-hikers, p.69.

Anthony North, The Supernatural: A Guide to Mysticism and the Occult (Blandford, 1998; ISBN 0-7137-2728-4), Ghosts ad ESP, p.20-21; 32).

Jenny Randles, Truly Weird: Real-life Cases of the Paranormal (Collins & Brown Ltd, 1998; ISBN 1-85585-442-2), Blackspots: The Local Stories, p.116. See also p.114 for misplaced photograph of the 1965 crash.

Anna Claybourne, The Usborne Book of Ghosts & Hauntings (Usborne Publishing Ltd, 1999; ISBN 07460 37163), Ghostly Girl/Second Sighting, p.76.

Ghosts (pocket reference digest) (Geddes & Grosset, 1999: ISBN 185534-237-5), pp.33-34.

John Guy, The Unexplained: GHOSTS Haunted Houses and Spooky Places (a snapping-turtle guide; Ticktock Publishing Ltd, 1999; ISBN 1-86007-103-1), ‘Caught in the Beam’, p.28.

Andrew Green, Haunted Kent Today (S. B. Publications, 1999; ISBN 1-85770-181-X), pp.51-53.

Natalie Osborne-Thomason, The Ghost-Hunting Casebook (Blandford, 1999; ISBN 0-7137-2768-3), Case 99: The Belle of Bluebell Hill, pp.186-187.

Valerie Hope & Maurice Townsend (eds), The Paranormal Investigator’s Handbook (Collins & Brown, 1999; ISBN 1-85585-703-0), p.55.

Terry Deary, True Mystery Stories (Scholastic Children’s Books, 2000; ISBN 0-439-01437-9), Chapter: What Did the Driver See? (Kent, southeast England, 1992), pp.99-106.

W.H. Johnson, Kent Stories of the Supernatural (Countryside Books, 2000; ISBN 1-85306-650-8), pp.37-41; p.121.

John and Anne Spencer, Ghost Hunters’ Guide to Britain (Collins, 2000; ISBN 0-00-448964-0), pp.48-49.

The Unexplained: Strange Encounters (Parragon, 2000; ISBN 0-75253-597-8), pp.304-306.

Dennis William Hauck, The International Directory of Haunted Places (Penguin Books, 2000; ISBN 0-14-02.9635-2), Section 1 (Europe/Great Britain/Kent/Maidstone/Blue Bell Hill), p.31.

Jonathon Sutherland, Ghosts of Great Britain and Ireland (Breedon Books, 2001).

Karen Hurrell & Brenda Ralph Lewis, The Unexplained: A Source Book (Flame Tree Publishing, 2003; ISBN 1-9040410-41-8), pp. 86-78.

1976: SABC (South African Broadcasting Corporation). The Ton Up Run: a radio drama written by Peter J. Hedge, and based on Blue Bell Hill's phantom hitchhiker. Originating from the Medway Towns, Peter had heard of the ghostly rumours but knew nothing at all about the details, and wrote the story when he lived in Teheran. In Peter’s tale the girl was pillion on her boyfriend's motorbike and was killed whilst he lived.

Peter had no idea at the time that the ghost was rumoured to be JL - a girl with whom he had shared a classroom at Balfour Road School for several years.

Television

1992: Television South (TVS) Coast to Coast (regional news programme) item ('Ghost?' - Ian Sharpe's encounter)), introduced by Mike Debens, and reported by Hugh Kirby. Broadcast 11 November.

23 November: TVS News reports (1.00pm and 3.15pm (highlights), by Mike Debens, and Liz Wickham, respectively) on the Chris Dawkins encounter.

1994: Out Of This World (BBC1), presented by Sue Cook, with Dr Susan Blackmore and Dr Lyall Watson, featuring Ian Sharpe and Christopher Dawkins. First broadcast 7 October 1994, 9.30pm.

1995: The Magic and Mystery Show (CST Productions (East) Ltd for Anglia Television/Meridian Broadcasting Ltd, 1995), presented by Brian Blessed, with Lynn Picknett and Toyah Willcox, featuring Nella Jones. First broadcast 12 July 1995, 10.45pm-11.15pm.

1995: Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe (a Granite Production for Yorkshire Television, 1995), 'Spirits of Place', featuring Ian Sharpe.

1998: The Why Files, episode 10, Part 2, 'The Ghost Bride' (02.10.98, File no.78877), (L!VE TV (Cable)), presented by David Barrett, featuring Sean Tudor, Peter Parvin, Bobby Parr, Lawrence Walker. First broadcast 25 January 1999.

2000: Meridian. Meridian Tonight (regional news programme (South East)). ‘Legends and Mysteries’. 3-minute feature presented by Derek Johnson, and featuring Chris Dawkins, Dennis Chambers, David Thomas, John Hippisley. Broadcast 26 October 2000, 6.0pm (feature start 6.20pm).

2002: In Search Of, presented by Mitch Pileggi (a KAOS/USA Cable Entertainment production for the FOX Network). Series began to air on the Scifi Channel in the USA from 4 October 2002. Featuring Ian Sharpe, PC Roger Ginn, and Sean Tudor.

2002: Scream Team, episode 2, ‘Blue Bell Hill in Kent’ (a Making Time production for the UKLIVING (Cable) Channel. Featuring the Scream Team ( ), with Ian Sharpe, Sean Tudor, John E. Vigar. First broadcast on 1 October 2002, 9.00pm; repeated 6 October 2002, 9.00pm).

2002: Paranormal Files, episode 6, ‘Blue Bell Hill and Cricklewood’ (a Just About production for the UK Horizons (Cable) Channel). Featuring Ian Sharpe, Sean Tudor, John Spencer, Albert Budden, Clare Bond. First broadcast 11 December 2002.

Multimedia

1996: The Unexplained (Flagtower - a trademark of First Information Group plc. Released Spring 1996. Written by Ed Fenton, Keith Tutt, John & Anne Spencer. Narrated by Monica Buferd. Subject matter consultants: John Spencer and Anne Spencer).

See Ghosts & Spirits/Modern Ghost Mysteries/Phantom Hitchhikers/Phantom Accidents (single page description of Ian Sharpe's and Maurice Goodenough's encounters).

System requirements: A multimedia PC or compatible, with 486 DX-66 processor (or higher), running Windows 3.1 (or later), or Windows '95; minimum 500k base memory, 8MB of memory (RAM), 8MB hard disc space, 256-colour display, dual speed CD-ROM drive, mouse, sound card (16-bit SoundBlaster compatible).

Audio

1996: Seedmouth (Cold Spring Records; deleted title): ‘A compilation of dark atmospheres and black industrial...’ - includes Band of Pain’s instrumental track ‘Bluebell Hill’, the inspiration for which I can only suppose is the Blue Bell Hill case.

1997: Fortean Times 1 (Polygram Spoken Word cassette; produced by Steve Deakin-Davies for The Ambition Company). 2 cassettes featuring 2 hours of some of the best stories from the archives of the Fortean Times, including dramatization of 'Road Ghosts Hit & Myth' (side 4).

Internet

A number of paranormal-based sites contain references to Blue Bell Hill.

Fiction offshoots

Josephine Cox (writing as Jane Brindle), The Seeker (Headline Feature, 1997, ISBN 0-7472-5570-9; and BCA, 1997, CN 4576; by arrangement with Headline Book Publishing): 'an unforgettable tale of haunting suspense', whose inspiration, and named setting is 'Bluebell Hill'.

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