Petrified mum claims she filmed 'Black Monk of Pontefract' ghost whispering her name and opening doo

A TERRIFIED mum claims she has caught the "Black Monk of Pontefract" on camera chillingly whispering her name.

Spooked Rebecca Palmer, 34, was visiting one of the UK's most haunted houses with husband Sean Reynolds, 34, when she captured the eerie footage.

The house, 30 East Drive in West Yorkshire, is where the Pritchard family were terrorised by the Black Monk in the 1960s.

Paranormal investigators Rebecca and Sean and their cameraman Paul Jowett filmed the ghostly apparition appearing to say the name "Bex".

Chillingly, a ghoulish growl can then be heard as a door suddenly swings open - causing petrified Rebecca to scream out.

The mum-of-three was initially sceptical about visiting the house but has since admitted she "feared for my life".

Rebecca, of Liverpool, said: "I didn't think the energy of the poltergeist would still be there after so long.

"But as soon as I walked in the house I could feel a presence – this pressure on my head like someone or something was trying to push me out of the house.

"When we were upstairs Sean and I kept hearing lots of taps, bangs and knocks and they would get louder when we called out to 'Fred' which is what the family nicknamed the poltergeist.

"It's the first time in ages I have been genuinely frightened. It was terrifying, the energy in there was really dark. I kept saying to Sean, 'I want to get out'. That's all I could think about.

"I decided to try to tough it out and we went downstairs to join Paul but Fred must have known how much he was scaring me because the next thing we knew our equipment had picked up my name.

"It was absolutely spine-chilling. I've never had such clear and intelligent communication from a paranormal entity before.

"And the noise he let out after, that demonic scream was horrifying. I've never heard anything like it. There is no denying it was of another world, it was just this really gruesome growling."

The unassuming house on the Chequerfields Estate became known as the scene of the "most violent poltergeist haunting in the UK" in the 1960s.

Jean and Joe Pritchard moved in with their son Phillip, 15, and daughter Diane, 12, in 1966 but were disturbed by paranormal activity happening in their home.

Water pools formed, lights turned off and on again, furniture overturned, pictures were slashed, objects levitated or disappeared, foul smells travelled through the house and heavy breathing sounds were heard by the terrified family.

The spooky goings-on were coupled with a mysterious black-robed figure, whose appearances became more and more frequent.

Joe and Jean were the first in the family to come face to face with the spirit, a terrifying cloaked shadow floating over their bed.

The spirit almost appeared to be dressed in a monk’s robes, and the description stuck.

The entity would soon be witnessed by the entire Pritchard family, as well as a handful of paranormal investigators.

The haunting at 30 East Drive was the subject of the 2012 horror movie When The Lights Went Out and was investigated for the Halloween special of Most Haunted Live in 2015.

The house remains open for bookings – though Ouija boards and exorcisms are banned on the property.

Sean and Rebecca were filming for the latest series of the TV show Ghost Dimension.

Seasoned ghost hunter Sean said he was excited to take a peek inside 30 East Drive but found himself questioning his and Rebecca's safety.

He added: "When we arrived at the house I had been so excited to finally be filming at 30 East Drive. I had heard so many stories about what went on here through the 60s and seen so many photos of monk-like figures.

"But when we were in the midst of it all I was frightened for myself and for Bex. We had never experienced so many paranormal happenings going in one place and in such quick succession."

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