The Epworth Rectory Poltergeist. 'Old Jeffrey' terrified the Wesley family in Lincolnshire, England

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4 ай бұрын

Welcome to The Epworth Rectory Poltergeist, Lincolnshire, England.
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** There is a mention of infant mortality in this video **
Today, we are going on a journey to look at the rather bizarre case that plagued the Wesley family in Epworth in 1717. A very historic case but one of the most compelling and interesting accounts of a poltergeist stems back three centuries! It is a story steeped in religion, superstition, family and the unexplained. Some of the language is rather old fashioned, but I’d rather include the reports from the time.
Some of the stories focus on historic events and I hope you feel that my video covers the sad side of history in a respectful and honest way, without the need for sensationalising the past. There is a mention of infant mortality in this video. Please stay tuned to the end to hear a small post script from me, Nicola, where I’ll take a look at some research I did into various opinions of the Epworth Rectory Poltergeist.
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@welshbluepheonix 4 ай бұрын

My ex husband and, obviously, our daughter are descended from Samuel Wesley. Cannot wait to show them this. Xxx

@stuartd9741 4 ай бұрын

Hi, were you aware of this activity in the house before this video?

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Oh wow that’s fantastic. 👻🙏

@aariley2 4 ай бұрын

That photo of the kitty licking cream out of the butter churn was absolutely priceless!!!!❤

@user-co4gs3hm8p 4 ай бұрын

I noticed him too😂

@stuartd9741 4 ай бұрын

Me too.

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Yes I had to include that little fellow! So cute 🐱💕

@celestenova777 4 ай бұрын

A beautiful house and fascinating tale. The dog, the levitating bed and the shoving sound paranormal and difficult if not impossible, for some kind of trickery. Now it is a museum I wonder if anybody has had any ghostly experiences there. Great video, thanks for your work, so enjoyable.

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it and thank you ever so much. I don’t know what to think really! 👻🙏

@melaniekendall4903 Ай бұрын

@@ghostcasebook1266do you have any ghost stories from Yorkshire

@mrgrizzlyrides 4 ай бұрын

What a gorgeous building. It’s difficult to comprehend how Hetti could manufacture the levitating of a bed, or physically push someone. As for the theory of ropes, pulley’s and weights. It’s a bit of a non starter for several reasons. There is no doubt in my mind this was supernatural, plain and simple. Superbly constructed video Nicola, beautiful narration; well done young lady, well done. You take care. Neil 👻♥️👻👍📷🙏

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Thank you Neil. Yes the bed levitating is odd and would be difficult to carry out. Also the fact Old Jeffrey came back many years later too. Thank you for your kind words and glad you enjoyed the video for sure 👻🙏🙋‍♀️

@jmcallion2071 4 ай бұрын

I currently ministering in my mother's parish. When she was 13 years old she and her two brothers encountered a poltergeist in a old house, which is now ruined. Mum always says that she saw the ink pot move across the window sill, as well as the poker shaking in the coal bucket. A scotch man lived there for a short time, but everyone didn't trust him. Rumour has it he was a medium, the parish priest gave him money to go away. This was in 1959.

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Oh wow thank you ever so much for sharing this. I am fascinated by this. How interesting to see what your mum saw. Was the Scottish man the medium or the priest? 👻🤔

@tombaker4586 4 ай бұрын

I appreciate original content creators more and more ! It's again superb editing and thrilling storytelling 💯👍

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😀 Tom. Glad you enjoyed the video 👻🙋‍♀️🙏

@mjrchapin 4 ай бұрын

Amazing tale--and very sturdy folk fighting back. and well recorded.

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 👻🙏🙋‍♀️

@debbieohara9240 4 ай бұрын

Fascinating 🎉I love the atmospheric music on your films too ❤

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Oh thank you so much 🙏👻

@alexcarter2542 4 ай бұрын

Dear Nicola, Ah, nothing better than a hot cider with a little sherry in it on a Friday night with a new ghost casebook video from dear Nicola. This is a great epi, Nicola. Thanks! ❤alex from Ohio

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Sounds great! Thank you Alex from Ohio! Glad you enjoyed the video for sure 👻🙏

@melaniekendall4903 Ай бұрын

Hot cider and sherry?

@marioncottell7285 4 ай бұрын

What a fascinating tale. How horrible for the family I don’t know what to think about first ! Thank you Nicola. I so enjoyed your video.

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it And thank you! 👻🙏🙋‍♀️

@GypsyRoseDivination 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for this interesting video. I've just found your channel and I actually went to Epworth rectory museum with my parents in the 1980's as my mum was a member of the methodist church. I've never seen a ghost in my life but all I can say it was a hot day outside and we went upstairs and one of the rooms was freezing cold. This was the only place I've been that was supposed to be haunted that I thought was haunted. I didn't like that room at all. I've thought about the rectory many times over the year and tell people that is the only place I've felt was haunted.

