Is this a picture of the ghost of the “The Hanging Judge” George Jeffreys?

Has this ghost hunter caught Wales' most bloodthirsty ghoul on camera?

Iain Alderton took photos that appear to show the ghost of Welshman Judge Jeffreys, who was known as "The Hanging Judge"

Could this be the ghost of Wales’ bloodiest judge caught on camera?

Picture taken by Iain Alderton, could this be the ghost of the Judge?

A paranormal expert thinks so – after he took these snaps of what he claims is the spectre of Judge Jeffreys, the notorious aristocratic Welshman who hanged more than a thousand people in the 1600s.

Known as “The Hanging Judge”, Jeffreys – who was born in Wrexham – took charge of the Bloody Assizes in the 17th century.

The gruesome trials led to thousands of suspected treasoners being burned alive at the stake, hanged and beheaded.

Now ghost hunter Iain Alderton claims he has a picture that shows a ghoulish figure in an archaic powdered wig – and it is staring right at the camera.

"The Hanging Judge" Judge George Jefferys

The snaps were taken at the Ilchester Arms in London, which is understood to have been one of Judge Jeffreys’ favourite watering holes.

Mr Alderton, the founder of No Fear Paranormal investigators, said: “At the time I didn’t see anything. It wasn’t until I went through the photos later that what appeared to be Judge Jeffreys’ ghost was looking straight at me.

“First of all he seems to have his back to me, but then I took another photo and he’d turned to look straight at me through the camera.

“You can make out in the picture a powdered wig, like the sort of things they would wear during his era while he was a judge.

“We went to check out the place at night, because the owner had said they’d been hearing all kinds of strange noises in and around the pub.”

The owner had allowed Mr Alderton to investigate the pub for ghosts after she was tormented by eerie voices in her bedroom.

Mr Alderton, who specialises in Judge Jeffrey hauntings, said: “She was so disturbed by the noises that at one point she hid under her covers and then heard this male voice say in a sort of old-fashioned accent: ‘Oy, you’. She thought she was alone at the time.”

The ghost hunter investigates suspected haunted buildings free of charge, using a “spirit box” radio and electromagnetic pulse scanners to track down lost souls.

Mr Alderton crossed paths with Judge Jeffreys a second time at another one of the ghost’s favourite pubs – the White Hart Inn in Dorset – when he came across the infamous “hanging tree”.

“That was a bizarre experience,” he said.

Ilchester Arms Pub Abbotsbury

“On the way to the inn, these strange white lights started flashing everywhere. Initially I thought it was just tiredness.

“But then they got brighter, and the other investigators and I were blinded by these flashing white lights. They were so bright I couldn’t see and I had to pull over. Next thing, there was a white figure stood in the field by the car.

“It ran across the field suddenly and disappeared. One of my co-investigators was so shocked she passed out.

“Then, on the way back, we drove past the hanging tree by chance. I slammed on the brakes as soon as I saw it, and took a few pictures.

“Those pictures came out covered in scratch marks and have weird white patches on them, as if smoke was coming out of the tree.”

Mr Alderton said his co-investigators were so traumatized by the encounter with Judge Jeffreys that he had to disband the group, and now works alone.

He hopes to travel to Wales and investigate a 17th century mansion near Wrexham, where Judge Jeffreys reportedly sentenced dozens of criminals to hang in the living room.

“As I do the investigations free of charge and in my spare time, I’m not sure when I will be able to go down there, but I’d be very interested in checking it out,” he said.


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The Ilchester Arms which was named after the Earl of Ilchester is located in the village of Abbotsbury. Some of the houses in the village date back to the 16^th century but the records show that the village is much older that. The Inn itself used to be a coaching inn.

There are several recorded sightings of ghost at the Ilchester Arms.


Patrons of the Inn have reported hearing “jangling of coins” around them but when they look in the direction of the noise there is nobody there. This coin rattling spirit has been given the name Charles the coin collector. 

There is another ghost haunting the inn but this one is a female spirit and likes to hang around the ladies WC. There have been several reports of sighting of a mysterious lady spotted in the Ladies toilet, once spotted she just vanishes.

A ghost of a dog is often spotted at the window the pub.

But the most reported sighting of paranormal at the Inn is that of a Royalist soldier, the soldier has been spotted on many occasions and has been reported an old style uniform and a wide brimmed hat, from the descriptions given by witness the uniform appears to be that of a 17th century Royalist Solider from the English Civil War.

 

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