St Mary s Church at Snettisham where Mrs Goodeve met a ghost.
- Credit: Denise Bradley
It’s not what you expect when you’re staying in someone’s guest room: a night-time visitation from a ghost who asks you to take a message to Norfolk. A Mrs Goodeve from London was visiting friends in the West Country in 1893 when her sleep was interrupted by an insistent ghost that asked for a favour.
The house was said to be haunted by a former occupant, Mrs Seagrim, but the tenants, Mr and Mrs Ackland, had never seen or heard anything strange. Their guest, however, was a psychic – albeit a somewhat reluctant one.