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00:00Oh
00:03Some people want to climb Everest. We just want to see a ghost. We just want to see a ghost
00:08What I think it might have been a crisp packet
00:16Mum and dad letting us watch what we wanted really fired our imaginations as kids. Yes
00:24Our lives have been so crazy over the years that we don't get to see each other that often
00:30But this is an opportunity for us to reconnect. This is great
00:36So me and you are gonna stay in some of this country's most haunted places. I forgot pillows. Are you joking? Please
00:45Is that normal and we're gonna find some ghosts together. That's like a life ambition. We'll keep going until we get something
00:55I'm not going out there
01:00I'm not going out there.
01:02I'm not going out there
01:04Wow, look at this, the city of York, wow, that's so up my street.
01:33Viking history, Roman history, medieval history, Civil War history, what more could
01:39you want? Where is he? Oh, I bet he's just farting about some sort of boring Viking
01:49museum or something.
01:52It said, Everyman Theatre, Blossom Street. What's that, a cinema?
02:05Everyman? Yeah, this is it. Wow, what a building. It's got to be 1930s Art Deco. This has got
02:12to be haunted, isn't it? It reeks of ghosts. Oh, hang on a second. Now playing Ghost Stories,
02:19starring the Coopers. What?
02:24Daze? This is how I imagine ghost hunting. You know, comfortable chair, soft lighting,
02:32which makes my makeup look better. Watching some film that involves, you know,
02:39Channing Tatum. Yeah. With no top on.
02:44You're an absolute tit. That's pathetic. I'm scared. You should never do that to somebody.
03:03What? Where have you been? Well, traipsing through York. Your bad directions. I'll get some.
03:07Oh, annoying. Get your own.
03:14This is great. Oh. I tell you what, this will shock you. What?
03:20York is not only the most haunted place in the UK, it could possibly be the most haunted place in Europe.
03:27So you think we're in for a good chance seeing something? Oh, definitely. And look how wonderful this is.
03:33It's got a roof. It's got snacks. Do you know what ghosts are here? Quite a few, I've heard.
03:39This is screen one. This is like the most haunted. Most of the action is seen here.
03:45Wow. Ghosting action. We're not spending the night in a cinema though, are we?
03:48No. As comfortable as this is, I've got somewhere else lined up for later.
03:53God, do you know what? It's been so long since I've actually seen a film.
03:57Do you know, I remember doing something rather amorous at Swindon Cinema,
04:02watching, bizarrely, the new Jurassic World film.
04:06Really? What, that got you going, didn't it? I don't even want to talk about it.
04:11I tell you what, come with me. I've organised some people to come and talk to us about what they've seen.
04:19Amazing. Come with me. Come on, old friend.
04:33Jack. Hiya. Nice to meet you. How you doing?
04:36Have you had any spooky experiences here? A few over the years.
04:39Yeah, I've been here three years nearly. Really?
04:42And some weird stuff goes on around these buildings.
04:45Like what? So I was locking up one night, closing,
04:48and we'd all just clocked out. We were coming down the stairs.
04:51All the lights were off, so it's a little bit creepy anyway.
04:54Yeah. Key into the door, turn the lock,
04:57and then suddenly we all hear running coming from upstairs.
05:02And we came and someone looked at the CCTV the day after.
05:05It was all a bit blurry.
05:07I mean, how can you explain that? That's the thing.
05:09You can't really, can you? It's just...
05:11It's so weird. There's something to that.
05:14We had so many staff over the years,
05:17and all the staff would tell you the same stories,
05:19and they don't know each other.
05:20Oh!
05:21So it's like I personally never saw.
05:24Right.
05:25It was more like how you feel that you're not alone.
05:28I mean, I'm unsure if you've heard about the ghost who lives on row D.
05:31No.
05:32There's his bowler hat.
05:33Oh, really?
05:34There's a gentleman who lives in screen one.
05:36Yeah.
05:37He just likes watching the films all day.
05:38I think he was a big film buff back in the day.
05:40I would be downstairs and maybe be like,
05:42oh, will you go and clean screen one where we are now?
05:45Yeah.
05:46And then they would come back down and be like,
05:48can you please come up with me?
05:49Because there was a guy with a bowler hat.
05:51This is what the team used to say all the time,
05:53wearing, like, dark clothes, just down the way.
05:57That was the first time I was like, oh, my God, like, this is crazy.
06:01So are there parts of the cinema that you're sort of afraid to tread?
06:08Yeah.
06:09There are some places you don't like to go alone around the building.