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Wow thank you so much for sharing your story. This is so interesting. I wonder if you were in the attic room that’s meant to be very active? I am so glad you have found the channel and please feel free to subscribe if you’d like 👻🙏🙋‍♀️

@GypsyRoseDivination 4 ай бұрын

@@ghostcasebook1266 It was the attic room. I was a bit nervous in there.

@stuartd9741 4 ай бұрын

Wow this is great real time information. It's interesting that the attic felt cold. .. Perhaps this leads credence the story. Thanks for sharing.

@myspanishcountryhome 4 ай бұрын

May you never run out of shost stories, spooks and haunts. Enjoyed the episode very much.

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

You are very welcome 👻🙏

@jamescasey240 4 ай бұрын

This is great! Old Jeffrey certainly had time on his ghostly hands! Amazing episode.👻☠️👻💀👻☠️

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much James. Yes it was all a bit bizarre! 🙏🙋‍♀️👻

@Lilmisscostumedrama Ай бұрын

OMG I grew up with these tales! I’m from the village right next door. Used to work in The Old School Inn and went to school in Epworth! Thank You for sharing these stories!

@ghostcasebook1266 Ай бұрын

You are very welcome and thank you 👻🙋‍♀️🙏

@kimtaylor4253 4 ай бұрын

This was amazing! I love how you're able to make me feel like I'm at the places you tell us about and you always deliver the experiences so well. Thank you again for yet another stellar story😊❤❤

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Wow thank you Kim. This means a lot 👻🙋‍♀️

@kimtaylor4253 4 ай бұрын

@@ghostcasebook1266 you're welcome darlin. 😊

@CheshireCat6639 4 ай бұрын

Here here💯👍 Nicola has a great voice for Ghost tales🎉

@stuartd9741 4 ай бұрын

I have to agree. Good story telling and some ery background music to set the tone.

@ghostcasebook1266 3 ай бұрын

Thank you kindly 👻

@eoindee7007 4 ай бұрын

Hey Nicola great to see another great video and what a fantastic way to start off our St Patrick's weekend 😀 going to the gym shortly but I'll be looking forward to relaxing with your video later on. Thanks and hope you have a great weekend ❤.

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Oh thank you so much! Happy St Patrick’s day to you and all my Irish friends 👻🙋‍♀️🙏

@MeMe-nw9mq 3 ай бұрын

What a beautiful home. Another interesting case, Nicola. Nothing better than a ghostly tale told with a British accent. I’m in bed, waiting for my nighttime meds to kick in and listening to my favorite KZfaq channel.

@ghostcasebook1266 3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it and I hope you got to sleep ok in the end. Thank you kindly 👻🙏🙋‍♀️

@jaws848 4 ай бұрын

Awesome video Nichola.❤👍👍

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Thank you 🤗

@MichelleBruce-lo4oc 4 ай бұрын

Hi Nicola, awesome live ghost stories video. I enjoyed it. How are you doing? I'm doing well, and so is my cat Benjamin. We have spring-like weather in Ontario, Canada. How is the weather where you are? Benjamin and I always enjoy watching your videos. Have a great weekend. See you next video 😊

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Hi Michelle, I’m well thank you, It is raining with me today but I hope you are both well 👻🙋‍♀️😸

@MrAsBBB 3 ай бұрын

Found your channel today. Absolutely fantastic. The history is presented so well and the imagery’s perfect. Have to say I binged watched a lot today. I suppose I like the idea of ghosts but I love the history of houses and people so it’s really right up my street. Thank you for your detailed and excellent work. All the best

@ghostcasebook1266 3 ай бұрын

Oh thank you ever so much and welcome! I hope you’ll find some of the other videos interesting too and it is always so nice to read other viewer’s stories and opinions. Welcome and thank you kindly 👻🙏🙋‍♀️

@wendytipping378 3 ай бұрын

My sentiments exactly!

@ianmorris4922 4 ай бұрын

Excellent once again Nic-oh-la! thank you.😊 ☮️🩵🖖🏻✝️♾️🕉🪬⚛️

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Thank you mad Ian! 👻🙏

@laurabrowning7973 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for another interesting, well-researched, photographed, edited, and narrated video! It seems if it was a sophisticated system of pulleys, etc., that someone eventually would have stumbled upon one of the mechanisms as it would have to have been extensive to encompass the house and elaborate. Also, it's interesting that when someone scoffed at another for being frightened or disbelieved the story, then that person was targeted. Thank you! As always, your videos - short or long - make my day brighter!! Take care.

