Otherworld – York’s Most Haunted Venue

Otherworld – York’s Most Haunted Venue

Enter the realms of the Otherworld if you dare: be forever trapped within the warren of rooms that exist in the gaunt building, with its oppressive atmosphere and dank corridors that transport you through time from the murkily medieval 1400s, to the ghastly Georgians and gloomy Victorians through a thousand years of murder, chilling intrigue and grisly skullduggery, the likes of which you’ve never seen or heard before…

You may see its most famous ghost - Tom, a tall man attired in black, who wields a knotted leather cord between his hands lingering in the Seance Room on the second floor; or the balding monk who inhabits the Lantern room, or catch sight of the Georgian lady who graces the dining room or maybe witness some of the manifestations of poltergeist activity that often takes place.

Fright Nights at Otherworld

But you might find something even more scary lurking in the interior of this ancient house on Stonegate, for Otherworld is the home of Fright Nights – The Original Ghost Hunting Company established in 1999 who were the first business of its kind to offer overnight ghost hunting experiences, for those courageous enough to venture into the inner sanctums of the UK’s scariest venues like, for starters… the former Asylum in Lincoln or the Vaults in Edinburgh.

In 2007, Fright Night organised another supernatural event at Alton Towers when over 880 people took part in a psychic experiment.

Every month, in fact, Fright Night takes more than 1,000 ghost hunters on the most thrilling tours available.

For private events they have enlisted the help of a team of top paranormal investigators including David Wells, Ian Lawman and Dr Ciaran O’Keeffe, and two experienced mediums are present to control and channel any paranormal activity that may take place – these are Philip Solomon, a Spiritualist Medium who has been in the business for over 30 years, described as the leading trance medium of our time, and Roy Roberts from Kent who has worked in some of Britain’s most haunted locations.

Other people just can’t get enough however – they simply arrange their holidays around the events!

Fright Night events range from jolly-sounding evening soirees with suppers, paranormal activities and mini ghost tours to full-on Ghost Hunts. The latter may require nerves of steel to witness what roams at the dead of night at some of the world’s most haunted locations. But be not afraid – overnight investigations always include psychic mediums and expert paranormal investigators.

Why not make a weekend of it (Hotel California perhaps?)?

Fright Night’s famous haunted weekends take place at locations that crawl with paranormal activity, but you won’t simply be waiting for things that go bump in the night – you’ll also have an opportunity to flex your psychic abilities and dig deep into the world of ghosts and haunting.

But – hey, life’s too short to muck about – why not just go the whole hog and attend a Ghost Festival packed with spine-tingling activities, ghost hunting vigils, tarot card readers, clairvoyants, talks by paranormal experts and psychic fairs with ghostly stories that take place – guess where – in the most haunted buildings of Britain?