Borley Rectory most haunted house in england

[derek1969able]

njpurling. if the rectory had survived, the clergy would probably have downsized it.

[derek1969able]

if i win the lottery, i will rebuild it...

[derek1969able]

has the site of the rectory been built on?

[NJPurling]

The house was sold to a Captain Gregson after H. Price's tenancy.

It is supposed that the fire was due to a accident with an oil lamp. I can't imagine the village having any electricity at the time of the war. The Rectory probably didn't have mains water for a long time as there was a well and a big pump in the yard.

The Rectory was a huge place. I can imagine the church was glad to be rid of a building that was a PITA to keep. Imagine keeping an identical building damp free and heated today

[markyp19]

i read all prices works on borley rectory when i was a child it scared the shit out of me i became obsessed about this place. creepy

[429Cage]

I do believe that the Borley Rectory case conducted by Price is probably my favorite documented investigation of a haunted house.

[xAniMaLLx]

went there yesterday around the churchyard. nothing creppy happend :/ should do a ouija board there!

[429Cage]

In fact, Price was a famous debunker of many magicians, a friend of Harry Houdini, AND an accomplished magician who funded most of his research himself. Many people neglect the fact that Price raised the SPR's animosity by joining The London Spiritualist Alliance among other things.

[429Cage]

All discredit afforded to Price is based on a biased SPR report of his investigations. Much later another SPR member published a more balanced account of what Price did, stating that there was no evidence for fraud on Price's part.

[TheMarcusQuin]

pause at 1:27 - look at the floating ghost above the cross tombstone to the right of the interviewee.

[FuNdAmEnTaL0707]

@TheMarcusQuin lol If you look its not a ghost its a tree branch & leaves moving with the wind

[dretety]

my balanced view is based apon reading all the facts on both borley and price, put down your crayons and try reading a book chum.

[WSPICOTC]

@dretety all the FACTS? oh well if it was in a book written by somebody who didnt know him then it must be true... you win ;)

open your third eye and allow yourself to believe...

[dretety]

a crappy fraud perpatrated by that thief, cheat, lier, scoundrel price...utter crap

[WSPICOTC]

@dretety bit harsh,

did you know him? or are you just basing that on your stupid narrow minded views?

[steveJ1957]

Good video !!  :-)

[wa5iyx]

As a six-year old (USAF dependent) in Aug 1953 my parents and I had about a 15-min visit inside the Church (they just gave us the key to it) and signed the visitors' registry. The most impressive thing in there was the Waldgreave family tomb effigies. Wish we'd taken our camera. I see from here (and elsewhere) that the Church grounds are kept in much better shape than they were back then.

[mintwithahole]

@wa5iyx If you had mentioned the word "ghost" or "haunting" they would have refused to even talk to you! The locals are fed up to the back teeth with visitors trespassing in their search for spooks. Incidentally, a lot of members of parliament live in the area!

[rickster348]

is the church still open? Is there a congregation there?

[WILKO50]

@rickster348 yes

[evilgameshow]

i went there today i heard monks humming as soon as i went towards the window we climber into the barn across the road where the rectory was and the noises in their were fernominal it is so strange to know that half an hour drive for me in the most haunted house in england but i must say it is fasinating and if you ever get the chance go there :)

[ShinyHappyPurple]

I'd love to camp overnight on the Borley Rectory property.

[bradleyboy24]

hi i have a group on facebook i wud like ppl to join and add there thoughts about borley i went there wif to friends and see some verry crazy stuff please join thanks BRAD

[dannydmangillz]

whats weird is one of the ghosts apparently wrote a message saying the house would be burned down and that mr. price would find the body of a nun. and exactly one year after this, sure enough, the house burned down and what was found? a skeleton. i dont know about everyone else but im staying well away from this place!

[mintwithahole]

What a lot of people dont realise is that when the rectory burnt down the ghosts seemed to move across the lane into the church where the apparition of a nun was seen. But just down the lane not far away was another equally haunted church, Langenhoe, where a ghost nun was seen, and both buildings stood on land once owned by the Waldegraves...

