Let's Talk About... York, The City of 1000 Ghosts! Ep.22

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[00:00:07] Right then guys, welcome back to Lets Talk About, you've got Liam and Billy here once again, as always

[00:00:13] Hello guys, hope everyone's well

[00:00:15] How the hell are you all guys?

[00:00:17] I'm alright, I'm good, I'm good

[00:00:19] Happy tears

[00:00:20] You've got a second kid on the way

[00:00:22] Aye

[00:00:23] Leaving my job, LH, which is great

[00:00:26] It actually is great by the way guys, that's not like a sad thing

[00:00:29] It's a good thing

[00:00:30] It's just for you, yeah

[00:00:32] And then getting a new job on the line, so yeah everything's going well mate

[00:00:36] Happy tears

[00:00:37] Happy tears

[00:00:39] Oh yeah, obviously I am sound, I'm sound

[00:00:41] We've just obviously announced our winners for the giveaway

[00:00:44] Yes we have, so congratulations to Josh and

[00:00:47] Amanda

[00:00:48] Yep

[00:00:49] This will have come out well after that

[00:00:51] Yes

[00:00:52] But yeah, still anyway, well done

[00:00:54] Right then to mate

[00:00:56] So today I'm going to tell you, we're going to talk about, well we're going to talk about York basically

[00:01:00] Yes

[00:01:01] Because it is

[00:01:02] It's a place near us

[00:01:03] Yeah, well yeah, it's not too far from us, about 45 minutes

[00:01:06] Yeah that's it

[00:01:07] It is obviously, well supposedly one of the most haunted cities in the UK

[00:01:12] Can imagine why, plenty of history

[00:01:14] Well it has exactly, I mean it's one of the very few cities that still has a city wall

[00:01:18] Yeah, yeah, true

[00:01:19] Yeah I fucking love York though mate, it's a hell of a place

[00:01:22] I love its history mate, I'm all about like, history and stuff as we know

[00:01:26] And it's a good night out

[00:01:28] I can't say I've

[00:01:29] It's better for day drinking actually

[00:01:31] Yeah, I can't say I've ever been to York you know, for drinking

[00:01:33] I mean that, no it's fucking me, they've got an old church that they've turned into a nightclub

[00:01:38] Wow, nightclub and in a church

[00:01:40] Yeah it's what I meant

[00:01:41] I couldn't tell you that mate

[00:01:42] Honestly it's fucking class

[00:01:43] But yeah, it's described as the city of a thousand ghosts

[00:01:47] Oh fucking hell I've never heard that

[00:01:49] Basically I'm just gonna tell you about some of the most haunted places in York

[00:01:53] Can I ask about two

[00:01:55] Go on then

[00:01:56] That I'm 90% sure we'll be in there

[00:01:57] Go on then

[00:01:58] York Minster

[00:01:59] Yes

[00:02:00] And is it just York Castle, something called?

[00:02:03] York, well I've got York Castle Museum

[00:02:05] Right okay

[00:02:06] Yeah that's the first one we're gonna tell you about

[00:02:08] Yes

[00:02:09] There's only little segments on each so I mean, I don't know how long this episode will be

[00:02:13] Obviously we can have a quick, we can have a talk about after each one when I'm done

[00:02:15] Also have you ever been to York Minster?

[00:02:17] I have

[00:02:18] It's massive isn't it

[00:02:19] Oh yeah

[00:02:20] Fucking crazy

[00:02:21] Huge

[00:02:22] Right then

[00:02:23] But we'll get to that when we come to that one mate

[00:02:24] Well I

[00:02:25] So we'll start with York Castle Museum

[00:02:27] Well there we go

[00:02:28] So the York Castle Museum is the home of the most infamous York ghost stories

[00:02:34] In 1953 the museum caretaker Mr Jonas claimed to see a little man that he described as being dressed in Edwardian clothing

[00:02:43] And shortly after Mr Jonas and his wife had locked up the museum after closing and returned to their accommodation in the basement

[00:02:50] Right

[00:02:51] I love the basement

[00:02:52] Yeah I didn't know it had a basement

[00:02:53] As the pair settled down to relax they heard footsteps in the museum above

[00:02:57] And Mr Jonas went upstairs to check things out

[00:03:00] It was then he saw a man pacing the floor

[00:03:04] Assuming the man had somehow gotten locked inside

[00:03:06] He approached him and landed a hand on his shoulder

[00:03:09] At which point he promptly disappeared

[00:03:11] On another occasion Mr Jonas was with a colleague again after the museum was closed and the apparition made another appearance

