Topic ID 1742
Does anyone know of any hauntings in Hertford (or even the Hertford area)?
Reply ID 21488
There's a video on the subject available from Marshall's Furniture shop in the High Street. He also does the occasional Ghost Walk as well.
Reply ID 22071
Keith Marshall is definately the man to ask............
Reply ID 22170
The video is really interesting. I watched it a long time ago but I do remember that Sheffield Pharmacy was featured and the story was pretty creepy. I used to work in Beadle House in Bull Plain (currently empty) and there was definitely something not right about that place, especially the basement. I worked with people who had seen things but I never did. With alot of Hertford buildings being so old I think you will find that there is a lot of "hauntings" and I think there is a large selection of books on the matter in WH Smith, some of which you may be able to get from the Library.
Reply ID 22177
Go to St Leonards Church at night. Now that is scary!!!
Reply ID 22787
I once worked in a phone shop in Railway street, now retail therapy. In the cellar, there was a well that if you dropped a coin into it you never heard the coin hit the bottom. Apparently this was a brothel years ago, and quiet a few ladies came to a grizzly end in that well.....
Reply ID 22806
If you want to see something scary, go to the Stonehouse past midnight.....
Reply ID 22831
quote:Right - then try going home and negotiating with her indoors when you have forgotten your door key .... That's SCARY!
Originally posted by Dude
If you want to see something scary, go to the Stonehouse past midnight.....
Reply ID 22860
Go upstairs in the Stonehouse Dude at midnight. Like a scene from Shaun of the Dead but not funny!!!
Reply ID 23073
I can recommend 'Haunted Hertfordshire' by Ruth Stratton & Nicholas Connell. The section on Hertford lists 28 haunted locations.
Reply ID 23079
Mr P, you might find this site interesting http://www.lcdonline.co.uk/index.html [}:)]
Reply ID 23082
fascinating site Forbes... I will have a closer look at some of the buildings around here now!!
Reply ID 23085
quote:This site is surprisingly up to date........ http://www.lcdonline.co.uk/index.html
Originally posted by Forbes
Mr P, you might find this site interesting http://www.lcdonline.co.uk/index.html [}:)]
Reply ID 23088
Very interesting stuff. I try to keep an open mind on such matters as I have a very good friend who's family home is that of former fascist leader Oswald Mosely and the stories he tells of hauntings and poltergeists are very chilling. The thing that occurs to me is why all these alleged apparitions always seem to be of historic characters (especially Victorian era)? Why does it seem that there are no 21st century ghosts?
Reply ID 23946
http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,2763,1382899,00.html This article mentions a haunting in Monsoon “So I decide to take matters into my own hands and head for Monsoon. Gemma, the manager, responds far more patiently to Grail-related inquiries than might arguably be her prerogative. There's no tunnel beneath the shop, she insists, "just the store room" - but it's "definitely haunted. When we have sales meetings there you can hear someone walking over our heads, or doing the vacuuming. But upstairs, the shop's closed and empty." Has she ever found anything unexpected down there? Like maybe a cup, or something? "No," she says. "But there is ... the Accessorize cupboard." She leads the way through the store to the adjoining branch of Accessorize, pushing past a display stand of silky hats towards a corner cupboard. Opening it, she points to a square piece of metal resembling a manhole cover, sunk into the floor. "We don't know what's under there. But there's a strange smell." She enlists a colleague, Jo, who has worked there longer. "Have they ever looked underneath there?" Gemma asks. "Yes," Jo replies. It would be atmospheric to be able to report, at this point, that her eyes open wide with terror, that she starts to tremble. But she doesn't. "It smelt a lot," is all she can remember. “
Reply ID 24076
quote:That would be the Foul Sewer under Gravesons then!! [:D] There's always a strange/nasty smell around there - Ghosts or Dodgy Plumbing?
Originally posted by Avery Has she ever found anything unexpected down there? Like maybe a cup, or something? "No," she says. "But there is ... the Accessorize cupboard." She leads the way through the store to the adjoining branch of Accessorize, pushing past a display stand of silky hats towards a corner cupboard. Opening it, she points to a square piece of metal resembling a manhole cover, sunk into the floor. "We don't know what's under there. But there's a strange smell." She enlists a colleague, Jo, who has worked there longer. "Have they ever looked underneath there?" Gemma asks. "Yes," Jo replies. It would be atmospheric to be able to report, at this point, that her eyes open wide with terror, that she starts to tremble. But she doesn't. "It smelt a lot," is all she can remember. “
Reply ID 24098
I noticed the following when reading the very interesting weblink Avery posted (http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,2763,1382899,00.html) "Indeed, when a group of amateur archaeologists recently announced their intention to investigate Hertford's tunnel network, someone posted a message on a local website warning that anyone who tried would be "dealt with". The message read: "Anybody intending to find out more, let alone discover hidden areas of the labyrinth, should check their life insurance policy very carefully indeed"." Were the threats alluded to in this article posted on this website?
Reply ID 24101
I believe they were posted on (and subsequently removed from) Ware Online.
Reply ID 24104
Lets not re-visit this old issue again. It's been done to death already.
Reply ID 24427
quote:Why, do you want the Most Haunted crew to come to Hertford or something? let me know if you succeed! :-)
Originally posted by Mr P
Does anyone know of any hauntings in Hertford (or even the Hertford area)?
Reply ID 24609
quote:Actually, you may be right. If this is the cupboard I think it is, the male staff toilet was once immediately above with a downpipe heading straight down. Hoovering ghosts, I can't explain, but can I get one?[:D]
Originally posted by elkiev71quote:That would be the Foul Sewer under Gravesons then!! [:D] There's always a strange/nasty smell around there - Ghosts or Dodgy Plumbing?
Originally posted by Avery Has she ever found anything unexpected down there? Like maybe a cup, or something? "No," she says. "But there is ... the Accessorize cupboard." She leads the way through the store to the adjoining branch of Accessorize, pushing past a display stand of silky hats towards a corner cupboard. Opening it, she points to a square piece of metal resembling a manhole cover, sunk into the floor. "We don't know what's under there. But there's a strange smell." She enlists a colleague, Jo, who has worked there longer. "Have they ever looked underneath there?" Gemma asks. "Yes," Jo replies. It would be atmospheric to be able to report, at this point, that her eyes open wide with terror, that she starts to tremble. But she doesn't. "It smelt a lot," is all she can remember. “