Most Haunted Brougham Hall

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Brougham Hall stands on a site which has been a fortified home since at least 1307.

It reached it’s zenith in Victorian Times, when it became known as the Windsor of the North, and the home of the Lord Chancellor of England.

As a halfway house between Windsor and Balmoral, Brougham played host to King Edward V11 and the future King George V on numerous occasions.

In 1934 however, the hall fell on hard times but was rescued from dereliction in 1985. In the last decade, and for many years to come, Brougham has been and will be the subject of the largest country house restoration project in England.

First Broadcast: 23rd January 2007

Most Haunted Beaumaris Gaol, Anglesey

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The Gaol was built in 1829 by Joseph Aloysius hansom. A new wing was added in 1865, which helped with the introduction of the seperate system. It was the only working tread wheel in Britain, which was installed in 1867.

Prisoners who were given hard labour, were put to work on the tread wheel, pumping the water supply to a tank on the prison roof. The Gaol was closed in 1878, when it then became a police station until the 1950’s. In 1974 the old Beaumaris Gaol was opened as a museum to the public.

There were two public executions at Beaumaris. The first being William Griffiths, who was hanged in September 1830, for attempted murder. Richard Rowlands was the second and last man to be hanged on Friday 4th April 1862, for murder. Both bodies were interred at the Gaol. The gibblet can still be seen on the outer walls of the Gaol

First Broadcast: 16th January 2007

Most Haunted The Boys Hall Kent

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Boys Hall is a 17th century Jacobean Manor House set in beautifully landscaped gardens. It retains an historical feeling with its low beams and huge fireplaces. Added to this as one of England’s most haunted houses it has a wealth of stories and local legends attached to it. The owners of Boys Hall have spent the last few years lovingly restoring it to its former glory after many years of neglect.

Boy’s Hall in Kent was offered for sale in 1993 by London estate agency John D. Wood, who made a point of informing prospective buyers of its history of hauntings. The Jacobean hall in Willesborough had been the scene of many gruesome events in its 360 year history; a young Irish dandy was supposedly killed in a secret duel in the grounds after seducing an English officer’s wife. Years later a woman’s skeleton, dressed in the Irishman’s clothes, was found buried under the floor by the lovelorn woman. A woman’s ghost has since been seen drifting around the house on “certain nights”.

First Broadcast: 9th January 2007

Most Haunted Southstack Lighthouse

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Situated near the north west tip of Wales, the tiny islet known as South Stack Rock lies separated from Holyhead Island by 30 metres of turbulent sea, surging to and fro in continuous motion. The coastline from the breakwater and around the south western shore is made of large granite cliffs rising sheer from the sea to 60 metres.

South Stack Lighthouse was first envisaged in 1665 when a petition for a patent to erect the lighthouse was presented to Charles II. The patent was not granted and it was not until 9th February 1809 that the first light appeared to mark the rock. The lighthouse, erected at a cost of £12,000, was designed by Daniel Alexander and originally fitted with Argand oil lamps and reflectors. Around 1840 a railway was installed by means of which a lantern with a subsidiary light could be lowered down the cliff to sea level, when fog obscured the main light.

On Tuesday 25th October 1859 it is said that the most severe storm of the century occurred. It became known as the ‘Royal Charter’ gale, and on that and the following day over 200 vessels were either driven ashore or totally wrecked with the loss of 800 lives. The steamship ROYAL CHARTER was among these, and she sunk within yards of help with the loss of almost 500 passengers and crew. On that evening Assistant Keeper Jack Jones had been making his way across the iron bridge on to South Stack so that he could join the Principal Keeper Henry Bowen, already on duty. A rock was swept from the cliff by the strong wind, fell and struck Jones on the head. Covered in blood, almost senseless with concussion, he dragged himself up the gale lashed path. Feebly he cried out for help, then, head in hands, he lay unable to move any further. Henry Bowen found him in the same place on the Wednesday morning, groaning and unable to move, his hair matted with blood. Jack Jones died three weeks later of a compound fracture of the skull.

In the mid 1870’s the lantern and lighting apparatus was replaced by a new lantern. No records are available of the light source at this time but it was probably a pressurised multiwick oil lamp. In 1909 an early form of incandescent light was installed and in 1927 this was replaced by a more modern form of incandescent mantle burner. The station was electrified in 1938.

On 12th September, 1984, the lighthouse was automated and the keepers withdrawn. The light and fog signal are now remotely controlled and monitored from the Trinity House Operational Control Centre in Harwich, Essex.

Investigation

A flurry of poltergeist activity and the loud footsteps of angry spirits can be heard echoing around the tower. New cameraman Geoff Adams became very unnerved with noises and stones falling and being thrown.

First Broadcast: 2nd January 2007