Most Haunted
Yvette Fielding and a team of experts visit the Treasure Holt, a former inn located in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, which has been connected with witchcraft and smuggling. Yvette opens the episode walking through some woods, which she says "is just one of the settings for the dramatic story of this week's location. Witchcraft, murder, robbery and human sacrifice are just a few of the things that are alleged to have happened here. "Treasure Holt, on the Essex coast is one of the county's most infamous properties. There's been a building on the site since the 1100s. It's been a haven for smugglers, an inn of disrepute, a hiding place for the king's supporters, and the scene of Satanic rituals. There are supposed to be several ghosts that have been seen here on many occasions. The property's current owner Charlie Sambridge has experienced all sort of odd occurrences including the ghost of a girl wandering the house at night, the figure of a little boy stood in an upstairs window looking out, and a dark shadowy figure with a red beard who's seen walking up the stairs wearing grey. He's been given the nickname Uncle Percy and is believed to be Percy Hayward, a former resident. It's not just the house itself that is haunted, there have been reported sightings in the grounds, including the small woodland, and on the track the leads down to the road. These include the spirits of a cavalier and a round head who are seen duelling, there's also said to be the ghost of a monk in black. The monk is said to have come to the house when it was an inn, to stop the murderous landlords from killing their guests, it's alleged they threw their victims bodies through a trapdoor into a well under the house. It's said the monk fell from grace after getting involved in the couple's evil hobby. There's also said to be a ghost known as the Crinoline Lady who haunts a bedroom in the house. The show's resident parapsychologist set up a laser-based motion detector in the room to try to catch the spirit dead in her tracks.