Hi everyone, since it's Halloween I thought I would share my spookiest story with you.
It happened way back in the 80s when I was an estate agent. I went round to value a beautiful old coach house and was welcomed in by a mum and her young son.
Over a cuppa I said how lucky they were to live in such a quirky old house. The little boy looked up from his sandwich and said, "Yeah it's great, except the ghost really annoys me!"
His mum looked embarrassed and told me that they had experienced something spooky in the house, but didn't talk about it for fear of people thinking they were strange. She went on to tell me about the time the kitchen stool moved of its own accord across the kitchen. I must admit, it gave me goose bumps!
She began showing me around the house, and we went into the bathroom. There was a lovely antique mirror on the wall above the bath. She told me that one night she was lifting her daughter out of the bath, when she saw the reflection of a man in a rain mac in the mirror! She froze in fear as she thought someone had broken in. She turned around to face the intruder, but when she did there was no one there...
She saw the man appear more frequently over the next few months and eventually got used to him being there. She said she realised he didn't mean any harm to her family. I was genuinely chilled by this point! The woman and her husband became friends with another young couple who lived in the other part of the converted coach house.
One night they went over to the couple's house for dinner. The night went well and during the evening the woman needed to visit the bathroom. As she walked along the landing she noticed an old painting on the wall. It was a portrait of a man that looked strangely familiar, and as she looked closer she realised it was the man she'd been seeing around her house!
She asked the couple about the painting and the man explained that it was a portrait of his great great grandfather who had died in an accident whilst driving a horse and carriage, and that he had lived in the coach house many years before!! Spooky ey?
Have you got any spooky tales? I'd love to hear them, let me know by leaving a comment.
Love Dale x
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