I do absolutely love the differences between the old 1960's and 1970's paranormal TV investigations in comparison to the modern day TV ghost hunters. As much as I like the shows, today seems to be more about screaming and shouting over an owl hooting, then asking for a 'sign' and running around in circles when they get one. All compared to, 'oh dear, I seem to have seen a ghost... well I say, that's fascinating'... Marvellous! 😁
My friend was working with some builders in Borley years ago. He used to like the job because as it became dusk everybody would pack up and go home. We then went down there a few months later with some foreign people we knew and camped in a field next to that church. Nothing was seen by any of us, but we spent most of the night sitting up and completely on edge as it sounded like someone was continuosly walking around the tent. It was horrible.
I remember the BBC programme in 1975 and fairly shit myself when the sighs were heard! Good to find it again, thanks for posting. Me and 2 mates slept in a car outside the church (when you could park) in about 75/76...really creepy and we were even shutting the vents on the dashboard!
I walk through Borley regularly, and I have never experienced or had the feeling of anything supernatural, however I have never set foot on the church grounds. I enjoyed the video. You haven't attempted to make it artificially scary.
Roundabout 2010, I visited Borley with my partner. We were staying in Suffolk and with my interest in the subject it was too good an opportunity to miss. As we walked up the church path, we got about as far as your cameraman did and she had to turn back. No smell, just an overwhelmingly threatening atmosphere. She was totally unaware of any details of the village's history, but has had "sensitive" instances before, such as when she has had to leave a room in a stately home, or in one case when she was tucked in bed and kissed on the back of the head when staying in a convalescent home. (For my own part, I could be surrounded with ghosts and never even know.) It would be nice to get to grips with the Borley case, but I suspect the mystery will always be there. Thank you for the film.
I have been fascinated this Borley story as I have had an interest in the paranormal ever since I was a child, when my family and I had a genuine haunting at a property in Wales called, ''Gladstone villa'' It happened to us throughout the 1970's in the former mining town of Bargoed of the Caerphilly county borough. We experienced things that simply defied rational explanation like footsteps in the main bedroom that would occur every evening when we'd all be down stairs watching television, one of us would turn the television down to hear it more clearly. There was also some minor poltergeist activity, lights going off and on, electrical cables being pulled. We also had the odd sighting, though this was very rare indeed. It got so bad we slept down stairs, on sofa's, with the lights on all night. We were there from 1969 to 1978, and many things happened, and we had the ghost for so long my grandmother called it, ''Johnny' . I did some research into the property and I discovered some interesting things indeed. I found out from local libraries and news papers that Gladstone villa dates back to the early 1900's and it was named after the former liberal prime minister William Gladstone. I wouldn't share this if it wasn't true and if I couldn't back it up. It's well worth an investigation and I challenge any skeptic to stay there a while, they will most certainly experience something that will make them question their belief system, I have no doubt about that at all. If you like, you can read a more detailed account of what happened at Gladstone villa if you search, ''Johnny the ghost, Bargoed'' it's also on youtube.
Andrew Dexter why is it that South Wales has such a big ghost heritage. My nan lived in a cottage in Merthyr and some of her stories chilled me to the bone.
@@CrueLoaf Hi, thank you for your very welcome comment, I lived in Merthyr for a very short time, from 1982 to 1983. Would you please share some of these stories? Thank you.
I have had many ghostly experiences in my life. Where I actually saw a ghost, when I had trouble reversing my car one very cold foggy night and could see nothing behind me. When an old man appeared and guided me so I would not hit anything. I got out to thank him but he was gone. I told this to my neighbour and described the man. My neighbour later showed me a picture of his late father,, I said, this is the man who guided me through the fog One morning I found my kitchen cupboards emptied, everything inside the kitchen cupboards was sitting on the kitchen floor. Some times I would wake up and my front door would be unlocked and fully opened. It seems to me when we die,, we keep living our normal lives. .like the events at Borley church,, the people from the past are still doing their everyday thing... So if that is true then what about heaven and hell
I caught Mr Halton on the community channel last night. I really enjoy the way he describes things and also delves into the history of the buildings such as the artwork and the architecture as well as the hauntings. Fascinating stuff well told. Subscribed.
I visit the rectory a couple of times in the mid 80's my friend and I saw a white figure moving through graves! we. were terrified! still remember it vividly to this day.
Yes, it did and was later demolished. Certainly though when my husband and I visited there in the late '70s the former site of the rectory was easily seen over the locked 5 bar gate - by then a rough area of land with some rubble visible. That may well have still been the case in the mid '80s, though I suspect by now it's probably been fully cleared and built on. But 'the graves' Andy Jarvis mentions would have been in the churchyard, not on the actual rectory site.
@@paulfitzpatrick2688 Just because something might be distoryed in our time... like the house being burned & then torn down...Maybe in another demention 'that house' might still exist. Sounds crazy huh? Years ago in a young lady's home in Gettysburg...I knew that her parents owned the old beauitful home built in the Civil War days & it was known to have been used as a Civil War inside-out- side field type hospital. When the parents got the house they expanded the size,-- ment one half was original & half was 'new' but was built to blend in seamlessly. After being invited to her Halloween dress up party at that house, I went & had taken some pictures....I've since lost them .... (maybe might come across it, I dout cause of having had to move) but by accident, after coming down a dimly lite hallway -- from the old section of the house.... I had taken a shot of what looked like a Civil War soldier ! I heard some footsteps so I turned around & quickly took another cupple of shots. Since it was a Halloween dress up party I thought at 1st he was a guest but when you really looked at the shots the soldier looked almost black & whitish compared to the blue wall in the semmie lite hallway. He looked to be in his young 20s if that but he looked so SAD. The last pic of him he'd turned around walking back down into the older section of the home. Strange stuff. Make a long story short, where the young soldier last stood was RIGHT on the LINE where the old house met the knew edition ! I think he may have died there a long time ago & doesn't know how too or doesn't want to move on.
