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Hallowe'en Hauntings #100
Posted by Viv Wilson on 29th October 2025 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall spa hotel,barons eden,ghosts,ghostbusters,Hallowe'en,paranormal activity,spooks,attic,candles,seance,ouija board,ghouls,scary,the exorcist,nightmare,All Hallows Eve,All saints day,period drama,history,downton abbey,my dad bought a mansion
Going to sleep in a big old house is quite scary when you’re young but going to sleep in a big old house that’s haunted is even more scary!! As we approach Hallowe'en my mind has gone back to that first winter at Hoar Cross Hall and all the scary things that happened - and that was without any trick or treaters in those days! We quickly realised that we weren’t the only inhabitants of the house when we moved there in the 1970s. Every time there was a windy night I could hear a window banging in the attic – all night long it kept me awake. The next day I would go upstairs to the attics to close it but there would be no windows open or even loose....Ghouls Galore! #85
Posted by Viv Wilson on 17th October 2024 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Barons Eden,my dad bought a mansion,amazon,history,stately home,ghosts,haunting,ghouls,attic,Victorian,Christian,halloween,pagan,spiritual,Library,mirror
Going to sleep in a big old house is quite scary when you’re young but going to sleep in a big old house that’s haunted is even more scary!! As we approach Hallowe'en my mind has gone back to that first winter at Hoar Cross Hall and all the scary things that happened - and that was without any trick or treaters in those days! We quickly realised that we weren’t the only inhabitants of the house. Every time there was a windy night I could hear a window banging in the attic – all night long it kept me awake. The next day I would go upstairs to the attics to close it but there would be no windows open or even loose. They were all tightly shut as...
Things That Go Bump In The Night! #3
Posted by Viv Wilson on 1st August 1970 in Early Days | hoar cross hall,ghost,attic,living in a stately home
THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT: Going to sleep in a big old house is quite scary when you’re young but going to sleep in a big old house that’s haunted is even more scary!! That first winter at the Hall was like that. Every time there was a windy night I could hear a window banging in the attic – all night long it kept me awake. The next day I would go upstairs to close it but there would be no windows open or even loose. They were all tightly shut as they had been for 20 years. I remember standing there in the attic rooms, the hairs prickling the back of my neck and quickly legging it back downstairs! On other nights I would hear peopl...Ghostbusters #8
Posted by Viv Wilson on 1st February 1973 in Early Days | hoar cross hall,hoar cross hall blog,viv wilson,ghostbusters,scary,movie,story,ghost,ghost hunters,meynell,ghost stories
...as only a scary movie that was the reason for the phone call! Fortunately, they were about to leave and were soon home; I had never been so glad to see them in all my life!
Many years later when I visited the Hall with my mum and two of my children, the staff were telling us about a room in the basement that always had a chilly atmosphere and where the door always got stuck for no reason and sometimes they heard a child crying inside. So, (I thought) it’s still here then – so glad I don’t live here anymore!
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Posted by Viv Wilson on 28th October 2018 in Blogging | hoar cross hall,ghost,Meynell,ghoulish,suits of armour,mysteries
...THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT! Going to sleep in a big old house is quite scary when you’re young but going to sleep in a big old house that’s haunted is even more scary!! That first winter at the Hall was like that. Every time there was a windy night I could hear a window banging in the attic – all night long it kept me awake. The next day I would go upstairs to close it but there would be no windows open or even loose. They were all tightly shut as they had been for 20 years. I remember standing there in the attic rooms, the hairs prickling the back of my neck and quickly legging it back downstairs!
On other nights I would h...
Things that go bump in the night #3
Posted by Viv Wilson on 8th September 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,ghost,meynell,apparition,ghoulish,attic
...THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT! Going to sleep in a big old house is quite scary when you’re young but going to sleep in a big old house that’s haunted is even more scary!! That first winter at Hoar Cross Hall was like that. Every time there was a windy night I could hear a window banging in the attic – all night long it kept me awake. The next day I would go upstairs to close it but there would be no windows open or even loose. They were all tightly shut as they had been for 20 years. I remember standing there in the attic rooms feeling a tingling down my spine and goose bumps all over as I felt the atmosphere closing in on me - and...