The Ghosts of Brighton: The Lanes, Town Hall, West Pier tragedies, Brighton Grand Hotel
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- Опубликовано: 22 июн 2023
- Welcome to the Ghosts of Brighton (Please note, the photos of people are for illustration)
This video focuses on some the hauntings in The Lanes, Brighton Town Hall (Police Cells), The Brighton Grand Hotel and the now ruined West Pier. Brighton has so many ghostly tales and there is likely to be a Part 2! We have phantoms, roaming ghosts, prisoners, terrible tragedies and dark entities on the West Pier and poltergeist activity. There have been so many tragedies on the now derelict West Pier; are dark entities present?
Some of the stories focus on historic events and I hope you feel that my video covers the sad side of history in a respectful and honest way, without the need for sensationalising the past. Please stay tuned to the end to hear a small post script from me, Nicola.
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Hello Nicola,
I had a strange experience on Brighton Pier in either 1967 or 8. I was on the pier with my cousin, a keen photographer who wanted to capture some images of the glorious summer sunset. I moved away from him a little and was gazing happily at the colours of sky and water, thinking of nothing in particular other than how lovely it all was. I felt my hat leave my head as though someone had grabbed and flipped it and saw it heading toward the water. I then heard what I can only describe as a growly kind of whisper say something I could not properly distinguish then felt a hard push in the small of my back which caused me to stumble forward. I thought it was my cousin playing a trick and yelled, 'You idiot!'. I then felt my cousin grab me to try and stop my momentum, he said, 'What the hell just happened?'. He was adamant he'd not been close enough to touch me, had seen my hat lift off my head just prior to me starting to stumble toward the edge of the pier. I didn't quite believe him, I thought he was frightened a prank had almost had horrific consequences and was afraid of the telling off he'd get from our families.
When his film was developed after the holiday (no digital cameras back then!) it clearly showed he had taken photos of me from where he was stood a few paces away, behind and slightly to my right. He'd captured my hat few inches away from my head and the first couple of steps of my stumble before letting go of his camera and coming to my assistance when he realised I was unable to control my momentum.
I'd like to thank you both for the quality of your content and for the beautiful clarity of your diction. I have some age related hearing deterioration which causes difficulty when people talk too fast and/or slur their words together. Your clarity combined with your wonderfully expressive vocabulary makes listening to you a delight.
Thank you so much for sharing this story Mary. How mysterious? That’s such an interesting encounter. I wonder if could relate to the dark entity if it was on the West pier. Very spooky. And thank you for your kind words about the video 🙏🙋♀️
The case of that poor little boy being killed by the thrown crate was heartbreaking.
It really is awful. This might sound strange, but it really affected me for some time when I discovered this and I think I am going to do a follow up video on this story. I’m somewhat suspicious about the motive behind the action of throwing the box over the pier and some of the accounts don’t add up. Sally, would you be interested in a follow up video as a sort of historical feature video? 👻🙋♀️🙏
It was definitely a weird thing to do. Very suspicious to me, the punishment / consequences didn’t match the fact that a life was lost.
I don't know, sometimes people do stupid things without thinking. But it could have been a case of the boy being cheeky and he decided to punish him? Hard to say really. If it was an accident, imagine how much it would have haunted him for the rest of his life.
@@ghostcasebook1266 Oh my goodness I don't know how I missed this! I'm so sorry for such a late reply and I hope you get it. YES PLEASE I'd be very interested in a follow up video. xx
@@ghostcasebook1266 a floow up would be great.
Bridges and piers are strange places, liminal places, built out over water or empty space. Water was believed to be one of the gateways to the underworld. It's no coincidence that our ancestors made offerings into water to placate the spirits that lived there. We still throw coins into wells and pools to do the same. Who knows what might lurk angrily around the old pier? Thank you, I really enjoy your videos - they are excellent and always give me food for thought.
Water spirits or marine spirits, they are generally believed to be evil.
My wife just mentioned to me the other day she hasn't seen any new video's fr you and here you are it will make her day. stay well
Thank you so much and I’m so glad your wife will look forward to the video 👻🙋♀️
You are absolutely right. I had horrible hay fever and I also was beginning to worry that it was becoming a bit too long, so I found myself cutting some space between stories and sections. But I absolutely appreciate what you’ve said, no offence taken at all. I can hear it myself on reflection and at least I can take that on board. I’m learning all the time but the hayfever has made my eyes stream, made me a touch breathless and all a bit tired! But I’ll bounce back and I’m learning to use some new software that will allow me to improve audio too. Thank you so much and roll on autumn! 👻🙋♀️🙏
I fondly recall visiting the amusement arcades on the Palace ? Pier with my grandfather in the mid 1950s. We used to play the bicycle racing game. He let me have a peek at what the butler saw and the scary animations, all for one penny. 70 year on grandad, I still remember you fondly. Thanks for being such a good grandfather.