[00:03:18] This time witnessed by both men

[00:03:20] From time to time new reports service surface

[00:03:24] But there is no information about who this man might be or why he's hanging around the museum

[00:03:29] Fucking hell

[00:03:31] It's a weird one

[00:03:32] It's a weird one

[00:03:33] It's the Edwardian clothing

[00:03:34] Yeah

[00:03:35] That's well back that is

[00:03:36] Yeah yeah definitely

[00:03:37] Well it's got a lot of history aren't it

[00:03:38] Well yeah exactly

[00:03:39] Exactly

[00:03:40] But um why do you reckon he's

[00:03:42] He's lived there before or

[00:03:44] Edwardian guys

[00:03:45] Ghost um well lightly yeah it's probably

[00:03:48] His land or his

[00:03:50] I don't know

[00:03:52] Weird one isn't it

[00:03:53] It is

[00:03:54] Right then so black sheep brewery

[00:03:56] Next

[00:03:57] Black sheep brewery

[00:03:58] Yeah

[00:03:59] So Centurion's ghost ale is not the only ghost which has made itself known in the famous York Brewery

[00:04:04] The York Brewery and meeting rooms is a labyrinth of rooms dating back to the 18th century

[00:04:09] Hmm

[00:04:10] It has a colourful past having once been a mog and then a vicarage before becoming the brewery you see today

[00:04:16] So literally ghost beer

[00:04:18] Yeah

[00:04:19] Staff often report hearing heavy footsteps and the tables have a habit of moving around by themselves

[00:04:24] As if that wasn't ghostly enough a somewhat malevolent spirit stalks the halls

[00:04:29] He is tall and thin wearing a tall hat and he makes it clear he would rather not welcome anyone into what he sees as his building

[00:04:36] Shit

[00:04:38] He seems to enjoy shouting and slamming doors as he stomps around the property

[00:04:41] Matz I would ghost

[00:04:42] I've heard about this one before and like to me it's almost like the description is very you know slender man-ish

[00:04:48] Yeah

[00:04:49] You know what I mean tall thin tall hat and it's just a weird one

[00:04:53] I'd love to go here

[00:04:54] But I've never actually been here before

[00:04:57] But I have heard a lot about it I would like to go there

[00:04:59] Definitely

[00:05:00] Definitely

[00:05:01] Any malevolent spirit

[00:05:02] Apparently it does happen quite a lot

[00:05:03] See why haven't I got videos this is what they might have to be fair we'll have to have a look on the internet

[00:05:08] Aye

[00:05:09] Ready for the next one?

[00:05:11] Yes yeah

[00:05:12] Right then so York Minster

[00:05:13] There we go

[00:05:14] Aye

[00:05:15] So as the largest Gothic cathedral in northern Europe

[00:05:19] York Minster is probably one of York's most famous buildings

[00:05:22] It's a breathtaking sight to behold and the current building is believed to date all the way back to the year 627

[00:05:27] Jesus

[00:05:28] So it's a very fucking old building

[00:05:30] But that's what baffles me

[00:05:33] Like it's like with the abbey yeah

[00:05:35] Yeah

[00:05:36] How the fuck would they do in that back then

[00:05:37] Yeah it's mental isn't it

[00:05:38] It's crazy

[00:05:39] You look at like no buildings you know like my house where I live now it's just like fucking Legoland

[00:05:43] Yeah yeah

[00:05:44] But you've got to think there's still have been you know 6-7 people with modern machinery and stuff building this place

[00:05:49] Exactly

[00:05:50] You think back then

[00:05:51] That's what I mean

[00:05:52] Fucking hell and the size of it guys have a look we'll have photos on our Instagram page anyway

[00:05:56] You'll see like the sheer size of the place

[00:05:58] Yeah fucking ridiculous isn't it?

[00:05:59] Huge

[00:06:01] With such a long history behind the building it is not a great surprise that York Minster is considered to be one of the most haunted places in York

[00:06:09] One of the most frequently shared stories of ghostly goings on

[00:06:14] In this atmosphere of structure dates back to the 1820s

[00:06:18] When two tour group members were separated from the crowd and found themselves wandering the lawn through the building

[00:06:23] On their wanderings they encountered a man in a naval uniform

[00:06:26] The man approached the ladies and whispered in one of their ears before walking off

[00:06:30] Oh that's really in a naval uniform

[00:06:33] I wouldn't have put that on York Minster like fucking hell that's different isn't it

[00:06:37] Well there you go

[00:06:38] The story goes that he was actually one of the women's brother

[00:06:41] Ah okay

[00:06:42] And they had made a pact that whoever died first had to come and tell the other if there really was an afterlife

[00:06:49] Shit

[00:06:50] So is the woman in there as well then?