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Thank you ever so much Laura and glad you enjoyed the video. Yes I’m not sure about the pulleys theory at all! 👻🙏🙋‍♀️

@donnicholas7552 4 ай бұрын

Very interesting and creepy story, Nicola! 👻👍

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you Don 👻🙏

@sasha1mama 4 ай бұрын

This case bears a lot of similarities to the Bell Witch haunting in Kentucky, from a not-too-dissimilar time period. Y'might even call this "England's Bell Witch".

@SuperMorgan1980 4 ай бұрын

I always enjoy your videos. Well researched and excellently put together. Keep up the good work

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Glad you like them! Thank you so much 🙏👻🙋‍♀️

@RubyMarkLindMilly 4 ай бұрын

Glad your back excellent stuff as always 👍

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Thanks again! 👻🙏

@reporebo 4 ай бұрын

Always a great day when a new video from you drops! Thank you and hope you had lovely travels.

@ghostcasebook1266 3 ай бұрын

You are very kind and this means a great deal to me and the channel. Bless you and yes indeed I am still on my travels 👻🙏🙋‍♀️

@JaneFrieman 4 ай бұрын

As always I appreciate your presentations on these most interesting subjects.

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Glad you like them! Thank you 👻🙏🤔

@nancybradford8514 4 ай бұрын

Excellent as always ❤😊

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😀👻

@stephkluske423 4 ай бұрын

Great narration, research and presentation Nicola. Well done Hunny 🤩🤗

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! 😊

@stephenhall6595 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for another fasinating video Nicola.

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much 👻🙋‍♀️

@kathleenorr9237 4 ай бұрын

Another great story!

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 👻🙏🙋‍♀️

@Dark_Nemesis4300 4 ай бұрын

This is very interesting. I have a lot of genealogical links to Epworth, so it is interesting to think my extended family may have been contemporaneously aware of this.

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing! That’s interesting. The locals were very wary in those days, I think! 👻🙏🙋‍♀️

@quentingroves5952 3 ай бұрын

Thank you again Nicola,a really well presented and atmospheric story,an absolute delight x

@ghostcasebook1266 3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Quentin and thank you so much 🙏🙋‍♀️

@garygallozzi2845 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for another wonderful upload,it’s fantastic how you transport your viewers back in time and actually make it seem like we’re there 😬😬🙏🏻

@ghostcasebook1266 3 ай бұрын

My pleasure! Thank you for watching and I’m so glad you enjoyed the video and this historic haunting for sure. 👻🙏🙋‍♀️

@popflickbogeypoo 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for your story ❤

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

You are very welcome 👻🙏🙋‍♀️

@maryschwab6674 3 ай бұрын

Sorry I’m a couple days behind. Thank you so much for all your work to bring us these excellent videos!! Honestly another great video!! Again thank you!!🙂🙂

@ghostcasebook1266 3 ай бұрын

No worries! I’m all over the shop at the moment as I’m abroad but I am really glad you enjoyed the video for sure 👻🙏🙋‍♀️

@chrisnicholl6078 3 ай бұрын

An absolutely perfect presentation of a fascinating story. Thank you for sharing 💚

@ghostcasebook1266 3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you ever so much Chris 👻🙏🙋‍♀️

@peterdennis4394 4 ай бұрын

Never been so early before but it makes my day!

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Oh wow thank you so much 👻🙋‍♀️🙏

@annika_panicka 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for another superb and intriguing video! ❤👻

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 👻🙏

@user-yu6pe7ik8r 19 күн бұрын

A beautiful building with a great history!! Thank you for uploading!!

@ghostcasebook1266 18 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it and thank you! 👻🙋‍♀️

@EdwardJohnson-de7kr 4 ай бұрын

Many thanks. I'd like to know more about when Old Jeffrey returned after the Wesley's were there which led to the that rector leaving, and if there has been any more recent incidents.

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Yes apparently he did return. I wonder if the staff have experienced anything there too 🙏👻

@valeriewatson5260 3 ай бұрын

Hi Nichola I’ve watched a few of your stories over the last couple of days since I discovered your channel, I really love the fascinating locations you’ve filmed at and the many different opinions given as to what happened This story particularly resonated with me as many of the experiences the residents experienced happened to me in a property I lived in for years! I have to say the idea the events were merely ‘manufactured’ by ‘pulleys’ Id find difficult to accept personally! Thank you so much for your fab contact I love your show! Valerie 👻

@ghostcasebook1266 3 ай бұрын

You are very welcome and I am so glad you enjoy the channel and the videos. The Epworth video was very interesting to make and research and it is interesting that Old Jeffrey returned years later. I think they just blamed Hetty because it was an easy option! 🙏👻

@v.britton4445 4 ай бұрын

Beautifully narrated !!🩷

@v.britton4445 4 ай бұрын

I guess they would never call a priest...much less a medium..