[PompeyDane]

@mintwithahole

Langenhoe Church stood near the Essex coastline at Mersea Island, some 25 miles from Borley. So not exactly "just down the lane". You are right about the connections though. After decades of neglect it was demolished in 1962. All that's left now is an overgrown graveyard.

[OmegaWolf747]

What year was the documentary filmed in? Some time in the 70s, I'd guess. That Borley Rectory sounds creepy.

[SPERANZA65]

@OmegaWolf747 It was from 1975, still a creepy place to this day

[WSPICOTC]

Yes, this place burnt down and what was left was demolished... after they dig up the cellar they found bones

[asianvicky8811]

@WSPICOTC for real they found bone in the that house

[BlazedGhostTV]

and its been rebuilt it now 

[tracid303]

didnt they burn this place down?? or was it another haunter building in england?

[beastman2234]

the name and picture makes me too freaked out to even watch it X{

[itsdaniyeaa]

i only live down the road from Borley Rectory lol

[beastman2234]

@itsdaniyeaa

im sorry :|

[itsdaniyeaa]

@beastman2234 why are you sorry lol!

[beastman2234]

@itsdaniyeaa

i dont know :\

[concernedagain]

Me and a few friends went to borley years ago, we didnt see anything, we didnt have the information at the time to let us know that borley isnt there anymore..:( it was an empty field? but we did go onto the church grounds which i believe was opposite to where the borley house was, not that scary in the early 90's :)

Peace

[STEPHENWRAYSFORD33]

For the strange sounds heard inside the church. I have a scientifc explanation, the cooling of the cement that holds the church up caused certain sound to be emitted by the contracting and expanding cement walls. The building was probably inhabited by rats as well causing more noise.

[TheDudeingtons]

did you hear the one about the 2 gay ghosts? they put the willies up each other.

[nowyat]

It's wonderful to see such an old video preserved on YouTube! Borely aside, it is a preservation of people's speech and manners from a previous decade.

[Kelly14UK]

@nowyat I know your comment's a year old but yeah, I prefer this old fashioned approach to broadcasting.

[Colletteville]

but wasn't it in our local paper a few yrs ago that it was all complete crap about it being haunted ? i believed it til then but now i am intrieged but not a total believer any more ! there is a book aparently that it anin't real ?

[STEPHENWRAYSFORD33]

I'm sure there are books that where the author will set out to try and convice you it was haunted and there may be books which want you to think it wasn't. What matters is for you to look at the evidence and to decide for yourself.

[Mentalelephantwoot]

did you know that i am borley my self it is very cool to be apart of this thing

[stumanlivo]

england is the bullocks

[Mujoukan]

My dad lived in a cottage close to Borley Rectory when he was in college (I think it might have been the Rectory's cottage) and he's a logical man; very scientific. Things kept happening in the cottage that he just couldn't explain-- things going missing & then being found in obvious places, whenever they invited girls over the entire cottage would become freezing & unable to heat & there would be footsteps.

The strangest thing was that dad didn't question any of it and he questions everything!

[87cadillachearse]

Engalnd sux.

[naganokumas]

Ghosts?

I saw nun.

The infant bothers me.

[Vampima11]

what happened to the infant

[naganokumas]

"The infant bothers me." is a quote from one of the 'ghost' scriblings on a wall in the old refectory.

I'm not sure, but I think it made reference to a little girl who once visited.

How is she now? I have no idea.

The scriblings on the wall are not shown in this clip.

I can't make any suggestions as to where you might find an image of them, nor can I suggest any meaning.

The 'nun' bit was an attempt at a quip.

As the story goes, a nun was also meant to be part of the ghostly attributes.

[amaya8182]

I saw a rectum once, not a rector

[xeasternxz]

amaya8182, you must have been looking in the mirror!!!