[00:06:53] I don't know, she was there and then he turned up because obviously he died

[00:06:57] To tell her that there is an afterlife

[00:06:59] Ah and he's stuck there

[00:07:00] Ah you're right okay

[00:07:02] After dying at sea the brother returned to keep his promise to his sister

[00:07:07] Aside from this tale of a secret sibling pact

[00:07:11] That was hard to say when I looked at it

[00:07:13] Secret sibling pact

[00:07:14] Another spirit said to haunt York Minster is a young man believed to be Dean Gale who died in 1702 aged 26

[00:07:22] His ghostly apparition has been reported sitting in the pews and listening to the sermons

[00:07:28] Sermons

[00:07:30] I think it's like a...

[00:07:32] I know what it is but I can't explain it how the hell am I going to explain it

[00:07:35] Quickly google it

[00:07:36] Like Billy then what the hell is a sermon then

[00:07:38] So it's basically you get a given a book in a church don't you you read off songs and stuff

[00:07:43] It's just that, that's all it is

[00:07:46] For some I don't know why that's so hard to explain

[00:07:49] I did struggle at first

[00:07:51] Right so number four mate we've got the golden fleece

[00:07:54] Yes

[00:07:55] So the golden fleece takes pride in its reputation as York's most haunted hostelry

[00:08:02] Okay hostelry

[00:08:03] Hostel

[00:08:04] Hotel

[00:08:06] Something one bar manager dismissed as nothing but tall tales for the tourist when she was first hired

[00:08:12] However it was not long before she was eating her words

[00:08:16] Just some of the things she saw, heard and felt at the golden fleece

[00:08:19] Include an apparition moving across the bar before disappearing into the wall

[00:08:24] The sound of footsteps, a bunch of keys rattling

[00:08:27] Perhaps most chilling of all, an ice cold hand running up their spine

[00:08:31] Oh

[00:08:32] Yeah that's the other thing that always puts the shits on me

[00:08:35] Yeah someone touches you, that's different innit I say

[00:08:37] Get to fuck

[00:08:38] Yeah like sounds and stuff I don't think would bother me

[00:08:42] Yeah we'll see

[00:08:43] Yeah we'll see

[00:08:44] It's loud enough and

[00:08:46] I don't know how to

[00:08:47] You were a door slam

[00:08:49] Yeah

[00:08:50] You shitting yourself

[00:08:51] We've had this conversation before if I can see the door then I wouldn't

[00:08:54] Why?

[00:08:55] Because I can see it moving

[00:08:56] But then you see nothing move the door, that's even worse

[00:08:58] Ah I'll bugger it

[00:09:00] I'll test his theory guys

[00:09:02] We will, we will, right

[00:09:04] So the bar manager is certainly not the only person to have encountered the ghostly inhabitants

[00:09:10] Inhabitants

[00:09:11] Of the golden fleece

[00:09:13] Little reference there to the fucking aliens episode

[00:09:16] In fact many guests report seeing a ghostly woman roaming the corridors and the staircases in the early morning hours

[00:09:23] Oh

[00:09:24] Homeover

[00:09:25] The golden fleece I was thinking Greek mythology there as well mate

[00:09:27] Why?

[00:09:28] The golden fleece

[00:09:29] Ah fair enough

[00:09:31] Investigators believe this is the spirit of Lady Alice Peckard

[00:09:35] Who was the wife of former Lord Mayor of York

[00:09:37] Who lived next door to the golden fleece

[00:09:39] Which was once a coaching in

[00:09:42] Mmm

[00:09:43] Another spirit that is sometimes spotted

[00:09:46] Is that of a Canadian airman

[00:09:48] Who fell to his death from the upper windows

[00:09:52] And is now permanent

[00:09:55] Is now permanently dead?

[00:09:56] Well yeah well yeah

[00:09:58] I was permanently there

[00:09:59] I mean that's a weird way of phrasing that isn't it

[00:10:01] Yeah very strange, very strange

[00:10:03] Then of course we could not forget one eyed Jack

[00:10:06] Oh

[00:10:07] Who appears in the bottom bar in a 16th century red coat carrying a pistol

[00:10:12] Oh

[00:10:13] Interesting

[00:10:14] I love how the media amount of detail have gotten these ghosts as if someone's seen them

[00:10:17] Well, I'm out of them

[00:10:20] Do you believe you can actually see ghosts?

