Ash Kelley

But they just kind of abandoned a lot of the original house.

It feels like it's going to make things much worse.

Well, and one of the maids who worked there, or governesses, ended up quitting unexpectedly and fleeing.

And later she reported that it was because she simply couldn't handle the haunting anymore.

Yeah.

In 1895, John Stewart was in the room because they like abandoned the main house, but they would have to go in there sometimes for certain things.

And he was in the main bedroom and he was using the telephone.

He was talking to like a business associate about going to London for business.

for business things yes um and both p hit the person on the phone and john heard three huge bangs like knocks like big knocks yeah and the person on the phone could hear it too they were like you're like hey you need to get that shortly after that john went to london for this business trip and while crossing a street near king's cross station he was struck by a car and killed

And a lot of people wondered if those three knocks were a warning knock or like a death omen.

Like, isn't that fucked up?

Yeah.

And the rumors and tales of the haunting of this house like were spreading all over the place.

People were terrified to go near it.

It became like that place.

Yeah.

Because after he died, they moved out of the house.

Of course.

In 1892, a Father Hayden, who was a Jesuit priest in the area, he was invited by, I don't remember who invited him, but they said you should stay in the main house and see what you experience and try to like make it chill.

yeah and so chill bro yeah make it chill so he did and when he went to bed the first night he said he was absolutely tormented by a relentless just string of noises he said he could hear animals in the room like dogs i think he heard dogs he could hear wailing cries and moaning he could hear whimpering of dogs um he heard knocks against the walls he heard the person running down the hall and slamming against the door i think that