You either believe or you don’t when it comes to the spirit world. Which camp you are in depends on your experiences.
On Sunday 30 October 2016 I led the first ghost tour around Healing Manor. The former private house has a number of ghosts swanning around its rooms. Owners over the years have all felt, seen or heard their presence.
This Halloween I gave a talk at Vittles Grimsby on the subject of the town’s ghosts. I mentioned Healing Manor and some of the incidents that have happened, which I will share some of them here.
Many on first entering the house (now a hotel) from the main door have felt a heavy energy. Those who are sensitive to these things, talk about it being male and liking it. It’s heavy and it lingers. This is said to be the spirit of a man who lived in the house until his death in the 1980s.
He has also been seen staring out the middle bedroom window – the room he was confined to due to his physical ailments. It’s also in this room that kettles have switched on and off when not plugged in; items have been moved or thrown by an unseen force.
Another former owner has been walking down the main stair case and heading outside through what was the garden room (now the Portman Restaurant). The lingering smell of pipe smoke is said to be him too.
A visit to the house by a medium picked up on some of the secrets: an affair and a strained marriage with a lot of anger and hatred.
The barn, which was once a barn adjoined by the blacksmith’s forge and the gardener’s quarters has also been the scene of noises. Doors banging, footsteps heard and doors being locked when the keyholder had not locked them. Who is this ghost?
What have you experienced? Are you a believer? If you have any stories of ghostly goings-on in Grimsby’s buildings please let me know.
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