I love this! Thank you for sharing. Did it involve ice cream? I hope so! 👻🙋♀️
Former Brighton resident here (born and bred) here are a few other assorted accounts not mentioned in this video and well as a personal experience.
In Preston Park there is a manor house and it is claimed by the owners that every single morning every window in the building opens by themselves between 4-6am and it is impossible to secure or seal them, leading to various security concerns. The cause has never been satisfactorily explained.
In the mid 80s, several independent witnesses (roughly about a dozen) claimed to have seen the figure of a skeletal man with either a bare skull or X ray features dressed in double denim and astonishingly a full native American headdress in broad daylight one afternoon strolling on the prominade beside the Palace pier. He was only seen once and his identity never discovered.
In 1994 the body of a woman was found in Queen's park. under various mysterious . She was drowned on Dry land several meters away from the boating lake (which was only 2-3 inches deep at the time, and the liquid in her system was not pond water but a mysterious black goo or slime she had apparently been so thoroughly immersed in that it had caused her intestines to rupture. The official explanation was that she suffered from some sort of mental disorder which had compelled her to drink herself to death with the standing water in the lake when even a mouthful would have made her violently sick and her relatives denied the diagnosis. The following day, several men in Hazmet suits who claimed to be from the council (but most certainly weren't) were seen removing evidence of the goo which they claimed was a harmless form of algae from the scene of the incident. This case is discussed more fully in a video called 'strange death in Brighton' by another RUclips channel called 'Beyond creepy'
In the mid 2000's I visited some old friends in Brighton who were living near Medeira drive. on the final night of our visit we had a barbeque on the beach. it was a still, moonlit night and around midnight we were joined by a young lady none of us recognised wearing a glowing rainbow hued dress that looked like a tutu that shimmered like a soap bubble. Strangely, only some of us could see her (myself included) whilst others could not.
One person who could see her and wasn't part of our group was an MP from the local Lib Dem party. he went to the local paper with his story as well as sketch of the girl he saw despite being advised not to by his party as they thought it might hurt his political career and campaign. I think I still have the newspaper clipping stored away somewhere. From the descriptions of the tragic girl in the post script story, I think it may have been her. She was a very peaceful and oddly tranquil soul and has provided the inspiration for a character in a novel I am working on called 'secret society' about a colony of ghosts that haunt Brighton.
Great channel and video by the way! most enjoyable. Congrats from a new sub. ;-)
Thank you so much Steven this is fantastic. Those incidents are really interesting and I think there are so many other stories that there could be a part 2. Preston Manor might well be a video on its own, as might Beachy Head (Not exactly Brighton but there are some interesting stories but I suspect I’ll have to place that video elsewhere as YT might not like some of the content there). So lovely to hear your stories and really all the best with the novel. Sounds fantastic 👻🙋♀️
Did you try and speak with this girl
@@ghostcasebook1266 nice one! will watch out for it and thanks
Success with your novel! Sounds like a good read.
I love mr Blacks work, hello fellow fan! I’ll look out for that story. Might you send him the Bubble girl and the sketch? Very interesting.
I remember going on that pier when I was very young and ironically going on the ghost train at the end of the pier 🤣
Hi Nicola. Awesome live ghosts stories. I enjoyed it . I have another ghost story to tell you. Back in 2004. I was sleeping in my apartment alone. When in the middle of the night. I felt someone stroking my hair for a few minutes. I felt it but did not open my eyes to see who the ghost was. Then it stopped. In the morning I woke up and the temperature dropped. After my incounter. I saw no one. In my apartment. And after that the temperature was normal again. I'll never forget that day back in 2004. Have a great day. See you next video. How are you and your cat doing? I'm doing well, and so is my cat Benjamin. 😊
Thank you so much Michelle and little Benjamin. You must start a channel as you seem to attract so many paranormal beings. I’m good, except for hay fever and my cat is doing fine but she’s a bit hot this summer, bless her. She’s old but doing well 😺
Blimey maybe it's a good thing that pier burned down it seems the damn thing was cursed and I've been on it lots of times without knowing a thing about all the deaths. Another spooktastic video.
Thank you Stephen and I appreciate you taking the time to comment. It really does have a dark past and to be honest I really struggled with some of those stories. They’re so sad 😞
Great work as always, Nicola! There have been a number of murders that have been committed by individuals, some of whom had no previous violent history, who said that they were taken over by something that made them act that way.; and that they could not control it. Even police and those who knew them were surprised by their murderous action, as the murders didn't really make sense. There was a murder here in the states that the defendant's attorney attempted to use it as a defense. Paranormal investigators testified in that trial. Those who dismiss such an idea might ask themselves if they have ever had the impulse to do something violent and against their morals and character - something that they would never actually want to do or see happen. I really enjoyed the stories of the Grand Hotel. You can just imagine stuck spirits trying to come up with something to tell people that they are there. The West Pier may have quite a concentration of various spirits. England has such a long and layered history; who knows what has happened there, or what rituals may have been conducted there long ago that affect it to this day? This is one reason why it is SO dangerous to take such things lightly or casually. You just don't know what doors you may open or what entities you may invite in - with the consequences suffered by those who come long after you.