06:11Really?
06:14So there's an old theatre entrance spiral staircase
06:17that we don't use anymore.
06:22Something feels wrong about those stairs.
06:24Really?
06:25They go right into the depths of the building.
06:31If you were in there, like, no-one would hear you.
06:38Even a sceptic would feel uncomfortable.
06:41Yes!
06:42Like, you know that you're not on your own.
06:47Do you pick up on, like, weird energies,
06:49sort of negative vibes and stuff like that?
06:51Yeah, so I've got a bit of a habit on a morning when I walk in
06:53or on an evening when I'm locking up.
06:55I'll always say good morning or good evening,
06:57just sort of, just in case the spirits are listening
06:59and I'm keeping them on my side.
07:00It's a good idea.
07:09You're in the bowler hat man's chair, by the way,
07:11so the ghost of him is livid.
07:16Do you know what I think is weird?
07:18Is who wears a bowler hat to cinema?
07:20But you would in those times.
07:22Maybe he's just got a bowl patch.
07:24Maybe.
07:25He's a bit insecure about it.
07:27Possibly.
07:30Do you remember when we used to get microwave popcorn?
07:34Yeah.
07:35You know, like, the bits that were unpopped?
07:37It was just, like, the hard nut kernel thing.
07:40Yeah, the best bit.
07:41I'd soak them in my mouth for about five minutes,
07:44then skin them with my teeth,
07:46then put them back in the bowl.
07:48You also used to bite your toenails
07:51and leave them in gaps in between your teeth.
07:54Why would you say that?
07:55Because it's true.
07:57Well, OK, well, what did Dad used to have to do with your pants?
08:01What?
08:02Because...
08:03Throw them away?
08:04Throw them away because of my skin marks.
08:06Because you didn't wipe your ass.
08:08I didn't have to wipe my ass properly until I was about 10.
08:19Have you ever been in a film?
08:21Yeah, I have, actually.
08:22What's it called, then?
08:23See How They Run.
08:24And guess what I played?
08:25A cinema rusher.
08:26Oh!
08:27It's not really boosted your career, would you say?
08:31No.
08:32Because that was the first time with sort of big A-list celebs
08:35and I thought, you know, Adrian Brodie just won an Oscar.
08:38I thought, this is it, this is a big time.
08:41No, that was three years ago now.
08:43I'm going to win an Oscar.
08:46Yeah, that's not just going to happen.
08:47Like, you've got to be cast in a film.
08:49It will happen.
08:50Yeah.
08:51That I'll write myself.
08:52It's a bit of a pipe dream.
08:53Oh, my, no, it's not.
08:54What, you'd honestly leave Gloucestershire for Hollywood?
08:57A thousand percent.
08:58A billion percent.
09:00You want to know why I'm going to Hollywood?
09:02Yeah.
09:03Watch this, then.
09:04It's raining, it's pouring.
09:11Oh, my God.
09:12We made this ourselves, what, over ten years ago?
09:15Yeah.
09:16You have, you know, to walk down the street and have people laugh at you
09:26and say, we don't believe you.
09:28Who are you?
09:30No, I've never had that in my life.
09:34Not since that day.
09:36And it was an ordinary day because I had to let the cat out.
09:40Imagine if we'd never become famous.
09:43We'd still be doing this.
09:44And this was this.
09:45This is our legacy.
09:46And this was just that.
09:47So I opened the door, I said to Tim, I said,
09:50here you are, Tim, how's it going?
09:52How's the wife?
09:53He said, fine.
09:55He asked me how I was getting on, I said, fine.
10:00It wasn't human.
10:01This is so long.
10:03Oh, God.
10:05It came down.
10:10Do you know what?
10:11I think having watched that, you can kiss goodbye to Hollywood.
10:15That's done nothing for your reputation or your acting credentials.
10:19This is obviously before we were famous, before this country.
10:22I think this was after...
10:23I think we'd just been sacked that night from our cleaning job.
10:27Yeah.
10:28At least it wasted a weekend, didn't it?
10:29It did.
10:30It wasted an entire...
10:31We...
10:33We made it in the end.
10:35Just about.
10:37I mean, have we made it?
10:38I don't know.
10:39I have.
10:40Oh, my God.
10:48Oh, God, it's already getting dark.
10:50Oh, wow.
10:51Jeez, how long have we been in there for?
10:53I have no idea.
10:54I am quite hungry.
10:56Well, I've organised that.
10:57What do you reckon?
11:02No, you.
11:03Probably Chinese.
