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Sleep Tight : 7 Hotel Rooms You Wouldn’t Want To Stay In

June 20, 2017

We’ve all seen The Shining at least once and if you haven’t watch it! There is nothing worse than being woken up in the middle of the night by children giggling or a floating dude at the end of your bed. Well, here’s some hotels where you can pay to do just that.

Room 217. The Stanley Hotel, Colorado.

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Speaking of The Shining, why not start with the very hotel that inspired Stephen King to write the story that rocked the world. The Stanley is considered one of the world’s most haunted hotels. It first opened its doors in 1909 and its reputation continued to grow until it caught the attention of Mr King who spend a night there. A night turned into a few months and what he experienced during his time in room 217 changed him forever.

On June 1911 a monstrous thunderstorm cut all of the power throughout the hotel. Chambermaids were then required to go up to each room and light them with candles whilst the guests waited down in the lobby in their dressing gowns with a hot cocoa in hand. A Miss Elizabeth Wilson was tasked with giving light back to room 217, little did they know there was a gas leak in there. The blast took out the entire east wing… It is thought the women seen moving around in room 217 is Elizabeth herself. Some guests have even reported waking up to find their bed sheets stolen from under them and neatly folded at the base of their beds. Stephen King never fully disclosed what he experienced during his stay, but you can imagine.

Room 333. The Langham, London

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The Langham Hotel, England’s first ” Grand Hotel ” was built in the style of a Florentine palace in 1865. To this day it still attracts hundreds of the world’s wealthiest men and women. However, floor 3 lies silent and room 333, empty.

There are a great many ghost stories at the Langham hotel, even Emporer Napolean II is said to roam the halls, reliving his last days of exile. However, the history of room 333 is a little darker. The first instance was that of a doctor staying in room 333 going mad and killing his wife then himself. Another thought to haunt the room is a German Prince who jumped out of the window from the floor above. The room is said to have a dark and oppressive atmosphere, more than once guests have fled after waking in the dead of night because of an old man has shaken them awake….

Room 324. Toftaholm Herrgard, Sweeden.

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This 14th-century manor house on the banks of Lake Vidostern in southern Sweeden is iconic. However, guests have reported countless unexplained incidents, from strange noises to windows and doors opening and closing themselves.

The hotel is known for being haunted by a young farmer’s son who fell in love with the Baron’s daughter who owned the house. She was soon after forced into an arranged marriage to a wealthy young spice merchant. The boy was found hanging in room 324 on the morning of her wedding. Guests have reported what sounds like gasps for air and the thrashings of a dying man.

Cabin B340. The Queen Mary, Long Beach.

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The once proud ocean liner, the Queen Mary sailed the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 – 1967. During WWII she was converted into a troopship and ferried Allied soldiers for the entire war period. She was finally retired from service in 1967 and permanently docked in Long Beach Harbour. There were over 49 recorded deaths onboard during her time and the Queen Mary is widely acknowledged as the most haunted ship in the world. Despite just how haunted this ship is there is one room onboard even they try to keep secret.

Cabin B340 was the site of one of many murders committed onboard. One lunatic man was held captive here as punishment for fighting on the main deck. When his daughter and wife came to collect him from the ship, he killed them both in a state of delusion. So many guests have requested to be moved from this room to another, due to the sheer amount of vicious poltergeist attacks that the room had to be sealed and the room number was taken down. They refuse to let guests stay in there at any time. Some reported hearing a man telling them to ” Get Out “, whilst others have been terrified by the lights flicking on and off or the water turning its self on then off. Others had the bed sheets ripped from under them whilst they slept. Whatever is in there, it’s not friendly.

Room 302. Hotel Coronado, California.

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The Hotel Coronado in California is nothing short of Mammoth. It was built in the late 1800’s for just $110,000 and boasted 750 rooms with a dining room that could seat over 1000. So yeah it’s big. But nowadays it is more famous for its longest inhabitant ” The Beautiful Stranger ” and her story begins in room 302.

In November of 1892, a beautiful young and well-educated women checked in at the front desk under the name of ” Miss Lottie A Bernard “, she was given the keys to the room 302. She appeared ill and depressed but refused to see the in-house doctor, insisting that her brother was a fine physician and would be along shortly. Days passed and she had not been able to pay her bill, when confronted she told the manager to call her accountant in Hamberg as he handled all of her finances. On November 4th she left her room and records showed her buying a handgun in the local town. After a strange and unexpected stormy night, the lifeless body of Miss Lottie Bernard was found on the beach with a single bullet wound to her head. There was a strange sequence of events that followed this, such as, the police not being able to find any document of identification on her body, stranger still is that it has been a thunderstorm which means heavy rain but her body was bone dry. For more information on this case check out The Occult Museum.

Room 302 has since had its number changed countless times due to the strange activity within and to discourage ghost busters. A beautiful stranger is frequently seen around the building, wandering the hall in her elegant Victorian dress and then vanishing at the blink of an eye.

Room 8. The Russel Hotel, Sydney.

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The Russel Hotel is known for having Australia’s most haunted hotel room, room 8. The Russel is located in the Rocks, which today is high-end commercial area but years ago it was a slum and the Russel was all too familiar with crime. The Hotel was a kind of safe haven for all of the criminals in the city. During the 19th century, the Rocks were home to one of Australia’s most notorious gangs called ” The Rock’s Push ” and the Russel was there hang out. The gang was constantly fighting with other gangs as well as robbing or assaulting policemen and citizens. The females of this gang would lure drunken sailors who were docking for the night at the local port, down into dark alleyways and then they would then be robbed and often killed by the male members of the gang who were waiting in the shadows. Then in the, 1900’s, there was a break out of bubonic plague and the Russel was transformed into a make-shift hosptial.

The Russel has a dark and brutal history with some hauntings to match. There is a lot of activity around the entire hotel, with most believing it to be the ghosts of all the angry sailors who were murdered and are pretty much pissed at how they met their end. One old seaman, however, is said to make room 8 his domain. He is normally seen standing, silent and staring into the eyes of whoever is trying to sleep in his room.