During the 1980's my mother had an experience at Borley church. She was with my neice visiting the church when my mother wandered around the grounds outside while my neice was inside talking to the verger. While she was admiring the topiary she happened upon the gardener, an elderly man in his seventies who was trimming the grass edges, and remarked to him how spectacular his work was. He replied with a "thankyou" and she then proceeded to the interior of the church and mentioned to the verger, who was in conversation with my neice, that she had spoken to the gardener and had complemented him on his work, to which the verger explained that the gardener had not been there for sometime as he was away on holiday and in any case the gardener was a man in his 40's.
+stephen girling So your telling us she had an interactive conversation with a ghost who also PHYSICALLY cut the grass edges. And this ghost didnt just cut the lawn edge,it trimmed the hedges into shapes,Topiary is an art NOT just gardening so very impressive. And you believe all that,do you realise how much energy they need just to partly manifest or interact.It would be more believable if the "ghost" gardener was just going through the motions but your mum states it REALLY did the gardening to the point she was so impressed she had to tell him! With all due respect to your mother this is extremely unlikely.
Me and my family used to live in borley green and we used to hear banging of doors, horses late at night and a swishing noise of a dress on the carpet. My mum also set up a tape player to record over night and it recorded a distorted womans voice.
Another great video history made by Mr Chris Halton for Haunted Earth TV. The haunted Borley Rectory was the first well documented haunting I read about at the age of 10 in summer of 1976. I was captivated with the picture of the flying brick. That two page story I read over and over again until my local library purchased a series of books about stories of the paranormal and occult from both the UK and the US. Later that year for current events I brought up the haunted Borley Rectory. That same day my sixth grade teacher and another student had two other stories about the same hauntings. One from my teacher was about the Priest and Nun's affair, the suicide of one or both(I can't remember which, but I think the broken hearted Nun committed suicide first, then again the Nun could have been murdered) The other story from my fellow student was about Harry Price, His investigations and a Phantom Coach that traveled the lane to the rectory or church. Thank You Mr Halton for another great video upload.
The smell of a rotten corpse could have been produced by a variety of fungi. The Stinkhorn fungi is noted for emitting a foul, carrion type odour. Not saying it definitely is, but should be considered.
My brother and i both smelt incense as we approached the church from the road,it occurred in one particular place only.There was no wind at the time(early evening).
I've been in Borley Church several times. Once alone, but never seen or heard anything strange. This was during the 1970's when it was still left open during the daytime. Last time I visited the place was in 1996. Unknowingly, it was on the 28th July when the nun supposedly has been seen, but it was locked up and bars had been fitted across the windows. Again, nothing was seen or heard in the churchyard. Its certainly a beautiful church inside and if one didn't know the history of the Borley hauntings and the problems the locals had with vandalism, it would probably still be open today.
Had to drive from Norfolk yesterday and as it was a bank holiday left the area to drive back early to Hertfordshire early. Funnily enough had bought some old books on Suffolk and was looking at an old map in the back of the book and noted Borley on the Essex border and mentioned it to other half. Did not make any intention to go there but the sat nav on the way back diverted us to bury st Edmunds and towards Sudbury. Thought interesting we are not far from Borley and as an inquisitive and have had ghostly experiences decided to detour on the way home to Borley. Surprised how there is no signage at all to the place, went up the hill and found Borley hamlet. I only knew the history of the rectory and new nothing of the church. Other half went off to wander down the road to look for rectory garden. I wandered around the church yard. Apart from it being locked as a church it doesn’t make one feel secure.outside (especially at night no doubt very scary) Imagine trying to find solace there. The grounds are consecrated but I sat outside by the very locked gate and very padlocked church.carpark and as it was early evening I had walked around the back of the church previously I decide to contemplate it all. I had a feeling of headache or compression and I felt like place has a negative energy surrounding it. I really don’t think it is a good place to visit unless you have good intentions and knowledge of the esoteric by protecting yourself spiritually. I can see why the hamlet house owners get fed up with noisy visitors messing around personally I would find it hard to live there with the living visiting let alone the supernatural. Anyway hence I found your excellent video today to try and assimilate what I experienced. This church reminds me of The spooky church In France connected to the Cathars. Is something guarding the the area. The hamlet is in such beautiful countryside and I read that two leylines cross there. But apart from the graveyard it’s not a welcoming place on both plains
At the end of the '70s I went to Borley with my husband. We spent a while looking at the former rectory site over the locked gate, then went into the church (which was still open at that time). There was no-one else in the church or the churchyard. We paid our respects at the Waldegrave tomb and spent some time in the church. The only thing which may, or may not, have been of significance was hearing what sounded like leaves rustling quite loudly against one of the high windows. We checked outside where that particular window is and there were no trees near it. The only other logical explanation we could think of is perhaps a bird had flow into the window and we'd heard its wing/s brushing against the glass. Who knows?
What a wonderful tomb of the Waldegrave family! The EVP of the first 'sigh' sounds more like a voice quickly saying, 'Go out' - perhaps the spirit wanted them to leave?
I challenge you Chris to spend the night inside Borley church. Even you may not stand it for long. A tudor tunnel was found in the early 1980s, thought to connect the rectory and church. This may have been a kind of priest hole but its purpose was not clear. The nun ghost has something to do with it. If you do get the chance, use longwave UV lights to charge up the air and a laser scanner to capture the images of the ghosts. If the BBC paid them enough, the village would accept a night stay and you would be the best possible investigator.
+Chris Halton - Haunted Earth tv It has been proven that Harry Price was a fraudster, that does not mean that there are no ghosts as things were happening before Harry Price arrived on the scene.
Chris Halton - Haunted Earth tv Very good. churches are haunted. I rented a very old one for a stain glass studio..It was so haunted I left after a year. Cemetaries are always close by..Scary
It looks beautiful. The topiary is so nice. I always wanted to visit but read somewhere that the residents were sick of tourists and not that friendly.
