(1/2) Borley Rectory Ghosts

[derek1969able]

heres an interesting thought, what if the rectory had survived the fire? the area would have been awash with people just staring at it, the last owner had this problem, then there was that convienent fire, its as if it had to be.

[Electricca2]

thanks you tube for a great lot of true stories keep up the good work...

[chloekat3]

scarily their cgi ghosts look really real lol

[FurbolgFrenzy10]

This is such a small village.

[timmy1980able]

lol at the acting

[randomdave30]

@timmy1980able lol at your comment!

[Schizophrenia222]

wish they had good shit like that here in america, we dont have any awesome old buildings with 140 year old ghost. some of your buildings are as old as america itself, damn :P

[SueStar112]

2:14: "Mrs Smith" looks so calm at randomly finding a human skull in a cupboard...

[jonnylawrence010]

Strange...but trrruuueee.. god this was scary when I was younger.

[LaarsHead]

It's unthinkable that this isn't true.

Aspel wouldn't put his name to anything that wasn't 100%.

[WokOne171]

does anyone know when this show was made? it looks early 90s late 80s

[MadcapMan]

@WokOne171

Mid 90's I think

[Svenkrone]

ZERO dislikes? That must be a record?

[429Cage]

@Svenkrone Ha! I think someone disliked this just to spite your comment. Haha.

[Svenkrone]

@429Cage DRAT! I should have said nothing!! ;-)

[429Cage]

@Svenkrone Haha!

[necromanzee]

the church is haunted the house isn't but has weird accustics and harry price was caught with rocks and cellophane in his pockets and at one point stated the house was haunted by marianne forster but not anything paranormal.

[tittylips12]

The only thing frightening in this video is the hammy acting. Amateur Dramatics has a lot to answer for.

[illSkillJoey]

You can just look at that place and tell its ridden with spirits

[flyingdamingo]

it amazes me that in over 50 years no one living in the house never noticed a skull in a cupboard? Thanks so much for the upload

[Belapixels]

O apresentador tem cara de assombração...

[vainlylillian]

4:05-4:07-- I WANT those SHOES!! lol

[flyingdamingo]

@vainlylillian me to : ) right I am off to ebay! : )

[sail1948]

This is bollocks. It was proved to be a hoax many years ago.

[paramanjara]

@sail1948 I was just about to post somethign very similar about it being a hoax. The bloke that faked it all confessed to it being bullshit. He'd have a pocket of pebbles and chcuk them and go What was that!? Much as they now do on Most Haunted!

[Clinton0707]

Reading about the Borley Rectory made me believe in ghosts

[backlikevertabrae]

They just don't make shows like this anymore. Thanks for uploading.

[kisbie]

The video effects may have dated, but Michael Aspel's voice still spooks me.

[elektroindi]

Whats the most haunted house in England now...

[alexander3826]

@elektroindi I think its now Chingle Hall

[elektroindi]

Thanks, what happened there...

[HarryP92]

One of the first Rev. Bull's son was a medical student. That's where the skull in the cupboard came from. The house in the video looks nothing like the real rectory.

[Eviltot]

@HarryP92 I doubt it would, considering the house burnt down.

[dirkwestwood]

This tv series"strange,but true"is shown on freesat station"showcase"occasionally.­it was similar to another series from the 90s,"ghosthunters"

[ganados0]

I just started watching it and might be way off but I remember the story of a driver sitting in the kitchen reading a newspaper seeing a disembodied hand floating in a doorway, he is said to have ignored it.

[bcoy1para]

very elaberate hoax , the man made money out of it also.

[jaseyboy]

You could make a fascinating movie about certain characters in the Rectory's history without even mentioning the paranormal. Marianne Foyster is a particularly interesting personality (she was apparently having an affair with a sort-of handyman staying about the place and together they used the supernatural history to explain away situations like him being found near her bedroom, or the bruise on her face). Also, 1 of the Bull girls kept a diary giving an interesting peek into 19th century life.

[mintwithahole]

I have all these on video.

[cunt3d]

smoke moar cones

[MrCoolgreek]

Interesting how Mr. Stephen feels the need to keep leaving his little comments under the pretext of being some sort of "rational" speaker. The pseudo intellectual comments he leaves are what is truly childish. If you have no interest, why waste your time youtubing these things? The lady doth protest too much, methinks... I don't believe in UFOs either, but I firmly believe there is life elsewhere . To make a blanket statement about these matters is the height of arrogance and ignorance.