Room 14. The Cecil Hotel, LA

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The Cecil Hotel was a live-in hotel in one of LA’s biggest slum areas. In its time it attracted some of modern history’s most evil and grotesque men. Only 4 years ago one of the biggest mysteries of our time, took place in the Cecil Hotel. The disappearance of Eliza Lam. All you have to do is google her name and you’ll find the video of her hiding in the elevator peering round the corner, this all happened moments before her disappearance. Her body was not discovered until the hotel guests complained of the water in their rooms having a strange taste, her corpse was later found in the hotel’s water tank. The Cecil’s past is so fucked up that it was the inspiration behind American Horror Story season 5, they loved it so much they filmed the entire season inside.

Richard Ramirez aka ” The Night Stalker ” was the Cecil’s most infamous resident. In 1984 he was convicted of 13 counts of murder, 5 continues of attempted murder, 11 sexual assaults, and 14 burglaries. He was well known to have an interest in Satanism from a young age and after his conviction, he yelled out ” Hail Satan ” for all to hear. Room 14 was the Nightstalker’s domain. Very few accounts of people staying in that room can be found online, but when they do, they describe a sense of unnatural fear and random smells of rotten eggs. Some staying there even claim to have seen Ramirez himself.

January 25, 2017

What happens when your child calls up from beyond the grave and describes how she would like a castle built? Well, you build it! That is exactly what this father did, with rooms designed simply for spiritual contact, corridors leading to nowhere, and even restricted sections rumoured to be home to something a lot more sinister. Romania’s most haunted location?

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Romanian Intellectual Bogdan Pétriceicu Hasdue’s daughter died at 18 in the year 1888. He was heart broken.

Iulia Hasdue’s early death would change his life forever. After she passed he chose to spend the majority of his time, wealth and brainpower into remembering his beloved daughter until he eventually found spiritualism. After years of practice, he made contact.

Iulia, his daughter, was named after his wife and born in November 1869. From birth she was special, Iulia was gifted in music and languages, by 11 she had graduated from St. Sava Gymnasium and the Music Academy of Bucharest with honours in both piano and voice.

Portrait of Iulia. Image Via True Romania

By her early teens, Iulia had already become fluent in seven languages and continued her secondary education at the Sévigné College of Paris. her peers and professors considered her to be a child genius, she excelled in all of her academic subjects as well as drawing, piano, painting and singing. A collection of her poems was published shortly following her death.

At 16, Iulia began studies in the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy at La Sorbonne in Paris where she was a dedicated pupil and pride of her pops life. Then a month before her 19th birthday Iulia died from a severe and sudden case of Tuberculosis. Her father grew mad, he proceeded to build a temple for her in the family vault in Bucharest. But a simple Monument was not enough…

Iulia’s Father ; Bogdan Hasdue. Image Via Wikipedia

Bogdan decided to build a grander temple to honour his daughter, which turned into a castle, located in the country town of Campina. Bogdan and his wife found the dormant land and decided it would be perfect, so they bought it immediately and began to build. Bogdan claimed that he was in direct contact with his daughter who told him the designs for every room.

She would communicate through short bursts of speech, giving him the designs for the castle. He paid particular attention to the magical numbers 3 and 7. Magical because Iulia claimed so. There are three towers, three rooms underground and each staircase consists of exactly 7 steps. The castle also holds a giant stone door entrance, hung on a diamond bearing. On either side f the door are the stone thrones, and sitting on each throne are two female sphinxes and above the door is ” the eye of the world “. The eye of the world was a symbolic representation of Bogdan’s two Iulias, his wife and daughter.

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Of course, a castle such as this has rumours of a much darker past and purpose. It is described as the spookiest castle in the world as well as the most haunted. Is it possible than Bogdan contacted something else instead of Iulia? It could easily be that thing lurking the corridors that visitors are seeing, perhaps Iulia never even visited from above…

Built by the Devil : America’s Most Haunted House

The Haunting of Iulia Mansion

Whatever Bogdan did in his hours of solitude in this castle appears to have worked. A lot of people have seen a young girl in a white dress wandering through the castle at all hours and it is thought to be the intelligent spirit of Iulia herself. She is mainly seen wandering through the palace gardens, wearing a white dress and holding daisies.

Many guests passing the castle at night have also reported hearing the sound of the piano coming from in the castle, even when at night it is empty. Others have even seen Iulia’s father Bogdan. He is seen frequently in corners of the building in deep conversation and talking with his daughter. It is nice to think that he was reunited with his daughter and all his plans actually worked in life.

Inside Iulia Castle, Image Via Flickr

Heart-warming as it is, there is something else happening here… many guests or passers-by have claimed to see Bogdan in the window, look dishevelled and half rotten. He is said to stand and to look out the window with a malicious intent in his face then he howls like a wolf…

people have also been hurt in the castle, some report bite marks whilst other complain of a sudden sickness and have to leave. The darker side of the castle is almost unheard of, perhaps it would affect the steady stream of tourists paying the admission fee, however, it is here.

Who knows what Bogdan tried to summon his daughter back from the dead, perhaps some kind of ritual he knew was wrong. Is there something else within Iulia Castle? Perhaps we will never know, but you can agree there is something just not sane about this castle of necromancy.

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5 of the Strangest Skulls Ever Discovered

January 7, 2017

Human history on earth is beneath our feet. Everyday archaeologists are discovering amazing new things that are changing the way we are looking at the past. Some of the strange skulls dug up over the years are doing just that. From Peru to Venice here is our list of the world’s most mysterious skulls.

The Paracas

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The Paracas Skulls were discovered in 1928 by Julio Tello. In total, the archaeologist found just over 300 of these elongated skulls in a massive and elaborate graveyard in the Pico province of Peru. The skulls caught the media’s attention again in 2014 when a geneticist carried out DNA testing, stating that the Paracas Skulls have DNA ” with mutations unknown to any human, primate, or known animal so far”.

However, secondary testing showed us that the skulls were about 2000 years old and were from the European and Middle Eastern areas. These results change the known history about how the Americas were originally populated. It is believed that the shape of the skull was part of an indigenous ritual, where the tribes would tie a rope around an infant’s head as well as strapped a wooden plank to the back of the head. This caused the head to grow up, instead of out. But why were they doing this !? Experts stated that ” They were trying to replicate the shape of the head of their gods”. Men from the sky with long skulls? That’s definitely got nothing to do with an alien species then.