It would be interesting to know if anything odd has ever been seen on the CCTV security footage. Perhaps those that monitor it would however be reluctant to publish anything, for fear of generating yet more visits from curious people. Having relatives nearby, I have visited the churchyard several times, but never personally experienced any anomalies. I have an audio cassette tape which features the Borley BBC recordings shown here on one side, and on the other side recordings (by the same team, I think) from hauntings at Bircham Newton aerodrome in rural Norfolk, which are equally dramatic. The aerodrome was operational in WW1 and WW2, and is now a college for construction engineers, with many of the original airfield structures still present. I look forward to your upcoming "revisit" to Borley, Chris.
I have a pet theory that hauntings maybe time slips. A time slip is where sounds, smells, people and buildings etc from the past intrude into the present for very brief periods of time. How these time slips occur is very difficult to explain,perhaps the geology of the area traps energy and this energy can be sensed by sensitive people? Sounds of knocking, doors opening, singing when nobody is there might be better described as aural time slips rather than the actions of unseen ghosts.
Stephanie G agree with this with the exception where supposed hauntings have had interaction with people. And there are poltergeists which many parapsychologists believe is some kind of Psychokinesis from the individual who isn’t aware they are in fact creating the phenomenon themselves
Excellent! Another enjoyable programme ! It's a shame the Rectory is no longer there for you to investigate too! Look forward to more of your work. Thankyou Chris and Tim! 😘👍🙋
Hi Chris, I was re watching this video because I had just watched a Ed and Lorraine Warren video from many years ago and they discussed briefly having been to the Borley Rectory. What a fascinating place.
Thoroughly enjoyable. In the mid 80's BBC radio broadcast a lot of the recording heard here, but it was part of a more expansive story of both the church and Borley rectory. It seems the rectory was subject to a host of hoaxes, not so the church. However, hoards of people descended on the church including the press in order to record or just listen to what transpired inside, they were not disappointed. Some even broke windows in order to get their "mics" inside the church. Borley church was under siege and the authorities took appropriate action. To many the church represented the epitome of the supernatural and hence, the defences employed to protect the the privacy of the residents, and the integrity of the church.
That was excellent .Chris, thoroughly enjoyed "our visit" to Borley Church....so interesting! What a shame Harry Price didn't listen to the rectors at the time who reported strange things happening ..he would probably Have recorded an awful lot more paranormal activity, that the rectory, which I think he had become obsessed with by then. What a horrid smell poor Tim had to endure!.. and why vomit!! Thanks again for a great programme Chris. Looking forward very much to your visit to The island of death in Venice. Have heard many things about it, so hope you take care, but have an interesting and enjoyable time there! Regards Helen C.
Hi Chris I've always been fascinated with Borley Church and the former Borley rectory and hopefully will one day visit this amazing place. Great! video, beautifully done Kev))
My dad went to borley church when he was young. He had a good life before he went. He was a ghost Investigator like me only jam 14 and he went up the bell tower and had a terrible feeling like jack the ripper was waiting for him. He ran and has refused to go any where near there for 25 years. And his life went downhill and never recovered. bad shit happens in his flat. something was following him. So please for your own sake do not go!
I really enjoy watching you travel thru these amazing structures of our beautiful History in a period that is so delightful to me . I captured orbs in my home on 3/3/13 to my delight they have grown and zoom in and out daily these Light beings, god lights, Orbs, Ghost are unexplainable. i have over 200 video clips I am looking for answer to these amazing beautiful lights or at least a comparison to what others like yourself find....Thank you for sharing
I've only ever been here once and that was enough! ever since I visited there I wake up with a set of 3 scratches over my body and smelling a strong perfume...something also went flying across my living room...safe to say I'm not going back any time soon
Seeing this i wanna travel to the UK.IRS BEAUTIFUL! LOOKS SO PEACEFUL! EVEN THOUGH I LIVE IN LOS ANGELES CA I TRADE ANYTHING TO GO AND EXPERIENCE MYSELF.GREAT VID CONSTANTINE9999999999
Thanks for this video. There definitely something to the paranormal, no doubt about it. Too many people have experienced something. I have to visit this Borley place someday.
When Harry Price was involved, late 1940s, it wasn't helped by the fact that one of the family living there was already pranking 'supposed' phenomena. Maybe the documentaries should take a closer look at the 'newer' rectory, overlooking the church and graveyard, and ask themselves why the upper windows are bricked back in, after it was built and disguised to look like windows. What DID the occupants see from those upper windows ?
I live about 2 miles from Borley Church and grew up around here. I've been in the church before as kid loads of times when we were amateur Ghostbusters in the 80s, it wasn't all locked up like it is now.
I've been down there several times, you can enter the churchyard and walk around. i once knocked on the door of the old rectory cottage across the road and acquired the keys and went inside the church, however, i believe they do not do this anymore.
A pity the Church is "off limits" It would be great to see what activity is still present inside the building itself. However, I suppose it's understandable at the same time. Anyway, another great video of a legendary haunted building.
Thanks for sharing this, it was very interesting, I like ghost hunting programs but like keeping our historical buildings in good condition for future generations to see. you did a good job of respecting the rights that the dead deserve.
if you go down there, you can see the old rectory cottage across the road, the rectory was to the left of this building but at an angle and a bit further back from the the road due to the driveway in front of it.
Embalming fluid (or at least modern day embalming fluid) usually has a kind of rosy smell. A bit like a cheap rose scented hand cream. That's how I remember it from when I worked at a Funeral Directors anyway. Fantastic video, thank you so much for posting. :)
1:01 Why are the bushes cut so odd? Skinny middle with thicker tops. Is there a reason? Idk how to even google that 2:50 maybe they are supposed to look like a different kind of tree but they missed the mark at 1:01
Hi Chris, I hear 12:45 'Völven Ulrik'. 12:49 'Catholic ghost', and all through the video I see lots of visual ITC, spirits, manifesting in the trees and on the walls (rather 'primitive', almost cartoon-like, as they usually are, when we're dealing with visual ITC, but never the less, quite clear). At 13:59 I hear 'Ånd holder' ('Spirit last') and at 15:49, I hear 'Spiritus' (Latin for 'soul'). Thank you from the Völve of Denmark, Ulrik
as i said in my borley vid chris,i thought i was being watched when i was there,i never saw any borley residents that day when i was there,but as i said i got the feeling someone was watching me.
