Hi All,
Recently visited Oxburgh Hall, such a lovely building and weather was brilliant.
While viewing the room next to the picture room I sensed something while looking at the huge 'silver' mirror hanging above the fireplace.
The hall itself seemed poorly lit and I gues this might be a way of protecting valuable antiquities?
Anyway, I got speaking to a guide and enquired if there were any known hauntings, apparently there are. A spanish lady who frequented the hall was found dead in the moat below. The moat is not a defensive moat, but is stocked with fish for eating purposes.
The family are Roman Catholics and it is against their religion to commit suicide. So, when he told me that he could not say if she slipped, fell, was murdered or committed suicide - I thought that was interesting. She is suppossed to haunt one bedroom in the north wing upstairs. When I went upstairs and passed a door with a picture of a young carmelite nun, I began to feel physically sick and got a terrible headache. Once I left that area having had a good look at all the windows, the ill feeling remained.
What surprised me is that each window is tiny, there is no way this lady could have slipped or fell unless she had managed to wedge herself through the window and even then she would have had to have been standing on a chair! Perhaps she was fishing :). If the story is true then I can only consider murder!
I am interested to know if any of you have visited the hall and heard a similar story or experienced anything in the north wing?
The priests bolt hall was something else - despite feeling claustrophobic I squeezed myself down and into the hidden room. What a shame it is that the use of a camera is denied!
Hi Sans
I have not been to Oxburgh Hall. But I have heard that its quite haunted. The sudden headache at a location , feeling sick & shivers is a usual sign of spirit being near. All depends on which of these that the spirit brings to you.
I remember when I first went to the Spiritual developmet classes that afterwards & most of week, all I needed to do was sleep. Very tyred. Being in contact with spirit for the first time can without doubt sap your strenth.
I hope to get to Oxbugh Hall sometime in the future & yes I have heard from people that have visited it, that it is a lovely place.
Well it has to be Murder or Suicide. As you said. Slipping & falling would have been impossible.
I found your write up very interesting.
Thank you.
Best wishes
Eddie
Hi Eddie,
Hope everyone is keeping well?
Firstly, I spelt the name of the hall wrong :) it should read Oxborough!
The hall is a beautiful building. The story of the spanish lady is not well known as the owners needed to retain their staff in days gone by. Suicide would not have been impossible but, very difficult given the size of the windows and then there is the religion to consider.
Visited Warren Lodge at Thetford Forest. I read somewhere that the lodge and the woods around that area is haunted by a man who lived at theWarren. He had leprosy and the job was ideal for him, ensuring that poachers and game keepers did not bag rabbits. This bit of information is not displayed at the lodge itself.
My friends and I were quite surprised when we looked back at the pictures taken in daylight. There is no access into the lodge itself and you can view the inside by peering through the iron bars. Lots of pictures of the building were taken from the outside only. On one picture there is a slit of a window and it has a disfigured face from the forehead down to the upper chin of a man looking directly into the camera. All the other pictures are normal! A face is definetely there, it is no trick of the light or an illussion. I am only glad I did not see this face at the time.
Just a thought really, I wonder if places such as these halls would permit us to stay overnight to do a ghost vigil if we approached them with the idea of doing a sponsored ghost vigil in one area only that is known to be haunted. The money raised could then be given back to them as English Heritage/The National Trust are into profits big time. what do the rest of you think?
Warren Lodge is only 5 miles down the road from me. I have been there quite a few times & I have most certanly felt a pressence there but never caught anything on camara.
I would love to see the photo, it sounds quite amazing.
As far as Halls is concerned I think that there would be quite a charge for ghost hunters. Halls, castles & other old buildings. In this day & age the people that own these places know that there is big money to be made as far as ghost hunting is concerned.
I put this down to Great Britain no longer existing. However Greed Britain is alive & well in this day & age & have taken over from Great Britain. Oh its true, Its true, Its darn true.
Write again soon. Its tea time
hi sans
i think that would be a great idea and i would love to come along , raising money towards our heritage is very important, for historians and ghost hunters!!!!
jitters!!!!!
i wouldbe very interested in joining u on this it would be great to also raise much needed funds for the heritage
jitters
Hi Eddie, Hi Jitters,
Before I forget Eddie, can you tell us what you know about hauntings at Oxborough Hall?
If I had known you were only 5 miles down the road from Warren lodge I could have cheekily called round for a cuppa :)
Were you aware of the story regarding the man who haunts the place and what did you pick up about the presence? I do think he may have died there also, cannot say for certain as my memory cannot recall all the details.
If we ever get to meet I am more than happy for you all to see the photo, I don't think it can be displayed on this forum and I would not have any idea as to how to go about it!
Regarding doing a possible sponsored g/vigil and bearing in mind that The National Heritage are interested in big bucks - perhaps they might consider it. I think it would be a good idea to decide which hall to consider, meet up and then make contact and if agreeable, decide on sponsorship forms. It did occur to me that instead of people donating whatever they could afford, perhaps the stakes would need to be raised with a beginning level of say £50.00's upwards? Would also need to consider publicity such as radio & press & the numbers of people attending would need to be born out simply because of the location - can't have hundreds in a stately building! I have not got the foggiest about what else might be expected assuming we could get national trust interest, insurance comes to mind, but I am willing to give it a whirl, simply need to know what others are considering and how we would go about delegating and doing? Perhaps a meet in a pub somewhere for a friendly ear bash?