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Thank you ever so much 👻🙏

@user-on2sw1jt3j Ай бұрын

Nothing better than hearing a ghost story in an English accent, well I concur, and I’m now becoming attracted to my own voice, jeez thanks, this is asmr stuff, honestly I could listen to this all night

@ghostcasebook1266 Ай бұрын

Oh wow thank you ever so much! I’m glad you are enjoying the videos. 👻🙋‍♀️🙏

@chuckboswell5173 4 ай бұрын

Very interesting account. Thank you.

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching 👻🙏🙋‍♀️

@hilaryajm1 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for another fantastic video! From New Zealand

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching my friend 🙏👻🙋‍♀️

@LanceHarding 3 ай бұрын

Great video Nicola. I have been unwell, but okay now, take care.

@ghostcasebook1266 3 ай бұрын

Oh hope you are on the mend now Lance. I hate being ill. It seems so unfair! 🙏👻🙋‍♀️

@LanceHarding 3 ай бұрын

I am now germ free, hoorayyyyy Thank you for your Lovely reply.@@ghostcasebook1266

@ReeAnn20 3 ай бұрын

Appreciate the longer videos! 👻🤍

@ghostcasebook1266 3 ай бұрын

Glad you like them! Thank you ever so much! You are very generous and this really does help me to create more material for you so thank you again 👻🙏🙋‍♀️

@ReeAnn20 3 ай бұрын

@@ghostcasebook1266 I have now officially watched every single one of your videos! Despite that, I still learn something new when I replay them.

@garethconnor9113 4 ай бұрын

Great video.

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much. 🙏🙋‍♀️

@technicholls 3 ай бұрын

As a subscribed member, I just have to take a moment to let you know how much I enjoy your work. I have a question, have you ever heard of any stories from Penzance Cornwall or Saint Michael’s Mount off it’s coast? That’s the area where my family is from. Thank you again very much.

@ghostcasebook1266 3 ай бұрын

Thank you ever so much! Yes I have and actually I was just looking at some stories from there in the last few days. It is firmly on the list 👻🙏🙋‍♀️

@stevenlagoe7808 4 ай бұрын

After all this time, I think it's next to impossible to know what actually happened. It's even possible the whole story was fabricated for some long-forgotten reason. Whatever the answer, it's a good story very well presented. 🙂👍

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

I agree, we won’t know but I was interested that it returned in the 1800s. I am so glad you enjoyed the video 👻🙋‍♀️

@AMSprojectsChannel 2 күн бұрын

Really interesting story with detailed research - I think Samuel Taylor-Coleridge was insightful about "contagious" belief in the haunting but my friend who also watched thought it was a genuine story of haunting. Thanks.

@ghostcasebook1266 Күн бұрын

You are very welcome and it was a very interesting case for sure! I wonder if it was genuine or contagious belief. Thank you so much 👻🙋‍♀️🙏

@valentineoreilly975 3 ай бұрын

Wow, What a fantastic video, brilliant, really enjoyed this one, an amazing case. I was watching something on the Great British Ghosts series from the 1990's you might find interesting, there is a hotel in Ludlow, Shropshire, that is called the Feathers Hotel and has numerous ghosts, worth watching, but there is one outside the hotel where a girl in 1960's clothing, mini skirt and high boots, is seen to cross the road and pass through cars there, but the thing is that a woman in a different part of Britian says the spectre is her, she isstill alive of course, probally the stone tape theory!! I thought it was a great case too, keep up the great work Nicola, Val in Ireland.

@ghostcasebook1266 3 ай бұрын

Hi Val and thank you ever so much. I am so glad you enjoyed the video for sure. I do briefly remember the Great British Ghost series but I think I need to revisit it! So glad you are enjoying the videos for sure. All my dad’s side are from Cork! 🙏👻🙋‍♀️

@ksay7649 4 ай бұрын

the classic story well retold, thanks

@ghostcasebook1266 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! 👻🙏

@amanitamuscaria7500 4 ай бұрын

Interesting. All of it, not just the poltergeist. They're supposed to be attracted to, or manifested by adolescent energies, aren't they? I wonder if the youngsters there did have an effect - not consciously, of course. I love the way people kept saying - oh you're easily frightened. It won't scare me.......famous last words. Great episode. Thank you.

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this case. It is an interesting story with all sorts of factors that could explain it. Bizarre. 👻🙏🙋‍♀️

@user-ql8dr1vq9x 4 ай бұрын

fantastic video😊

@ghostcasebook1266 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much indeed 👻🙏

@nikbull1258 4 ай бұрын

Thanks again. Love from NZ.