Very neat well done video ! AS.........ALWAYS ! Does anyone think like me that maybe there might be other dementions...& sometimes 'ghosts' slip into 'our denention' or sometimes we 'slip into their dementions'? Maybe by accident or on purpose..."Himmmm....' I think maybe alot choose to be where ever they are, but that's my opinion. I wasn't thinking;"May I speak to 'a ghost' and get a pic. of a blackhooded skeleton looking thing with an evil smile with very sharp pointed teeth that was standing at the light house only being a few feet away from me. I didn't see it till I reviewed the pictures. Got that same 'freaky thing' at least 5 times. Down below by the lighthouse, then 2 or 3 up top of the lighthouse that I couldn't go up cause it was LOCKED & after 1 am !! The 'thing' was also inside the keeper's house that was locked, & you never see lights on anywhere at night. That night 2 rooms, second floor if you're outside looking at the house would be right side, but from being INSIDE the house would be the left side. Outside next to the house got other ghost pics. I made what I thought was a good video of my ghost pics there... but You Tube due to music copywrite stuff wouldn't let it be shown. That's fine with me, I'm just learning to do videos ect. BUT !!! I made ANOTHER video useing MY GHOST PICS ONLY & FREE MUSIC FROM YOU TUBE FREE MUSIC SITE AND THEY BANNED THE VIDEO ....AGAIN, said to music copywrite stuff....BUT!!! THAT WAS THEIR ...YT's FREE MUSIC USED !! HELLLL-O ?!! Figure that one out. I will try again in a little while & AT THE BEGINNING of the video WILL STATE useing TH-cam copywrite free music, also under the video in description box. Has this ever happened to anyone else?!! If that gets banned then I'll REDO it AGAIN WITH NO MUSIC. Then if it doesn't go through (have to laugh...maybe some ghosties in my pics will 'bug' the ' Y. T. Banners', ha, ha, ha.)
Wow this is really cool I loves ghost stuff idk why oh and btw i wanted to know I was in a abandoned building then I saw people that where not there and I can hear them ... I got really freaked out like they where asking for help , but I still ran , what do you think that is?
I remember being told about this through my dad when I was little and it really freaked me out, naturally I then went and pursued it further (being the little rebel I was)....and really freaked myself out and couldnt sleep. It was all the writing that appeared on the walls that freaked me out. I remember seeing pictures of it :S
With regard to the strange and sometimes noxious, sometimes incense like odours you will find most churchyards, as most country lanes, are bordered by wild growing shrubbery (latin or other names escape me...I'm no a botanist) which I have always found quite offensive in smell (like Tom Cat's urine when the plant is wet) yet slightly more (only just, and I don't know what sort of incense you use) fragrant when dry. Then again I haven't got a fricking clue what embalming fluid smells like..not my scene ??
I do absolutely love the differences between the old 1960's and 1970's paranormal TV investigations in comparison to the modern day TV ghost hunters. As much as I like the shows, today seems to be more about screaming and shouting over an owl hooting, then asking for a 'sign' and running around in circles when they get one. All compared to, 'oh dear, I seem to have seen a ghost... well I say, that's fascinating'... Marvellous! 😁
My friend was working with some builders in Borley years ago. He used to like the job because as it became dusk everybody would pack up and go home. We then went down there a few months later with some foreign people we knew and camped in a field next to that church. Nothing was seen by any of us, but we spent most of the night sitting up and completely on edge as it sounded like someone was continuosly walking around the tent. It was horrible.
The Ymid You are very brave!
I remember the BBC programme in 1975 and fairly shit myself when the sighs were heard! Good to find it again, thanks for posting. Me and 2 mates slept in a car outside the church (when you could park) in about 75/76...really creepy and we were even shutting the vents on the dashboard!
I walk through Borley regularly, and I have never experienced or had the feeling of anything supernatural, however I have never set foot on the church grounds. I enjoyed the video. You haven't attempted to make it artificially scary.
Fascinating,and amazing that the BBC did such a sensible and thorough investigation. Thank you.
Roundabout 2010, I visited Borley with my partner. We were staying in Suffolk and with my interest in the subject it was too good an opportunity to miss.
As we walked up the church path, we got about as far as your cameraman did and she had to turn back. No smell, just an overwhelmingly threatening atmosphere. She was totally unaware of any details of the village's history, but has had "sensitive" instances before, such as when she has had to leave a room in a stately home, or in one case when she was tucked in bed and kissed on the back of the head when staying in a convalescent home. (For my own part, I could be surrounded with ghosts and never even know.)
It would be nice to get to grips with the Borley case, but I suspect the mystery will always be there.
Thank you for the film.
Thanks for sharing and enjoying, Frank!
I have been fascinated this Borley story as I have had an interest in the paranormal ever since I was a child, when my family and I had a genuine haunting at a property in Wales called, ''Gladstone villa'' It happened to us throughout the 1970's in the former mining town of Bargoed of the Caerphilly county borough. We experienced things that simply defied rational explanation like footsteps in the main bedroom that would occur every evening when we'd all be down stairs watching television, one of us would turn the television down to hear it more clearly. There was also some minor poltergeist activity, lights going off and on, electrical cables being pulled. We also had the odd sighting, though this was very rare indeed. It got so bad we slept down stairs, on sofa's, with the lights on all night. We were there from 1969 to 1978, and many things happened, and we had the ghost for so long my grandmother called it, ''Johnny' . I did some research into the property and I discovered some interesting things indeed. I found out from local libraries and news papers that Gladstone villa dates back to the early 1900's and it was named after the former liberal prime minister William Gladstone. I wouldn't share this if it wasn't true and if I couldn't back it up. It's well worth an investigation and I challenge any skeptic to stay there a while, they will most certainly experience something that will make them question their belief system, I have no doubt about that at all. If you like, you can read a more detailed account of what happened at Gladstone villa if you search, ''Johnny the ghost, Bargoed'' it's also on youtube.
