There's a village in Hampshire known as the ghost village: a church, a pond, and a hollow where a manor house stood until its owner had it torn down. Locals say a phantom carriage still races up the old drive, the church sings when nobody is inside, and the lady of the house still passes the churchyard wall.
For this Halloween episode of Portal Investigates, Den and Luke go back over their night at Hartley Mauditt. They test each legend, and talk through a noise in the graveyard that stopped Den in his tracks, a reading Luke couldn't find a source for, and a session by the pond, before weighing up natural causes and giving their verdicts.
The full investigation is on our YouTube channel. Hartley Mauditt is a deserted medieval village in East Hampshire, recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086. Its houses were lost over the centuries, and the manor house was demolished in 1798, with accounts still differing on who gave the order and why.
In our Portal Investigates series, Den and Luke head out to investigate the unexplained firsthand, visiting haunted locations and the sites behind local legends. They share their findings honestlyβwhat holds up, what doesn't, and what they simply can't explainβfor a grounded take on the paranormal.
Time Stamps
00:00:00 β Introduction
00:01:05 β Catch Up with Den & Luke
00:08:19 β The History & Legends of Hartley Mauditt
00:19:54 β The Investigation: Base Readings & Tests
00:26:34 β The Graveyard
00:35:37 β The Pond
00:41:29 β Possible Natural Causes
00:49:29 β Den & Luke's Verdicts
00:57:46 β Upcoming Notes
01:02:13 β Outro
Episode Links
π Watch the investigation on YouTube β https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRALTF_8cCs&list=PLXJp3xZoWndg
π Explore more cases, galleries, and connect with us β https://www.paranormalportaluk.com
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