Thank you so much Pink Carnation. I agree with you. I think the man who threw the box into the sea may have been overcome by something too. His stories don’t add up at all in my opinion and I might create a video on this alone because something doesn’t add up for sure (in my opinion) 🙋♀️👻🙏
From Glasgow, you are doing a great job for tourism, keep it up, Brighton is now on our list thank you🤠
I love this! You’ll have to visit the police cells, they are a museum now. Have a wander around French connection with one of the ghost finding apps but pretend you’re looking at clothes! Glasgow is in my list too! 👻🙋♀️🙏
Superb as always Nicola, so many accidents and death in the council house and the pier certainly two sinester locations for sure.
Thank you so much Simon, I’m so pleased you enjoyed it. Brighton had so many haunted council properties they employed some one to deal with them. That might be another video! 🙋♀️👻
@@ghostcasebook1266 Thank you Nicola, yes indeed I realy enjoy your content very much. 👻😊
Best ghost story channel on RUclips!
Oh my goodness thank you for all your hard work investigating these stories and sharing them. There does seem to be other dark forces at work on the pier that would explain some of the very sad tragedies in this episode.
Thank you so much Sally. Yes, the stories with the West Pier are really something and there were many more but something’s not right there, I think. 🙋♀️👻
Great work Nicola; be proud of yourself young lady. Particularly enjoyed the “from me” selection of stories towards the end.
Thank you.
Neil 👍🙏🙀♥️
Thank you so much as ever Neil. I am so pleased you enjoyed the stories 👻🙋♀️
@@ghostcasebook1266 👍🙏♥️👻
Hi Nicola,
Lovely video! I felt sorry for that poor chief constable with 9 children who got murdered. Thanks. I look forward to these stories.👻
Thank you so much C Casey and I had heard about the murder a long time ago. What freaked me out was his statement that he was almost overcome or possessed whilst in the cells and that he couldn’t resist it. That added a new slant on it for me, I suppose! 🙋♀️👻🙏
@@ghostcasebook1266 You know, I know a fair bit about “the other side”. And I don’t want to frighten anyone but….there is good energy and there is bad energy out there. I personally think most people who have an interest in these areas in any way, should at least take one background class at some REPUTABLE place regarding , for lack of a better word, psychic protection. Shakespeare said “There is more between Heaven and Earth than you or I ken/know”.
@@ghostcasebook1266 Just some basic white light protection and a little background understanding. And some basic affirmations. And that is all I am going to say, because some of this stuff sure is freaky.
As a Brighton resident, I can verify that the little Palm Reader's booth was still intact after the rest of the Pier was completely damaged. I always looked at it when I walked past , it was still painted white and silver . It was there for a few years. I was told it was removed and was going to be put in the Brighton Museum after some restoration . I always thought is was strange how it had survived.
Thank you so much Janet for your comment. This is really interesting. I wonder if it’ll make it to the museum. And how did it survive the fire? That’s mind boggling! Thank you so much again 🙋♀️👻
New video on my birthday -- woohoo! Now I need to visit Brighton. :)
Happy birthday!
Happy birthday! I’m so pleased you enjoyed the video and you can visit the police cells. They are a museum now. A casual browse in French Connection with a seance in the corner maybe 🤔
I am going to visit my friend in Brighten ! I can’t wait to take a tour!
Hope you enjoy it! 👻🙋♀️🙏
I really enjoy your videos. I lived in Brighton I didn’t know half these stories I was living just outside Hove. In a place called portslade. About 10 min drive to Brighton. Every morning I cut through the cemetery to get to train station. I kept noticing a child’s grave full of toys and flowers. One morning I saw a little boy no older 6 or 7 sitting by the grave on a bench. I looked around looking for his parents but he was alone. He seem to have a golden glow about him. The hairs on back of my neck stood on end. I looked away suddenly afraid, I looked again he was gone.
This is fascinating. I lived in Brighton many years ago and didn’t know any of these stories. Thank you! 😊
Glad you enjoyed it! I’m really pleased these are new stories for you. Some of them are very dark though right? I think with the pier, we just see the remains but my goodness some terrible events happened there. 👻🙋♀️🙏
I lived in Brighton in 1987-8. I knew most of the stories apart from the Grand Hotel and the poor girl on the West Pier in the 80’s. I think in 88 was when me and a friend use to swim out and climb the piers legs.