Andrew Dexter why is it that South Wales has such a big ghost heritage. My nan lived in a cottage in Merthyr and some of her stories chilled me to the bone.
@@CrueLoaf Hi, thank you for your very welcome comment, I lived in Merthyr for a very short time, from 1982 to 1983. Would you please share some of these stories? Thank you.
I have had many ghostly experiences in my life. Where I actually saw a ghost, when I had trouble reversing my car one very cold foggy night and could see nothing behind me. When an old man appeared and guided me so I would not hit anything. I got out to thank him but he was gone.
I told this to my neighbour and described the man. My neighbour later showed me a picture of his late father,, I said, this is the man who guided me through the fog
One morning I found my kitchen cupboards emptied, everything inside the kitchen cupboards was sitting on the kitchen floor. Some times I would wake up and my front door would be unlocked and fully opened.
It seems to me when we die,, we keep living our normal lives.
.like the events at Borley church,, the people from the past are still doing their everyday thing...
So if that is true then what about heaven and hell
Watch out for your mental health bro.
Stop lying
@@mla7071 Nasty comment, why are you even watching this channel. ?
I caught Mr Halton on the community channel last night. I really enjoy the way he describes things and also delves into the history of the buildings such as the artwork and the architecture as well as the hauntings. Fascinating stuff well told. Subscribed.
I visit the rectory a couple of times in the mid 80's my friend and I saw a white figure moving through graves! we. were terrified! still remember it vividly to this day.
Andy Jarvis white figure? If I get my old phone repaired I'll send you a second of footage of that white figure I caught in a video recording
andrew russell Wow cool..
It burned down in 1939
Yes, it did and was later demolished. Certainly though when my husband and I visited there in the late '70s the former site of the rectory was easily seen over the locked 5 bar gate - by then a rough area of land with some rubble visible. That may well have still been the case in the mid '80s, though I suspect by now it's probably been fully cleared and built on. But 'the graves' Andy Jarvis mentions would have been in the churchyard, not on the actual rectory site.
@@paulfitzpatrick2688 Just because something might be distoryed in our time... like the house being burned & then torn down...Maybe in another demention 'that house' might still exist. Sounds crazy huh?
Years ago in a young lady's home in Gettysburg...I knew that her parents owned the old beauitful home built in the Civil War days & it was known to have been used as a Civil War inside-out- side field type hospital.
When the parents got the house they expanded the size,-- ment one half was original & half was 'new' but was built to blend in seamlessly.
After being invited to her Halloween dress up party at that house, I went & had taken some pictures....I've since lost them .... (maybe might come across it, I dout cause of having had to move) but by accident, after coming down a dimly lite hallway -- from the old section of the house....
I had taken a shot of what looked like a Civil War soldier ! I heard some footsteps so I turned around & quickly took another cupple of shots. Since it was a Halloween dress up party I thought at 1st he was a guest but when you really looked at the shots the soldier looked almost black & whitish compared to the blue wall in the semmie lite hallway. He looked to be in his young 20s if that but he looked so SAD. The last pic of him he'd turned around walking back down into the older section of the home. Strange stuff.
Make a long story short, where the young soldier last stood was RIGHT on the LINE where the old house met the knew edition ! I think he may have died there a long time ago & doesn't know how too or doesn't want to move on.
During the 1980's my mother had an experience at Borley church. She was with my neice visiting the church when my mother wandered around the grounds outside while my neice was inside talking to the verger. While she was admiring the topiary she happened upon the gardener, an elderly man in his seventies who was trimming the grass edges, and remarked to him how spectacular his work was. He replied with a "thankyou" and she then proceeded to the interior of the church and mentioned to the verger, who was in conversation with my neice, that she had spoken to the gardener and had complemented him on his work, to which the verger explained that the gardener had not been there for sometime as he was away on holiday and in any case the gardener was a man in his 40's.
+stephen girling So your telling us she had an interactive conversation with a ghost who also PHYSICALLY cut the grass edges.
And this ghost didnt just cut the lawn edge,it trimmed the hedges into shapes,Topiary is an art NOT just gardening so very impressive.
And you believe all that,do you realise how much energy they need just to partly manifest or interact.It would be more believable if the "ghost" gardener was just going through the motions but your mum states it REALLY did the gardening to the point she was so impressed she had to tell him!
With all due respect to your mother this is extremely unlikely.
Me and my family used to live in borley green and we used to hear banging of doors, horses late at night and a swishing noise of a dress on the carpet. My mum also set up a tape player to record over night and it recorded a distorted womans voice.
interesting spooky
Another great video history made by Mr Chris Halton for Haunted Earth TV.
The haunted Borley Rectory was the first well documented haunting I read about at the age of 10 in summer of 1976.
I was captivated with the picture of the flying brick.
That two page story I read over and over again until my local library purchased a series of books about stories of the paranormal and occult from both the UK and the US.
Later that year for current events I brought up the haunted Borley Rectory. That same day my sixth grade teacher and another student had two other stories about the same hauntings.
One from my teacher was about the Priest and Nun's affair, the suicide of one or both(I can't remember which, but I think the broken hearted Nun committed suicide first, then again the Nun could have been murdered)
The other story from my fellow student was about Harry Price, His investigations and a Phantom Coach that traveled the lane to the rectory or church.
Thank You Mr Halton for another great video upload.
The smell of a rotten corpse could have been produced by a variety of fungi. The Stinkhorn fungi is noted for emitting a foul, carrion type odour. Not saying it definitely is, but should be considered.