The Vampire of Venice

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During medieval times, the cure for suspected vampirism was to shove a large break into the cursed one’s mouth, thus breaking the jaw and leaving the vampire unable to bite again and then, of course, bury them alive. It is not clear exactly what this woman did to deserve her sentence. After extensive research, it is thought that this woman was between 61 and 71 and was most likely sentenced to death after being accused of witchcraft and the brick was just a safeguard.

Commonly women of the 16th century did not live past 60, so if she was closer to the 70-year benchmark, then the men of that time must have concluded that she was a vampire, and like her predecessors had most obviously cheated death. Not sure if this deserved death by brick-to-face…

The Rhodope Skull

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The Skull of Rhodope, found in Bulgaria is amongst the strangest remains found to date. It weighs only 250 grammes and has six cavities, it would have had up to 6 eyes or another set of unknown organs. It also has no mouth. Unfortunately, this skull was quickly hidden from the public view, today it is unknown where it is located, but we have heard too many times how quickly these types of objects can disappear. Alien or mutation? Perhaps it is just an undiscovered species… Only time will tell unless this particular skull fades from living memory.

The Horned Skulls of PA

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These creepy skulls were dug up from a burial mound in Pennslyvania in the late 1800’s. The excavators were actually following up on leads of this mound once belonging to Native American’s, but they found what look like demon’s skulls. It is a well-known fact that spiritual leaders or priests of this culture would wear horn’s on their head as a sign of wisdom. However, these horns are growing from the skull itself. Not to mention the skulls belonged to creatures that would have been 7ft tall.

There have been trickles of evidence that have been found over time that support a theory that a race of giant humanoids ruled over the America’s as part of an ancient civilisation. The remains of these skulls were sent to Philadelphia Museum for further research, but prepare yourself for a surprise… They were stolen and never seen again…

The Starchild

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This skull was found near a mine in Chihuahua, Mexico during the 1930’s. It was fully examined by a paranormalist, Lloyd Pye who claimed that this was evidence of human and alien interbreeding. He thought that the mother was human and his father an alien. It was originally believed that this 1000-year-old skull simply belonged to a child with a condition called hydrocephalus. However, the DNA showed no evidenced of this affliction. It also showed many genetic differences between the

However, the DNA showed no evidenced of this affliction. It also showed many genetic differences between the Starchild and a regular human, enough to prove that this thing was not human at all. His cranial cavity for one was 30% bigger than that of a normal child, its bone was also much thinner but actually stronger than that found in a normal human skull, this was thanks to microscopic fibres found in the in its structure, a feature never before seen in human skulls.

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A Thousand Years of Darkness : The Ancient Ram Inn

January 2, 2017

The Ancient Ram Inn has been named Britain’s most haunted house and in a country, with a darker history than most this is a hard thing to claim, I mean just look at the place! The Ancient Ram Inn has such terrifying ghost’s that those trying to spend a whole night have fled through a closed window… A dark and disturbing past of witchcraft, murder, torture, kidnap and satanic worship will do this do a previously cosy inn. But what exactly is going on here?

The Darkness Within The Ram

The Ancient Ram Inn is one of England’s oldest Inn’s and can be found in the village of Wotton-under-edge in Glocestshire. Built in 1145 this location boasts a dark and brutal history. It was firstly used as a keeping house for slaves and workers used by the St. Mary Church, until 1930 when it was privately bought and used as an inn. The building itself looks comfortable enough but it’s got a huge number of spectres who refuse to leave and they are not friendly…

The most notable spirit is that of the executed witch who took residency in the Ram before she was burned at the stake during the late 16th century. She hid out at the inn and was even burnt on site when she was finally captured! Her spirit is well known for physically harming all visitors by scratching or burning those who enter. She has been recorded but when she is heard she normally taunts those trying to investigate by laughing. She was recorded saying ” I’m special ” on an old episode of Ghost Adventures, but if you listen carefully you will hear the distinct southern English accent… It’s creepy af. ( Season 2, Episode 8 ).

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There are a lot of other ghosts in the Ram worth your attention including a Roman Centurion seen by a plumber working on site, and a young girl who was murdered here by one of the inn’s more sinister former residents. The little girl was supposedly the innkeep’s daughter and she was found hanging in the attic.

The High Priestess is a particularly scary sight, a few people have reported to be awoken by the sound of a woman chanting to look at the bottom of their beds and see a woman in white religious robes, looking down on them, arms raised in the air and chanting in some strange language. If that’s not bad enough there is also a Succubus, which is a kind of demon with a strange hobby of pinning people the beds at night and attacking them.

The late owner John Humphries claims that the Bishop’s Room is the Ram’s most haunted part of the Ram, with over nine different ghosts being spotted within. Those who have entered have seen a hooded monk walking around, an old man and his faithful pooch standing guard at the door and a woman hanging from the ceiling. Guests have strange mists forming in front of their eyes and heard the giggles and screams of children all around the location.

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Found Within its Walls

There is a lot of speculation around this location, as to why it is so haunted. Over the years the Humphries family have found a lot of demonic artefacts and strange sites inside. Not long after moving in the family noticed the strange activity and it did not take them long to find a goat’s hoof lodged behind a brick in the chimney. Soon after they began to find other tributes to the devil, such as mummified animals, daggers that looked as if they had been used and jars full of strange objects and liquids. ” One looked like a human finger “.

All of this is an easy cause for whatever is happening here was the pagan burial ground found by John. After digging it up he discovered children’s bones in the dozens and silver daggers. They believe this is directly linked to pagan rituals and child sacrifice. Enthusiasts have visited and even simply using their hands to sift through the earth, have found shards of bone.

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Crazy right !? But that’s not all. It is a fact that the Ancient Ram Inn is built directly on top of two intersecting ley-lines coming straight from Stonehenge. Paranormal experts claim that these lines work like roads through the world and give off a type of energy that spirits can use to manipulate the world around us. Like the ability to move objects and show themselves etc…

Leylines do exist and they do give off a strange type of energy that is scientific fact, but when we look around the world we see other iconic locations such as the Pyramids built on the same intersecting lines on the map. But that’s just a coincidence…. Isn’t it?