I live in Brighton and didn't know any of these stories. Great work. I can confirm that when the West Pier burnt down the only remaining part of the building intact was the fortune tellers kiosk. I wrote a childrens story about it but never did anything with it in the end.
Brilliant video as always ❤. Thank you and well done 👏. Please keep up your great work. I'm so happy to see 😂your channel growing. Best wishes from Ireland as ever 😊
Thank you so much 😁 Eoin and thank you for taking the time to comment as always 👻🙋♀️
You wouldn't have wanted to spend a night in those cells! Apparently the cells at Colchester police station have ghostly 👻 activity. Built on ancient burial ground. Just mentioned in passing. 😊
Chris you are making me spit by tea out ha ha! Hollytree Museum…The Old Siege house…The Red Lion Hotel…👻🙋♀️🙏
@@ghostcasebook1266 Don't forget the strood! Those pesky Italians insist on marching over it even though long since dead. I'm impressed by your knowledge of Britain's First City or more accurately England's old recorded town! Don't forget old shuck! I'll check that spelling. Tales of ghostly large dogs 🐕 are rife in East Anglia.
@@ghostcasebook1266 Spelling was right Old Shuck or Black Shuck. East Anglian Film Archives 🎥 have lots of good stuff. You seem to be well clued up on this material however. Good stuff mate! 👍
Great stories, particularly the ones in the Grand Hotel kitchens, quite phenomenal to have old coins appear from nowhere...one thing seeing apparitions but another when something solid appears, very creepy. Great research and narration, thanks for your work.
Glad you enjoyed it Celeste and thank you. Yes some odd things happened there for sure 🙋♀️👻
The coins would have disappeared from their original place, and the original owner would have wondered forever where they disappeared to. Happened to me numerous times. A large part of my jewelry collection, a model train engine, coins and several documents have disappeared. They will all re-appear one day to some startled person in another time or location!
@@LittleKitty22
Maybe in a pawn shop sooner than you think. 😂
Hi ! The first time i went to Brighton was in july 1972 , i was with two friends of mine! My first impression by entering in this town was weird! It was as if i felt all the bad things had happened there, to tell you the truth i am medium i am now 69 years old ,in 1972 i was 18 years old, one afternoon in walking on the west Pier ,i felt suddenly dizzy,i didn't know why? I didn't say anything to my two friends! But i was really sure that i knew the Pier quite well! I am French so i'm not English? But why i felt as if i lived in Brighton in the past??? I ,ve never had the answer ! I do like your calm voice when describing all the Paranormal things that occured in this very nice town! Thank you for your video Lady! It's worthy ' stay safe, God Bless! Denis from.France...
Thank you ever so much for sharing your story with us. That’s fascinating. How strange to feel like you’ve lived there in the past. Thank you for your kind comments 🙋♀️👻🙏
Thank you for doing this, most interesting , love your videos xx
Welcome back! I was starting to get worried. Love this video. Thank you. ✌❤
You are so welcome 🙏
Please do Durham city! I’d love to know about my home town! So much history with the cathedral
it’s in the pipeline aka on the list! 🙋♀️👻
@@ghostcasebook1266 YESSSS
Thanks!
Thank you so much Pink Carnation, you are very kind. I’m hoping to move to a more advanced video making software program so this will help me achieve that. With best wishes 👻🙋♀️🙏
Well done again, fascinating stories, well worth the wait, the 99 ice cream looked lovely, pute me in the mood for one, lol, 🎉😂, cheers
Glad you enjoyed it Robert and thank you so much 🙋♀️👻🙏
Another amazing video! And so many things on that pier!! Wow!
Glad you enjoyed it and I agree, there’s something not right with that pier. 🙋♀️👻
Outstanding historic themes of you video. You do a great job always.
Thank you very much Clifford and so pleased you enjoyed the video 👻🙏
Yay ! ❤😊
Thanks Nicola great episode. I think there are dark entity's in the police cell and the west pier! So many tragic deaths!! Strange about the tarrot readers hat if it is true🤔 please let us know if you find out. Hope you are well? Looking forward to your next video 👻 👻👻
Apart from dreadful hayfever I am fine thank you. I will see if I can find an answer for the Tarrot reader’s hut. If it’s true, that story is bonkers 👻🙋♀️
as a lifetime resident of brighton i really enjoyed these stories...and the interesting comments too!...Great video...thanks🙂👍🏻
Glad you like them! Thank you so much Brighton Badger. Can you shed any light on the Tarot caravan on the pier? I wonder if that’s true 🤔
these vids are interesting as a christian person i heard a pastor tell a story about a man in a yellow rain coat ppl kept hitting him thinking they killed him when they go to the police station the police say oh him he died there yrs ago now the pastor said they are caught in a dimension were they dont know their dead they think their still alive the 1st dimension is restless its like a nightmare here on earth we have a nightmare an wake up but that dimension nope he said i wouldnt like to be caught in that one the 2nd dimension is were the christians go an wait for the Lord the 3rd is heaven so ppls these so called ghosts they see aint ghosts an devil impersonates dead ppl too or relatives so be careful thought i might share that info God bless 😊❤🙏🧔♀👵💐
Thanks for another cracking vlog very interesting and informative 😊
Glad you enjoyed it and thank you so much 👻🙋♀️
I live near Brighton and go there a lot. Great video as always.