[dustbunnieboo]

How many places claim to be "the most haunted house in England"?

[TwiStEdPhSyC0]

if u didnt hear in the beginning he says "ONE of the most haunted houses in the country" =]

listen to 0:29 - 0:33

[southernfamble]

NEXT HYPE FAM

[me1648]

hi if i saw a ghost yer i would beleve more but if i did see a ghost i cry coz it would be 2 scary lol

[oldbag699]

that wouldnt be unusual in those days and who wouldnt be unhappy lookin at that rector

[mond2806]

My Grandad was brought up in that house when all the supposed haunitgs were taking place! But he was very young

[southernfamble]

did the ghost tamper wiv him ?

[mond2806]

Not i know of lol. He was like 1 or 2 years old

[southernfamble]

ok wicked fanks for replying your a great person 5*

[nextunes]

this video is creepy

[smokinstickybudds]

is this house still there?

[kernowfem]

The house burnt down years and years ago. 1939 i think..

[motorcrosser12]

yeh but is there stil reamains

[kernowfem]

No remains...the land has been built on with several bungalows. The only thing thats still there are the very old gates to th ewhat used to be the rectory garden..

[motorcrosser12]

LOL that means the bungalows are proberly haunted now!

[kernowfem]

who knows, possibly, im not sure if any of the residents have reported any phenomena. The church is still very haunted, and creepy.

[666scarlett666]

I think it is

[waldenhouse]

I live in a haunted house, but our lady doesn't do anything bad; she just stands and looks and then walks away. Her description has been verified by a 80year old man who lived in the Village and whose Mother used to look after her. So we know who she is. Ut's great especially whe we have people to stay! Don't know whether or not to mention it when we sell.

[lubylu312]

I was reading this story in a book last night. :O

We drove up there and had a walk round at midnight a couple of years back. I didn't see anything, but believe me, I was scared.

[Rawlinson18]

I've lived in a few haunted places,the whole place was banging and my name was being said over and over again, cold breath on my face and then we moved to another place , exactly the same, oh well perhaps it's Me.

[doreenruthclark]

how old r u? was wondering on your spelling

[DropDeadBenji]

It Really Ain't That Scary, At All

[joker666dead]

I live near Borley too and at night, got drunk before because i rather go in there without being too realistic of what will happen or what I will hear.WEnt with friends at night secretly through barrieres and I heard many things, crying,noise and felt remorce for something i didnt know what.

[arcticfox1]

I wonder if the site is located on a ley line or perhaps where two ley lines converge. There have been many reports of apparations and supernatural phenomena in places where lay lines cross and/or converge. Maybe somehow they focus the 'energy' (magnetic? electric?) around them and that this somehow produces sights and sounds that cannot be explained?

[emilytodd28]

Do you know what fascinates me..... the fact that theres no smoke without fire. Scientist still cant give a proper reexamination as to what went on when they investigated that property.

[kernowfem]

It would be extremely difficult to re examine the investigations at borely due to the fact that the rectory is no longer there, but i have heard that the land on which it stood still has paranormal activity going on, borely church also is still said to be haunted. Harry price left all his documentation about the investigations at borely to a university somewhere, i would love to get my hands on it and have a good read through,although i believe a new book is to be published on it in may 2009...

[kernowfem]

This story has fascinated me for years. Yes, many books discredited harry prices investigations, but lets face it, surely theres no smoke with out fire? Numerous neutral people witnessed the phenomena at borley, not just the occupants. Regardless of whether harry price and his investigations were genuine or not, far too many happenings were being reported long before mr. price became involved with the building. what a shame it's no longer standing.....

[MollyMaytee123]

aha we did this at my school in drama XD

[jamesjeffreypaul]

I'd love to visit the site when next I'm in the UK. But as for the story's veracity: have you read the 1955 book THE HAUNTING OF BORLEY RECTORY by Hall, et al?

[jamesjeffreypaul]

Thanks for posting this. But the Borley story has been thoroughly investigated and pretty much discredited.