Tours are still available around the Ram, if you check out the facebook page: The Ancient Ram Inn, there are still reviews largely from paranormal groups as recent as November 2016 so it is worth a shot.

Whatever resides in the Ancient Ram Inn is not friendly and there is a lot of insane activity going on. Is this Britain’s most haunted house? Only one way you can find out.

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Fisherman’s Stories : 5 Paranormal Tales From the Anglers Mouth

December 19, 2016

There is something appealing about sitting in a boat, in the middle of a misty lake, isolated from the outside world. Miles away from society and a place to think and be peaceful. It all sounds great but there have been some encounters from these lone fishermen. What do you do if you know you are alone but you turn around and see someone else in the boat with you ?… This is a small collection of the creepiest fisherman encounters.

The Scream

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My cousin and I were fishing late at night. We decided to go around 9:00 PM since that’s when it’s the best time for us to get a bite. We got to our spot and there was nothing but the two of us, the lake and your normal chirp-chirp or some other random animal sounds, which we were used to. About 30 minutes into our peaceful night of fishing, suddenly things went quiet – if you have ever gone to “our spot,” you know that just does not happen. We didn’t say anything and we kept on with our night, but suddenly there was a loud screaming sound coming from behind us. I turned to look at my cousin – by this time his face was pale and we asked out loud at the same time, “Did you hear that?” “Yes, I did. What was it?” “I don’t know, I’ve never heard that before.”

As much as we both tried to ignore it, we kept alert but then it passed and after about an hour or so we had forgotten about the incident. We didn’t catch much so we decided to pack up and call it a night. When we were headed back to our truck, we started hearing rustling leaves behind us. We turned around (thinking it was an animal) but nothing was there. We kept on and right as we were about to hop in our truck, a woman appeared right in front of us (a few feet away). She looked dirty and a little beat up with some blood stains on what seemed to be a nightgown of some sort.

We shouted, “Are you ok? Do you need help?”

She continues to stare at us. Then the shrieking scream we had heard before came out of her mouth. My cousin and I were petrified and got into the car and drove off, haven’t gone to “our spot” ever since. We have never told anyone what happened but I can still hear that scream from time to time. – Eddie G

The Medium

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My two buddies from the war and I go about twice a year on a weekend long fishing trip. We catch up on our lives, rent a cabin, the usual. But this year happened to be that one of my buddies was sick so when I told my other friend about it, he told me that his cousin was in town and that he could fill in. So we took off to our spot.

Once we got there, it was late in the afternoon but we had enough time to set up our gear and head down to the boondocks. Among some of the things we take with us, there’s a weather/emergency radio in case of an emergency. We set it up on any FM frequency and chill out till we catch something.

Between us talking and getting to know more about my friend’s cousin, the radio started to make a crackling sound (which it had never done before). Then the radio mysteriously switched from FM to AM, which I thought was weird since it has a little button on the side that you need to press in order to change it. We called it a night but my friend’s cousin looked distracted; he kept looking at the lake and smiling and there was also a hint of fear in his eyes.

When we got to the cabin, we headed towards the kitchen because we heard a loud noise. All the dishes had been thrown to the floor and my radio was still making the same strange sound. My buddy’s cousin comes up to me and tells me:

“Don’t worry, it’s the spirit of the man who lives here. He just doesn’t like you guys coming here.”

I looked at him puzzled and my friend later explained to me that he’s a medium, I’m not much of a believer but now things have changed.

– Joe V

The Wreckers

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Back in the colonial days, there were people called ‘wreckers.’ They would stand on beaches with lanterns and trick ships into running aground and then loot the ship and kill anyone who survived on the beach. They’d then drag their bodies back to the water to make it look like a normal shipwreck.

Well, one night on East Beach in Rhode Island, I was fishing with my father and as we got down to the beach we saw some odd drag marks in the sand. After about a half hour of casting, we made our way back to the truck and as we hit the parking lot, our German Shepard started acting really weird.

We were loading up the truck with our gear when we saw a light coming out of the dunes. As we got a good look, we saw it was an old 17th or 18th-century lantern. We then saw two more lights and four people walked out wearing colonial clothes. At that point, we just threw everything in the truck, picked up our now growling dog, and blasted out of there.

As we pulled out, our lights went right over the people and we saw they were wearing ratty colonial style clothes. It really freaked us out. – Stripers Online

The German Soldier

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Only once when I was fishing did I have a ghostly experience, and that was when I was fishing at a lake in France. I’d been there for a couple of days, and my time was really nice and peaceful. There was an old château nearby riddled with bullet holes from the Second World War. Anyway, this lake is on a French Army training area so it was pretty secluded. During the late afternoons, I had the feeling of being watched from the woods at the far end of the lake. Each day, at the same time, the feeling would return, usually around dusk, and from different areas, as if whatever it was was getting closer.

I remember waking on the last night of my trip. Outside the bivy, it was very foggy and I could hardly see the dim glow of my bite alarms. I decided to make a brew, and as I flicked on the lighter the sparks silhouetted the face of a helmeted German soldier peering into my bivy from the darkness outside.

The next morning I packed up and went home but not before speaking to an old French Estate Warden who told me that the château had seen some fierce fighting when the Americans liberated that area of France. The Germans had fled into the woods only to be ambushed by a patrol in reserve. They were all killed and buried around the lake. I don’t think I’ll fish there again. – Stripers Online

Perfume

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My buddy and I were fishing at a certain fort in Jamestown, RI one night, soaking bait. At one point, my buddy decided to walk to the boat dock about 50 yards away. The whole walk there he said he sensed someone behind him and heard footsteps. He thought I was walking with him, but when he turned around he was alone. He said it creeped him out pretty bad and he never went back to that spot with me. Now flash forward to next summer. I decided to fish this spot by myself. I had completely forgotten about my friend’s experience. I got to the dock and unloaded everything and started to soak some bait. It was a clear, moonless night with no wind or breeze.

