Would you spend a night on your own in Loftus hall?

If it was still the original building it'd be a freakier story TBH, the fact that it was rebuilt makes it far less interesting from that point of view.

no bother if i could have a tent or something. i'd be more worried about rats.

I don't believe in ghosts but I love doing ghost tours and things, have ever since I was a kid.

I would probably spend the night, provided I could have a light to read or something. Only worry would be boredom.

beano345 wrote: »

ive heard this same story about the hellfire club in dublin

Me too

doing the tour this sat, will bring along a pillow and sleeping bag

Johro wrote: »

They used to let groups of people stay the night, I don't know if they still do.

Next Boards Beers?

If we're talking ghost stories though, we used to live in an old farmhouse in Bannow, Wexford, a couple of hundred yards from the sea, (just down from Hook Head in fact), an old couple had lived in it and died there about fifteen years or more before my folks bought the place, it was just a shell then, lots of work done on it. Anyway, the livingroom had a fireplace, and on either side of the fireplace, at mantelpiece level, were little doors set into the wall, with recesses behind them, for books or whatever, I don't know. One of the doors had a key still in the lock, and the key sometimes turned by itself. Not just dropped a bit or turned slightly, but a full turn and a half or so, then back again, and another time, and again. I saw it myself a few times.
My mother also said she used to hear footsteps come up the stairs at night, come to her bed, then stop. She also said that a few weeks after she moved into the house, she had a dream in which she woke up and went downstairs to see an old couple sitting at the kitchen table, table all laid out for breakfast. They asked her to sit down, poured her tea and seemed friendly and chatty. They had breakfast together, then before they left, the lady said 'You will look after the apple trees dear, won't you?'
After she had his dream, she didn't hear the footsteps anymore, and to this day she's convinced that this old couple were Mr and Mrs Harpur who lived there years ago and gave her their approval. She said she never felt afraid at any time.
Much later, only a couple of years back, someone came to the house who used to know the family, showed her a picture of the old couple, and it was them alright.
Weird.

RikkFlair wrote: »

Sounds like a job for Derek Acorah and his psychic "skills".

F#ck no.

Did the tour the other night. Didn't get any weird feeling or vibe from the place, even when they put us in complete darkness.

I've been to spookier places

Whatever about the devil story being true or false, theres definitely something very unnerving about the place, I have been there twice now on tour and each time felt a horrible atmosphere from both the Tapestry Room and the "Long Mile" corridor near the end. Apparently a lot of religious statues were desecrated years and years ago and were kept out of sight so nobody could see the headless statues. The place has a horrible history going back centuries and there has been quite a number of unexplained deaths in different parts of the house.

So to answer your question....NO! Even the current owner (who claims not to believe any of the stories) refused to spend the night alone unless he had his big dog with him all night, and he said afterwards that the place has a visible energy....