Round 47 - Haunted houses

 This week the girls take aim at Haunted Houses...

Bump in the night? Mysterious orb floating around the top of the staircase? Or things appearing to move on their own? These are all the hallmarks of a haunted house. At Friday Night Wine Fight we love a good old haunted house so tonight we are going to chat about some fascinating ones. 

But first, what were we drinking?

Sarah was drinking Brown Brothers Moscato & Sav

Available from Dan Murphy's

Amy was drinking Boy meets Girl Cabernet Merlot

Available from Naked wines

Bianca was drinking Annie's Lane Cab Merlot

Available from Dan Murphy's

Sarah opens the topic this week with a very short explanation of what a haunted house is and some of the different types of ghosts or spirits you might find wandering around houses.

Sarah follows up the intro with her haunted house, the Ancient Ram Inn, a house that was built in 1145. The site was an ancient pagan burial ground for those working on the original building which was a church and then became the vicar's house. The building became a public house until it was brought in 1968 and turned into a home. However, this is not just home to the living, it is also home to several spirits, some nice, some not so nice.

 

Then Sarah talks briefly about the Black Monk House. A house that looks like any other on the outside but on the inside hides a secret. The spirit of what is said to be a monk resides at the home. The monk is said to have been hung for the rape and murder of a young girl and is now said to haunt the premises. 

Bianca took aim at both her own house and a home owned by the Perron Family. If this name sounds familiar it may be because you are familiar with the movie the Conjuring. 

Roger and Carolyn Perron, together with their five young daughters, found a perfect and quite overly spacious ten-bedroom farm-style house situated in the village of Harrisville that is found within the town of Burrillville USA.

Shortly after moving in the family began experiencing ghostly phenomena. The family experienced both daytime and nighttime paranormal activity which ranged from slightly annoying to outright terrifying. 

The Perron Family

The family sought the assistance of Ed and Lorraine Warren, a husband and wife paranormal investigation team. The 2013 movie called The Conjuring was made based on the experiences of the Warrens. 

Ed and Lorraine Warren

Amy finished the episode off by discussing a haunted house that is a little closer to home. The Monte Cristo Homestead is located in Junee, New South Wales in Australia. 

The homestead was built in 1884 and has seen its fair share of tragic events. The chain of violent events in the homestead has seemed to trigger many supernatural incidents. In fact, the homestead has become so well known for these supernatural incidents that the current owner of the homestead runs a ghost tour of the homestead at night.  

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