Britain's First Ghost Hunt

About this episode

The episode discusses Britain's first modern ghost hunt that took place in a Georgian mansion in the 1760s.

It was the original modern ghost hunt, the one that set the template for all the haunted houses to come. When a wealthy plantation family moves into a crumbling Georgian mansion in the 1760's the haunting begins. By the end even royalty were on tenterhooks. Eleanor Janega joins Anthony Delaney for this episode. Edited by Tim Arstall. Produced by Stuart Beckwith. You can now watch After Dark on Youtube! www.youtube.com/@afterdarkhistoryhit Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe .   You can take part in our listener survey here . All music from Epidemic Sounds. After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal is a History Hit podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Anthony Delaney

Guest: Eleanor Janega

Topics covered

• ghost hunting
• history
• haunted houses
• paranormal
• royalty
• Georgian era

Keywords

• ghost hunt
• haunting
• Georgian mansion
• Eleanor Janega
• Anthony Delaney
• paranormal history
• royalty
• history hit

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: History Hit, Acast

Books & works: After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

Places: Georgian mansion

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