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

My pleasure! 👻🙏

@paulguise698 4 ай бұрын

Hiya Nicola, I cant believe what the villagers done to the families crops, flaming swine's they were, I don't think I could sleep where old Geoffrey was, it would keep me awake all night, I wonder if it was the villagers that were sabotaging the home by banging on doors and the awful things that happened, I wouldn't be to suprised, I like these stories you tell, Nicola, I think these vlogs are really interesting, I do like the 40 minute ones also, this is Paul In Whitehaven, Cumbria, England

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Hi Paul I hope you are really well. Thank you so much for your comment. I agree the locals were certainly hostile! Thank you again 👻🙏🙋‍♀️

@BlueViking70 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for another extremely interesting and informative video. I always enjoy and appreciate the amount of detail you include in your accounts. I've often read that Hetty was to 'blame' for the alleged haunting but believe that if she was it was on a purely unconscious level. The fact that educated people allegedly witnessed phenomena would seem to point to the case being one linked to a genuine poltergeist. In line with many other poltergeist infestations Hetty would have been about the right age to be the focal point, especially as family tensions at the time (often linked with RSPKE phenomena) would be a significant attribute to the haunting. I am however surprised that any religious defense mounted by the Wesley's wasn't met with a more violent pushback mounted by the poltergeist as seen in many other cases, including the Bournemouth poltergeist. Each case is different though I suppose and whilst there will often be subtle differences between phenomena in poltergeist outbreaks, there will always be a greater degree of commonality it seems; almost as if poltergeists HAVE TO abide by a certain set of 'rules' in terms of how they manifest themselves. Very much looking forward to your next video and thank you once again.

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind comment and your thoughts on the Epworth poltergeist. It’s interesting, I think, that the poltergeist came back many years later could suggest Hetty was not the culprit. It really is a bizarre case! I’m glad you enjoyed it for sure 👻🙏🙋‍♀️

@stuartd9741 4 ай бұрын

100% this. My thoughts exactly. Interesting point about any attempts to remove the entity usually results in more perhaps angrier poltergeist behaviour. .. I too suspect Hetti may have (subconsciously ) been a conduit creating a "pathway" into our realm. (Same applies to the Bromley poltergiest) .. Futher up into the beginning of the comments. someone visited Epworth in the 80s and felt the attic was very cold, suggesting that what spirit was conjured is perhaps still. there...? Definitely a creepy & weird story.

@lizardspoint 3 ай бұрын

Hi Nicole thank you for another great article, I would love to encounter a ghostly haunting as nothing exciting happens to me love Kim xx

@ghostcasebook1266 3 ай бұрын

Hi Kim, well I hope one day something might happen, probably when you least expect it! Take care Kim 👻🙏🙋‍♀️

@joesinkovits6591 Ай бұрын

The strings-and-pulleys theory is just ridiculous. With as many people as resided in the house, It would be impossible for no one to have stumbled upon the hoax. I believe the tensions and unsettled emotions in the house may have attracted and fed whatever entity was responsible. Great video. Thanks!

@ghostcasebook1266 Ай бұрын

I agree; I don’t buy the strings story either. Glad you enjoyed the video for sure 🙋‍♀️👻

@iainmelville9411 4 ай бұрын

Love this story. It sounds like a good old ghost story - a classic. Love classic ghost stories weather there real or not. A good story is a good story. ❤ The fact that ‘Old Jeffery’, in the nineteenth century, makes hard to just simply dismiss out of hand.

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Yes, that adds to the mystery. I liked this old story too 👻🙏🙋‍♀️

@GoldenAstroCat 3 ай бұрын

Poltergeist actively is often recorded around young people in their teens. I wonder if this was such a case given that there were several teens in the house. This sounds like a genuine poltergeist case, and the fact that another rector experienced similar disturbances some time later would suggest it had nothing to do with the Wesley family and more to do with something attached to the house.

@ghostcasebook1266 3 ай бұрын

Yes I am not sure quite what to make of this case really! I can see so many different points of view but what you’ve said it how I understand Poltergeist cases to operate. 🙏👻🙋‍♀️

@Jkk55 3 ай бұрын

I enjoyed this very frightening for that family though thank you 👏👏👏👏

@ghostcasebook1266 3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it and it is a bit of a mad case to be honest! 👻🙏🙋‍♀️

@davyd5629 24 күн бұрын

Excelant case again love watching them

@ghostcasebook1266 24 күн бұрын

Thank you ever so much indeed. It’s an old case but still interesting. 👻🙋‍♀️🙏

@Taliesin-xd7ke 13 күн бұрын

Glad to hear you again, been a while.😊 This is interesting, because there's a two pronged issue here. It's long known that religious buildings, (current, ruined and the land where they once stood) seem to contain energies that long persist. The second prong is the curious catalogue of cases of methodist sites that were and are haunted by perceived malevolent but definitely violent activity, a lot of investigators assaulted and hurt testify to this, this seems peculiar to these places from what I have read. Curious indeed.