He said it creeped him out pretty bad and he never went back to that spot with me. Now flash forward to next summer. I decided to fish this spot by myself. I had completely forgotten about my friend’s experience. I got to the dock and unloaded everything and started to soak some bait. It was a clear, moonless night with no wind or breeze.

About a half hour into watching my rod, I started to smell perfume around me. I thought it was pretty weird since I was the only one there. The smell kept getting stronger and stronger, so I walked about 10 feet to my right and the smell disappeared. I walked back to my original spot, and the perfume smell was still there, stronger than ever. It was strong to the point that my nose started to burn. At that point, I said, “where the hell is this smell coming from?” Soon after I said that the smell disappeared. That’s when I packed up and left. I’ve never been back to that spot.

At that point, I said, “Where the hell is this smell coming from?” Soon after I said that, the smell disappeared. That’s when I packed up and left. I’ve never been back to that spot. – Stripers Online

Have you had a creepy experience out on the lakes ?? Tell us where and when down in the comments section and don’t forget to like out facebook page for the latest paranormal videos and stories !! Until next time

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December 15, 2016

Have you heard of the Cecil Hotel? Did you know the Cecil Hotel is one of the most haunted hotels in LA? It has played host to countless serial killers like Richard Ramirez aka. ” The Night Stalker ” and the Hillside Strangler. It was also the location where one of the infamous Elisa Lam tapes were recorded. It is home to death himself. In fact, it was the inspiration for American Horror Story season 5, they loved it so much they used this hotel to film the entire season.

The Killers That Haunted the Hall’s of the Cecil Hotel

” Hotel with corpse in water tank has notorious past, ” was the headline for CNN following the disappearance of Elizabeth Lam. Another red ” Since its construction in 1927, it’s been the focus of suicides, murders, mystery disappearances, and serial killers,” an Australian news site said of the hotel. “Home to murderers, maniacs, and ghosts, some say the Cecil is anything but your average hotel, they say it’s cursed,” reported one blog. Another simply called it “Serial Killer Central.”

Richard Ramirez aka. The Nightstalker is perhaps one of the most famous serial killers in American history. He was the leader amongst the monsters. He rampaged from 1984 until 1984 when he was captured and convicted of 13 counts of murder, 5 counts of attempted murder, 11 sexual assaults, and 14 burglaries. He managed to elude capture by simply dumping his bloody clothes in the dumpster behind the Cecil Hotel and walking through the lobby up to his room. There were much worse things in the dumpster than bloody clothes, and a naked man walking through the lobby was a normal affair amongst the exclusive clientele at the Cecil.

Ramirez was first and foremost a satanist and believed he was doing the Devil’s work. It began for him when he slept on his father’s grave in the Concordia Cemetary, when he found numerous objects, such as a jar containing a pickled mouse and a human finger. He quickly learned what these satanic objects were and took a keen interest. Ramirez died after 23 years on death row at 53 of Lymphoma.

Downtown LA was a prominent area until the 1970’s when the business crowd moved towards the airport and crack was introduced. The area became so dark and dangerous that no one who had their sanity would enter. “By 1990, the LAPD won’t go into [these places]. It was like, ‘If we’re called we’ll go in. But we’re not patrolling.’” says Richard Schave. Drug dealers worked openly inside. The bodies of overdosed residents could linger in the hall for days. “No one wanted to be the person who called the cops,” Schave says.

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There were many killers that followed Ramirez, inspired by him. One was an Australian journalist called Jack Unterweger who also stayed in the Cecil Hotel. He had a fetish for strangling prostitutes with their own bras, he was convicted of the murder of 11 women and eventually killed himself with his own signature knot.

Serial killer links were not the only abnormalities occurring in this cesspit. There were countless rapes, murders and suicides. One man jumped and landed on a pedestrian, killing him too. There are even rumours that the Black Dhalia stayed here. All of this, in short, gives credibility to the strange things that link the past of the Cecil Hotel with the recent murder of Eliza Lam.

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The Disappearance of Eliza Lam at the Cecil Hotel

On February 1, 2013, Elisa Lam disappeared while staying at the Cecil Hotel. In an attempt to locate her the Police Department of Los Angeles released the footage above to try and locate her, but it was far from normal.

In the video, you can see Elisa entering the elevator and frantically pressing all the buttons, as if she was trying to escape from something. She peeks out and leaves the elevator a few times. then began to rock back and forth looking deeply disturbed. Then it would appear that someone or something found her… She rocks back and forth again and begins to make frantic hand gestures as if begging or trying to reason. Then she disappears.

Two weeks had passed. The Cecil Hotel filed a complaint about low water pressure in the rooms and brown water coming from the tap. So an Employee called Santiago Lopez went up to check it out. He opened the top and found the naked body of Elisa Lam floating face down in the water.

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The Employee told the police that you can’t get up onto the roof without setting off an alarm through the fire door. Even if she did manage to get through without setting off the alarm. She would have had to climb up to the tank, move the huge lid, get into the tank, undress, and then move the lid despite the fact the tank was only 3/4 full and too tall for her to reach.

The autopsy later revealed that there was no evidence of assault, sexual or physical, no drugs were found in her system besides ibuprofen. How could a woman drown in water that she could stand in?

This brought up a lot of theory including murderers, ghosts, suicide and even the ghost of Richard Ramirez himself who is thought to still haunt the halls of the Cecil Hotel today. Is it possible that the amount of evil that this building has held including the satanic rituals of the Nightstalker have brought something else into the building? Something inhuman?

Is The Cecil Hotel Haunted?

There is not a whole lot of information on the Cecil hotel being haunted. The entirety of google is filled with the stories of Ramirez and Elizabeth Lam. The two of them being such icons in the weirder part of the web. However, there are a few stories and even a kick ass photo.

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One man who stayed in the hotel did say that from the moment he entered there was something just not right. He stayed in room 106 which was not too far from the Nightstalkers domain. Here it is…

” I checked into the hotel after watching American horror story and kinda liking it. I’ve always been a bit of a lone wolf and thought it would be cool. The staff were friendly enough but there was something just not right. The vintage furniture really creeped me out. As I was walking up the stairs through the lobby a cold blast of air hit me in the face and sent shivers up my body, just a breeze I thought. All the way up to my room I felt uncomfortable and unwelcome. Just uneasy. The room itself was nice enough, pretty basic. It wasn’t until I turned the lights off that it really began.”

