In this episode we investigate several strange accounts from the popular Nottinghamshire holiday village.

A couple reportedly wake in the middle of the night to find a hooded figure moving across their bedroom, before watching it disappear through a wall.

Another guest describes waking with the sensation of someone standing at the foot of her bed, followed by the frightening feeling of something holding her ankles.

And then there's the family whose holiday became increasingly disturbing. Mysterious tapping at the windows, footsteps outside an isolated lodge and a series of incidents that eventually persuaded them to leave early.

But just a few miles from Center Parcs stand the ruins of Rufford Abbey, a former Cistercian monastery with its own centuries-old history and stories of a ghostly monk.

Could there be a connection between these strange encounters and the abbey's haunted reputation?

Join me as we explore the reported hauntings of Center Parcs Sherwood Forest, the history of Rufford Abbey and one of the most recognisable figures in British ghost folklore - the hooded monk.

Join me this Halloween for a night of Victorian ghost stories, as we travel back to 19th-century Scotland to explore three strange and rather disturbing accounts.

Our first story takes us to Perthshire in 1874, where a mysterious figure dressed entirely in black began appearing beside a railway line near Ballinluig. The sightings frightened local travellers, until a group of young men decided to confront the supposed phantom.

Next, we visit Dundee in the 1880s, where an Irish clergyman and his wife spent a night at an old inn. What began as an unpleasant smell coming from a bedroom cupboard developed into one of the most grotesque ghostly encounters I've come across - involving the apparition of a disembodied human head.

Finally, we travel to Aberdeen, where a man named Scarfe agreed to spend a night in an allegedly haunted house near Great Western Road. Accompanied by a borrowed dog, he experienced something that would eventually lead to the discovery of a long-forgotten tragedy.

Three accounts from Victorian Scotland, each with its own mystery, and each offering a rather different explanation for what witnesses believed they had encountered.

So, settle in, turn down the lights, and enjoy A Night of Victorian Ghost Stories.

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If you enjoy the stories featured on Eerie Edinburgh, you might also be interested in my new book, The Night Shift: True Hauntings from Scotland's Hospitals and Care Homes.

Drawing on accounts of strange experiences in Scottish hospitals and care homes, the book explores some of the ghostly encounters reported by those who have worked in these buildings.

It's available now on Amazon in paperback for £9.99.

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A little while ago, I was chatting with Rob from How Haunted and Icy Sedgwick, and somewhere along the way we came up with an idea - why don't the three of us get together and have a proper chat about ghosts?

Many of you will already know Icy from her brilliant Fabulous Folklore podcast and her work exploring folklore, history and the supernatural, while Rob is the man behind the excellent How Haunted? podcast.

I've known both of them for a while now, and we all approach the subject from slightly different directions, so we thought it might be interesting to sit down together, hit record and see where the conversation took us.

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