My brother and i both smelt incense as we approached the church from the road,it occurred in one particular place only.There was no wind at the time(early evening).
I've been in Borley Church several times. Once alone, but never seen or heard anything strange. This was during the 1970's when it was still left open during the daytime. Last time I visited the place was in 1996. Unknowingly, it was on the 28th July when the nun supposedly has been seen, but it was locked up and bars had been fitted across the windows. Again, nothing was seen or heard in the churchyard.
Its certainly a beautiful church inside and if one didn't know the history of the Borley hauntings and the problems the locals had with vandalism, it would probably still be open today.
Had to drive from Norfolk yesterday and as it was a bank holiday left the area to drive back early to Hertfordshire early. Funnily enough had bought some old books on Suffolk and was looking at an old map in the back of the book and noted Borley on the Essex border and mentioned it to other half. Did not make any intention to go there but the sat nav on the way back diverted us to bury st Edmunds and towards Sudbury. Thought interesting we are not far from Borley and as an inquisitive and have had ghostly experiences decided to detour on the way home to Borley. Surprised how there is no signage at all to the place, went up the hill and found Borley hamlet. I only knew the history of the rectory and new nothing of the church. Other half went off to wander down the road to look for rectory garden. I wandered around the church yard. Apart from it being locked as a church it doesn’t make one feel secure.outside (especially at night no doubt very scary) Imagine trying to find solace there. The grounds are consecrated but I sat outside by the very locked gate and very padlocked church.carpark and as it was early evening I had walked around the back of the church previously I decide to contemplate it all. I had a feeling of headache or compression and I felt like place has a negative energy surrounding it. I really don’t think it is a good place to visit unless you have good intentions and knowledge of the esoteric by protecting yourself spiritually. I can see why the hamlet house owners get fed up with noisy visitors messing around personally I would find it hard to live there with the living visiting let alone the supernatural. Anyway hence I found your excellent video today to try and assimilate what I experienced. This church reminds me of The spooky church In France connected to the Cathars. Is something guarding the the area. The hamlet is in such beautiful countryside and I read that two leylines cross there. But apart from the graveyard it’s not a welcoming place on both plains
At the end of the '70s I went to Borley with my husband. We spent a while looking at the former rectory site over the locked gate, then went into the church (which was still open at that time). There was no-one else in the church or the churchyard. We paid our respects at the Waldegrave tomb and spent some time in the church. The only thing which may, or may not, have been of significance was hearing what sounded like leaves rustling quite loudly against one of the high windows. We checked outside where that particular window is and there were no trees near it. The only other logical explanation we could think of is perhaps a bird had flow into the window and we'd heard its wing/s brushing against the glass. Who knows?
What a wonderful tomb of the Waldegrave family! The EVP of the first 'sigh' sounds more like a voice quickly saying, 'Go out' - perhaps the spirit wanted them to leave?
I hear 'Run, Run', or similar on the first voice i do think its speaking and not just sighing
I challenge you Chris to spend the night inside Borley church. Even you may not stand it for long. A tudor tunnel was found in the early 1980s, thought to connect the rectory and church. This may have been a kind of priest hole but its purpose was not clear. The nun ghost has something to do with it. If you do get the chance, use longwave UV lights to charge up the air and a laser scanner to capture the images of the ghosts. If the BBC paid them enough, the village would accept a night stay and you would be the best possible investigator.
@Ken Pile Interesting, I always wondered. I thought Borley was on a high ground ridge though and wouldn’t need a flood drain.
A visit to one of Europe`s most famously haunted churches born from the legacy of Harry Price, ghost hunter extraordinaire ..
Chris Halton - Haunted Earth tv Fantastic Video....Mayb e check our video out
+Chris Halton - Haunted Earth tv It has been proven that Harry Price was a fraudster, that does not mean that there are no ghosts as things were happening before Harry Price arrived on the scene.
Chris Halton - Haunted Earth tv
Chris Halton - Haunted Earth tv Very good. churches are haunted. I rented a very old one for a stain glass studio..It was so haunted I left after a year. Cemetaries are always close by..Scary
It's a really pretty church, beautifully kept. You can sense the peace and tranquility just watching the video.
Top class film and worth a good look at i enjoyed this very much thank you Chris again for all the great films you make.
It`s always my pleasure, Richard. Appreciate your support for my work :)
Loved it
It looks beautiful. The topiary is so nice. I always wanted to visit but read somewhere that the residents were sick of tourists and not that friendly.
Yes, true, the natives aren`t too friendly. There is a big sign in the porch stating it isn`t haunted because ghosts don`t exist!
It would be interesting to know if anything odd has ever been seen on the CCTV security footage. Perhaps those that monitor it would however be reluctant to publish anything, for fear of generating yet more visits from curious people. Having relatives nearby, I have visited the churchyard several times, but never personally experienced any anomalies. I have an audio cassette tape which features the Borley BBC recordings shown here on one side, and on the other side recordings (by the same team, I think) from hauntings at Bircham Newton aerodrome in rural Norfolk, which are equally dramatic. The aerodrome was operational in WW1 and WW2, and is now a college for construction engineers, with many of the original airfield structures still present. I look forward to your upcoming "revisit" to Borley, Chris.
I have a pet theory that hauntings maybe time slips. A time slip is where sounds, smells, people and buildings etc from the past intrude into the present for very brief periods of time. How these time slips occur is very difficult to explain,perhaps the geology of the area traps energy and this energy can be sensed by sensitive people?
Sounds of knocking, doors opening, singing when nobody is there might be better described as aural time slips rather than the actions of unseen ghosts.
Stephanie G agree with this with the exception where supposed hauntings have had interaction with people. And there are poltergeists which many parapsychologists believe is some kind of Psychokinesis from the individual who isn’t aware they are in fact creating the phenomenon themselves
So fascinating and interesting - I'm binge watching ALL your videos 😊
Awesome! Thank you!
I ride my horse through Borley and she is always wary of the Church which is dangerous because of the oncoming blind corner.
