Haunted Essex

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Built during the 1860s, the Coalhouse Fort was utilised during World War One and World War Two before being used for storage before it was eventually sold to Thurrock Council in 1962. There have been reports of a female officer in the hallway, a mischievous entity, and a young man often found in the engine room. Most of the strange things that have been reported have been heard from the tunnels that lay beneath the building. The same child has been seen at a private house on Ashburnham Road, which are yards away from Gordon Road. Although there has been few visits, paranormal teams reported noting numerous energies and extreme changes in temperatures.

She disappeared one winter during a celebration in the castle grounds and her body was found floating face downwards in a river the following spring. She was hung along with another woman who was suspected to be a witch and it is of popular belief that their Essex ghosts now haunt The Cage. The poltergeist has been known to turn water taps on and off, unlock doors, hide household items and antagonise animals. Witnesses have reported seeing an apparition of an old man dressed in a 1940’s suit and others have seen a white ghostly mist. I always sleep with the sheets untucked, so I was a little confused to wake up to find the sheets had been tucked in while I was snoozing.Without doubt there are some scary sights and chilling old buildings that would test the very bravest visitor at night time. The village of St Osyth is said to have taken its name from Princess Osyth who was beheaded by Vikings after she refused to renounce her faith. It is said that he dragged the young woman kicking and screaming down into a disused tunnel beneath the pub where he had her bricked up, presumably under suspicion of being a witch! Haunted Houses Events Ltd formed in 2014 and is one of the most experienced ghost hunting providers you can find. She felt she was being watched and all of a sudden she could smell a strong old fashioned floral perfume.

Locals often report the sounds of marching and sword fighting, even on nights where The Strood is flooded by the tides. Many visitors are put off their popcorn when they're told that the kind old porter who guided them to their seats is actually the resident ghost. An angry man has been reported in the library, as he doesn’t like strangers in the house, and a young girl often appears in the drawing room when the piano is being played. There have been reports of loud noises and growls heard in the Hatch as well as stones being thrown at guests by phantom beings.In fact many visitors to the theatre have been shocked upon finding out that the man who was often showing them around was actually a ghost.

Also, as it’s ideally located on the outskirts of London, a lot of the city’s gangsters were believed to have murdered people and dumped bodies here. In the 19th century, the Essex castle was used as a hideout for smugglers and some of these smugglers were said to have been spooked by a ghostly lady dressed all in white. The Rose and Crown Hotel dates back over 700 years and is the oldest hotel in Colchester, which is the oldest city in Britain.He has been seen walking in full armour around the house and its long staircase, and he is haunting the house presumably because it was not built exactly how he wanted it. However, there are countless stories of the prisoners failing to make it back out of the prison alive. Epping Forest Epping Forest, Essex – home to stories and legends surrounding gangsters, Romans, and highwaymen.

I am agnostic about the Borely Ghosts but the legend of the eloping nun being walled up alive is garbage.Everybody loves a good old haunted pub, and it certainly seems like Colchester has more than its fair share of those! The police station in Colchester, situated in the centre of town, is built on an ancient graveyard that dates back to AD 5. The secret nuclear bunker at Kelvedon Hatch is a large underground bunker maintained during the cold war as a potential regional government headquarters. The next time you visit the palace theatre if you start to smell the peculiar stench of tobacco followed by the feeling of a cold hand pressed on your shoulder, you may have been visited by the old theatre manager.