History :
Borley Rectory was first built back in 1863 on the site of an old monastry. The reports of strange occurrences date back to the mid to late 1800′s however, the first documented evidence of paranormal activity was in the early 1900′s.
The first reports that came to public attention were from 1928 when the then owner Guy Eric Smith and his wife contacted the Daily Mirror newspaper to report the strange goings on. The newspaper then took on the help of a paranormal investigator known as Harry Price. Mr Price stayed at the house to carry out extensive research for more than a year.
In 1939 the house was burnt to the ground, an oil lamp the cause. It was then left in ruins until 1944 when it was demolished.
According to local folklore, a nun from a nearby nunnery fell in love with a monk from the monastry, and the pair attempted to elope together. They were found and sentenced to death. The monk was reported to have been sent to the gallows in the monastry whilst the nun was sealed into the walls of the nunnery alive. This nun is believed to be the one that is seen on the grounds of Borley Rectory, looking for the monk in the hope of running away together once more.
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At least two thousand Poltergeist phenomena were experienced at the Rectory between October 1930 and October 1935 during the tenancy of Lionel and Marianne Foyster. In later years, Mrs. Foyster came up with explanations for how many of these paranormal events could have happened naturally. However there were some phenomena that she was never sure about, including various writings that appeared on the walls and on slips of paper that mysteriously appeared out of nowhere
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Being a movie meant to be filmed in real life our group have sat down and studied these films, The Blair Witch Project, Paranormaly Activity, The Dyatlov Pass Incident, Grave Encounters, Grave Encounters 2. These films are meant to be based in real life and on real events, We have watched these to take some of their frightening ideas but to make ours seem different from theirs also.
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