Ghostly goings-on at the hall are reported to include footsteps and sobbing in a drawing room, a Victorian woman seen on a staircase and a 1940s airman spotted in a kitchen. Many visitors and volunteers have also smelled pipe smoke in an old kitchen and a hint of cologne has been detected in another drawing room.
In the war room, a story uncovered a war veteran who has something to hide and makes unsuspecting guests & team members feel very uneasy. Tables & chairs moving violently along with dark shadows seen, even a little girl has been seen hiding under the chairs in this room.
The library has seen a respectable gentleman very proud of his space with piano keys being played and constant taps around his desk.
The servants corridor serves a menacing feel but has totally the opposite with orbs seen setting off equipment and even a maid with a sad story to tell. Taps and bangs along with crying has been reported by our team & guests alike.
The long gallery has witnessed a full apparition, was this Bridget Talbot a close friend linked to a former family of the hall. Also a darker presence has been felt on this level, with staff being pushed down to the floor along with guests having physical nose bleeds. Is this a negative energy or a misunderstood spirit communicating with us?
Also in the ship room, taps and bangs have been commanded on response along with ghostly footsteps heard by our guests.
What will you uncover when the lights go out??
Haunted by a young Laundry Maid named Lucy. Lucy was said to have been in a relationship with one of the Pennyman gentlemen, and rumour has it that they would secretly meet in the washroom. The story goes that she became pregnant, and that was when the deatedly deed was done - he attacks her. She suffers a head injury and, heartbreakingly, goes home to die. We think she was around 25 years of age when this happened and lived locally.
The spirit of Lucy has been picked up on numerous occassions in the past.
Nunnington Hall is believed to be haunted by the ghost of Lady Nunnington, whose dress is heard dragging up and down the staircase. When the sound is investigated, it tends to stop. Doors are known to open and slam shut in the dead of night, with no explanation, and the sounds of weeping have been heard throughout the night.
Nunnington is reportedly active throughout, with sounds of children whispering even coming from the attic!
A dark, shapeless mass has been seen in the panelled room, entering the room through a wall, slowly moving over the bed and out of the room through the window. The sound of a terrified scream has also been heard coming from this room. The door has also been known to open and slam shut.
In some of the ground floor rooms, people have often heard the sounds of a party going on, but the sounds can’t be heard upon investigation. Again, children’s voices have been heard, and books have also been known to fly across the room by an unseen force.
What will you uncover as we enter the lives of people from previous times, experiencing not just the world they lived in, but their feelings and aspirations.
What was life like for a Georgian child playing in the market place? A harassed Victorian mother looking after large family? A child at the end of the 19th Century on their first day at school, or an evacuee stepping off the train at the start of WW2? Richmondshire Museum is filled with many historic artefacts that have been collected over the years.
With a tale of a woman suicide told regarding an illicit affair, heartbroken she was found to have hung herself within the building and still resides here looking for her love.
Footsteps have been heard wondering around, is this the maid wondering around looking for her one true love? A lady has been heard crying and screaming out for help.
The sound our children have been heard laughing and running around along with other children scared of something.
Smells of purfume, smoke and TCP have been documented along with Uniformed spirits that lost their lives here.
A secret, dark entity has also been picked up who has a very dark history that will do ANYTHING to keep all the story’s of this historic house a secret.
Growls, snarls, guttural groans, an evil laughter, coughing to name a few verbal sounds have been heard by many.
Reports of being grabbed by unseen hands, cold spots of a huge change of temperature have been noted. Drainage of batteries along with many shadows have been seen.
With a plethora of activity, It’s no wonder that Elmwood is one of our firm favourites and only with LVI Team can you try to uncover the many secrets that reside at this beautiful and historic building.
This once school has many reports of locals of being strange. A figure of a woman wandering the grounds have been reported countless times, footsteps heard on the stairwell and even a story of a witch that was killed by her estranged husband. Her presence has been reported countless times. An angry spirit presence in one of the outer rooms has been reported to even push unsuspecting people off their chairs. An RAF man has been seen wandering in the corridors of this creepy building. Would you be able to last 4 hours inside this reputed haunted location?? What will you uncover when the lights go out??
