Storytelling

Simon is renowned for his flair for storytelling. He has the ability to make local history come to life, with his accounts of stories from a bygone age.

Watch Simon in action as he retells the story of Salmesbury Hall – Simon as Charles A. Freston

Most people know a ghost story or two but Simon has over 30 under his belt that he can call on whenever the time or the surroundings are eerie enough.

Born in Colne in 1955, Simon has been telling ghost stories since 1996 after taking an interest in local tourism.

Simon has recently worked with Kids Travel Cam. One of the videos filmed with them is shown below.

Simon Entwistle tells stories – but not just any stories. These stories are the kind that send a shiver down your spine and have you checking under the bed before you get in it. Watch and listen to a few of Simon’s stories selected here.

Bashall Eaves Murder

Ned King – The Lancashire Highwayman

Blackburn’s Tele- Ghost

Video links are by kind permission of Radio Lancashire

For more stories told by Simon, click below to listen, stories reproduced here by kind permission of the Lancashire Evening Telegraph

Black Abbey Street, Accrington

The White Lady of Whalley

Plug Drawing Riots

George Battersby

Peg O’Nell

William Barcroft

The Butcher of Blackburn

The Accrington Pals