11:04No?
11:05Well, close.
11:06Er...
11:07It's something with lots of calories, that's for sure.
11:12Can we get a big bag of chips, loads of salt and vinegar to share?
11:15And a pickled egg.
11:16Two pickled eggs, please.
11:17Yep.
11:18Love it.
11:19Pickled egg?
11:20I didn't realise that you were a pickled egg man.
11:22Yeah.
11:23Go on, look at it, look.
11:24York Minster over there.
11:25We should have been born up north, really.
11:26We're more up north people.
11:27We're friendly, we're...
11:28Frugal.
11:29You are.
11:30Yeah.
11:31Where are we staying?
11:32It's getting a bit cold now.
11:33We are staying at the most haunted pub in the most haunted city in Europe.
11:48So, you're saying we'll see a ghost tonight?
11:51Yeah.
11:52And if not, we'll have a really decent night's sleep, because it's had a great review on booking.com.
11:58Let's go there, shall we?
12:00I'm looking forward to this.
12:01You might have to give them your credit cards, because I used it to book this.
12:09You know, it's so nice being somewhere new.
12:11Like, it's such a beautiful city.
12:13City of a thousand ghosts, they call it, apparently.
12:16The odds of us seeing one have got to be pretty good.
12:21The Shambles.
12:22Wow.
12:23So, 14th century.
12:24Yeah.
12:25And it used to be where all the butcher shops were.
12:28Oh, wow, look at these little...
12:30I think I've heard about this place on Instagram.
12:33Look, they're little ghosts.
12:35OK, it sounds great, but we should probably head on, shouldn't we?
12:39Look at that.
12:40What?
12:41Tudor timber frame building.
12:42Oh!
12:43Isn't that beautiful?
12:44God, I don't know what century I'm in.
12:48No, neither do I.
12:51What a great little street this is.
12:52Isn't it?
12:57That is where we're staying.
12:59Golden fleece.
13:00There's even a golden fleece hanging off of it.
13:02That looks absolutely splendid.
13:04Oh, here we go.
13:07Great-granddad.
13:08Great-great-great-granddad.
13:09Vicky.
13:10Vicky Turks.
13:11Jesus.
13:12All right, isn't this great?
13:13It's like being on a ship.
13:14It's a bit wonky.
13:15Oh, I love it.
13:16Death mask.
13:17Oh!
13:18That's a good sign.
13:20What a great place.
13:21If you were going to be a ghost, where would you hang out?
13:22Oh, a pub.
13:23There we go.
13:24Oh, gosh.
13:25What sort of stuff, like, sort of happens, do you see?
13:26Glasses moving, cups moving, bottles falling off the back of the bar.
13:39Really?
13:40So, what was this originally, then?
13:43It was a pub, originally.
13:45So, it is one of the oldest recorded pubs, 521 years old.
13:50Oh, my God.
13:51Wow.
13:52The room that you're staying in, people keep saying that they keep feeling their leg getting
13:57grabbed on an eye.
13:58Oh, don't say that.
14:00Do you believe in ghosts now, then?
14:02I'm semi-sceptical.
14:04Everyone says that.
14:05But, yeah.
14:06Some things you just can't explain.
14:07That is, yeah.
14:08And I've worked in a lot of old pubs over the years.
14:12Is there, like, a ghost of a World War II airman here?
14:17Yep.
14:18So, that's in the top room, in the minster room, which I believe is your room.
14:21Oh.
14:22Yeah.
14:23If he's handsome, then he's in trouble.
14:25Yeah, I know.
14:26Apparently, he fell out of the window, though, so...
14:29Oh, that's a bit stupid.
14:31Yeah.
14:32He might have had a few too many fights.
14:35What are the death masks in there?
14:37All about.
14:38One of them, the one with the plaque on it, that's one of the old landlords here.
14:43Yeah.
14:44And the rest, I believe, are just locals from York.
14:48It's terrifying.
14:51Do you want me to show you to your room?
14:53Oh, yes, please.
14:54Yeah.
14:55Yeah.
14:56So, this is Lady Peckett's room.
14:57Yeah.
14:58This is the old owner of the pub.
14:59This is the one where people have said they felt people grabbing their legs in the night.
15:12Next.
15:13Do you want to stay in this one?
15:14I do.
15:15I just love the decor.
15:17I'm telling you, if I could put up with the ghosts for this.
15:21Where the Golden Fleece is located today, Roman soldiers once walked the grounds of York.