“I closed my eyes, to be honest quite disappointed until that cold blast of air hit me again. Then I saw a man standing at the end of my bed, he was smiling and throwing a knife up and down in his hand looking right at me.. I fucking ran, that was it for me. I don’t even really remember how I got out of the building but I left all my things and got a cab home in my pj’s.”

“It wasn’t until I got home and did my research until I saw a picture of Richard Ramirez. It was him, I couldn’t believe it!!! I called up the hotel and turns out I was not the first. I highly recommend this hotel to any enthusiasts or anyone who does not believe it was an experience I will never forget.”

The Mackenzie Poltergeist in Greyfriar’s Kirkyard

December 10, 2016

Poltergeists are notoriously vicious and damn frightening. More than often they are nameless and fill homes with malevolence. But this is not the case in Edinburgh’s most haunted kirkyard or the case with the infamous Mackenzie Poltergeist who roams the grounds and tunnels at night. Don’t get too close to the Bloody Mackenzie’s tomb, or his black-hearted spirit may just strangle you.

Sir George Mackenzie

The Mackenzie Poltergeist is thought to be the ghost of a man who lived in the 17th century Scotland and was nothing less than pure evil. Sir George Mackenzie was a well-respected individual, he was the perfect definition of a proper gentleman as well as a gifted writer and lawyer. He was educated at the King’s College, University of Aberdeen, the University of St Andrews, and the University of Bourges in France. He was a respected member of the Scottish Parliment and the Privy Council of Scotland.

In 1677, Mackenzie became Lord Advocate and served Charles II of England. His primary responsibility was to punish those who rejected the Church of England or those who were disloyal to the King. Many of the men and women who did refuse where members of Scotland’s Presbyterian Covenanters. Scotland was originally meant to remain a Presbyterian country, which was outlined in the National Covenant of 1638. But King Charles II refused.

The King then sent George Mackenzie to do his dirty work. On June 22, 1679, Mackenzie captured approximately 1,200 men at the Battle of Bothwell Bridge, all those unfaithful to the king were taken to makeshift prisons in the Greyfriar’s Kirkyard and 400 of them were incinerated. It would later be known as the Covenanter’s Prison.

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During the winter the prisoners were captured they were subject to brutal treatment. They were starved, exposed to the cruel Scottish winters and tortured. Some of the prisoners were deported whilst others were executed and buried in Greyfriar’s Kirkyard. This reign of terror was organised and carried out by Mackenzie and he so rightfully earned the title the Blood Mackenzie in later years.

The Bloody Mackenzie was responsible for the deaths of 18,000 people during his eight-year regime. This period would later be called ” The Killing Time “.

On May 8th, 1691, the Bloody Mackenzie died at Westminster and was buried in a tomb at Greyfriar’s Kirkyard. His tomb is known as the Black Mausoleum and 300 years later the legend of the Mackenzie Poltergeist was born.

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The Mackenzie Poltergeist

The legend was first told after a homeless man broke into the Mackenzie Tomb as he was looking for shelter somewhere in the graveyard during September of 1998. He tried to open up a coffin, but instead, he fell through a hole in the floor into a burial pit. He awoke amongst a pile of bones from the plague victims of Edinburgh’s past. Horrified he climbed out and ran as fast as he could out of the tomb and graveyard.

Soon after that, two people were visiting the Kirkyard when they felt an eerie presence in the room, a kind of threatening feeling. The first claimed that an icy cold air pushed her out of the room just as she crossed the threshold, whilst the other didn’t have any experiences. She just woke up outside with large finger shaped bruises around her neck, as if she had been strangled.

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It has been 20 years since the Mackenzie Poltergeist hit the media and nearly 500 of the visitors have been attacked since then. Mostly they end up with bruises, burns, lacerations or gouge marks. Whilst others faint or become violently sick. Not forgetting all the odd sounds that pour from the tomb despite the fact it’s locked.

A man called Collin Grant did try and exercise the tomb in 2000. He reported that he felt the presence of hundred’s of tortured souls and a definite evil presence. He died of a heart attacks two weeks following his visit.

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November 23, 2016

The Yucca man is one of the most disputed mysteries in California today. For a long time, this yellowish figure has been spotted throughout the Joshua Tree National Park in Southern California since 1973. Some say it’s Joshua Tree’s very own bigfoot, others claim it’s a spectre roaming the dry plains of the national park. Ofcourse, this could just be a hoax, but then a simple hoax has attracted the attention of both the FBI and the CIA.

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The First Sightings

The first sighting of the Yucca man was reported in 1971, it came from a man who was dead set against anything paranormal. An on-duty Marine guard at the nearby military base of Twentynine Palms was found later in the same area with his rifle bent in half. He was in shock so to draw any information out of him was near impossible, but he did manage to inform his fellow officers that a huge man had come out of the shrub and towards him. He raised his rifle and ordered the man to halt but as he drew closer, he realised the man was covered in hair. The figure then moved too quickly for the man to react, he took the rifle from the Marine, bent it in half and then knocked the officer out.

Both the FBI and the CIA immediately begun an investigation. There have been at least two other sightings of similar figures in the same night. One agent reported a figure being 12ft tall with a smaller figure alongside. Hikers in the area also reported there dogs going mad and barking at a strange presence in the area. In the same year, there were also numerous reports from a lot of the Joshua Park employees.

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The Reports Continue

The reports of the Yucca man continued to come in, one, especially in 1979, came from an elderly couple. They claimed their car was stopped one night by a large hairy man near the Condominium in Desert Hot Springs. They said that he stepped out from behind a yucca bush and stood over the front of their car. They described him and being monumental, with a chest the size of a refrigerator, its arms dangling below its knees. It had long tan hair and an angry expression. It stopped in front of the car, looked at those inside and then vanished into the night.

Later evidence would be found in the form of 17 footprints that the creature had left behind. He would be seen on two separate occasions in two nearby areas. The footprints were a foot and a half long and six feet apart… Bigfoot fanatics would later stake out the area but find nothing else.

