Haunted Essex

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While Essex is full of beautiful countryside and fun attractions, there is a darker side to our wonderful county. An archaeological dig found the skeleton of monk who had been beheaded and buried faced down, suggesting a soul bound to hell. Many people believe it to be the spirit of the former owner Anne Lisle, although some believe it to be a nun or a murder victim from the 18th century. Other people have reported seeing the same, as well as the ghost of a huge black dog with beady red eyes.

When walking down the stairs of Billericay police station, some have heard footsteps coming up only to be met with nothing when turning the corner. Kelvedon Hatch Bunker seemed bound for tragedy from the get-go, and it is believed that an ancient burial ground was unearthed during construction. Nicholas) appears to be the focus of events and even has folk-lore attached to it – if you run round it three times in an anti-clockwise direction on Halloween, you will travel backwards in time. She disappeared one winter during a celebration in the castle grounds and her body was found floating face downwards in a river the following spring.Visitors have also reported seeing dark figures lurking at the end of hallways with a cloud of smoke and some have heard the disembodied voices of men along with the laughter of children in the tunnels beneath the building. Founded in 1110 by Robert FitzSuen, the original “Preterwelle priory” of St Mary was home to 18 monks, who followed the rule of St Benedict. Her executioners were astonished when she picked up her head and, holding it at arms length, walked to the village church, where she knocked several times on the door before slumping to the ground. Essex is home to multiple castles, churches, and manors, which the tourism board use as a significant marketing point.

One of the cleaners would see his apparition regularly whilst others would only just hear his ghostly voice talking to them. An Australian woman who stayed for a couple of nights at the tower complained that she would wake up to find herself being harassed by a pair of floating hands, not attached to anything or anyone.

When it comes to choosing the most haunted places in Colchester, there is one place that always seems to crop up – The Red Lion Hotel. It supposedly takes its name from Princess Osyth who beheaded by Vikings after she refused to renounce her faith.