[00:10:22] That's always the question isn't it

[00:10:23] Some people believe that they can see them

[00:10:25] Some people believe that they can't

[00:10:26] But they still believe they're there

[00:10:27] It's one of them isn't it

[00:10:28] Yeah I mean well I guess we'll never know for certain

[00:10:32] I stand by my theory though that you can't see them

[00:10:34] Yeah

[00:10:35] There are many more ghosts that have been mentioned above the golden fleece

[00:10:39] You'll have to pop in for a drink the next time you're in York

[00:10:42] Right then mate, number five

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[00:13:07] Happy days

[00:13:08] Right, number five

[00:13:10] This is gonna be a fun one to say

[00:13:11] Ye old stay in

[00:13:13] Ye old stay in

[00:13:16] One thing that York is certainly not sure on

[00:13:18] Is haunted pubs and ale houses

[00:13:20] Our tour of the ghosts of York takes us to one of the most notoriously haunted pubs in York

[00:13:25] The Ye Old Stay In

[00:13:28] The old coaching in dates back to around the year 1644

[00:13:33] Although the sellers are thought to be much older

[00:13:36] Usually

[00:13:38] The sellers are the focal point for the hauntings here

[00:13:41] As many people have reported hearing the screams of royalist soldiers

[00:13:45] That would be fucking harrowing

[00:13:47] That's more like it

[00:13:48] Yeah, that'd be fucking

[00:13:49] That'd freak me out a bit to be fair

[00:13:51] Yeah, any kind of scream mate for me is

[00:13:53] Especially from fucking royalist soldiers

[00:13:56] Well, yeah, but

[00:13:57] Yeah

[00:13:58] I mean that's gonna be fucking chilling

[00:14:00] Yeah

[00:14:02] Historical records show that the sellers were used as makeshift hospitals for soldiers during the English Civil War

[00:14:07] Mmm

[00:14:08] Some of the other paranormal activity linked to the Ye Old Stay In includes the old lady

[00:14:14] Dressed in black who was often seen descending the staircase from the upper floors

[00:14:18] And two ghostly black cats who were seen around the bar

[00:14:21] Oh, the black lady then

[00:14:22] We've got a grey lady, white lady, black lady

[00:14:24] Exactly

[00:14:25] And two black cats

[00:14:26] And two black cats

[00:14:28] Local legend states that the cats were bricked up inside a pillar between the door and the bar

[00:14:34] Jesus, webs

[00:14:35] I'm sure we weren't mentioning it on another episode that we did there

[00:14:38] Apparently it's supposed to be some sort of weird like good luck charm to have a fucking dead cat in your walls in a pub

[00:14:44] After

[00:14:45] I'm sure we'll have mentioned that on another episode but like I've never understand that

[00:14:49] No, that makes zero sense

[00:14:51] I know

[00:14:52] I'm not gonna try it neither

[00:14:53] Well, leave a look after your cats

[00:14:56] That's booted up the ass

[00:14:57] I'm joking

[00:14:59] Sometimes I'd like to

[00:15:03] Right, there are many reports of visitors bringing their dogs into the bar only for them to growl snarl at the pillar

[00:15:09] One dog even managed to knock himself out

[00:15:13] Rushing at the pillar

[00:15:14] I wasn't expecting that

[00:15:17] Knocks itself out at the pillar

[00:15:19] I didn't know a dog could knock itself out

[00:15:21] No, I can't say

[00:15:22] You could knock my dog out

[00:15:23] No, I've never seen a dog caged mate

[00:15:25] I can't

[00:15:26] Can't get a testament to that

[00:15:28] Alright, here we go

[00:15:29] The practice of bricking up cats in a building is a superstitious one found all across Yorkshire

[00:15:34] Which is said to protect a building against both fire and ill luck

[00:15:39] Alright, okay

[00:15:40] So there you go, there's your reasoning

[00:15:41] I don't understand it

[00:15:43] I don't know how a dead cat's gonna stop the place going up in flames

[00:15:45] Fuck tail mate

[00:15:46] It's so media you made it up

[00:15:48] It's just mental

[00:15:50] Book nose

[00:15:51] Right, the treasurer's house number six

[00:15:54] Our next stop on this well-winter of the haunted York leads us to the treasurer's house which is set

[00:16:01] Which sets the scene for one of the most famous York ghosts

[00:16:06] It said that back in 1953 a plumber called Harry Martindale was tasked with

[00:16:11] It's funny about that

[00:16:12] Sorry mate, I just...

