Danny Robbins

Holy Mother Superior, and it isn't long before others see this seemingly phantom bride of Christ.

A housemaid sees her dematerialise at the garden gate and is so terrified she faints.

The church organist sees her standing at the front door of the rectory waiting to enter.

The Balsisters spot her peering out of her bedroom window.

As the stories start to spread, the pathway where the nun appears becomes known as Nun's Walk.

And it's not the only odd activity going on.

Inside the house, servant spells ring by themselves from empty rooms, and Reverend Harry Bull claims to see a ghostly horse and carriage ride by the house at night, driven by two headless men.

The legend of Borley Rectory has very much begun.

Kieran, we have only just dipped our toes in and already we've got phantom nuns, headless horsemen.

Look at these things with our 21st century eyes.

They feel almost like cliches, don't they, in a ghost story.

But is that because Borley got so famous?

This is like the original tune that all ghost stories since have been cover versions or remixes of.

That's a really interesting way of looking at it.

The idea of a haunted vehicle is a fascinating one.

Absolutely.

And Hollywood horror films.

I mean, terrifyingly so that they filmed the nun from The Conjuring.

Totally.

And I guess, you know, Evelyn, we think of a Victorian house as being an old place, but this is a new build back then, isn't it?