[MrCoolgreek]

This is the most famous case in England, if not the world. If anybody is interested, I have a list of Borley books for further reading. The newest book by Peter Underwood just came out. Called The Borley Rectory Companion. Great for people both new to the case and for long term followers, its essentially a Borley encyclopedia. Has historical info newly turned up about the Bull family and the previous buildings on the site. This is a GREAT little documentary!! Let us know when its out on DVD!!

[STEPHENWRAYSFORD33]

@MrMonist yep, pretty much all children find ghost stories scarry & excitting. Same goes for UFO abduction, spiders, monsters and other things. Children believe in Santa because the rational, logical, part of their mind is not fully developed, the same is true for belief in ghosts. I'm not sure I'd even say I wish there really were ghosts. I wouldn't want to exist forever, I'm sure I'd get bored pretty quick. Ghost stories are good fun for children though and probably don't do any real harm...

[plasmalux]

@STEPHENWRAYSFORD33

"Children believe in Santa because the rational, logical, part of their mind is not fully developed"

But adults do not claim to be seeing Santa Claus - those with no prior beliefs are seeing Ghosts, however, which inclines me to lean towards the idea that ghosts are anomalies rather than the fantasy quirks or the imaginings of credulous brains. Of course, science will never investigate these things because science views this topic as fringe or woo - bluesky hell.

[STEPHENWRAYSFORD33]

@plasmalux you make some good points. I don't see any way science could prove or disprove ghosts. Nothing can be disproven, there may be a lochness monster, even though it doubt it's existance. As far as I can tell, few people 'see' a ghost, more common is weird nosies or an unexplained light in a window. Humans evolved & are social animals, the brain is hard wired to see faces, in clouds or folds in curtains. This may lead people to see a ghostly face in a window or a dark room.....

[plasmalux]

@STEPHENWRAYSFORD33

You make some good points too, sir. Apparitions, ghosts, call them what you may, kind of remind me of TLP events - transient lunar phenomenon. These mysterious glows are often seen by amateur astronomers, yet science regards them as largely unexplained due to the infrequent and unpredictable nature of the sightings. The main area of the Moon where they are seen is Aristarchus - however, like ghosts, try as you can to hunt them and they never show up...

[STEPHENWRAYSFORD33]

@plasmalux Also i've read most ghost sightings are at night, this is a problem becaues human mind is tired, eyes do not opperate well. Humans seem to have a natural fear of the dark too, you see this alot in young children, whatever culture or race they come from. Fear leads to a hyper senstivie alertness, which can lead to mistakes in judgement, especially if in a 'haunted house'. In conditions like this, it is very hard to remove all of these factors and get down to the real objective truth

[STEPHENWRAYSFORD33]

@MrMonist Hey! This show used to be bloody scarry when I was a boy. I used to run behind the sofa when a ghost appeared.

[randomdave30]

I've been to Borley Church I have! I've been to Borley Church I have! I've been to Borley Church I have! I've been to Borley Church I have!

[Biscom]

Why is the sound on these SBT videos so poor? The sound quality should be high.

[sambozauk]

I have been to Borley Rectory when I was 15 with a few friends, sat in that graveyard at 2-3am in the morning. It is a strange place, and yes I believe I and a few of my friends sore stuff and heard what can only be described as footsteps thumping along the ground in the graveyard. Strange place, whether it was our minds playing tricks on us, do not know.

[sambozauk]

@sambozauk ps, also sore what can only be described as flashes of light again whizzing across the graveyard.

[shadowgirl9891]

creepy.

[SquidgyMcGee]

yeah ... I never believed in ghosts my whole life until i moved into a house that was haunted as fuck... At 19 years of age i became so scared of the dark i could not sleep with the light off, foot steps, lights going on and off things moving by themselves heavy breathing ( found out the home was a deceased estate and the owner died slowly of terminal lung cancer from smoking) sitting at the dinner table having a conversation with my dad a full figure apparition of a man walked right past us.

