Past Ghost Festivals
For details of investigations at previous festivals, see The Vault
2015
- The Guildhall, York. with ghost walk by York’s Ghost Finder General, invited by Shadows of the Night.
2014
- Haunted, 35 Stonegate, York – the last ever investigation at Haunted
2013
- The Ghost Trail of York
- Haunted, 35 Stonegate, York
- York Ghost Walk Experience
2012
On October 31, Rachel Lacy spent the night alone in the Haunted House at 35 Stonegate, to raise funds for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. Also taking part this year we had:
- The Ghost Trail of York
- Haunted, 35 Stonegate, York
- Hedgepig Theatre
- Luke Jermay’s Psychic Cabaret
- York Maze
2011
We took part in the Haunted Hallowe’en Seances, and were rewarded with ghost sightings, strange shadows wandering about on their own, and a planchette on a ouija board moving about on its own – and we weren’t even using the boards!
A huge thank you to all the people who kindly allowed their events to be part of the York & Yorkshire Ghost Festivals 2011:
- Ghost Night Events
- Gothic Molly
- Haunted, 35 Stonegate, York
- Kiplin Hall
- Lightwater Valley
- Malton Tourist Information Centre
- Temple Newsham
- Trevor Rooney’s World Famous Ghost Walk of York
- Wentworth Castle
- York Ghost Walk
2010
Instead of an investigations, members of PSI tried to locate the central point of hauntings in York – we plotted, we arrived, we photographed… and there was something more than a little odd about it.
A huge thank you to all the people who kindly allowed their events to be part of the York Ghost Festival 2010:
- Acomb Paranormal Society
- Adrian Spendlow
- Artful Dodger, Micklegate, York.
- Barley Hall
- Ghost Creeper
- Ghost Hunt of York
- Ghost Night Events
- Gothic Molly
- Haunted Happenings
- Micklegate Bar Museum
- Orckid
- PSI – Paranormal & Spectral Investigations
- Red Lion, York
- Spiritual Events
- Trevor Rooney’s World Famous Ghost Walk of York
- York Mansion House
- York Maze – For a review of York Maze’s Hallowscream see our blog
2009
Our investigations for this year were at Haunted – twice!
2008
Our investigations for this year were Haunted and the Ebor Inn, Bishopthorpe.
2007
Our investigation for this year was at the site of York Tyburn.
2006
Our investigations for this year were at Lendal Tower (now in private hands) and Thomas’s Hotel.
2005
Our investigations for this year were at the Ebor Inn, Bishopthorpe, Ye Olde Starre Inn and York Dungeon.
2004
Our first festival investigation was at the Golden Fleece.
