Palatine Hall and 2 Dalton Square are adjacent buildings; number 2 was once the home of the infamous doctor Buck Ruxton. Ruxton was once called Bukhtyar Rustomji Ratanji Hakim. He was born in Bombay, India, on the 21st of March 1899 and was a Parsi – according to tradition, therefore, descended from a group of […]
Is there something evil in Morecambe Winter Gardens?
Morecambe Winter Gardens is an old theatre with an unusual style of haunting. It is said that the building, which dates back to 1870 and sits on the front pier of Morecambe, has a good side and an evil side. The stage in the main auditorium, in particular, is subject to this ghostly divide. It […]
The mad ghosts and tweets of Inveraray Jail
This is the second time In Pure Spirit has written about Inverarary Jail and hauntings. In May of this year, we had a copy of a ghostly blur caught on camera in front of “Cell X” in the Scottish jail. We were also able to report that Ghost Finders Scotland had good samples of Electronic […]
Friends of Hecate (FoH) and Clapham Wood
Friends of Hecate is a British occult order that was brought to public attention in 1987 in the book The Demonic Connection. The book was written by Toyne Newton, Charles Walker and Alan Brown and linked the Friends of Hecate to Clapham Wood. Charles Walker described an incident in the woods in which he had […]
British Government invests £10m in Stonehenge
The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport – Ben Bradshaw – confirmed today that the British Government will pump £10,000,000 into a new visitor centre for Stonehenge. The English Heritage is pleased about this, as you might expect, and their Chairperson – Baroness Andrews – said; English Heritage is delighted at this financial […]
Is Thorpe Park’s SAW ride haunted?
The bosses of Thorpe Park have suspended six members of staff and called in an exorcist. They believe that an Ouija board session the six members of staff conducted in the ride may have left the rollercoaster haunted.
The SAW ride at the amusement park is based on the horror movie franchise. It can be pretty scary. Allegedly, staff at the centre decided to use the Ouija board after the opening night of a Halloween themed “Fright Nights”.
Shortly afterwards guests are believed to have started to report paranormal happenings on the ride. Bosses believe the two events are related… but it can’t be ignored that this would also be a wonderful PR story for the park. If it is a PR stunt then suspending the six members of staff is, perhaps, extreme.
The White Lady of Speke Hall
Speke Hall is an historic Tudor house accompanied by impressive and beautiful gardens. The main part of the house was built in 1540 and construction continued throughout the years including a change to the laundry area in 1950s. Edward Norris made the last significant change in 1598 by adding the northern range.
The famous families of the house include Watts, Beauclerks and the family Norriss. Speke House is currently run and owned by the National Trust.
Ghostly Reedy of Apsley House
Image by VA Wolf via Flickr The apparent haunting of the Apsley House bar in Southsea, Hampshire, is unusual. The building, which was once a Victorian girls school and then offices uses by the city council, appears to be haunted by a ghostly bar tender that re-fills pints. Janice McCormack told press, “I know it […]
Grenoble Road’s The Priory haunted
The Oxford pub, The Priory, is one of the growing number of pubs to step forward with tales of haunting for the press.
Writing for the Oxford Mail, Emily Allen documents everything from a headless horseman to the slightly more usual scratching and tappings.
The Priory was once home to an order of Benedictine nuns but is now run by Tim Rackley as a local watering hole.
In 2004 and 2005 archaeologists found the skeletal remains of several children. Mr Rackley admits it was a bad year for the pub, not only did his dog Snoop keep on bringing bones into the pub but the number of incidents was higher than usual.
Is the Yarborough Hotel in Grimsby haunted?
The Yarborough Hotel in Grimsby was built in 1851 by the Earl of Yarborough. The Earl was the chairman of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company who recognised there would an increase in trade in Grimsby when the new railway linked it into the growing network.
The hotel, now a J.D. Wetherspoons pub, is perhaps best known as the location of the Yarborough Riot. During the political riots it is through that voters were kidnapped and held in the hotel.
P.P. Paranormal, a team of experienced paranormal investigators based in North Lincolnshire, contacted the Yarborough Hotel manager Nathan Gregory with a request to investigate the hotel as they believed it was haunted.