@ghostcasebook1266 10 күн бұрын

Thank you ever so much indeed for this. That’s very interesting about Methodist Sites. I didn’t know that. 🙋‍♀️🙏👻

@coffeecuppepsi 4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Thank you ever so much. You are very kind and I am glad you enjoy the content so much 👻🙏🙋‍♀️

@lovewinsall77 4 ай бұрын

I've heard a theory on poltergeists that the puzzling events could be the result of escaped excess human energy from a living person, maybe under great stress of some kind. It seems like Hetty had a connection to it. I'd be curious to read some of her writings, especially the poetry. Her story was kind of sad, having been sent away by her domineering parents because of her love interest. She put herself through a lot for love. Frankly, I think her father was disliked by the community because he had miserable energy for a man of God. Thank you again for your hard work and talents. I really get inspired by these stories.

@stuartd9741 4 ай бұрын

I tend to agree. Perhaps Hetti was the conduit allowing old Jeffrey a pathway into our realm?

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Thank you ever so much and I’m am so glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you for sharing your thought too 👻🙏🙋‍♀️

@hauntednews3790 4 ай бұрын

Wow. Just in time.

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Hooray! 👻🙋‍♀️

@johnjephcote7636 4 ай бұрын

I think it was paranormal and centred, as such things do, on a young girl who was an unwitting receptacle. I live not far away and must visit this quite large house.

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Oh please do and report back if you can! I’d love to know more. Thank you so much 👻🙏🙋‍♀️

@RichardWatt 4 ай бұрын

If it had been a pulley system, wouldn't they have found some evidence of those when renovating or repairing the building?

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

I would think so. It would be a lot of effort to create that without being detected! 👻🙏

@Mistydazzle 4 ай бұрын

Very interesting! Thank you! As with other poltergeist occurrences, I really don’t know what to think… supernatural, or human contrived? I am only happy that my home is a quiet one! 😉

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it and I am the same. I don’t know what to think! 👻🙏🙋‍♀️

@davidcoogan4761 3 ай бұрын

excellent narration; sounds like the Wesleys were experiencing something paranormal or as some suggest, the energy created unconsciously by adolescent female. Ive visited this place some years ago. Get the feeling the old property holds onto energies from the past

@ghostcasebook1266 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much David and I wonder about the background of the haunting. I’m a bit lost as to where I stand on this one but I don’t believe Hetty had any form of machinery etc. 👻🙏🙋‍♀️

@donnadunlop7853 4 ай бұрын

Thankyou 🖤 🖤

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

You’re welcome 😊

@ianmorris4922 4 ай бұрын

22:00;agreed,a distinct impossibility. Hetty had what we would call now,mediumistic tendencies. In the previous century she would have been nothing more than pretty kindling😕

@liamhar 4 ай бұрын

Read the Epworth haunting in a book not long ago, was planning to visit aswell.

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Yes please report back if you find out anything else on it for sure 👻🙏🙋‍♀️

@rocketmunkey1 4 ай бұрын

I think the majority of poltergeist cases are children messing around, particularly the Enfield poltergeist, most of the evidence which hasn't been elaborated over time, are things like lego bricks being slyly thrown, the girl putting on a gruff voice or bouncing on the bed, all of which are things a playful and mischievous child craving attention could easily do. There was an old episode of Arthur C Clark, which talked about poltergeist cases, and on that program it showed two prominent cases, where the perpetrator was caught on hidden camera throwing and smashing things. That said its difficult to say for certain in this instance, as its very well documented and some of the witness accounts would not be easy tricks to pull off, beds levitating and strange apparitions are not something anyone could really pull off, let alone a child. I believe there are some genuine cases, I believe supernatural phenomenon is electromagnetic, so the magnetic / gravitational component, could possibly move objects around.

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

From what I gather there were times in the Enfield poltergeist where the girls did play up a bit but then it seems there were many times where the girls were not responsible for the actions at all. Yes this case is a difficult one especially with beds levitating and it returning many years later. 👻🙏🤔

@rocketmunkey1 4 ай бұрын

@@ghostcasebook1266 Personally I dont buy the enfield case, if it were true then I think the kids would be too scared to act up, I think it has to one or the other, but thats just my opinion. I think this case along with your other excellent video about the Bromley Poltergeist are very compelling cases.

