- A Team of paranormal investigators claim a South Cheshire
town is home to more ghosts, ghouls and apparitions than anywhere else
in the country. The ancient town of Sandbach has been described as a "paranormal
hotspot" and a "centre of psychic energy" by the experts
from Ghost Haunted North East, based near Cleveland.
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- A team of ghost hunters accompanied by a medium visited
the town to investigate spooky goings on at the Old Hall Hotel.
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- Gordon Teasdale, chairman and chief investigator, said:
"We were amazed by the level of paranormal activity in Sandbach. Not
only was the hotel haunted, the whole town was very exciting.
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- "It's because of its great age and the things that
have happened there in the past.
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- "We came down to investigate the Old Hall Hotel,
and we found evidence of 14 different apparitions.
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- "Our medium started picking up on vibrations a couple
of weeks before we even came to town. When he arrived the first thing he
did was race across the road to St Mary's Church, where he uncovered the
gravestone of a woman who apparently used the tunnel from the church to
the hotel for her work as a 'lady of the night' hundreds of years ago."
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- The spooky hotel was featured on television recently
as one of the most haunted places to stay in the country.
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- The building dates back more than 600 years. Owner Sue
Hall said: "It was originally built in the 14th century, but burned
down and it was then rebuilt in the 16th century for Sir John Radcliffe,
who can still be found prowling the corridors."
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- Sue claims she has seen Sir John herself on three separate
occasions. She said: " At the last count there were 14 different apparitions
discovered here, including Sir John, a lady dressed in a beekeeper's outfit,
and a large number of poltergeists.
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- "Shadowy figures are seen and things have been known
to fly across the room. Furniture moves, doors open and close and cutlery
drawers are rearranged. But it's not frightening, they seem happy to live
alongside us."
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- Ghostly apparitions and strange findings were also uncovered
at Scotch Common, the site of a famous battle in 1651, when a band of bloodthirsty
Scotsmen returning from battle in Worcester descended on Sandbach. But
the marauding invaders were driven out by the people of the town and scores
of Scottish troops lost their lives.
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- The Lower Chequer Inn, built about 1570 and reputed to
be the oldest building in the town, is home to another ghostly presence,
known simply as 'You'.
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- Mr Teasdale said: "The Old Hall Hotel, and in fact
Sandbach as a whole, is probably the most haunted place we have visited."
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- The group, which is dedicated to investigating supernatural
activity and has worked all over the North of England, is planning a return
trip to the town this summer to carry out further investigations into the
unknown.
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