Samlesbury Hall
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Samlesbury Hall
Tucked away in a hidden part of the countryside is one of britain’s most notorious and dangerously haunted buildings. Samlesbury hall has had its fair share of horror and misery. Suicide, murder and demonic worship. This building also lies on top of abnormally powerful ley lines, intensifying the activity and attracting the attention of some of the most famous ghost hunting teams internationally. Demonic activity, shadows, slapping, shadows, screams. Prepare yourself for one hell of night.
Ghost Hunt at Samlesbury Hall
Ghost Hunting At Samlesbury Hall
Ghost hunts in Samlesbury hall are a once in a lifetime experience. One of the most actively haunted locations in the world, with both angry and evil entities attacking and scaring guests witless. Although this building in itself has all the tell tale causes for a haunting of the more malicious kind, this building was built on top of ley lines, ley lines are lines that run around the earth that project electro magnetic energy. EME Is what ghosts use to manifest themselves, apart from this power source is never ending end incredibly strong. Ley lines run through very few buildings in Britain of indeed Europe. But whenever a building is on top of one of these lines it attracts ancient worshippers of pagan gods and often the pagan gods hear them and then on refuse to leave.
Almost all of the rooms in Samlesbury Hall are haunted but the most active room in the hall is the great hall. There is a lot of history in this hall and even more activity. The blood spatter from where a monk was beheaded still stains the stone, the owners have tried replacing the floor several imes only to wake up to the exact same stain in the exact same spot. Guests have been slapped by unseen hands or dragged to the floor, and the majority of them agree there is an evil feeling in the place. Shadows or full body apparitions are no strangers to hall either and often captured accidentally by phone camera, but some of the best activity we see in the paranormal world is that which we have caught by accident.
The grounds of Samlesbury Hall are equally active if not more to the inside. A women can be seen dragging a child kicking and screaming across the lawn, leaving no trail and disappearing into thin air. Screams and shadows just as inside are also seen.
But perhaps there is a little known account here in the grounds of the hall, the account of a guest who would not reveal his identity tells us of a evil looking man with black eyes, no teeth and an eye patch driving a carriage led by 6 black horses with a coffin in the back of the carriage. The carriage driver stopped looked down,straight into the man’s eyes, smiled and drove away. Shocked the man asked the manager who the stranger was only to learn that none of the other guests or staff knew of him or had seen him.
So the man fled in terror back to his hotel, in the elevator he noticed a elevator attendant in full uniform, sure he hadn’t seen one the last time he was there. He spoke to the attendant who then turned around. It was the same man who was driving the carriage, his screams filled the hotel. Sounds like a scary story right ? The elevator cord snapped taking both the attendant and man with it, 9 stories down.
Samlesbury Hall is a location like no other. With its own unique and terrifying experiences to be had yourself. But as you have read the demonic forces here can follow you home and cause havoc. We warned you.
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Ghosts Of Salemsbury Hall
Ghosts Of Samlesbury Hall
. Joseph Harrison
. Dorothy Southworth
. Three Murdered Men
. The Monk
. Demonic Entity
. Unknown Women & Child
Samlesbury Hall is famous for its sheer amount of activity, Anger, fear and pure evil are all emotions we can associate with Samlesbury Hall. Possible demonic forces are at work here, drawn by the buildings traumatic past, feeding off the negative emotions. Ley lines are said to intensify activity allowing the spirits to draw electromagnetic energy to manifest themselves easier which would also attract demonic activity or old pagan gods to interact with people, well i say interact. Although it is impossible to confirm due to lost records it is believed that the notorious leeds witches took haven in samlesbury performing rituals of all sorts, possibly summoning the demonic force. Whatever is here you can be sure its not hesitant in showing its or themselves.
Joseph Harrison is a previous owner of the infamous hall and sadly after running up a huge debt, he decided to take the easy way out and hung himself in the great hall. It is said he is attracted to women with long hair. Often Pulling on there hair or gently stroking it. One women claims that on her way down to breakfast she saw a man hanging from the rafters, terrified she ran to tell someone only to discover upon her return there was nobody there.
The Priest Room within in the Great Hall is haunted by the spirit of a monk who was dragged from his hiding place and decapitated where he stood. His blood still stains the floor and even when the owners have replaced it again and again the stains reappear.
Dorothy Southworth was the daughter of a lord who took residence in this castle, she had a love affair with a young lord from a rival land. Her father and brother greatly displeased forbid her to see him. So the young lord came to find his lost love, only to find the brother and father with armed men. The 3 intruders where slaughtered and the remains hidden within the walls only to be dug out hundreds of years later. Dorothy Southworth was then sent to a covenant where she eventually lost her mind with grief and died shortly after.
Dorothy is said to scream and cry through the night, and often shows herself as the white lady crying in one of the many corners of the hall. There is avid poltergeist activity occurring every day here. People being slapped bare in the face mid day by unseen hands and being dragged to the floor. Who is to blame ? The three angry men buried in the wall ?