A great legend, though!

[th3b0untyhunter]

sorry but i disagree.

harry prices rubbish has been discredited, but the haunting of Borley was reported well before Price got involved and indeed well after as well.

ive actually visited the site several times.

we never saw anything as such, but and i swear this is true - we did hear organ music from isnide the church opposite at 2am and climbing up to look in the windows showed no one inside

[DropDeadBenji]

I Live Near Borley(Y)

It's Shit At Night Nothing Happens

[ItsOkReally]

I love near Borley too

...stuff happens! Its scary!

[mager258987]

i want to spend a night there!

[maemisakura08]

thats scary!..holy s**t!

[Steeleperfect]

Thanks for posting this. When it was first shown, I was five, and it led to my lifelong interest in ghosts.

[punkgrl388]

wicked!!!

[tyivproductions]

i bet the dude who saw the ghost outside his window this is how it went:ahh what a nice day

ima eat some apple jacks *munch*holy &%#$ who are you and why r u frowng havent had enof apple jack?=D

[wassasge]

XD i think you're right!

[ddrgeek1987]

i can smell a really bad commercial around Halloween involving ghosts fucking around with kids and saying "why do you eat that damn cereal if it doesn't have fucking apples in it?" or something like that XD

[ShadowSaint001]

Yes! Pure Genius! I'd love to draw that as a comic. XD No worries, you'll get credit for the idea. X3

[polarhercules]

fail

[KevWorldProductions]

Hi everyone, the Borley rectory walk thru video will be here soon. I am just awaiting my computer to be shipped from the UK to New Zealand, then I will complete the video and post it here. lol, I am over 11,700 miles from the place but it still has a grip on me!

[nasratfatty]

It's still fascinating, but i've been there about 3 times, and all are disapointing. there's simply nothing to see. ilkinond is absolutley correct.

[KevWorldProductions]

OK it does not seem to matter if you believe, or not, in Harry Price and Borley rectory -- a quick glimpse of all the comments on here shows that the enigma of this subject is well and truly fact. I am fascinated with the whole thing just because it continues to create so much opinion across the world. I have recently re-created Borley Rectory digitally. If anyone is interested I can post a video walkthrough of the model up on YouTube.

[LosBee]

Yeah that would be very interesting. What did you use to create the model? I also find the story of Borley Rectory facinating and have read a few books on the subject in the past.

[LosBee]

Yeah that would be very interesting. What did you use to create the model? I also find the story of Borley Rectory facinating and have read a few books on the subject in the past.

[phantomangel21]

I'd like to see the walk-through

[222ferrett222]

harry price who investigated borley, was known to fake stories and stretch the truth until it became stupid. the smiths daughter was barmy too.

[catdanielle1996]

i'm english but boreley rectory you know the ghosts went to the church that is just well freaky

[tomasz1641]

Ahh... the activity transferred to the church after the rectory burned down. The ghosts evidently had a good business sense.

[Khazzrak]

is this house still there?

[amktx]

no you imbecile!

[crazygrl465]

borley rectory is so cool!!!! have anyone ever been there before????!!!

[ilkinond]

I visited Borley in the early 80s. The rectory had long since disappeared, but the church was still there of course. It was a sunny autumn day, not many people around. The place felt a little quiet and sad, but mainly peaceful, and there was a strange 'medieval' sensation to it as well. Surrounded by gorgeous English countryside. Sadly we didnt see any ghosts or experience anything unusual.

[crazygrl465]

oh thats sounds cool tell me more!?

[ilkinond]

Well that is it really. We went into the church for a while - it was unlocked and there was nobody around. One of my friends 'prayed' for something ghostly to happen but it never did. It really is a tiny village. We saw no ghosts, just soaked up the vibe of the place for a bit. Without the imposing presence of the rectory, it is a peaceful, if somewhat lonely place, green fields and small buildings. I whatever was there has now gone.