[typhusbuffet]

I had problems last year with a ghost in this flat i lived in (germany, berlin) and i only have got the nerve to speak about it now, I'm astonished- there really is such a thing as ghosts- and it was mildly malevolent. I know this sounds cuckoo, but when i was either waking up or going to sleep, it would try and get inside me through my noseand mouth- the sensation was one of being 'rushed' by something. Well thats what happened. Would really appreciate to hear your opinion/story. Thanks.

[STEPHENWRAYSFORD33]

I'm not laughing at you or trying to make you feel silly but have you considered rational explanations for what took place? The condition you suffered while in bed sounds like sleep paralysis, a condition which was once thought to be the result of an invisible deamon which attacked people's chests as they sleep. Science has since proven the condition is linked to low levels of Melatonin produced by the brain, it often gives the impression of alien abduction or ghosts in the mind of the person.

[kat49242]

@STEPHENWRAYSFORD33  Grant Wilson, is that you? lol

[ShesThe1yup]

I read this when trying to find out about Carla Moran (so is this building somehow tied to her - was it her home)? she is the characters name in "The Entity" based on a true story

[itsdaniyeaa]

i live right near Borley Rectory

[murrangurk]

he was fooled by her awesome acting skills

[genusstorkin]

Come on Grow up.

There is no such thing as ghosts and Harry Price was a complete fraud.

[KingofStarfox]

And you enjoy drooling on your shirt-front. People with defective brains usually do.

[nickmanu56]

it is scary

[xxgeordiejulesxx]

The other thing we noticed was the change in temperature. It wasnt a cold night last night. At the front of the church it just felt normal,but as soon as we went round the back of the church it was freezing cold. We went round a few times and it always felt the same,thats where the orb pic was taken.

[xXCelticwarriorXx1]

Well real lifes not like most haunted! I think ghosts seem to like getting close to us without us ever actually knowing, who says they don't have hobbies! Did you go alone or with mates? I would never go a haunted place on my own but then prolly more would happen like that.

[Dolphindream15]

thanks for answering my question its amazing how some of these old churches surrvied over the years,,,I have some ghosts up in my own apartment,,I wonder why they dont have services in the old borly church any more,,do the spirts there object ,,,to it makes me wonder

[xXCelticwarriorXx1]

Of all the haunted places I think Borley has one of the creepiest energys. A pretty ungodly place!

[xxgeordiejulesxx]

when were you there? i'm going on saturday night...

[xXCelticwarriorXx1]

never been there just read about it in ghost books and seen photos place just gave me the creeps. I have been however to the most haunted village - Pluckley and that place was pretty creepy too particularily the haunted wood there going a bit off topic tho lol.

[xxgeordiejulesxx]

went to Borley last night, didnt feel scared even though im scared of old churches etc,we went around 5pm, stayed til it got dark,took some pics,my friend got an orb on 1 pic,i took 2 pics through the chuch windows,they've got wire mesh over them, couldnt make much out of them when i looked last night but had another look this morn,dont know if i'm making something out of nothing but it looks like a mans face with a bald head at the window......

[xxgeordiejulesxx]

the other pics a bit creepy...looks like a monk standing with his head bowed,he looks like he is wearing a brown robe. I dont know what color robe they wore back then.

[itsdaniyeaa]

i live right near Borley Rectory lol, ive also been to Pluckley it was a pretty creepy place!

[xXCelticwarriorXx1]

@itsdaniyeaa Yeah I been in the wood in Pluckley at night with my friends didn't hear the legendary screaming thats sposed to happen but one of my friends said he saw a figure, prolly just hysteria tho!

[xXCelticwarriorXx1]

I think most of the most malevolant stuff was in the building that burnt down if I were ghost haunting I check the site out as well as the church but ghosts scare the hell outta me! lol.

[MsMistyLake]

"his time and HER money" ...why does he make it sound so terrible? I'm sure the wife knew what her husband was doing. And besides, Harry Price wasn't some idiot ghostbuster who knew nothing about paranormal!

[Dolphindream15]

is the borley church still used for services

[xxgeordiejulesxx]

not any more

[High182]

:O esta shido este canal :)

[2k6lilsam92k6]

2:15 maybe ghost are just bad present deciders

[the1tigglet]

oh my dear god a typewriter???? seriously LOL how old is this show?