[00:16:15] I think one of York's best well-known ghosts mate

[00:16:20] It's not the name I was expecting

[00:16:22] What the fuck are you retreting? A fucking dream rate or something?

[00:16:25] Yeah, just somewhat cool mate

[00:16:27] I don't know mate

[00:16:29] Well yeah, right

[00:16:30] I was ready for a plumber

[00:16:31] Alright

[00:16:32] So Harry Martindale was tasked with installing the central heating in the cellars of the building

[00:16:37] As he worked he heard the sound of a horn go off in the distance

[00:16:41] Right, so let me just apologise to my old plumber then

[00:16:44] He's clearly not... I thought he was the ghost

[00:16:46] No no, but he might be, yeah sure

[00:16:48] Right okay

[00:16:49] As he worked he heard the sound of a horn go off in the distance

[00:16:52] He shrugged it off at first and continued working

[00:16:55] But the horn grew louder and louder as if it was drawing closer

[00:16:58] Then a phantom cat-horse suddenly emerged from the cellar wall

[00:17:02] Followed by an entire legion of Roman soldiers

[00:17:04] Jesus

[00:17:05] Who he described as looking like they had been cut off at the knees

[00:17:09] Fucking hell

[00:17:11] Okay now

[00:17:12] Exactly

[00:17:13] It's a sight

[00:17:14] Sight to behold that innit

[00:17:16] Well that's not me in the film, I was going to say a ghost

[00:17:18] That's the sort of thing I'd want to see

[00:17:20] Not just some old woman in a knackered old dress

[00:17:23] With a fucking cat in tow

[00:17:25] I can't say I've ever heard of a fucking Roman legion mask

[00:17:29] I know but that's what I want to say

[00:17:31] Like a fucking headless horseman thing I summons

[00:17:33] Not just some shitty...

[00:17:35] Well that's your brain trying to...

[00:17:37] I'm saying that's what I'd want to see

[00:17:39] If I was going to see a ghost that's what I'd want to see

[00:17:41] Right so if you saw Amy Winehouse here

[00:17:44] And a fucking...

[00:17:46] Headless horseman

[00:17:47] You'd be...

[00:17:48] No no no let's forget that for a minute

[00:17:49] You see Amy Winehouse stood there

[00:17:50] That's not good enough for years enough

[00:17:52] That's smack head

[00:18:00] Are you agree?

[00:18:02] Definitely take that out

[00:18:05] But no no Amy Winehouse would not be good enough for me

[00:18:08] Wouldn't care

[00:18:09] Most of my time I've had MEO6 so I'm not bothered

[00:18:11] You've seen it, no I agree man

[00:18:12] But she's there

[00:18:14] Yeah but it's not that impressive

[00:18:17] Nah you're not good enough for God

[00:18:19] Go get me fucking headless horseman also

[00:18:21] Yeah but if I was sat here now when I turned around

[00:18:23] And looked at this window and a fucking...