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The Yucca Man Photo

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Later on, towards the 1990’s the legend began to fade… Until a rock climber returned from a camping trip in Joshua Tree and he found something in his photographs later on, something that would shock the world. The campsite had been near a kind of cave, an ideal location for such a creature to live and he snapped a photo of the trail to his camp, he captured the figure above and created a new uproar in the paranormal community. The Yucca Man is here !!!

The Yucca man could easily be an urban legend, a training exercise for the marines, a paranormal creature, something that travels between dimensions, or simply a huge and hairy homeless man. We will only find out when man has developed sufficient technology to detect such creatures and then, just maybe, we can begin to understand them.

Links :

http://www.theoccultmuseum.com/mysterious-legend-yucca-man/

October 22, 2016

Harry Price was one of the very first paranormal investigators. He was one was a man who took all of this head on, despite the endless ridicule. He captured some insane evidence and did some crazy investigations. However, throughout his career, there was one that stood out and one that captured the attention of the entire world. Borley Rectory.

Happier days at the Rectory, when it was properly looked-after. Harry Bull stands proudly on the tennis-lawn. with his wife and step-daughter reclining. ( Image Source Here )

The Haunting of Borley Rectory

Borley Rectory has been around since 1863 when it was constructed for a Reverend Henry Bull and his four daughters. Before all of this, these grounds were actually home to an ancient covenant and monastery. These grounds were already home to a ghostly nun, the locals had reported seeing her stalking the grounds. She and a monk had been executed after trying to elope. The monk was beheaded, but the nun was sealed into the cellar walls, bricked in whilst screaming and still alive… If that´s not a cause for a haunting, I don’t know what is.

The Reverend and his daughters had already seen this ghostly nun before the locals came to warn him. Over time the nun became more difficult to live with, she was scaring the children and servants too much. But they managed to stay there and the last of the Bull family died in 1928, all of whom lived in the old manor house and became used to the spirit of the nun.

After the last of the Bull family died out, the rectory was bought by another Reverend. Reverend Eric Smith, his wife and their children moved in, October 1928. They were not welcome. The activity started day´s after they moved in, it was a lot more violent than it had been with its previous owners. However, it really got unbearable when Smith´s wife found a human skull in the basement. They began to hear footsteps running in the corridors at night, hovering lights were seen in the garden by the children looking out the window, doorbells would be rung and no one would be there, not to mention

However, it really got unbearable when Smith´s wife found a human skull in the basement. They began to hear footsteps running in the corridors at night, hovering lights were seen in the garden by the children looking out the window, doorbells would be rung and no one would be there, not to mention the harsh poltergeist activity. So they called the Society for Psychical Research, who in turn sent no other than Mr Harry Price. If the spirits had a dislike for the Smith family, it was nothing compared to the way the house reacted to Harry.

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Harry Price.

Harry Price was well known for his communication with the other side, but the spirits here were angered by his attempts. Price´s presence in the rectory seem to rile up the spirits and they became aggressive. He reported that objects would smash around him and that stones would be hurled at him. He reported that it was the spirit of Harry Bull who had perished here in the years gone. Two years of this and Smith took his family and left the rectory, he never looked back. With the property vacant Price soon followed.

In 1929 the lands were passed into the ownership of Reverend Lionel Foyster and his family. This time the spirits took a particular interest in the Reverend´s wife, Marianne Foyster and it didn’t take long for the rectory to show its true nature.

She became the target, objects would be thrown with force and directed at her, but there was another type of activity. Writing began to appear on the walls, a lot of it was incomprehensible but she could recognise her name. Marianne.

The Borley writings.

A lot of the writing, as you can see was impossible to make out, but the words help and Marianne are clear. This went on for a long time until Mr Foyster, like his predecessor, had enough but he did not leave his home, he decided to try an exorcism instead.

For a short time, this did seem like the solution to the frightful events at the Borley Rectory. But the activity soon returned only this time around, they were a lot more intent to drive Foysters from there rectory. Communion wine turned to ink, servant bells and church bells went off with no cause. It would seem that the ghosts were only just getting started. The Foyster children were dragged from their beds, the youngest of them was even slapped across the face. The Reverend like Mr Smith before him packed his possessions and took himself and the family from their home.

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Image captured of Borley Rectory’s resident nun.

In 1937 Borley Rectory lay dormant, it had scared off all of its residents. However, one man remained unphased. Harry Price remained throughout the years interested in the manifestations at the rectory. Later in the year of 1937 he took it upon himself to take ownership of the rectory ,and gather the evidence needed to prove that the dead don’t always rest.

When he arrived he hired an assistant to help him with his research, then invited 48 witnesses and launched one of the largest paranormal investigations in history. The investigations went on for over a year and a lot of credible evidence was recorded. But in 1938 during a seance the most incredible event took place. The spirit contacting Price and his guests were told that the Rectory would burn down and the body of the nun would be discovered amongst the ruin. However, it took a whole year for this evidence to come to light.

Borley Rectory Post Fire.

Price’s tenancy was up. Next in line to attempt enduring the rectories horrors was Captain Gregson. He too eventually fell victim to the horrors that resided within the Borley Rectory, but he lost his two dogs. Both of which died at the same time for reasons unknown. Shortly afterwards, while the Captain was out for a walk, he came back to find his home engulfed by fresh flame. Many villagers later claimed to see the vision of a nun standing amongst the flames, staring down at them from the top window… It was later discovered that the fire was caused by a smashed oil lamp. However, Captain Gregson swore, until the day he died that he never even lit an oil lamp that day.

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The site where the rectory once stood.

The remains of the rectory were left until 1944 when they were finally demolished. However, there are still reports of strange things occurring on the site of the rectory. The Nun is still said to prowl the grounds in the night, or organ music can be heard. Stranger still, following the demolition the church just a mere walking distance from the Rectory, began to report strange activity. Perhaps not to the same level of the Rectory itself, but there again is it proper for an English church to do such a thing ? After all in the eyes of the church, the dead are dead and gone to rest.

So, was this or is this Britain’s most haunted location ? If so the activity reported here does not seem that of a executed nun… Sure she would be angry enough to smash some pots and clang some pans, however, if we look into history and similar hauntings, the events that took place here do not seem to be caused by a human spirit. Perhaps something summoned by the murder ? But how will we every find out… Simple, get over to the rectory and the church, get investigating and share your evidence ! We look forward to hearing all about it.

