The Black Monk of Pontefract: The World's Most Violent and Relentless Poltergeist

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The story has captured the attention of the press again as an apparent photo of the Monk was captured last year. Nick says he was drawn to the house after investigating a haunted home in New York, after which he believes a ghost from the property followed him back to his own home. On one occasion, Diane was grabbed by her long hair and violently dragged backwards up the stairs kicking and screaming the whole way. Number 30 East Drive, on the Chequerfields Estate, East Yorkshire, became home to the infamous Black Monk of Pontefract. J., may contain visual evidence of a child in the attic, but its alleged history as a mob hangout have Nick and Katrina questioning if all the spirits they encounter are that innocent.She added: "I sent the photo to a friend in America without giving her any information about where it was taken or the history of the house, and without knowing anything she said straight away it looked like the arm of a monk. Experience what some claim to be Europe’s Most Haunted House with us and get the chance to spend the night with no additional cost! Ordinarily poltergeists aren’t known for causing grevious bodily harm, and although Fred caused a few bruises and scrapes and lot of heart stopping scares, in particular to Diane – seemingly the focus of the haunting – it is rare for a poltergeist to become excessively violent and cause physical harm. The young girl was standing at the bottom of the stairs when she felt a strange sensation, her long hair started to stand on its end. Jean, Joe, Phillip (15) and Diane (12) Pritchard moved into Number 30 East Drive, Pontefract in August 1966.

I cooked my way through the shock of my husband walking out on me:They'd been married for 23 years and had.The Pritchards, were Jean and Joe and their two children 15-year-old son Philip, and 12-year-old daughter Dianne. This isn’t your average haunted house; we strive to give our guests an exciting paranormal slumber-party atmosphere!

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It's also said that a stream or brook used to run through the site of the house, no such stream is shown on any old maps, they would usually be marked in at least one version of maps of the area over the years. However, other theories state that there were never monks in the area and that the name derives from his appearance. Already unnerved, when Scholes and her grandson saw what seemed to be white powder fall to the ground from out of nowhere, it was enough to convince her to leave the property.

Nick, 37, had another paranormal investigator over to his home – which he has since sold – and she told him the spirits had come from Hinsdale House.Almost immediately, during the hot summer Bank Holiday, Phillip and his Grandmother first witnessed a baffling phenomenon – a fine layer of chalk like dust falling not from the ceiling, but from a level below head height. The Pritchards’ description of a figure wearing what appeared to be monk robes now made perfect sense. When Rene's sister-in-law's sister Jean told her about the supernatural happenings in her otherwise unremarkable Pontefract council house, Rene became a regular visitor to watch the supposed paranormal activities.