Thanks for watching and thank you so much Jason. Perhaps you can visit some of the locations next time you’re there 👻🙋♀️
@@ghostcasebook1266 I've been in the Lanes many times and had tea in the Grand hotel. Or rather G&T 😁
The nastiest ghost story I've heard about Brighton was that of the junk shop cellar haunted by the apparition of a mutilated woman who was murdered by her husband and her body chopped up.
Another fascinating collection of stories, Nicola and so very well researched. Without doubt, I believe there is negative energy there and, in fact, anywhere where so many tragedies have occurred.
Hi Phoenixrising and thank you so much. It’s so sad to think such a cheerful (on appearance) seaside place had some really sad incidents. Having said that, there was a tragic incident at Bournemouth pier just a few weeks ago where some young people got caught in a rip tide in the sea. Very sad 😔
@@ghostcasebook1266 Oh dear, that's tragic!! As has been proven recently, Nicola,, the sea is very unforgiving.
Thank you.
You're welcome! 👻🙋♀️
Excellent as always. My hubby is from Brighton area, can't wait to show him this 😍
Please do! I hope he likes the video Nancy 👻🙋♀️
Been to brighton but only the race corse as UK my little pony convention was held there, I may go back and look round the town. I used to live in north Wales and the pier there burnt down twice I think a projectionist died in one of them and my aunt used to work on the pier after it was repaired and had some spooky experiences when she was there by herself 😨
Hello and thank you so much Vezhopkins for your comment. That’s really interesting about your story in North Wales. I am from Cardiff so Wales is close to my heart. Feel free to email me if you’d like at gcasebook@gmail.com and I might be able to investigate a bit further. 👻🙋♀️
Interesting stories! It sure does seem that something was off and not quite right about that pier.
Hello Don and thank you so much. Yes, really chilling when you look at the remains of the pier today to think of all those awful incidents 🤔🙋♀️
18:24 This bicycle photo is of Professor Powsey (Albert Edward 'Bert' Powsey), not Professor Cyril (Albert Huggins Heppell).
Yes I am aware of that but I did state in the description box that the images were for illustration as I was unable to find an image of Professor Cyril performing the stunt. With regards 🙋♀️
@@ghostcasebook1266 Ah, I did read the description but somehow managed to miss the first line. My bad.
No worries. 👻🙋♀️
Yay a new video. love your videos
Yay! Thank you so much too Sarah. You’re very kind 👻
@@ghostcasebook1266 thank your for taking the time to make these videos for us they are lovely as always
Been to Brighton many times on day trips. Thanks for a new upload Nicola.
Hope you enjoyed it! 👻🙋♀️
Thankyou for this love the ghost stories, enjoy watching your videos,
Thanks for watching as always Sue 👻🙋♀️
Great vid….its becoming a bit of a habit😊. Good choice of location and a great selection of tales. Beautiful in the telling too. I really enjoyed this in the peace and quiet of my garden at 0600 this morning…..with the obligatory brew and sausage sandwich. Thank you so much for all you do for your growing community ❤
I love this as always Walking dad and a sausage sandwich and a brew…you are spoilt! Thank you so much as ever 👻🙋♀️
Hiya Nicola, Your ghost stories have my stomach in knots, but in a good way, I can't believe how many fatalities have occurred on Brighton Pier, that's all I have to say, Nicola, speak to you in the comments after the next vlog, keep up the good work.
Great addition Nicola! We did a ghost tour in Brighton a few years back and it was absolutely fascinating.