15:26Many people have noticed the Roman soldiers marching to the cellar and disappearing through the walls.
15:31Oh!
15:32That is brilliant.
15:33So, this is the Minster Suite.
15:35This is the Canadian Airman.
15:36Oh, really?
15:37This is the room he was staying in when he fell out of the window.
15:52And died.
15:53Yeah.
15:54Oh, this is nice.
15:55It's a bit of me, actually.
15:56No, this is a bit of me.
15:57Oh, well.
15:58That four-poster bed, that's really...
16:00All right, Pushy.
16:01Hang on.
16:02Why did you put your bag on...
16:03No!
16:04Oh, yes, this is...
16:05Is there anything else we should be wary of in here?
16:06I don't think so.
16:07Maybe just in the corridors.
16:08The stuff could fly across the room in these places.
16:09The furniture is said to have moved.
16:10Yeah.
16:11Been moved around in the night.
16:25I'll leave you with your keys.
16:26Oh, brilliant.
16:27Brilliant.
16:28If you'd like to enjoy your evening with us.
16:30Oh, thank you.
16:35Oh, thank you.
16:36Would you like to enjoy your evening with us? Oh, thank you.
16:40I think we've got a good chance of witnessing something tonight.
16:45I'm going to open my box of tricks.
16:48I'm going to use this, my little hotel reception bell
16:52that I haven't used in ages.
16:53I'm going to set up CCTV. Finally.
16:56And then get settled in my room. Give me a bit of time with me airman.
17:00Oh, yeah, but do you think he wants that? Yeah, I do, actually.
17:03Poor bloke.
17:05Bye. See you.
17:07I think it's just... Turn it on.
17:11There is a ghost comes and it should...
17:17OK.
17:19Is there anybody here?
17:25Canadian Airmen, are you here?
17:30And if you are, are you single at all?
17:35Do you fancy me? Yes or no?
17:36Do you fancy me? Yes or no?
17:41I tell you what, I'm going to go and have a bath or I'm going to get to bed.
17:47And if you want to, you know, have a chat, I'm up for it.
17:53I feel like I'm getting ghosted.
17:55I feel like I'm getting ghosted.
17:56Ha-ha.
17:57Ha-ha.
17:58Ha-ha.
17:59Ha-ha.
18:00Ha-ha.
18:01Ha-ha.
18:02Ha-ha.
18:03Ha-ha.
18:04It's really warm in here.
18:05I don't know.
18:06There's a feeling in here.
18:07Do you think?
18:08Oh, God.
18:09Oh, God.
18:10It's really warm in here.
18:11I don't know.
18:12More here than of any place that we're here.
18:14I don't know.
18:15I don't know.
18:16There's a feeling in here.
18:17Do you think?
18:18Oh, God.
18:19More here than of any place that we've been so far.
18:20I don't know.
18:21I don't know.
18:22There's a feeling in here.
18:23Do you think?
18:24Oh, God.
18:25More here than of any place that we've been so far.
18:42Imagine falling out of that window.
18:57The thing is, I keep getting, like, cold blasts of...
19:03Do we know if this place has got air con?
19:08Doesn't feel like it does.
19:12The air feels quite dense.
19:15And do you know what?
19:16I'm feeling it quite, you know, seasick.
19:22Look at that window.
19:23Look at the frame of that window.
19:25It's like something out of Alice in Wonderland.
19:27Oh, my...
19:28It's all on the wonk.
19:29There is a definite slope here.
19:31But I don't know whether that's the thing that's making me feel unsettled.
19:36Do you know what I mean?
19:37Um...
19:38Doesn't he look like some TV chef, like Sunday brunch?
19:44Wine expert.
19:45Yes.
19:46Right, I've got the, um...
19:48Okay, can I suggest something?
19:49The ghost balls.
19:50I think let's put the ghost balls there.
19:52Yeah.
19:53And let's turn all the lights off.
19:54Ghost balls on the table?
19:55Yeah.
19:56Okay.
19:57They're cat balls, right?
19:59It's like sensor activated.
20:02There's definitely a pocket of cold air here.
20:03Really?
20:04If somebody is sat next to Charlie, can you set the balls off?
20:20Is it George, the airman?
20:25Oh, did you know what they say is that mirrors are portals?
20:29Oh, yeah.
20:30Well, let's have a look.
20:31Into the other.
20:32Stand up and we'll see if it goes off again.
20:33See?
20:34It was nothing to do with you standing up.
20:35Look in the mirror.
20:36He's...
20:37The guy in the portrait is looking at me.
