Old Hall Hotel, Sandbach - Recent History - Paranormal Activity

Paranormal Activity

The credulous believe the Old Hall to be haunted. It has also been recorded as possibly being the most haunted hotel in England and has been investigated by the Most Haunted team as well as individual paranormal teams such as the Xmotu Team.

Room 2 is said to be haunted by a small boy called Matthew and was used as a private room when the building was run as a hotel. Room 11 was used as a guest room and is known as one of the most haunted rooms in the building. Guests have reported a feeling of being pushed down in the water when taking a bath in this room. Three separate guests staying weeks apart also reported waking up at 3 am to the intense feeling of the room being on fire. Upon waking they soon realised that the room is at a normal temperature. Jewellery has also been known to go missing within this room.

Previous owners believe that an old lady haunts the room and likes to sit in the rocking chair that was once kept in the room. It is believed she is a servant who once lived in the room until she died.

Around 2003 extensive building work was done on the building which meant all the panelling was removed. A skeleton of a baby was discovered. Owners reported that paranormal activity increased during this time which actually led them to bring in psychics to try and discover what was happening. Fourteen separate ghosts have been reported by psychics.

Previous owners and guests at the hotel have seen the ghosts of a large ginger cat that likes to walk around the property as well as a dog which can be heard. Sir John Radclyffe is said to haunt the downstairs restaurant area and has been seen on numerous occasions, usually early in the morning when the hotel was quieter. A lady has been seen walking the corridors as well as items disappearing and being moved around.