Oh wow! Thank you so much Lucy. Sounds like a lot of fun 👻🙋♀️
Amazing attention to detail, and true investigate journalism. Love this! 😍
Nicola thanks for another amazing video! I just got home and am about to settle into your new video. Thanks for all the hard work you put in!!!! ❤❤❤
Thank you once again for a very interesting video, I never knew of any of these stories before now. 💕🇦🇺
Glad you like them Liz and thank you so much for taking the time to comment. I really appreciate it 🙋♀️👻
Thank you once again for this excellent video. Right from the start, with the kind of up beat piano music that so wonderfully fit a time.. since past.. and I enjoyed the stories immensely. I've been looking forward to this new one and it didn't disappoint. I definitely think that there is "something" about that old pier. Too many happenings to be mere coincidence. One or two, ok maybe.. but all that you mentioned ? Definitely something there. Thank you so much
Many thanks James. I’m glad you enjoyed the video. The west pier seems to have almost destroyed itself with negativity. What do you think? 🤔 There were many more sad stories but the poor lad with the wooden box really got me. 😔
James here’s a link to the music for you to listen to:
ruclips.net/video/WdcsZL3ogCI/видео.html
@@ghostcasebook1266 the west pier has definitely destroyed itself with negativity. Way too many dark things have happened there. I believe there are places where negativity, despair and even evil are drawn to.. I think by occurances in the past. An outlet, or even portal, if you will. And yes, the young boy swimming was just tragic. Some people would put that down to wrong place at the wrong time, but.. with the drak history of that pier ?? No, I believe that young boys fate was already sealed
And thank you so much for the link to the music. That was so nice of you. Being a musician, the soundtrack of videos is always something I pay attention to : )
Thank you James. To be fair to You Tube their audio library is very good and helps me a lot.
Hi Nicola, thankyou for this great documentary/ video. Coming from Australia, I don't know all that much history about the 'Mother Country' as I should. But listening to your videos are both informative and exciting. And Yes, definitely, there certainly is something about that West Pier. Now, it appears that it is only a skeleton of its former self 😢 it would have been magnificent in the day. Thanks again Nicola 😊
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much Steph and I am really pleased you feel you are gaining something from the videos. I love Australia. I have visited twice and I’d love to return in the next few years 👻🙋♀️
I've been waiting to get to this! Travel and work got in the way😢 I've not been to Brighton for years. I miss fish and chips! James in Germany
I used to live in Brighton in the 90s. The West Pier was always an eerie structure. I never went on it as the access was removed. I used to watch the starlings in the autumn, make their spectacular displays before they settled to roost on the pier. The only thing I heard about it was more mundane; that the fires were set deliberately because it was just too costly to repair. Locals wanted it restored but it wasn't viable. I was sorry when it finally fell into the sea. But I do think a place can be ill omened. And maybe it's for the best. The poor kid hit by the crate was upsetting. Wonderful pictures!
I know the story of the lad being struck was very sad. I really hear you on the piers being on fire. Too many of them have been set ablaze in various circumstances including Weston -super - Mare. Also so many large country houses also went up in flames as they were too pricey to run. 😞👻
I was in Brighton when the pier burned . And 100 percent the only thing that survived was the fortune tellers booth . I thought no one else noticed .I hope they preserved it.
Thank you so much for this. I wonder what happened to it 🤔🙋♀️👻
Brilliant video and as always well researched and very interesting.Thanks, Nicola.
You’re very welcome Kevin as ever and thank you so much 👻🙋♀️
This was fascinating! So much enjoyed this new video. Now it makes me want to investigate piers I use to visit, and find out if there were any questionable incidents that happened there. But at Brighton, were there ever any battles, invasions or duels hundreds of year ago? I know I can look that up too, but it doesn't make you were wonder what were the origins of all of that negative energy?.
It’s really interesting isn’t it? I think, in a way, the negative energy of the pier must have almost consumed itself! I’m sure people who are avid history buffs might be able to answer your questions but I not aware too much of any battles etc there. I think there were just a series of dreadful incidents. I might cover some more locations with piers and I did sport that paratalk podcast did an episode on piers not long ago but I haven’t listened just yet. But here’s a link
ruclips.net/video/lpvEV_IAjTw/видео.html
want to go to brighton have not been there when i go down south.
Hi Adam and thank you so much. From London, Brighton is really easy to get to and you can visit the police cells as they are a museum. Don’t forget French Connection too! 👻🙋♀️🙏
I love your storytelling style, and I love a good ghost story. Regarding the West Pier though.... sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Very cool old pictures. I wish I could have seen it before it fell apart.
There are numerous places that have a dark foreboding. Deaths that occur are simply Unexplained. That pier I myself have never heard of. Some places are just cursed. Maybe it's just not meant to be questioned how or why. Here in the States are places such as Black Mountain out west. Or the headless valley in Canada. Devils falls in Australia. We may never know.
Sorry. I forgot to thank you for your excellent work.
The best ghosty show and presenter i know. Essential listening. Nicola, i wonder do you listen to Howard Hughes The Unexplained podcast? Maybe you could appear and contribute to his brilliant podcasts with your stories.
Hello Steve goodness me thank you so much for your comment. I don’t know the podcast off hand but I could take a listen in the future. I am so grateful for your kind comment 🙋♀️👻
@@ghostcasebook1266 Howard's done over 700 podcasts of The Unexplained and there's been plenty ghost guests on including Liz Cormell. If you find his podcast page type in ghost then all the ghostly shows appear on screen. Howard Hughes is the geezer who read the news on Chris Tarrant's radio show. Honestly, with your knowledge of sightings you'd be quality on his podcast.
