Our roving reporter, Cressida McLaughlin, will be travelling around Norfolk investigating the paranormal exclusively for the Spooky Norfolk website. Her adventures will take her to several spots of great historical and paranormal interest. So read on, as Cressida uncovers the spooky side of our county . . .

Blickling Hall, Aylsham
Looking at the pieces on the website, and browsing through the calendar for inspiration for future locations and dates to go ghost-hunting, I was reminded of my first, impromptu attempt at exploring my interest in the paranormal. It must have been the 19th of May 2 years ago when I convinced my partner that it would be an excellent idea to see if we could spy the ghost of Anne Boleyn at Blickling Hall. More


Green Farm Hotel, Thorpe Market
On driving up to the enchanting Green Farm Hotel in Thorpe Market, I couldn’t help but be amazed by the farmhouse peering out from some very atmospheric looking trees. Entering the bar, already bustling with fellow ghost hunters I could tell it was going to be a good night. More

The Old Station House, Cromer
The Old Station House Cromer, is an impressive Victorian building, built in the late 1800s and now converted into a bar and restaurant. With its mock Tudor exterior and gabled windows, it looks very much like an old station and is fairly imposing, even before you know that it is supposed to be haunted. More


Bircham Newton airbase
I have long been interested in the paranormal, and on several occasions have excited myself with trips round Norfolk where my partner would take me to places of great historical and paranormal interest. One of these was the Bircham Newton airbase near Kings Lynn where a dead airman haunts the squash court. More