Excellent! Another enjoyable programme ! It's a shame the Rectory is no longer there for you to investigate too!
Look forward to more of your work. Thankyou Chris and Tim! 😘👍🙋
No it isn`t. It has a Suffolk postal address but it`s in Essex near to the border.
I should know, as I have lived and worked in the area. Thanks.
Hi Chris, I was re watching this video because I had just watched a Ed and Lorraine Warren video from many years ago and they discussed briefly having been to the Borley Rectory. What a fascinating place.
This was very enjoyable to watch, Chris. It's a place I've always wanted to visit, I hope to one day. Well done all of you.
Those footsteps sound like someone walking on a wooden floor wearing old clogs.
Strange for sure, Mark. :)
Thoroughly enjoyable. In the mid 80's BBC radio broadcast a lot of the recording heard here, but it was part of a more expansive story of both the church and Borley rectory. It seems the rectory was subject to a host of hoaxes, not so the church. However, hoards of people descended on the church including the press in order to record or just listen to what transpired inside, they were not disappointed.
Some even broke windows in order to get their "mics" inside the church. Borley church was under siege and the authorities took appropriate action. To many the church represented the epitome of the supernatural and hence, the defences employed to protect the the privacy of the residents, and the integrity of the church.
Wow what an amazing film. Just subscribed so I can watch the rest of these films.
Great documentaries, by the way. Very watchable.
That was excellent .Chris, thoroughly enjoyed "our visit" to Borley Church....so interesting!
What a shame Harry Price didn't listen to the rectors at the time who reported strange things happening ..he would probably
Have recorded an awful lot more paranormal activity, that the rectory, which I think he had become obsessed with by then.
What a horrid smell poor Tim had to endure!.. and why vomit!!
Thanks again for a great programme Chris. Looking forward very much to your visit to The island of death in Venice.
Have heard many things about it, so hope you take care, but have an interesting and enjoyable time there! Regards Helen C.
thanks for uploading this. One of the better (creepier) videos about Borley
Hi Chris I've always been fascinated with Borley Church and the former Borley rectory and hopefully will one day visit this amazing place. Great! video, beautifully done Kev))
My dad went to borley church when he was young. He had a good life before he went. He was a ghost Investigator like me only jam 14 and he went up the bell tower and had a terrible feeling like jack the ripper was waiting for him. He ran and has refused to go any where near there for 25 years. And his life went downhill and never recovered. bad shit happens in his flat. something was following him. So please for your own sake do not go!
"It could have been vomit, embalming fluid, a ghost or it could have been vomit..."
Welcome to Vomit Watch.
yeah I would have redone that bit
Hello Chris Halton . Nice to see your video again. God bless 😇 you and keep safe. Hello Mr. Tim .
I really enjoy watching you travel thru these amazing structures of our beautiful History in a period that is so delightful to me . I captured orbs in my home on 3/3/13 to my delight they have grown and zoom in and out daily these Light beings, god lights, Orbs, Ghost are unexplainable. i have over 200 video clips I am looking for answer to these amazing beautiful lights or at least a comparison to what others like yourself find....Thank you for sharing
One of my fave videos by you Chris!
Appreciate your comments Kris :)
I've been fascinated by Borley Rectory/church since I was 6 or 7 when I bought home a book on ghosts home from the library.
Thanks, Alison :)
I've only ever been here once and that was enough! ever since I visited there I wake up with a set of 3 scratches over my body and smelling a strong perfume...something also went flying across my living room...safe to say I'm not going back any time soon
Thankyou for your kind comment :)
Great video and very informative!!! I love the history, and have read Price's book on Borley years ago.
Seeing this i wanna travel to the UK.IRS BEAUTIFUL! LOOKS SO PEACEFUL! EVEN THOUGH I LIVE IN LOS ANGELES CA I TRADE ANYTHING TO GO AND EXPERIENCE MYSELF.GREAT VID CONSTANTINE9999999999
No, I said rotten, and never mentioned Sulphur.
Great film Chris really enjoyed this, very engaging.
Thanks for this video. There definitely something to the paranormal, no doubt about it. Too many people have experienced something. I have to visit this Borley place someday.
Rewatching, love it!
When Harry Price was involved, late 1940s, it wasn't helped by the fact that one of the family living there was already pranking 'supposed' phenomena. Maybe the documentaries should take a closer look at the 'newer' rectory, overlooking the church and graveyard, and ask themselves why the upper windows are bricked back in, after it was built and disguised to look like windows. What DID the occupants see from those upper windows ?
What. Is there a new rectory built on the grounds of the one that burned down in 1939?
Glad you enjoyed! :)
I love your presentation! Old-school and to-the-point unlike the awful youtubers who rely on terrible graphics and sound effects.
Thanks folks :)
I live about 2 miles from Borley Church and grew up around here. I've been in the church before as kid loads of times when we were amateur Ghostbusters in the 80s, it wasn't all locked up like it is now.
is the church open to the public? I'm thinking of driving down and seeing the place for myself.
I've been down there several times, you can enter the churchyard and walk around. i once knocked on the door of the old rectory cottage across the road and acquired the keys and went inside the church, however, i believe they do not do this anymore.
very interesting to watch the old video clip at the end there was I thought some neat sounds cought on tape thanks for posting Chris.
Have you a link or reference to that, or are you just assuming?
A pity the Church is "off limits" It would be great to see what activity is still present inside the building itself. However, I suppose it's understandable at the same time. Anyway, another great video of a legendary haunted building.
Thanks for sharing this, it was very interesting, I like ghost hunting programs but like keeping our historical buildings in good condition for future generations to see. you did a good job of respecting the rights that the dead deserve.
I would have thought that visitors looking for ghosts were just as much of a nuisance during the day as they would be at night!
Brilliant video Chris, do you know exactly where the rectory its self was located ? (before the fire) Thank you.