Thank you so much Steve. I’ll look into this 👻🙋♀️🙏
Great work again nicola, find these really interesting
Also(I didn't add this below) I love it when you talk to us at the end!!😊
You do? oh my days I never quite know whether to include the end bits. It depends what I discovered after producing the video or what emails I might get, but thank you for letting me know 👻🙋♀️🙏
@@ghostcasebook1266 oh yes I think it's a great way to end it!!
I have always been intrigued by the West Pier. I am from America and have never been to your country, however, I would love to visit Brighton in person to feel the energy there. Very well done video. Thank you.
Wow thank you ever so much. It is eerie as it stands and what a past it has had! Thank you so much for watching 🙋♀️🙏👻
A perfect presentation as always..fascinating content engagingly presented and read with a beautiful voice. Does anyone else think that Brighton town hall looks ever so slightly like a building sitting on a reflection of itself?
Oh my lord thank you so much for your very kind comment there Chris. I’m really moved by your words. I know what you mean about the town hall. Usually you’d have a pillars on the ground floor but not pillars on top of pillars right? Your kind words mean a great deal to me, best wishes 👻🙋♀️🙏
Another brilliant video full of information and very interesting. I am new to the channel and am astounded at the amount of research and effort that you must do to make these videos. I am making my way through the list and thank you so much for your hard work. You have made Brighton even more wonderful 🌸
Thank you so much Gina. I try to cover lots of different things and I started making videos in the autumn, so not that long ago. I love it when people sort of binge watch the videos and I feel very privileged to have you as a viewer, thank you 👻🙏
Great Vids...Keep up the good work 🙂....try us in Cornwall...more ghost stories than you could ever want ;-)
Thank you! Will do! I used to live in Devon and would visit Cornwall quite a lot and I agree, lots to uncover there! 👻🙋♀️
@@ghostcasebook1266 Hi again, have binge watched all your episodes now..10 out of 10...to many cases to list in Cornwall lol...my old school ( Barlborogh Hall, Derbyshire) was the home of Lady Jane Grey....many of us have heard and seen various Ghosts inc a cat...on one occasion a manifestation was witnessed by a whole dorm of boys (15)..a woman in high heels walking the length of the dorm form one end to the other and back again..above our heads in the roof space..went on for ages...some very scared schoolboys that night lol, all in all a school with priest holes, secret passages and 5 known ghosts, all witnessed on many occasions.
@@blairrennie2214 This channel is fascinating! I wish I had known about places with numerous secret passageways all the times I visited the UK!
Thank you for another excellent video! You mix history and hauntings together so well!! Thank you for all your hard work
Glad you like them!
@@ghostcasebook1266 I know you put a lot of hard work into these and I just wanted you to know that we really appreciate it!!😊😊
Can you imagine going to work there and one of the mannequin’s is right behind the door as you open it😂
I don’t think I could work in any place with mannequins or wax works. They scare me!🙋♀️👻
Another great case study, it does sound to me that there was something not right with the West Pier considering all the incidents you listed, and that was only some!
So yes I do agree with you on that.
Yes, something was not right at the pier, I think!
Very interesting.
Glad you think so Leslie and thank you 👻🙋♀️
Strange that all those incidents occurred at that pier. 🤔
I know, it’s quite chilling, I think 👻🙏
@@ghostcasebook1266 Me too. More than coincidence.
Another triumph Nicola. Thank you for such enjoyable and well researched content 👍👍xx
You are so welcome! I’m so pleased you enjoyed the video 🙋♀️👻
Ooooh cool my hometown 😊
Oh fantastic! Thank you so much 🙋♀️👻
The former fishing village was once called Brighthelmstone
Brilliant 👏
Thank you so much! I’m glad you enjoyed it. Have you been to Brighton? The remains of the West pier are very creepy! 👻
Yer I remember walking past it at night ,and I thought I could hear the faint sound of music coming from it ,very creepy indeed
Wherever large groups of people gather, particularly around a body of water with strong and unpredictable currents, death is bound to occur. People are relaxed and off their guard. It would be astounding if there were no mishaps. I think the sea itself is a dark entity. Considering how we misuse it as a dumping ground, I am not surprised that the ocean gets a few hits in on its own.
Very haunted very interesting I remember that ❤❤
Thank you so much and I appreciate you taking the time to comment. Glad the video was interesting and odd things were afoot at the pier! 👻🙋♀️🙏
Oh, BTW, I think you said you were not going to Alnwick Castle but I thought I read that there is supposed to be a vampire at Alnwick Castle. I am really sorry I never got that far North; I just went to Edinburgh and York.
I will look into it for sure 🙋♀️👻🙏
My grandparents used to live in Brighton and in the 1970s when I was a kid they would take me and my sister to the pier I remember at the very end there was a small little ride with jump scares. I’m wondering whether this would’ve been the west pier? I live in Vancouver now perhaps on my next visit to the UK I will go to Brighton and check it out.
