Post by Spooky on Oct 16, 2005 18:03:13 GMT
Just had a great weekend away in Gloucestershire with Melanie and we stayed in a haunted hotel called the Bear of Rodborough which has a friendly Poltergesit in the Grizzly bar. Though we didnt experience any activity the atmosphere was great and defintiely ripe for an investigation one day.
We then went to Dyrham Park and I instantly connected with a big built man in the fire place who I identified from one of the painting as William Blathwayt the original owner. There was also a lot of energy on the stairs in this place. Would be interesting to have a look if anything has ever been reported there in the main hall or on the staircase.
We then went to the Ragged Cot Inn where the story goes....
One cold night in December 1760 the landlord, a man called Bill Clavers, was driven by despair and poverty to rob the midnight stagecoach to London.
Being a cowardly man at heart he drank a fair amount of rum to steady his nerves then staggered into the freezing night with a pair of loaded pistols.
His wife was distraught and desperately tried to stop him knowing that if he was caught he would be hanged. But mad with drink Clavers pushed her roughly aside.
His plan was a success and he returned home with his booty. When he got back he found his wife dead along with the child she had in her arms.
In his drunken rage he had pushed them downstairs without realising it.
Fearfully he hid their bodies in a trunk.
It was a snowy night and soldiers followed Clavers' footprints back from the scene of the hold-up.
As they approached the inn they heard a shot from inside and a scream from Clavers.
He had seen the ghosts of his wife and child gliding towards him. The soldiers broke down the door and Clavers offered no resistance.
The soldiers themselves saw the ghosts and the dead bodies were found where Clavers had hidden them in a trunk.
He was hanged for his crimes and the ghosts of his wife and child still haunt the Ragged Cot.
www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/focus/2003/05/ghost/ghosts_ragged.shtml
Finaly ended up at Woodchester Manison today and did the tour of this magnificent unfinished Victorian home. After seein it on MH I thought it was going to be a lot larger but still an interesting and spooky place to visit.
Thanks Melanie ;D
We then went to Dyrham Park and I instantly connected with a big built man in the fire place who I identified from one of the painting as William Blathwayt the original owner. There was also a lot of energy on the stairs in this place. Would be interesting to have a look if anything has ever been reported there in the main hall or on the staircase.
We then went to the Ragged Cot Inn where the story goes....
One cold night in December 1760 the landlord, a man called Bill Clavers, was driven by despair and poverty to rob the midnight stagecoach to London.
Being a cowardly man at heart he drank a fair amount of rum to steady his nerves then staggered into the freezing night with a pair of loaded pistols.
His wife was distraught and desperately tried to stop him knowing that if he was caught he would be hanged. But mad with drink Clavers pushed her roughly aside.
His plan was a success and he returned home with his booty. When he got back he found his wife dead along with the child she had in her arms.
In his drunken rage he had pushed them downstairs without realising it.
Fearfully he hid their bodies in a trunk.
It was a snowy night and soldiers followed Clavers' footprints back from the scene of the hold-up.
As they approached the inn they heard a shot from inside and a scream from Clavers.
He had seen the ghosts of his wife and child gliding towards him. The soldiers broke down the door and Clavers offered no resistance.
The soldiers themselves saw the ghosts and the dead bodies were found where Clavers had hidden them in a trunk.
He was hanged for his crimes and the ghosts of his wife and child still haunt the Ragged Cot.
www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/focus/2003/05/ghost/ghosts_ragged.shtml
Finaly ended up at Woodchester Manison today and did the tour of this magnificent unfinished Victorian home. After seein it on MH I thought it was going to be a lot larger but still an interesting and spooky place to visit.
Thanks Melanie ;D