Courthouse ghost pleads innocence

A dad-of-three has captured the spirit of a woman 'wrongly sentenced to death' still pleading her innocence centuries later at an old 19th century courthouse.

In the eerie footage, shot at a pub in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, that used to serve as the courthouse for the area a "ghostly voice" can be heard shouting "I never".

Ghost hunter Sean Reynolds, 33, who captured the spine-tingling video, said it is the clearest communication from a spirit he has ever heard.

"The Old Market Tavern has had many uses throughout time, being used as a bank, a town hall and even a courthouse," Sean said.

"The landlady has reported many ghostly sightings here and refuses to enter certain parts of the building on her own.

"Paranormal incidents have included things like ghostly footsteps, bangs, even apparitions that have been seen by staff that work at the pub.

"I had been investigating the first floor on my own and had been experiencing explainable knocks and footsteps, as if someone was in the room with me."

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"Then as I asked for the spirit to make these noises again, I actually heard as clear as day with my own ears, a ghostly voice reply to me. It was so clear that the spirit was saying 'I never'," Sean said.

"I am not sure what they meant. Maybe they were telling me that they never made the noises or it could be the spirit of someone that was sentenced to death, during the period the building was used as a courthouse, still pleading their innocence.

"When I could hear what the ghost said, it made me shiver with excitement and also shock that I had been in direct vocal communication with a spirit – not through any psychic gift but physically and for everyone to hear with their own ears.

"I was the only person in the area and this voice came from the same area I was in, it had to be a spirit."

Pub manager Karen Stevens has only been working at the tavern for a year but in that time has experienced a whole host of ghostly goings-on such as lights being turned off and money being thrown off tables one note at a time.

While she could put the odd sounds and sightings down to her mind playing tricks in the past, Karen said Sean's visit has made it all seem much more real.

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"What Sean caught on camera is so scary. To think that it could be a spirit from the courthouse is really freaky,"

"I don't really want to find out any more because I'm the one who's got to lock up on my own at night.

"I've personally had a few experiences. Once the lights randomly switched off and then my phone went onto a strobe effect on its own.

"Then once I was counting some money in the back room and the money started falling off the table but the notes were falling off one by one like they were being thrown and they landed in a perfect circle.

"I called in the girls to show them because I just couldn't believe what I was seeing. It is the weirdest thing I have seen in my life."

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