If it was the early 1970s it may well have been the west pier. There’s also the Brighton Palace Pier that has quite a few rides on it. Here’s a link:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton_Palace_Pier
Excellent
Thank you so much 😀
I grew up in Brighton so I watch this with great interest. The only scary thing I saw was a glue sniffer on the beach in the 80's...oh, and a flasher over the golf course!! I was also only a bit older than the poor two girls murdered by Russell Bishop in Wild Park. My Dad had a fishing boat for sale and one Saturday afternoon, shortly after Bishop's initial acquittal, a potential buyer wanted to come and see it. Step forward Russell Bishop. I implored my Dad, not known for his tolerance, not to do anything. My Dad, with tyre iron in hand, told Bishop EXACTLY what he can do with the fishing boat and thankfully, Bishop walked off smiling. Turns out, Bishop DID kill those two poor kids and also tried to abduct another child who escaped. Weird old times. I do hope Bishop is knitting himself a new 'A' hole in hell for what he did.
Goodness me what a frightening experience that must have been. Yes sadly many UK beaches are not without their problems and some seaside towns are just dreadful now to be honest! I think Brighton is still pretty special though 👻🙋♀️
this one is very interesting ,, i was born in brighton
Very interesting to see Lewes mentioned in the video. I have never been to Britain but i watch Fiona Hesketh on her Avid Gardener RUclips channel and she has spoken of growing up at 86 High Street Lewes (an old solicitors office) where she had some paranormal encounters during her childhood.
Thanks for sharing! That’s really interesting and I’ll have to investigate for sure! 👻🙋♀️
@@ghostcasebook1266 Thanks ❤️🇭🇲
Hey well done your doing a fab job. Just a suggestion maybe can you do ghosts of Manchester as there is loads going on there with haunted locations. I have seen some myself.
Hi thank you and yes I will be looking at Manchester too. You can email me any stories if you’d like gcasebook@gmail.com 🙋♀️👻
@@ghostcasebook1266 Thank you is there any way to support your channel at all?
Hello if you feel generous you can buy me a cup of tea at Ko-fi. Here’s the link. All donations are so appreciated and help me to create more content and grow the channel. With best wishes 👻🙋♀️🙏
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Do you know whether the Bootle Street Police station still exists or has it been knocked down for redevelopment? 🤔
@@ghostcasebook1266 No it's still running and I went there few years back to collect a friend's lost property. Is it haunted?
The most dangerous thing about swimming around what used to be West Pier are the struts and foundations in the sea.
I agree and I think there are signs saying to avoid going too close etc. I suspect people still do though 🙋♀️
Yes, I believe it is.
l used to work at stationers shop Walter Gillett in the Lanes , Brighton . At the top of the building was a large hall known as Gillett Hall where the ghost of a nun was seen . Also footsteps were heard in various parts of the building and doors opening by themselves when no one was there . The whole building was very old and a maze of small rooms , cellars and larger areas . l used to work downstairs in the basement and though a believer in the supernatural l never saw or heard anything strange in all the years l was there .
Thank you for sharing this with us. That’s so interesting. Was this a very old building? Do you know if there is a history to the site as such? 🙋♀️👻
@@ghostcasebook1266 Heard different stories over the years although l don't know if they are true or not . One that it was once the site of an old monastary or a nunnery l can't recall which although the person that saw the ghost said it was a nun which supports the nunnery story . ln later years it was a brewery which rings true as down in the basement where l worked we stored huge rolls of corrugated paper in a cellar area which looked like the places you'd keep wooden beer casks . A fascinating old building which sadly is no longer there .
I moved to Brighton in 1993 and clearly remember the Tarot readers caravan was on the Palace Pier,unless there was two, one on each.
Thank you so much for sharing this information! I appreciate it so much 👻🙋♀️🙏
A loud disembodied scream can be heard in Brighton.
Lady: is that a ghost?
Sir: No miss, Its that Jacksepticeye bloke streaming again, We'll be hearing smash that like button all bloody week!
Something spooky was definitely influencing that West Pier, I'll bet it still hangs out there today. I hope no boaters go near it. Just let it slowly rot in the sea till it is no more.
If there is some sort of dark entity on the West pier, where will it go once the pier is completely gone?
I really don’t know! I think the metal structure will be around for some time though. Maybe some viewers will be able to give you a better answer 🙋♀️👻
I would come back and angrily haunt a police station where I was charged and booked instead of being taken to a doctor!
Do people still have "dirty weekends" in Brighton or is that a thing of the past?
It was very much a place for hen and stag weekends in the past. It probably still is but then people started going to places like Prague with the advent of Ryan Air and EasyJet, I think 👻🙋♀️