[vinny2256]

Ah I used to love this show when it was on! I remember my brother, granda and I used to watch it at 9pm on ITV when we were 8 or so (Im 22 now). Me and my brother would get terrified and always had to watch Rab C Nesbitt which was on after it to cheer us up before going up to bed haha! Happy times.

[vixi118]

LOL! My brother and i did the same thing!

[me1648]

i be so scared 2 see flooting botoals but i would love 2 live in that house

[mmgdavis]

wonderful,gosh the brits make the best docs,hands down!!!!!

[oldbag699]

why would there be a skull in the house of a reverend and so where is the church for the rev - if there are no ppl

[deepshadows86]

"strange but true" used to scare the hell out of me when i was a kid.

[oliverscott2007]

Me too mate. I remember one time when the host informed us that we'd be looking in to a haunted castle after the break. As the ads came on I ran downstairs to be with the rest of my family, and watched the program down there.

[TheVargr]

I mind I used to run up and down my hallway to scared to go into anyroom as they were either dark and lonely or had this show on the tv

[trisclay1652]

@deepshadows86 defo me too

[calicheSCOT]

2:49 Holy shit it's Jack Straw.

[kernowfem]

lmfao, you are so right, never noticed it before you mentioned it!! although it does look like a bit of a younger version...

[ukflissuk]

LMAO

[mickeymoose76]

am i missing something here, he claims that the rectory was built in 1860 odd, he also claims that the sisters who saw the first ghost were the daughters of the first vicar, you would assume that this would be back at around that sort of time, so how the hell did a chap (who looks no older than midfifties-ish) interview them, for that to happen he must have either been a small child, or they must have been in their hundreds to have done this??

[thespacebat]

That is one drunk ghost.

[Dust060]

yeah lol :D

[Buddicca1963]

I was always a bit sus about Harry Price as well having read about his other investigations. I came to believe Borley had genuine phenomena he probably eggagerated or sensationalised, which was a shame because his personality came to detract from what was the original phenomena. In the end you couldn't tell what was genuine from what was Harry Price showmanship.

[gaiushelen9]

Harry Price was a bit suss as well though, didnt he claim to make a goat disappear, and he was involved in the "talking mongoose" investigation too.

[nrthdude1]

Even if the young wife of the third vicar was playing tricks on her silly husband, it doesn't mean the whole thing was a hoax. The weird events started decades before.

[Gahara08]

i hope u have story all over the earth.. not only in england.. specially in eastern country

[DrearSkaa]

I've never heard of this series before a couple of days ago but it's quickly becoming my favorite paranormal series. I realize they're old episodes.

[Gloppy605]

I cant decide, what is creepier, Amityville Horror, Or Borley Rectory, My 2 FAVORITE real stories

[remimichael]

commas are your friend arent they? I think you two should take a break from each other.

[Gloppy605]

yea, lol

[kernowfem]

Amityville is and was distinctively american. and pardon me for saying this, a little blown out of proportion. the films just glamourised it and added bits on that were never part of the original haunting. shame really because it cancelled out all the truth about what the lutz's experienced during their time in the house. i think borely even though well known, makes a quiet statement. a haunting that needed no beefing up or adding to, to grab the attention of paranormal fans everywhere...

[AfraidtoFly]

Too bad Amityville was admitted to be a hoax (check Snopes for reference). Also, it's too bad that this fact has escaped so many people -- especially those who pride themselves on knowledge of the occult.

[kernowfem]

Checked snopes for reference, and to be honest it tells me nothing more than ive already read on the topic. While the amityville case has never been proved to be real, its never been proved to be fake either. I dont pretend to know all the details on the paranormal, and i doubt i ever will. Its the same with anycase thats carried in the media..it gets blown out of proportion, and bits get added on and on untill no one knows where fact starts and the fiction stops...

[kernowfem]

Strange but true: great series.

Peter underwood: great ghost hunter.

Marianne foyster: possible deranged bint, who just pissed off the borley spooks more than the previous occupants. Either way borley will always be my favourite ghost tale...

[crazywelshkid]

borely rectory's burnt down now

[tvargan]

I may have mentioned this before, possibly on a different clip, but there is a slight (and common) error here.