[00:18:24] Like I say a Roman legion fucking come flying around

[00:18:26] And fucking straights I'd be fucking buzzing

[00:18:30] Alright okay yeah

[00:18:31] All I do with Amy Winehouse was stood here

[00:18:33] You see the old version of Valerie wasn't as good

[00:18:35] The original was better love

[00:18:39] Fair enough

[00:18:40] Exactly

[00:18:41] In that conversation we've established that Liam

[00:18:43] Doesn't like Amy Winehouse

[00:18:45] Nah I wasn't a fan

[00:18:47] Right then so

[00:18:49] It wasn't until some time after this event

[00:18:51] That you discovered that an old Roman road

[00:18:53] Lies underneath the building

[00:18:55] And a good 15 inches below the cellar floor

[00:18:57] Bollocks you knew that before and they guarantee it

[00:18:59] Which is why the soldiers had appeared to be on their knees

[00:19:03] Oh how you okay

[00:19:05] Since Harry's sighting numerous others

[00:19:07] Have seen the Roman soldiers including staff members

[00:19:09] And other contractors

[00:19:11] Right then so number 7

[00:19:13] 35 Stone Gate

[00:19:15] Fuckin hell

[00:19:16] That's a house property right

[00:19:18] Yeah okay

[00:19:19] Right then so over the years

[00:19:21] 35 Stone Gate has been known as York's most

[00:19:23] Haunted building

[00:19:25] A lot of them obviously

[00:19:27] It is a building that is soaked in history

[00:19:29] And is certainly very atmospheric

[00:19:33] The current house was built in 1482

[00:19:35] Although records show that some

[00:19:37] Form of building has been on the

[00:19:39] Site for at least a thousand years

[00:19:41] Jesus

[00:19:43] Fuckin hell

[00:19:45] I wanna see this house I wanna see what it looks like

[00:19:47] This house is said to have

[00:19:49] At least 14 different ghosts

[00:19:51] But many believe that there are many more

[00:19:53] Many become active in the late 90s

[00:19:55] When the property was heavily renovated

[00:19:57] Suggesting that the work stirred them

[00:19:59] Sorry

[00:20:01] Can I just like

[00:20:03] I love how they say how many ghosts

[00:20:05] 14

[00:20:07] That's Derek that's Dave that's Elizabeth

[00:20:09] How do they I don't understand that

[00:20:11] I never understand when they say there's 33 ghosts

[00:20:13] What do you mean

[00:20:15] Because these are obviously people who believe

[00:20:17] differently to you that you can see ghosts

[00:20:19] So people have reported seeing different ghosts

[00:20:21] Yeah

[00:20:23] It's not just 13 different types of knocking

[00:20:25] You know Dave he knocks a bit differently to Derek

[00:20:27] Do you know when they see them

[00:20:29] They all just stood in like a little choir

[00:20:31] Well no probably not your dingbat

[00:20:33] But this is the problem with seeing ghosts though

[00:20:35] Some people literally say there was

[00:20:37] Like a grey mist and you can see a face

[00:20:39] Whereas some people say they're moot

[00:20:41] And they're as real as me and you'll start

[00:20:43] You know

[00:20:45] Like the fella in the fucking museum

[00:20:47] David loves dick

[00:20:49] Mary loves dick

[00:20:51] Well if I do as well I'm in the both nights

[00:20:53] Anyway right carry on

[00:20:55] So

[00:20:57] The most documented spirit it's a 35 stone gate

[00:20:59] Is known simply as Tom

[00:21:01] See what I mean it's just

[00:21:03] And he seems to occupy the second floor

[00:21:05] Tom what are you doing mate

[00:21:07] Dead obviously

[00:21:09] I look very well

[00:21:11] Right then this one's an interesting one

[00:21:13] So at number 8 we have the Black Swan Hotel

[00:21:15] In the Helmsley which is

[00:21:17] Hardly still going

[00:21:19] Yeah well I always used to work here

[00:21:21] That's probably how I know it then

[00:21:23] You must have told me this before

[00:21:25] Still

[00:21:27] Right so the Black Swan Hotel

[00:21:29] Is a historic inn

[00:21:31] That has been transformed into a boutique hotel

[00:21:33] That's a lot of bollocks

[00:21:35] Have you ever had a little try again?

[00:21:37] Have you ever had any experiences though?

[00:21:41] I'll get into that

[00:21:43] Shut up

[00:21:45] So yeah so boutique hotel

[00:21:47] Apparently no but yeah fair enough

[00:21:49] It consists of three different buildings

[00:21:51] A black and white timber framed house

[00:21:53] A Georgian house and an Elizabethan house

[00:21:55] There you go

[00:21:57] Third time lucky that was

[00:21:59] The Elizabethan part

[00:22:01] Is believed to occupy the size

[00:22:03] Where the historic inn has stood for many centuries

[00:22:05] Among the notable guests

[00:22:07] That stayed in the inn was

[00:22:09] William Wordsworth

[00:22:11] The hotel features

[00:22:13] All of the usual amenities

[00:22:15] That one might expect from a hotel like this

[00:22:17] But with the bonus of a resident ghost

[00:22:19] Staff and guests have reported to

[00:22:21] A well dressed older man around the hotel

[00:22:23] And the spirit of a young blonde woman

[00:22:25] Margaret

[00:22:27] This is the best bit

[00:22:29] There is also a pair of legs with no body attached

[00:22:31] Seen in the private quarter on occasions

[00:22:33] Ah nugget

[00:22:35] What are you talking about?

