The Black Monk of Pontefract. I remember this being reported on Look North or Calendar I the early 1980s and I have a distinct memory of a special effect they did with a mirror, and a clock like this one which led to a long standing fear of mirrors and no doubt my resulting permascruff appearance. It’s one of the newish (ie since the 1960s) breed of council house poltergeist, this one in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, thrillingly close to where my dad was brought up and my grandparents lived. Although mainly expressing himself in varied and violent poltergeist activity, this ghost of a wicked monk has also been allegedly glimpsed in mirrors.
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