Harry Price did not "move in." He took a year lease and set up the property for observation by a team of individuals who came, alone or in pairs, to do a nightly watch and record incidents.

It is also worth noting that there was a cottage very near the rectory (basically an outbuilding) that was occupied by tennants through this period, often just a woman on her own.

[johnpie2]

Hi

This is AWESOME and scary

bye

and merry christmas peeps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mabakiel666]

No wonder Marianne Foyster craved some excitement with a crusty old codger like that for a husband.

[scottio23]

how have you got your hands on these episodes. r they for sale on DVD anywhere or anything? please say yes!!!

[GhostWatching]

Hi, I recorded these off the telly when they were originally show in the mid 90's, Hopefully they might be released on dvd one day.

[oliverdkh]

@GhostWatching what u said 90's?!

[Victoria37]

@GhostWatching That would be awesome!

[cooking23]

@scottio23 the whole series is now on DVD!!!!

[princess2483]

how old is this video???

[dianarossfan]

At least 10 years old I would say. I watched this show when I was in primary school!

[AidanLunn]

Where did they get the actors from? They are so bad they could be rejects from Eastenders and Crossroads!!!

[mabakiel666]

You think so? The performer who played Harry Price deserves a BAFTA in my estimation. GREAT!

[sexiblacky]

wowow i want to be a ghost and make noise... :oD and scarry other people..am I bad?

[SummerBayJournal]

Haha no that's the fun of being a ghost I suppose :P But I think (though I am not sure I believe in them anyway) that most of them make noises and scare people because they are tormented or insane or trying to contact somebody. A lot of people say they have unfinished business and that's why they can't rest. But who knows maybe one or two of them are just cheeky and enjoy scaring people :p

[captcheesy]

The actors must be Rada rejects lol

[tvargan]

You should see the Anmerican actors on "Unexplained Mysteries" trying to do English accents! ;-)

[beyonceknows]

lol really?

[tvargan]

I'm just kidding- there was one about a haunted chair from Thirsk, in Yorkshire. They got actors who clearly were trying to sound local, but it just sounds funny!

I think this series aims to get LOOKALIKES, so the acting can be a bit hammy.

[jamesjeffreypaul]

Very spooky treatment of a spooky (if dubious) story.

[lightpoacher]

they must of got these actors

from a car boot sale.LOL.

[princess2483]

ok they are acting like they are in a drama theater.."did u see that?", "oh yes, my good lord, I wonder who threw it"....cheezy.

[tvargan]

To be fair, Harry Price was deliberatly a bit over the top in real life- a bit of a showman. This acting takes that personality, and just adds a bit more ham!

[mabakiel666]

a large slice of HAM!

[cadburyeggman]

Vicker's wife: "oh look love, I found my knickers in the butlers room, ooh, must be the ghost" LOL

[cadburyeggman]

What is with all the hauntings reported to be a monk. Every culture has reported one being seen.

[Willhelmet6845]

aaah yeeee! this program is bad ass! used to shit myself wathcing this as a wee lad.

[badmoon316]

hey im really after the Rendelsham ufo strange but true dont suppose you can get hold of it. ;-)

[mabakiel666]

The discovery of the skull seems to have been particularly significant, on account of its being... a trifle goofy.

[Robin814]

Thank you for posting this! Plus your profile picture scares me when watching this lol!

[weekendoff]

thanks so much for posting!!!!! amazing!! I used to love strange but true and I remember being gutted when I missed an episode and my best mate told me it was about Borley!! finally get to see it after bout 14 years.

[Perineum10]

When was this series originally aired?

[GhostWatching]

Hello, It started in about 1993 I think, and had about a five year run on itv. Thanks for watching.

[TwistedIllusions07]

omg love this show. thanks for postin them

[brandybuck1984]

I love the paranormal and I loved this show when I was a kid. This story has always fascinated me!

[eurodance97]

Excellent video, im interested in such events, greetings.

[GhostWatching]

Well Thankyou! ~ For taking the time to comment. Its so nice to hear back from people about my Strange But True videos, this seems to have been a very popular and well loved series! All the best.

[ManicStreetPreacher]

Thank you so much for posting these it bring back so many memories i was around 8 when this first started and i guess it was my first exposure to the paranormal which has grown into to an obsession where ive experienced things for myself, thanks again