[00:22:37] Nugget

[00:22:39] You mean it's a nugget, it's a pair of fucking legs you idiot

[00:22:41] Oh I thought it was just the torso

[00:22:43] No

[00:22:45] Do you ever listen to what I say?

[00:22:47] I'll say it again

[00:22:49] Because with no body attached

[00:22:51] Seen in the private quarter on occasions

[00:22:53] I've heard it backwards mate

[00:22:55] Well yeah

[00:22:57] See how I say that's just mental

[00:22:59] I mean I didn't see any random pairs of legs

[00:23:01] Kicking about when I was there

[00:23:03] Can you imagine seeing that mate

[00:23:05] Got it

[00:23:07] Bloody Romans mate

[00:23:09] No

[00:23:11] Again, this is what I fucking have to put up with

[00:23:13] Just the Roman legs

[00:23:15] No I know because the legs were underneath the concrete

[00:23:17] So that's why we couldn't see the full Romans

[00:23:19] Now they've been chopped off mate

[00:23:21] A pair of legs have wandered off on their black swan

[00:23:23] No they take

[00:23:25] But yeah, I worked there and I didn't see anything

[00:23:27] Didn't see no legs

[00:23:29] Yeah

[00:23:31] You've got legs lost a few times, haven't you

[00:23:33] She might as well have been a ghost

[00:23:35] She probably is now, she's probably about 106 at the time

[00:23:37] Oh bless her

[00:23:39] Four foot tall

[00:23:41] What right

[00:23:43] Well you're not going to be six but it's a fucking 106 are you

[00:23:45] No

[00:23:47] Right there, number nine

[00:23:49] The second black swan in

[00:23:51] Aye? Yeah, there's two of them

[00:23:53] And they're both haunted

[00:23:55] Coincidence

[00:23:57] Located in the

[00:23:59] Peace Home Green area of York

[00:24:01] Exactly

[00:24:03] The black swan in is a half timbered former

[00:24:05] Private residence dating back to the 15th century

[00:24:07] With such a long history

[00:24:09] There are bound to be a few ghost stories to tell

[00:24:11] At least however

[00:24:13] Numerous at the black swan

[00:24:15] One of the most common sightings here

[00:24:17] Is of a workman in a boiler hat

[00:24:19] From the late 19th century

[00:24:21] Described as a charlie chaplain type character

[00:24:23] His apparition stands at the bar

[00:24:25] Tudding and fidgeting

[00:24:27] As if waiting for someone's arrival

[00:24:29] Hmm

[00:24:31] Ghosts with a long lost wife

[00:24:33] Possibly

[00:24:35] Well husband but still fair enough

[00:24:37] Could be legs

[00:24:39] Might be

[00:24:41] As well as waiting at the bar

[00:24:43] He's been seen walking abruptly from room to room

[00:24:45] As his presence often fades before your eyes

[00:24:47] Another common sighting is of a young woman

[00:24:49] Wearing a long white dress

[00:24:51] She likes to stand at the bar in the back

[00:24:53] Whilst gazing at the fireplace

[00:24:55] Oh that's creepy

[00:24:57] Oh you just picture it can't you

[00:24:59] Walking into a barn there's a little girl in a black dress

[00:25:01] There in the fire

[00:25:03] Woman woman woman

[00:25:05] I'm listening

[00:25:07] Her appearance can change accordingly

[00:25:09] To eyewitnesses with her hair described as both long

[00:25:11] And glowing and also black

[00:25:13] Long and hiding her face

[00:25:15] Or like the grudge

[00:25:17] Oh no

[00:25:19] No hell no

[00:25:21] That's where we cross a line there mate

[00:25:23] I see anything

[00:25:25] Nope that is my nightmare

[00:25:27] That's still my childhood nightmare mate

[00:25:29] I can't watch it's the only horror I won't watch

[00:25:31] I refuse

[00:25:33] Dalla puts the noise on it

[00:25:35] My partner puts the noise on every now and again

[00:25:37] Well no you sound like a twat but

[00:25:39] Fucking hell

[00:25:41] Right number 10

[00:25:43] This is the last one

[00:25:45] So we're about Nunnington Hall

[00:25:47] Nunnington Hall

[00:25:49] Love the name

[00:25:51] Nunnington Hall is a 17th century country house

[00:25:53] In the village of Nunnington

[00:25:55] Just north of the city of York

[00:25:57] Their countless ghosts said to walk its grand halls

[00:25:59] But perhaps the most famous

[00:26:01] Of all is the ghost of Lady Nunnington