[crazygrl465]

oh that sounds cool i would like to visit there some time!

[ilkinond]

Are you from the UK? You might be disappointed if you went there. There isn't much to see or experience any more.

[crazygrl465]

no i live in the usaa

[MCastleLD]

That is a really good clip. I have been fascinated by Borley Rectory since reading about it when I was about ten. Harry Price's works seemed very well constructed and used very rigorous qualitative research methods. He minimized 'observer bias' as we know it now very effectively.

[helderm]

Sometimes people believe in what they WANT to believe. Fox Mulder anyone?

[phantomangel21]

That may be, but if someone says that they have had paranormal experiences, that doesn't make them crazy or a liar just because other people have not had those same expericences. You can't disclaim something you've never experienced.

[georgesturdy]

its apity its burnt down there was another house on montpellier road ealing were loads of suicides occured by people jumping from the belltower but thats gone too

[elliedave]

ive been there.... it was burnt down and as it was burning, spectators from the village saw all the spirits leaving the house. the organ is often heard being playing in the church which is still standing but i think this is residual energy.

[Faeden]

I love Peter Underwood books, they are how books on hauntings should be written unlike the claptrap you see today.

[matjohnjudge]

You mean full of lies as opposed to the truth?

[Faeden]

Lies? Do you have proof of this? :)

[matjohnjudge]

Do you have proof that they aren't lies?

[Faeden]

It was you who made the accusation, therefore it is up to you to provide proof of your claim, I never made any claim other than I love his books. But if you want evidence go to my website its full of it.

[marksam82]

harry price was a mental fraud,he bled the media hype jade goody style from borley and many other sites,ghosts hunting was like big bro in dem days. read Louis mayerlings "we faked the ghosts or borley" good read. I live 10 mins from borely any questions I'll answer best I can

[barringtonbank]

Harry Price is not a fraud, because a lot of poltergiest activity started when Harry Price appeared on the scene many years after.

[markboylepotb]

Price was caught by a Daily Mail journalist throwing stones at him, but Price used the laws of libel at that time (very much in the favour of the one pressing the charge) to gag umpteen people & the press. Borley Rectory probably WAS haunted (there were tales of a ghost cat long before the nun saga started), but the quick buck merchants turned it into a bunco booth. The second Price arrived (at the behest of the Daily Mirror), all hell broke loose with poltergeists. 'Nuff said.

[westrichard]

Peter Underwood is a fraud as was his hero Harry Price

[markboylepotb]

"Yibble yibble, I'm a teapot"

The spirit of Luna Lovegood is alive and well indeed.

[barringtonbank]

There is now a bungalow on the sight. Only the church is there now, and that is now locked up to stop the tourists going in. Their should have left Borley Rectory alone when it caught fire instead of knocking it down, as a souvenir and for sentemental reasons.

[markboylepotb]

They had to knock it down. The site was dangerous, and there'd been problems with lights appearing inside the building. Whether that was the ghosts or locals having a laughter is unknown, but during WW2 all it would have taken was some German bomber on an "Intruder" raid to decide to use it as a marker to dump their bombs off on & that would have been the end of Borley village.

[westrichard]

Read my recent biography of Harry Price - Harry Price: The Psychic Detective. Price's own archives contain documents and letters from Price to others which show that the Borley legend is a load of old hokum, as is Peter Underwood, I'm afraid.

[barringtonbank]

This comment is for markboylepotb. Thank you for your email. I did not think about the second world war, when I read your comments. You have made a couple of good points there.

[westrichard]

Hmmm, it was dangerous so had to be demolished you goon.

[barringtonbank]

I am convinced that Borley Rectory was haunted, I have never been to Borley Rectory, and I have never been to the sight. I have read Harry Price's Books including his biography and I believe everything he said, that Borley Rectory was haunted.

[markboylepotb]

Really?

Would you like to buy some tins of genuine tartan paint from me?

