Index of Haunting's
Borley Rectory
The Bell Witch. Tennessee
The Amityville Horror
The The Enfield Poltergeist
Wem Town Hall, Shropshire
Roman legionnaries, Treasurer's House, York
The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall
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Borley Rectory - The most haunted house in England
The strange unexplained phenomenon at Borley rectory during the 1920s and 1930s are probably among the most famous in England.
Built for the Reverend H.D.E Bull 1863, Borley was constructed on the site of a Benedictine Monastery. Both the Reverend Bull and his son Harry passed away in Borley's 'Blue room' which was reported to be the most haunted spot in the house. Famously Harry Price leased the Rectory for a year so he could conduct his investigations with a team of researchers. The results of his detailed and lengthy investigation were published in 'The Most Haunted House in England'.

In 1885, there were sightings of a ghostly nun at the rectory. She was believed to be the ghost of a 13th century Nun from a nearby convent who fell in forbidden love with a monk from the local monastery. They paid a high price for their affair - the monk was hanged, and the Nun walled up inside the convent. In 1900, two sisters of the then owner Harry Bull, reportedly saw the Nun one day in the gardens. She has also appeared to many local people.

A phantom coach and horses has also been seen in the vicinity of the Rectory. Mysterious footsteps, doorbells ringing have also been heard by visitors.

Poltergeist phenomena have also been experienced and recorded at the haunted building. Smashed glasses and stone throwing, mysterious writing on the walls and people being thrown from their beds by an unearthly force have all been reported. Harry Price also held a séance in the Blue Room and claimed to have contacted the spirit of the Reverend Bull.

In 1939 Borley was destroyed by a fire and the ruin was finally demolished completely in 1944.

Note: We will soon be adding a main section to this website on Borley.
For more info on Borley check out harryprice.co.uk

The Bell Witch. Tennessee
One of the most famous haunting's in American history is the Legend of the Bell Witch. An evil spirit tormented the Bell family, family members were scratched, and blankets were pulled off beds. 12 year old Betsy Bell was frequently slapped, kicked, and pinched. John Bell believed a strange force was of eerie menace had moved into his home. The evil spirit identified itself as the 'witch' Kate Batts. Batts have been a neighbour of the Bell's and who John Bell had business dealings with in the past.

John Bell soon fell victim to bouts of strange illness, to which the ghost of Kate claimed responsibility for. While he was in his sick bed the spirit cursed and pinched him not allowing him rest and recover. On his death the ghost screamed in triumph, even at his funeral she appeared laughing and singing as Bell was laid to rest.

Bell's death did not however make the ghost witch disappear. She returned to plague Betsy Bell, for several years, and also John Bell Jr.

The Amityville Horror
Now considered an elaborate hoax, The Amityville Horror is a very well known haunting that has even been the subject of hollywood horror films. in the 1970's George and Kathy Lutz claimed that their family had fallen victim to horrifying paranormal occurrences at their home. Wall's that dripped blood, flying demented pigs with eyes that glowed red, a pit that led to hell in their cellar, and an attic infested with flies. It is fact however that Ronald DeFeo shot and murdered his entire family in that house in 1974.

The Enfield Poltergeist
In 1977 a small semi-detached council house in Enfield, North London, became the centre of an investigation into poltergeist activity. After hearing strange shuffling noises Mrs Harper and her three young children became alarmed. Unexplained knocking on the walls, and furniture moving across a room by its self frightened them further. The Harpers contacted SPR (Society for Psychical Research) for help. Investigators captured the event of a chair being flung across one of the young girls bedrooms. The case even made front page news in the Daily Mirror, and the poltergeist phenomena continued within the house. Interference with the electrics, knocking on walls and floorboards, blankets torn from the beds, and even accounts of the children levitating in mid air - pulled from their beds by a forceful entity. A strange rugged male voice would take over one of the little girls, its language often obscene. It claimed to be several different identities including a man called 'Bill' who said he had died in the house. Sceptics argue that this whole case was a hoax, made up by the woman and her children to gain media attention.

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Wem Town Hall, Shropshire
Tony O'Rahilly took a photo (It was taken with a 200mm lens) of a fire at the Town Hall on 19th Nov 1995. On processing the image he was shocked to find the image of a young girl of ghostly appearance standing in the fire. The photographer did not see the girl when he took the snapshot, so her appetence in the photograph is a mystery. She is thought to be connected with a previous fire that occurred in 1677. This incident was caused by a young girl called Jane Churm, who accidentally started a fire with a candle - which set alight the thatched roof.

"The negative is a straight forward piece of black-&-white work and shows no sign of having been tampered with" Dr. Harrison, president of the Royal Photographic Society.

The photograph can be seen in the 'Ghostly Photo's' section of this website.

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Roman legionaries, Treasurer's House, York
The Treasurer's House (behind York Minster), was built in 1419. Harry Martindale an apprentice plumber was installing a new central heating system in the cellars in 1953 when he heard the sound of a horn. He continued to hear the Horn but carried on working up his ladder. Suddenly and without warning a cart horse ridden by a disheveled Roman soldier, appeared through the wall. The carthorse was followed by several looked weary and miserable Roman Soldiers carrying short swords and spears. Harry couldn't see the soldiers from below the knee and he realised that they were walking on the old Roman road buried 15 inches below the surface. The ghostly troop had been seen several times in the past. Roman foundations have been found (Beneath the Minster) and York was inhabited by the 9th Legion of Rome.

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