The demonic force here was either summoned by the supposed witches or attracted by the unusual amount of energy this building gives of, or ofcourse both ? One things we can be certain of this building promises activity to anyone brave enough to investigate.
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Samlesbury Hall Location
Ghost Caught on Camera Salemsbury Hall
The White Lady
Most Haunted Salemsbury Hall
Ghosts and murder at Samlesbury Hall
Samlesbury Hall is a grade II listed building, registered as a charitable trust, rich in history and one of the most haunted buildings in England. The Hall welcomes visitors and offers ghost investigation evenings.The Hall was build in 1325 and left independent ownership as late as 1925 when it gained its trust status. The first hall was destroyed by soldiers loyal to Robert the Bruce after the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314.
At least one owner of the hall killed themselves. Joseph Harrison bought Samlesbury Hall in 1862, but spent too much money entertaining guests, got badly into the debt and shot himself in 1878. Before Joseph the hall’s owner, John Cooper, leased the building a boarding school for girls.
Samlesbury Hall has been investigated by a number of professional ghost-hunters from the UK and abroad. In this video (1m44) the BBC narrates some of the more popular stories while the American ghost-hunters set up their equipment. There have been many deaths at Samlesbury Hall in its 700 year history.Most Haunted (series five) investigated the hall. Derek Acorah was possessed by a spirit calling herself dorothy. While possessed Acorah refers to ‘father’ and ‘the devil’.
Samlesbury Hall is haunted by a white lady. The most common belief is that the white lady is Dorothy Southworth (or Dorothea Southworth), daughter of Sir John Southworth. She fell in love with the son of the neighbouring Protestant noble family. Despite the families refusing to let young lovers meet, they continued to do so in secret and planed to elope. However, on the night of the escape Dorothy’s brother killed the not only the young noble man but two of his accomplices.
Dorothea is said to have gone insane before dying at a convent abroad. Three human skeletons were found hidden in the walls of Samlesbury Hall and this seems to add credence to the story.Historic records show that Sir John had no daughter called Dorothy. However, Sir Thomas Southworth did and she would have been Sir John’s sister. Another haunting is that of two ghostly figures. At times a woman is seen dragging a child behind her. This famous sighting has been successfully captured on camera phone. At about the 29 second interval of this 1m06 video a ghostly outline clearly passes the screen. Could these two be a woman and child who died at Samlesbury Hall?
The Priest Room within the hall is said to be haunted by the angered spirit of a decapitated priest. Murdered during the reformation the priest’s blood still stains the floor where he fell. Joseph Harrison had the entire floor replaced but the blood still appears and is often photographed by visitors today. Haunted Heritage Tours may have a clear photograph of this ghost.
Joseph Harrison himself haunts the hall. After killing himself in 1878 continues to remain in the building. The sounds of footsteps in the Long Gallery are said to belong to him. Harrison is also said to like woman with long hair and there have been reports from visitors with long hair of something unseen stroking or pulling their hair.
A slightly less well known ghost story from the history of Samlesbury Hall is of a guest of the hall witnessing a six horse funeral carriage out on the drive. The dark driver of the hearse looked up and deep into the eyes of the guest. The driver, it seems, was missing many teeth and had a patch over one eye. The frightened guest returned to dinner only to discover that no one else had heard the sounds of the horse drawn hearse, or seen anything, even though it would have been right outside.
A week later the same man was staying in a hotel in London. To his shock the lift doors opened to reveal the same one-eyed and toothless man wearing the uniform of a lift attendant. He panicked and fled from the lift. Seconds later and with a terrible crash the lift tore free of its cables and smashed into the ground floor taking the spooky attendant with it. The hotel manager confirmed later that there was no lift attendant employed by the hotel.
In Pure Spirit
The interesting thing about the story of the phantom hearse driver is how this apparition seems to represent death – first the hearse and then the crashed lift. Was the ghost trying to warn the guest? Was the guest simply sensitive and able to see the ghostly premonition? It is also interesting that this ghost may have followed the Samlesbury Hall guest out of the Hall and to another location. That’s not common and suggests an entity with a lot of power. Could it have been a demon?
A geomantic analysis of Samlesbury Hall and its location suggests the area is a nexus of spirit power (some might say ley lines). Geomancy is the technique where the markings or thrown handfuls of soil on the ground can be analysed for significance. It is used from Africa, to Korea to Europe and by such teachings as the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
Samlesbury Hill may be a good location to attempt contact with a powerful spiritual force – either through Ouija, voodoo doll or poppet. A poppet is a folk-magic and witchcraft instrument which represents a person and is used to cast a spell on that person. The common perception of voodoo dolls (technically known as vodou dolls) rose from the European tradition of poppets. The intent behind the poppet is to infuse magickal or spiritual energy into whomever the effigy represents. In Samlesbury this energy may then be used to assist in communication.