[westrichard]

Read Harry Price: The Psychic Detective by Richard Morris. A fantastic forensic portrait of the old fraud

[zark212]

I have read both books on this house and they were exellent. There were soem truly bizzare goings on at this place including a seven foot phantom who attacked a guest in the middle of the night.

It amazes me that most haunted team never vist?

Or why a modern day film was never made.

Shame it does not stand anymore and only the church is left.

[markboylepotb]

You are thinking of Sandford Orcas instead, which had the ghost of a 7 ft tall footman who had a track record for rape when alive. A lot of the Borley Rectory claims seem borrowed from the incidents at Willington Mill, Hinton Ampner, & especially from at Amherst : the latter surrounding one Esther Cox, who was a cousin of...wait for it...Marianne Foyster!

[barringtonbank]

This comment is for markboylepotb. Thank you for your email and your comments. Whether Harry Price was a fraud or not we shall never know. However, I wasn't thinking of Sandford Orcas as I have never heard of the place. Your information is very interesting and very informative. Thanks again.

[markboylepotb]

The bit I said about Sandford Orcas was for Zark 212. You need to keep the threads view open so you can see what comment is being replied to, rather than viewing them in linear fashion.

[barringtonbank]

This comment is for markboylepotb. Sorry about that, it's just that You Tube sent me an email saying that someone has replied to your comment on Borley Rectory. Sorry for any misunderstanding. I shall slap my wrists for that.

[ghosttrain2066]

I thought it burned down years ago?

[luci64]

My friends and i went the other night. Couldnt find it as it was pitch dark and got lost through the many counrty lanes. We were more scared of the chavs following us in their cars!

[accelerator1]

Thanks so much for sharing, got anymore?

[bagshitass]

thnx for the clip,i would love to see the whole episode as i have red about this for years-as for hoax-who knows?!

[Kristhor]

hoax?! xD lol what a dumb ass! of course it's not a HOAX

[bagshitass]

you seem quite sure-have you been there and seen a ghost? lol!

[delgirl111]

i once performed in a play based on borley rectory i played Eric smith (dont let my name fall you i am actually a guy lol)

[realismtube]

i have been 2 the church, last week infact ! was pretty weird, thought i saw a figure walk between 2 bushes, was far away, no1 was around? ,,,, heard a scapin inside the church when i put my head to the door. and i mate thought he saw footsteps in the grass, when it was dark??>

[Mikeol2006]

I live about a half hour drive from borley, and me and my friend drove there a couple of times. once in the day, once at night... Lemme tell you, its still quite scary even though its most probably a hoax.

we were sitting in the car on the side of the road at like 2am and we crapped ourselves lol

[fuckwithfire1984]

I've been reading about borley rectory for years, and would love to visit it some day. i'm a believer.

[roxasdestiny]

Great for u man,though it's gone now.

[forbiddenbreath]

Well, the Borley Rectory facts prove that it wasn't a hoax because Harry Price made himself a number of enemies within the SPR and it was thoes people who were saying that this was a hoax just to discredit him. I should know because I know everything about the place and even have family ties there

[westrichard]

you really should read my book about Price, Harry Price: The Psychic Detective. The legend was a clever fraud, I'm afraid

[markboylepotb]

It's already been done by the likes of Trevor Hall and Colin Wilson.

[jamesjeffreypaul]

I've read the books by Hall et al--THE HAUNTING OF BORLEY RECTORY, FOUR GHOSTS, and NEW LIGHT ON MODERN GHOSTS. They pretty well discredited Price and many of his investigations.

Is your book available in the US, sir, or will I have to get it from Amazon-UK?

[jhfKilltron]

Borley rectory I want to see it in person some day and prove it's all a hoax

[B251]

well tough it burned down ages ago, and everyone knows it was a hoax

[MaffMoose]

Yes in 1939, but you can't really say it was a hoax anymore than you can say it actually happened. I've been up there and didn't feel partiuclarly spooked but who knows what really happened.