Links

http://www.theoccultmuseum.com/holy-spirits-harry-price-haunting-borley-rectory/

October 15, 2016

With Halloween just around the corner every tv show out there is doing some kind of special, but there is one thats really got everyone talking and thats Nick Groff’s, Paranormal Lockdown. They will attempt a 72 hour lock down in the location said to be home of the worlds most violent poltergeist, 30 east drive in the UK. Nick Groff and his fellow investigator will attempt the longest lockdown in history to try and call out what is possible the most aggressive and dangerous spirit in documented history, The Black Monk of Pontefract…. But what is the history of this location ? and who is The Black Monk ?

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30 East Drive

30 East Drive, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, is home to what is considered the most violent poltergeist haunting in history. Number 30 stood on a hill on the estate, that turns out to be the place, hundreds of years earlier was the place many people were executed. The haunting itself was witnessed by policemen, a priest, and an MP, and still people today call it a hoax. But that´s always your decision to make.

It began in early 1996 with the Pritchard family, Jean and Joe, their son Philip and daughter Diane.

The Family had all went on a summer holiday, late august to devon. Apart from Philip who had been left at with his grandmother, Sarah Scholes. It was a hot summers day when all of a sudden the pair noticed an icy chill in the main room. Then they noticed a white powder falling from the ceiling, and sounds as if someone was walking up there.

So she went to her her daughter, Marie Kelly from across the road, to see if anything was upstairs. But, when they entered the found pools of water on the kitchen floor. Then the walking sounds came back and the white powder was falling from above the kitchen… Before there eyes more pools began to form around their feet.

Later on, they ended up calling the water company but they couldn´t find any leaks or cause for the puddles. Then the activity stopped no more sounds, leaks or dust. Until 7pm, when Mrs. Scholes was watching tv. All of a sudden her grandson screamed from in the kitchen ” Grandma it’s happening again !”, she ran in to find her grandson terrified looking at the counter… The entire surface was covered in tea leaves and the tea dispenser turning itself on and off, spitting hot tea everywhere.

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Scholes screamed ” Stop it!”, which was answered by a loud bang in the hallway behind them? They went to leave the house, but to leave they have to pass through the same hallway. They walked cautiously through when the lights began to flicker and then, the entire sideboard began to shake, rattling the cutlery inside. They sprinted through the hallway and to the neighbor’s house, confused and terrified. When they returned to the house with the neighbors, they all witnessed the sideboard shaking, more violently than before.

This carried on until 9pm so they pair decided to try and get some sleep, but, just when she was tucking her grandson into bed, his chest of draws began to sway violently. They watched in terror until it eventually tipped and fell with a smash onto the floor. For obvious reasons, they stayed at their friends that night.

The rest of the family came home from their holiday the next day to find their son and Mrs. Scholes pretty disturbed, but nothing else happened. Nothing else happened for a further two years…

Then, with no warning at all, it started again. They decided they would not be driven from their home by the spirit they had decided to name “Fred”. It was typical poltergeist activity, objects would be thrown around the house, loud crashes and bangs. When neighbors came to the house he acted up, one friend even tried to exorcise the house and Fred reacted by turning all of the crucifixes on the wall, upside down…

If that wasn´t bad enough Fred had focused on the Pritchet´s daughter, Diane. He was being slapped in the face, thrown from her bed and on one occasion he was dragged up the stairs, afterward, there were visible bruises around her throat…

Towards the end of their torment, the whole family began to see Fred. He appeared as a large man in a black robe with his hood up and face shrouded with shadow. He would appear at the bottom of the Diane’s bed and visibly drag her from it by the ankles, kicking and screaming, or just watching her sleep. Despite the numerous sightings even today no one has seen his face.

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The Black Monk of Pontefract

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” Fred ” was responsible for a lot of crazy activity during his time with the Pritchard’s. Some of it was actually a little bit funny. On one occasion Fred decided to wear some women´s fur gloves and interact with people as if an invisible person was wearing them. But after all of this activity, it all suddenly stopped… “Fred” never bothered the family again.

Since then, there have been a ton of different theories about what happened at 30 east drive.

One man, in particular, spent years researching what happened, paranormal investigator, Tom Cuniff. He discovered that between the years 1090 and 1539 there had been a small priory located close to the house and that the gallows were located on the grounds where the house now stands.

During his investigation, he found out there was a Cluniac monk, who had been sentenced to hang by the neck until dead, for the rape and murder of young girls… Funny enough, the murdered girl had been the same age as Diane Pritchard. The description of the entity they had been seeing, matched perfectly with The Black Monk.

Today

Today, the house is owned by a film producer Bil Bungay. He was the director of the movie “When the lights went out”, a story of the Pritchard’s account with the Blank Monk of Pontefract. He actually used the real haunted house for the first viewing oh his horror movie !

At first, he was skeptical, “IF the Black Monk ever existed, then surely after 40 years, it would be long gone?”. This assumption proved, later on, to be wrong…

There have been a lot of investigations here recently and this seems to have riled up the monk. During a gathering, all of the stars of the movie at the house, the neighbor Carol came along. She told the crew that the whole street had been seeing someone inside of the house, walking around through the windows… As well as strange blue lights and loud bangs. Still, Bil had not really witnessed anything to proof the existence of life beyond death, apart from some electrical faults and some strange noises.

Then, seemingly fueled by the new presence in the house, Fred really started to play up. The kettle kept switching on and “superheating”, apparently it was rising to higher temperatures than the kettle could produce, the thermostat would constantly go missing, one of the researchers got pinned down to the bed, a producer´s missing keys were found inside of the unused vacuum cleaner. The vacuum cleaner was bought as a prop, it didn´t even work. There is activity blowing up here daily, with every investigation or any visit the Blank Monk of Pontefract is showing us all why this is considered Europe´s most haunted house.

Links

http://www.30eastdrive.com/today

http://weekinweird.com/2016/07/24/behind-the-black-monk-house-the-horrifying-history-of-englands-most-violent-poltergeist-haunting/