@rocketmunkey1 4 ай бұрын

@@ghostcasebook1266 If youcopy and paste into YT "Arthur C. Clarke's World of Strange Powers - Ep. 2 - Things that go Bump in the Night" should come up as the first result, very interesting if you haven't seen it before 🙂

@ghostcasebook1266 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 👻🙏🙋‍♀️

@tricivenola8164 4 ай бұрын

Wow, thanks. Everything I've ever read about poltergeists says that they derive power by accessing untapped sexual energy from children, teens and young adults. Perhaps Hetty was particularly frustrated and gave off such energy. If she was as unpleasant as suggested by an acquaintance, she may have just decided not to play along with the family decision to "witness" such things. Or perhaps it was an actual ghost, and she had an understanding with Old Geoffrey!

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

I believe Hetty eloped in her adult life and was perhaps a bit defiant of her parents, but I am not 100%. I think it is a fascinating story with so many opinions and theories. Glad you enjoyed the video for sure. 👻🙏🙋‍♀️

@peregrinemccauley5010 4 ай бұрын

As lad, knew a Wesley. Reddish hair, tall, lean, piercing intellect, but could be beaten on the chess board, after gruelling and tiring endeavour.

@melissasheppard6674 2 ай бұрын

It’s my sister’s Dachshund’s name 😊

@leeradford76 3 ай бұрын

Interesting tales of ghosts

@ghostcasebook1266 3 ай бұрын

Thank you ever so much. Glad you enjoyed it 👻🙏🙋‍♀️

@missmerrily4830 3 ай бұрын

Spooky and you tell it like a master storyteller. You make it so believable! However, I was startled to see that maid checking her mobile phone while she was churning the butter! I keep a very open mind about the paranormal. I always said i didn't really believe, but since saying that I've had several rattling experiences that makes me even more unsure. Whatever this was, it was certainly unsettling for this family.

@ghostcasebook1266 3 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you! I am so glad you enjoyed the video. I think she was looking at a book to be honest! I liked the little cat making the most of an opportunity! 🐱👻

@dees3179 4 ай бұрын

I thought that the daughter who declared there was no point running because it would run faster was clearly very brave,…..or used to being bullied. Their father sounds absolutely terrible. I feel very bad for the lady of the house having to put up with him. 19 children is unreasonable for a start. What a sad situation all round. No wonder the locals wanted them gone. I know nothing about religion, but if the leaders family and servants are that miserable it can’t be a good start.

@stuartd9741 4 ай бұрын

IKR. 19 children. Poor women must have been constantly pregnant throughout her life..

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Yes indeed. She was brave but I can imagine it not being a terribly happy home! 👻🙏🙋‍♀️

@ianmorris4922 4 ай бұрын

I believe this incident inspired J. Sheridan Le Fanu to write 'Narrative of a Ghost of a Hand' nearly 200 years later!

@ghostcasebook1266 3 ай бұрын

Sorry Ian, I have only just seen this post. I must look into this story as I’m not familiar with it and thank you for sharing this, my friend. Hope you’re really well 👻🙏🙋‍♀️

@heatherjones6647 3 ай бұрын

Hetty comes in for some seriously misogynistic hate in those accounts, imo. "just the kind of girl" what is that supposed to mean? The whole family was terrorized and, in a not so big house, where were all these strings and pulleys supposed to be?? Both Hetty and Old Jeffrey deserve more credit!

@ghostcasebook1266 3 ай бұрын

Yes. I am with you on that. If in doubt, blame the girl. Very much the way of that time and to a degree, even today! 🙄

@jaynedavis4667 3 ай бұрын

There is a school of thought that posits every poltergeist [well 99%] menace a house that contains one or more young girls, and is attracted by their puberty/menstruation starting, weirdly.

@ghostcasebook1266 3 ай бұрын

Yes indeed, so I hear. That is often the case 👻🙏🙋‍♀️

@aariley2 4 ай бұрын

There are some suspicions in other cases that young teenagers seem to channel these things for a time then grow out of it and the activity stops.

@stuartd9741 4 ай бұрын

I've read a child's still developing brain, is very susceptible to audio & visual stimulation up till the age of 8..

@wendyhay1302 4 ай бұрын

There must have been a lot of repressed anger due to Samuel Wesley's oppressive and domineering presence. Hettie sounds like the type of young woman who does attract poltergeist activity. Often sensitive and intelligent young women experience a lot of turmoil. Anything demonic can only feed off fear and anger.

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this; it is an interesting story and perhaps you are right, it could be repressed anger. There was even a hint at this when he didn’t believe the girls and they wanted their father to experience Old Jeffrey himself! 👻🙏🙋‍♀️

@ianmorris4922 4 ай бұрын

1:21;Definitely were both a bit shonky if their portraits are anything to go by!

