(SOLD OUT) Four Crosses Inn Ghost Hunt - Cannock

HISTORY OF FOUR CROSSES

Four Crosses Inn dates back to 1636 - It is a Stuart building with additional Georgian brick. Built from old shipping timbers dating back hundreds of years further. Extensions were built in 1800s. The original purpose was that of a coaching inn, and has remained as such for many years. Situated on a Roman road, the inn was very busy, especially in the 1880s. When prisoners were in transport, they were held in the attic of the inn during stop-overs. 

A hidden  oak door was discovered in a wall in 1950. It was behind a thin layer of  plaster and was carved with the date 1638. This discovery added weight  to the idea of hidden passageways and secret tunnels within the pub. An  old coachman’s uniform was discovered inside a bricked up chimney,  perfectly preserved. It is believed to have been there for over 150  years!

The inn has been declared by some as  the most haunted pub in Britain. Visitors of the inn are said to have  included the infamous highway man Dick Turpin (see image), and Irish  poet Jonathan Swift. Swift allegedly had a dispute with the landlord’s  wife and in his frustration, he etched a window pane with his diamond  ring. It is believed to have read something along the lines of

‘Thy fool, to hang four crosses at the door!

Hang up thy wife! There needs not any more’

The window pane, unfortunately, no longer remains.

is believed that many deaths have  occurred on the premises in it’s history. People have allegedly been  killed on the busy road when leaving the pub from the front door. The  most recently recorded death was in 1980 when a young boy ran from the  pub and was hit by a passing vehicle and killed. The door is no longer  in use and visitors now enter and leave the building from a door at the  back. A baby is said to have died upstairs after falling from a table in  the 1800s and many suicides have also apparently taken place. I have  been unable to find any evidence of these deaths. Of course, that is not  to say they didn’t happen.

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY

Unexplained footsteps heard. Disembodied voices and children crying are heard. Screams heard.  Shadow figures seen throughout the building. A spirit has been seen knocking at the inn door. People report being touched by unseen hands. Glasses smashing on their own. Glasses  fly off the shelves. Other items mysteriously move around the bar area.  The fire has spontaneously ignited in the fireplace in the middle of the  night. The piano has been said to play on its own, on request from  investigators.

REPORTED GHOSTS/SPIRITS

Roundhead soldier.

Teenage girl with scruffy hair, tatty clothes and bare feet.

A man seen in the carpark on rainy evenings wearing a long dark cloak.

19th Century drunk named Charlie.

A middle aged woman.

Young boy called Scotty.

 And a dog!

EVENT INCLUDES

⚫ Complimentary tea and coffee.

⚫ Complimentary light snacks.

⚫ Access all areas.

⚫ Full use of equipment - ouija boads, k2s, emf meters, etc..

⚫ Access to mediums and the chance to experience automatic writing.

PARKING

There is a free car park on site.

PLEASE NOTE:

Before booking onto this event  please read our Terms and Conditions.  We  cannot offer refunds and all  ticket sales are non-transferable.

NO UNDER 18's AND ANYONE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS WILL  NOT BE PERMITTED INTO THE EVENT.

This location is unsuitable for people with mobility issues and heavily  pregnant women.