Jitters - lovely to hear from you also and I look forward to your ideas/suggestions. I might be nuts, but, if we could pull this of it would be amazing - all would benefit. Hey, we could even give the Most Haunted crew a run for their money and show them how to do it properly :)
watch out i may turn into evette lol but then i dont want my bogies on camera would be great if something could be worked out, sponsership would be a great idea, im sure my family would pay for me to stay in a haunted place overnight ha ha it would be great just for the experience
dont know what happened with my last replies but you got two anyway!!!!!!! gremlins
Hello Jitters,
Oh no, we cannot have two Yvettes, one is bad enough...I think a gagging order comes to mind :) Well, okay to the occassional scream, could also arrange diapers :)...I might need some too!
I have sent you an email Jitters and as you will be aware I have and am still experiening pc problems. I/Explorer often denies me access to web pages - http error 403 & 404...it is an ISP problem, but a tough one. Probably something to do with my websites & construction of.
So, let me know if you get the email ok.
Cheers.
yes i got your email and have sentyou one back with loads of ideas, gagging may be needed but only if i see myself in a mirror at night, dontknow why but thats the only thing that creepsme out, not sure about the diapers us ladys!!!!! weartena pads lol andas you may have read one yvette is too much andi dont say did you hear that or didyou see thatvery realistic not
Have not too much info on the haunting. Except that a Spanish lady by the name of Diana & her dogs are supposed to haunt the Hall.
It is said that Diana died in a myterious way. Back in the 16.00s.
I have to say that I feel that £50.00 is way too expencive, as this would put the price way above poorer peoples budget. I would have said £25.00. At the most.
Many people that have a love of ghost hunting would be put off by that amount of money (£50.00), Myself included. (sponsoreship or not)
I would have gone for a strait £25.00 entry fee, each person
. What has to also be looked at is, mostly firends travel in pairs & sometime more in a group. With a price of £50.00 those people would have to make £100.00 for two people. Thats quite a bit of money. I'm afraid that I would look at that price as a rip off. Weather spaces would be full on the on the night or not.
Having said that. I myself would not be able to make it on the night, do to problems with travel.
Now then. Where is that duct tape. Giggle
The story of the spirit of Warren Lodge is less productive than Oxbough Hall I'm afraid. All that I know is that he haunts the place & that some night you can hear a peicing scream coming from the lodge.
Many people that have gone to the Lodge at night ghost hunting have vowed that they would never return.
It seems from what I have been told that the haunting peak at midnight 2nd of July, each year.
Oh why is it always Midnight. TUT. Quite amazing that.
I picked up quite a nasty sensation from the lodge.
One thing that is known. In Tudor times Rabbits were highly prized (Ritch have, poor have not) & many wars broke out between the local poor people & the Warreners, Who were put there to protect the dead rabbits
Have you ever seen a 19.30-40s horror movies? With the villagers brandishing pich forks & what ever they could lay their hands on that would hurt someone? Well that would have been the scene.
So quite possibly people would have died in the raids.
One thing that I did forget to say about the planed ghost night.
By law you can not hold a public event without first aid coverage. Some organizes of diferent events try to get away without this & have done so. However their luck can only run so far.
I hate to think what whould happen if anyone got badly injured & no First aid coverage was there on the night. Possibly Hell to pay. The person injured may (after being told that there should have been first aid in attendance) take leagal action.
Besides. First aiders have loads of plasters & bandages, Just perfect for a gapping wound or a Yvette wanna be. Giggle
Eddie - thanks for your write ups they were very informative.
Interesting about the spanish lady at Oxborough Hall, you said she was called Diane and had dogs. The worker i talked with at the hall said her name began with a letter 'M', cannot remember what exactly...sounded a bit like Margarita? Would be interesting to find out a bit more about her origin and I kick myself now for now considering to ask the question - where was she buried?
I did go to Warren Lodge for the first time about 4-5 yrs ago and that was at night time. The place then did have a spooky feel about it and so did the woods. I am not sure whether the atmosphere was real or psychological? During the day, when I recently returned, the feeling is one of being watched and I got the same feeling when we did a night vigil there.
Thanks again for the advice regarding first aiders - for my sins i am a qualified nurse and would hope that I would not have to deal with a serious injury or a case of hysteria - totally understand where your coming from. Again, you raised a valid point about the fees, which we will need to take into consideration.
Its an exciting prospect. Jitters and I look forward to more views and interest from others....we would like to get a group together.
In that case I would say that you have the First aid side covered. Excellent. I hope that you can understand why I brought this up. I did not want to see you all get in to problems
No Idea where she was buried. Maybe a search of the local record office may pay dividends. Worth a try.
I will have a dig on the net & see what I can find. I was told that the lady was called Diana & the she haunted the place with her two dogs but do to the person at the hall telling you of another name, the info that I got maybe false. I will have a look around.
I would recomend that No one but No one, go ghost hunting at night around Thetford.
The Warren Lodge & the Priory are the top favorite haunts for the loacal Drugy community.
A few years back a group of ghost hunters had all their equipment stollen after the druggys attacked them. No doubt that the items stollen went to pay for more drugs.
So be warned.
The Medieval fish pond beside the Priory have now been drained of water by the councel, after too many syringe needels were washed up on the edge of it. This was do to it being a danger to young children picking up the needles.
Sad but true
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