The Haunting of Borley Rectory

Borley Rectory has been around since 1863 when it was constructed for a Reverend Henry Bull and his four daughters. Before all of this, these grounds were actually home to an ancient covenant and monastery. These grounds were already home to a ghostly nun, the locals had reported seeing her stalking the grounds. She and a monk had been executed after trying to elope. The monk was beheaded, but the nun was sealed into the cellar walls, bricked in whilst screaming and still alive… If that´s not a cause for a haunting, I don’t know what is.

The Reverend and his daughters had already seen this ghostly nun before the locals came to warn him. Over time the nun became more difficult to live with, she was scaring the children and servants too much. But they managed to stay there and the last of the Bull family died in 1928, all of whom lived in the old manor house and became used to the spirit of the nun.

After the last of the Bull family died out, the rectory was bought by another Reverend. Reverend Eric Smith, his wife and their children moved in, October 1928. They were not welcome. The activity started day´s after they moved in, it was a lot more violent than it had been with its previous owners. However, it really got unbearable when Smith´s wife found a human skull in the basement. They began to hear footsteps running in the corridors at night, hovering lights were seen in the garden by the children looking out the window, doorbells would be rung and no one would be there, not to mention

However, it really got unbearable when Smith´s wife found a human skull in the basement. They began to hear footsteps running in the corridors at night, hovering lights were seen in the garden by the children looking out the window, doorbells would be rung and no one would be there, not to mention the harsh poltergeist activity. So they called the Society for Psychical Research, who in turn sent no other than Mr Harry Price. If the spirits had a dislike for the Smith family, it was nothing compared to the way the house reacted to Harry.