Many shrubs and tress can smell of vomit especially within the autumn or shedding months.
if you go down there, you can see the old rectory cottage across the road, the rectory was to the left of this building but at an angle and a bit further back from the the road due to the driveway in front of it.
Many of the character from the Rectory days are buried in that graveyard.
One day I'll get my old phone repaired then post a TH-cam video of what my mate and I caught in this churchyard from 2 years ago
Embalming fluid (or at least modern day embalming fluid) usually has a kind of rosy smell. A bit like a cheap rose scented hand cream. That's how I remember it from when I worked at a Funeral Directors anyway.
Fantastic video, thank you so much for posting. :)
That my rose scented facial wash ruined for me forever....🤣🤣🤣
1:01 Why are the bushes cut so odd? Skinny middle with thicker tops. Is there a reason? Idk how to even google that 2:50 maybe they are supposed to look like a different kind of tree but they missed the mark at 1:01
Originally they were shaped like chess pieces. Unfortunately the master hands of a topiarist trimmer have been replaced by well intentioned amateurs.
that was awesome Chris!
Hi Chris, I hear 12:45 'Völven Ulrik'. 12:49 'Catholic ghost', and all through the video I see lots of visual ITC, spirits, manifesting in the trees and on the walls (rather 'primitive', almost cartoon-like, as they usually are, when we're dealing with visual ITC, but never the less, quite clear). At 13:59 I hear 'Ånd holder' ('Spirit last') and at 15:49, I hear 'Spiritus' (Latin for 'soul').
Thank you from the Völve of Denmark, Ulrik
And thank you Ulrik for commenting :)
Sounds a dreadful experience . Appreciate you sharing.
Who's is the music by?
A very interesting place. I must film there soon.
Hello again, I really enjoyed the presentation. Who were the two gentlemen from the video from 1975? I found that interesting as well. thank you
really good video,enjoyed it
I would want to go at both day and night.
It`s as creepy in day as it is at night, plus you don`t get the villagers charging at you with pitchforks. :)
I really enjoyed watching that many thanks!
A pleasure to share. Thanks Mark :)
Where is the burley church and rectory located at the town and state
The Warren's investigation was much more in depth .
Lovely Music.
as i said in my borley vid chris,i thought i was being watched when i was there,i never saw any borley residents that day when i was there,but as i said i got the feeling someone was watching me.
Great video ! Very interesting
Re-visiting your video's. Miss your stories and hope you are doing well.
Great documentary!
That was very interesting. Thanks.
Truly beautiful !
Thank you! 🙂
nice reporting and editing too
My pleasure :)
I'd love to camp on the Borley grounds to see if I meet anything paranormal.
Very neat well done video !
AS.........ALWAYS !
Does anyone think like me that maybe there might be other dementions...& sometimes 'ghosts' slip into 'our denention' or sometimes we 'slip into their dementions'? Maybe by accident or on purpose..."Himmmm....'
I think maybe alot choose to be where ever they are, but that's my opinion. I wasn't thinking;"May I speak to 'a ghost' and get a pic. of a blackhooded skeleton looking thing with an evil smile with very sharp pointed teeth that was standing at the light house only being a few feet away from me. I didn't see it till I reviewed the pictures. Got that same 'freaky thing' at least 5 times.
Down below by the lighthouse, then 2 or 3 up top of the lighthouse that I couldn't go up cause it was LOCKED & after 1 am !! The 'thing' was also inside the keeper's house that was locked, & you never see lights on anywhere at night. That night 2 rooms, second floor if you're outside looking at the house would be right side, but from being INSIDE the house would be the left side.
Outside next to the house got other ghost pics. I made what I thought was a good video of my ghost pics there... but You Tube due to music copywrite stuff wouldn't let it be shown.
That's fine with me, I'm just learning to do videos ect. BUT !!!
I made ANOTHER video useing MY GHOST PICS ONLY & FREE MUSIC FROM YOU TUBE FREE MUSIC SITE AND THEY BANNED THE VIDEO ....AGAIN, said to music copywrite stuff....BUT!!! THAT WAS THEIR ...YT's FREE MUSIC USED !! HELLLL-O ?!!
Figure that one out.
I will try again in a little while & AT THE BEGINNING of the video WILL STATE useing TH-cam copywrite free music, also under the video in description box.
Has this ever happened to anyone else?!!
If that gets banned then I'll REDO it AGAIN WITH NO MUSIC. Then if it doesn't go through (have to laugh...maybe some ghosties in my pics will 'bug' the ' Y. T. Banners', ha, ha, ha.)
Wow this is really cool I loves ghost stuff idk why oh and btw i wanted to know I was in a abandoned building then I saw people that where not there and I can hear them ... I got really freaked out like they where asking for help , but I still ran , what do you think that is?
A trapped soul asking for help... or a trickster, could just be an echo from the past too.
It was a Ghost trying to tell you to go back to school & learn how to construct a proper sentence.
the vicar there should get rid of these forces should he not.
Borley my fav subject thanks chris ...
Thanks, Jon :)
Ok, i found out. The man being interviewed was Peter Underwood. thanks again. Joe
dark forces or even ghosts cannot haunt on hallowed ground..
+The Cynical Channel I would like to add something here. The church is DISOBEDIENT. No obedience, no holiness.
I remember being told about this through my dad when I was little and it really freaked me out, naturally I then went and pursued it further (being the little rebel I was)....and really freaked myself out and couldnt sleep. It was all the writing that appeared on the walls that freaked me out. I remember seeing pictures of it :S
With regard to the strange and sometimes noxious, sometimes incense like odours you will find most churchyards, as most country lanes, are bordered by wild growing shrubbery (latin or other names escape me...I'm no a botanist) which I have always found quite offensive in smell (like Tom Cat's urine when the plant is wet) yet slightly more (only just, and I don't know what sort of incense you use) fragrant when dry. Then again I haven't got a fricking clue what embalming fluid smells like..not my scene ??
Can I still visit? Dont want to go all the way up there and we can't get in