Thomas Gainsborough
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Sunday, 4 April 2010
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- Mold, Flintshire, United Kingdom
- I am the editor of a website devoted to ghosts and folklore in Britain, Uncanny UK. I am the former editor of 'Paranormal Magazine' and I have written five books, including 'Haunted Wales', which is to be republished by the History Press in 2011.
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