Case file · Haunting
The Hinton Ampner haunting
From 1765 Mary Ricketts, living at the Tudor manor of Hinton Ampner in Hampshire, recorded footsteps, groans, voices and figures; by 1771 the family left.
1765 CE · 51.05, -1.13 · status: account
The account
Her written account, given to her family and later published, is one of the most detailed 18th-century haunting records. The old house was demolished in 1793 and a small skull was reportedly found under the floor.
The sceptical view
Old houses make noises; the skull story is unconfirmed.