The Black Eyed Child of Cannock Chase

A Continued Investigation into England's Strangest Location - Cannock Chase - Reports of BEKs, Black Eyed Kids (Paranormal Books About Cannock Chase)

By: Lee Brickley

Narrated by: Ross Berkeley Simpson

Length: 41 mins

Publisher's summary

Cannock Chase is known throughout the world as being one of the most supernaturally active locations on the planet. It is England's strangest woodland, and there have been sightings of ghosts, black-eyed kids, demon children, pig men, werewolves, and even Nazi zombies for many years. Everyone in the local area has a terrifying story to tell, and in this book, Lee Brickley shares some of the most shocking reports to come in since the black-eyed child of Cannock Chase hit the headlines in 2014.

Around Halloween time in 2014, newspapers all around the world began writing stories about sightings of the black-eyed child of Cannock Chase. Things have gone quiet in the press since then, but the sighting still happen on a monthly basis.

Finally, seven years after the black-eyed child of Cannock Chase hit the headlines, the paranormal expert at the heart of the investigation speaks out and shares his research for the fire time. Do not miss this book if you have an interest in the paranormal, black-eyed kids, or Cannock Chase.

©2021 Lee Brickley (P)2021 Lee Brickley

A for effort

I stumbled onto this book after seeing a cheesy paranormal show on tv. The audiobook is very amateurish, but the narrator had a pleasant London whine and it was only a couple of bucks, and very short, so I bought it.

The introduction doesn't define the book well, but in short order I realized the narrator is reading a series of stories *possibly* emailed to, or just collected by, the author via the Internet. Each story is given a number (there are 16) and a date. Date of occurrence? Of submission? Of post? All are expressed in the first person, all seem to have been written by young men (one of whom says he is writing on behalf of his mum), and all use very similar language and descriptions. The dates progress at the same pace the interactions get more exciting.

In other words, while the stories of "I saw a ghost" are interesting, they are not convincing. Why not say, "Submitted by Ryan W on 24 September 2015", or "From a shopkeeper in Rugeley, via email"?

Brickley doesn't tell his own story, either, only saying, "a person close to me saw it". So one needs to be very gullible or seeking reinforcement for their own sighting to be convinced.