The Haunting of Drake’s Island

October 28, 2025

Just off the coast of Plymouth, UK, lies a place shrouded in mysteries, ghost stories and suppressed tales. Drake’s Island, once a fortress, a prison during the English Civil War, and a military outpost, it has guarded the harbour for generations, but behind its crumbling walls and sea-battered tunnels lies something far darker than its official history ever recorded.

In a new book The Haunting of Drake’s Island, historian and investigator TJ Pendragon takes readers on a chilling journey through one of Britain’s most haunted sites. This isn’t just collection of ghost stories, it’s a deep investigation into looking at what has been recorded as fact and what is just whispered legend.

The Haunting of Drake’s Island front cover

Part historian, part detective, TJ Pendragon digs into archives, local lore, and first-hand testimony to test what’s true, debunk what can be explained, and sit with the mysteries that may never have answers. It’s a historian’s eye mixed with an open-minded, esoteric search for what lingers on the edge of fact.

From the cries of prisoners during the Civil War to the echoing footsteps of long-dead soldiers who still seem to patrol the ramparts, every page reveals another clue to the island’s haunted legacy.

The Haunting of Drake’s Island marks the first instalment of the Strange History Project, a nonfiction series uncovering eerie folklore, suppressed stories, and the strange places history tried to forget.

If you are drawn to history with added ghost stories then this could be the book for you.

The book is released on October 31st …on Halloween!  You can pre-order it now on Amazon Kindle. Paperback and Audiobook editions will be available at a later date.

Subscribe to learn more at: www.strangehistoryproject.com

 

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