Hyde Town Hall

Blood, mass murder, creepy cellars, suicide - all the ingredients for a really good ghost hunt! That was just some of the stuff I picked up at Hyde Town Hall last Friday night.

Hyde Town Hall has holding cells and I, along with another intrepid investigator found ourselves locked in one of the cells for a vigil. Almost as soon as the cell door banged shut a spirit announced himself by promptly pushing me into the corner and then stroking my leg. Not wanting to be selfish I allowed my fellow investigator the same privilege and he was not disappointed with the spirit doing a repeat performance. The Hyde Town Hall investigation was under way.

Released from the prison, I made my way to the small exercise yard and I heard the words ‘he hung himself’ but there were already people discussing this so I decided to seek excitement elsewhere. Off to another cell that seemed to be saying come this way, see what I have in store at Hyde Town Hall cells. On entering I had an impression of blood everywhere and the bodies of slain women.

The man responsible was revelling in his ‘duties’ using what looked like a butcher’s hook to slash his victims throats and I felt suitably sick, but failed to get a name, although the medium for the night got ‘Slasher Jack’ - rather apt don’t you think? An excellent start I decided and wondered what else Hyde Town Hall could offer.

Unfortunately, there was almost nothing else to report except in one of the bars I was touching the woodwork around the bar area and got the impression that it had previously been part of the Hyde Town Hall courthouse. Right! When the court was no longer used, they recycled the wooden panels.

The event at Hyde Town Hall was definitely an investigation of two halves perhaps worthy of a repeat visit at some time in the future. Now where am I next week?