@apace903 2 ай бұрын

I believe it's true. Could be related to a coven or ajust one witch. Having seen materializions, some are more sensitive to it. Also family members could have been affected emotionally by other members. I vote true.

@ghostcasebook1266 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing. It is a strange case for sure 🙋‍♀️👻🙏

@ianmorris4922 4 ай бұрын

2:17;a real beautiful stone building that!It's similar to the property described by M.R.James in his famous ghost story 'Rats'.(Well it's certainly how I imagine it anyway). 👀&👂!!!!!!!...

@melodyszadkowski5256 3 ай бұрын

I can't bring myself to believe that in that day and time, a young girl being strictly raised would have access to the materials and technical knowledge to pull off a scam of that nature without anyone finding her out.

@gerardskippon3099 4 ай бұрын

It is great that you put in the History of the Area and also the people involved. But to blame Hetty as the perpetrator of any of the events is just unfair, I am unsure as to why she was seen that way but unfair it was. As for the apparatus that would have been required to create the knocking and banging, would have been difficult, at the least, to put into place and nobody noticed? But rebelling against her Father I really don't know but what was her motivation? But I am going to stick with Old Jeffery. As it's easier to believe in his involvement rather than Earthly based Hetty being a Rebellious 19year old, Enemies of the Father of the Household. Anyway Thanks Again for a Masterful Episode. All of you have a great weekend, see you soon. TTFN. Oh before I forget, if any of you Guys and Gals are planning on being anywhere near the M25, Junctions 10-11 this weekend don't, that section of the M25 will be closed 9 o'clock tonight until Monday Morning. Don't want to think of any of you getting snarled up in the Mess. TTFN

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

I agree; it is very easy to point the finger of blame at a teenage girl, rather unfairly. I am so glad you’ve enjoyed the video. Thank you about the M25 but I am well away from the chaos! 👻🙏

@thriddoctor 4 ай бұрын

The headless badger is interesting. There are other cases of weird animals tiring up in poltergeist cases like Tedworth, Cashens Gap and the Bell Witch.

@stuartd9741 4 ай бұрын

I thought the headless badger sounded like something from the chronicles of Narnia😆 weird thou.

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Yes, there are; you are right about that. 👻🙏

@mcraig1969 4 ай бұрын

The poltergeist was merely a demon sent to test the faith of the family. We have had very similar episodes in our home. Especially during times of stress or failing faith. One has to put on the full Amor of God and fight the spiritual battle with the Word and help of of The Holy Ghost.

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 👻🙏

@jennpidgeon5559 3 ай бұрын

Though I believe it could be a haunting, it's also worth considering if the lead content in their environment was high, or someone was adding poison to their food, each member heard it in turn... maybe something seasonal was making them sick.

@ghostcasebook1266 3 ай бұрын

That is a fair point. Could an external factor be at work? Thank you for sharing your thoughts here 🙏👻🙋‍♀️

@thurayya8905 4 ай бұрын

Skeptics thought Hetty produced the haunting because she didn't write it down? Unbelievable! Since all of the family had experiences, I doubt we could suspect just her. I, especially, wouldn't take the doubts of an Edwardian man who probably thought it was all due to hysterical women. The situation with the village sounds tense. I wonder what was really driving it.

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Yes it’s easy to blame one person, ideally a girl right? 👻🙏🙋‍♀️

@nightheron5892 4 ай бұрын

Hettie was to blame, but because of psychokinesis, not pullies

@nightheron5892 4 ай бұрын

Oh, but if it did return a century later then I don’t know, perhaps it was otherworldly

@stuartd9741 4 ай бұрын

I wonder this. Or Hetti was conduit for old Jefferies to come through to our realm..? In an above comment someone visited Epworth in the 80s and found the attic to be very cold even though it was sunny...?

@RedcoatsReturn 4 ай бұрын

An amazing story👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😊👍👍…well documented too. Yes…I think it was a frustrated spirit…too much evidence to deny. I‘m curious where these spirits go…when they stop haunting…do they dissipate…run out if energy….or cross…to Heaven or Hell 🤔 If they knock and tap…why they cannot write with a pencil…to ask what they need 🤷🏻 Its seems a pointless existence…just to frightened the living…and then disappear.

@ghostcasebook1266 4 ай бұрын

Thank you Redcoat and I am so glad you enjoyed this historic tale. It is a bit of a bizarre one for sure! 👻🙏🙋‍♀️

@ianmorris4922 4 ай бұрын

18:11;there layeth the answer methinks.Thankyou Nic-oh-la 😊👍🏻

@ghostcasebook1266 2 ай бұрын

You may be right! 👻🙋‍♀️🙏