[00:26:03] Tell me she's a nun

[00:26:05] Lady Nunnington's dress

[00:26:07] Can be heard dragging up and down the staircase

[00:26:09] And always seems to stop

[00:26:11] The instant it's investigated

[00:26:13] That makes no sense for a start

[00:26:15] That's terribly worded

[00:26:17] And also how do you hear a dress

[00:26:19] Yeah that's how I'm thinking

[00:26:21] What's the name of lead

[00:26:23] You'd think it's just the light as bristle wouldn't you

[00:26:25] Well you'd think so

[00:26:27] Exactly that's my point

[00:26:29] And then you go and investigate in them

[00:26:31] Several child spirits are known to haunt as well

[00:26:33] Their disembodied voices are heard throughout

[00:26:35] But most often in the attic

[00:26:37] No see

[00:26:39] Of course in the attic

[00:26:41] No nightmare material

[00:26:43] A dark shapeless mass has been seen

[00:26:45] In the panelled room entering through the walls

[00:26:47] Slowly moving over to the bed

[00:26:49] And then out of the room through the window

[00:26:51] There's the demon

[00:26:53] Well yeah so there's the apparent

[00:26:55] Top 10 most haunted places in York made

[00:26:57] So we've got York Castle Museum

[00:26:59] The Black Sheep Brewery

[00:27:01] York Minster

[00:27:03] The Golden Flice

[00:27:05] Ye Old Staring

[00:27:07] The Treasurer's House

[00:27:09] 35 Stone Gate

[00:27:11] The Black Swan in Helmsley

[00:27:13] And the Black Swan in Pease Home Green

[00:27:15] Weird fucking name to the

[00:27:17] Nunnington Hall

[00:27:19] If you were to pick a location

[00:27:21] Out of all of them where would you go

[00:27:23] Where would I go

[00:27:25] I'd go to the Black Swan and stay in there

[00:27:27] So that was piss all there

[00:27:29] I'd just get legless

[00:27:31] Yeah, yeah

[00:27:33] Fuck right off you can

[00:27:35] Probably the Brewery

[00:27:37] The Brewery?

[00:27:39] Yeah because I think obviously that they are the

[00:27:41] Lanky Strait of fucking pisses always banging doors

[00:27:43] And whatever you're moving to

[00:27:45] Yeah the Slender Man

[00:27:47] From what I've heard in the past

[00:27:49] That seems to be the most active

[00:27:51] I agree that one and

[00:27:53] There's another one I want to choose just because

[00:27:55] I think it'd be incredible to investigate

[00:27:57] The Minster

[00:27:59] But no I think the Brewery in terms of

[00:28:01] What's said to lurk there

[00:28:03] I've been to the Golden Flakes

[00:28:05] I've been for a pint in there before

[00:28:07] Have you? Yeah, not what happened

[00:28:09] No, dogs knocking themselves out

[00:28:11] Oh yeah

[00:28:15] Fuck you now

[00:28:17] Imagine this sight

[00:28:19] I wonder if the dog was blind

[00:28:21] Right I've got a bone to pick with though before we end

[00:28:23] Alright

[00:28:25] You're the one who's supposed to be more into the ghosts

[00:28:27] Absolutely

[00:28:29] So why is it always me doing the haunted episodes

[00:28:31] Is that the one with some ghost episodes

[00:28:33] I certainly will

[00:28:35] I've actually got some ideas for

[00:28:37] Spirit Ones

[00:28:39] Because

[00:28:41] I don't know what I was going to say now

[00:28:43] No we've just done vampires and werewolves

[00:28:45] Oh you mean for the terrifying tales?

[00:28:47] Correct

[00:28:49] I don't mean that I mean general episodes

[00:28:51] No no no I'm not about

[00:28:53] Spirits for terrifying tales

[00:28:55] I'm saying I did the vampires and werewolves

[00:28:57] Alright aye

[00:28:59] Fair enough then

[00:29:01] Hopefully Billy will be coming up with some ghost stories soon

[00:29:03] I've got at least one

[00:29:05] Brilliant one

[00:29:07] For you

[00:29:09] And we are finally

[00:29:11] Some one might have come out before this maybe

[00:29:13] We're finally getting some guest episodes

[00:29:15] Sauted and actually done

[00:29:17] So they will be coming soon

[00:29:19] If not already I might be just talking to myself now

[00:29:23] Right then mate should we leave it there

[00:29:25] Sounds good mate

[00:29:27] We'll go for a drink

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