20:39Sing.
20:40This is a 2012 Shinoah Shabley.
20:43Roar!
20:44There is something in his face.
20:45What?
20:46What?
20:47What?
20:48What?
20:49What?
20:50What?
20:51What?
20:52What?
20:53What?
20:54What?
20:55What?
20:56What?
20:57What?
20:58What?
20:59What?
21:00What?
21:01What?
21:02What?
21:03What?
21:04What?
21:05There is something in here.
21:08Lady Anne Peckett.
21:09Is it you?
21:11You don't like...
21:13Oh, my God, did you hear the furniture benign?
21:14Yeah?
21:15That's what she does.
21:17Moon furniture?
21:19You don't like the layout of these apartments, do you?
21:25I just feel like something is watching us.
21:28Mmm, fuck it, yeah.
21:29Do you?
21:30more so than anywhere i've stayed but it's also like imagine who was like wandering about here
21:42when this was first built like what would these this if this has always been a pub was this like
21:50where weary like dick turpin would he have stayed here yeah he got executed in york
21:59where i don't know spit it spit it out he got executed in york and wipe your mouth
22:10i'll take you seriously then he got executed in york and you can actually go to the cell where he was
22:18you know he spent his last night and he got his grave maybe we should do that in the morning
22:24happiness pay respects
22:27right i think i'm gonna go to bed okay if you need me just knock
22:38like twice or something so i know it's you if you if you need me yeah call me
22:45i can't call you because i don't have a phone is that you good night
22:52morning morning nice shirt thanks
23:14how'd you get on then did you walk up the stairs in the night last night no didn't leave the room
23:25you're at you promised me yeah why not as a prank or anything no i don't know what it was probably
23:31about after 12 i had somebody walk up the stairs and then stop outside the door and then there was
23:40no walking like footsteps walking back down weird i was so frightened that's so strange that's the
23:47first time i've been really really really scared in a long time i've got cctv we can check it so i put
23:54one on the staircase give me a second right here we go i've got the footage here move up
24:03oh god don't it's charlotte tilbury god you put more on your face oh my god there's more bloody
24:14paint on your face than on these bloody walls oh ah here we go it's uh it is upside down oh is this
24:21is it motion it's motion detected yeah this is in the bar no barmaid walking across that's at five
24:28past midnight ten past twelve barmaid again no next oh and that's it and there wasn't another one
24:39again until seven in the morning when they're opening up so it's frustrating they're not very
24:45good at this why not we need to up our game technology wise i just i don't think motion
24:50detection cameras are actually that good yeah no you're not gonna cry you're upset no i just think
25:02how are we ever gonna prove this hey or disprove it it's all right we i tell you what we ain't gonna
25:09give up that's for damn sure do you mean that yeah i swear we'll keep going until we get something
25:15or not or not or not you know you you really punch down on me but i'll still be here still setting up
25:24those cc tv cameras still making you tea carrying your bags driving you paying for everything because
25:33i don't get a lot in return you know the problem is i don't know how long i'll be doing this for until
25:40i'm off in the states doing whatever it is i think but can i carry your bags there yeah of course you
25:46can thanks or not you okay yeah i think it's around here i'm not sure god this is rather something
26:04isn't it i'm quite emotional actually yeah wow this is it richard turpin wow
26:24richard turpin the notorious highwayman and horse dealer executed at tyburn
26:32april the 7th 1739 and buried in saint george's churchyard
26:40that's matt our great-grandfather times 12. or is it 10 i can't remember did you bring anything to
26:49put on there i just bought this right i don't know whether that's a bit offensive actually is it
26:58yeah i tell you what when you told me we were coming this morning i uh wrote a poem did you yeah
27:08a few words oh may i yeah of course why don't you hold back to your heart
27:14here lies the body of dick turpin on the highways you is always a lurking
27:26i know it's belated but i think we're related
27:29and have you ever eaten a gherkin now there's not a lot of words that rhyme with turpin no of course yeah
27:41oh lucky you know what no you know what they say what that could be the spirit of him dick turpin
27:54yeah the ladybird maybe do you know what we may again not have you know seen any ghosts but
28:03what we do know that is real is that we're related to this gentleman here
28:08and he definitely existed and he definitely existed dick turpin hats off to you i hope one day
28:17we get to meet you whether it be in this life or the next god bless you see you on the other side
28:25richard come on then let's go what else rhymes with turpin never jerking yeah but did they exist
28:35back then yeah you would have worn one all the time really yeah oh by knowing i could have said that
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