Have you heard of the terrifying White Lady and spooky Hell hound of Sheffield's Mosborough Hall?

Dating all the way back to the 12th Century when it was built as a manor house, Sheffield’s Mosborough Hall is now a luxury hotel and a top destination for a dream getaway.
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But the hall, located on the edge of the Peak District and to the south east of the city, also has a grizzly reputation for ghostly-goings-on which have left many visitors over the years quaking in fear.

No doubt the most famous of all the ghosties is the famed White Lady, who is said to still stalk the halls and corridors.

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The woman is believed to have been working as a governess at the hall in the late 1600s when she was seduced by a local squire and fell pregnant.

Mosborough Hall, which is rumoured to be haunted by The White Lady and a terrifying black dogMosborough Hall, which is rumoured to be haunted by The White Lady and a terrifying black dog
Mosborough Hall, which is rumoured to be haunted by The White Lady and a terrifying black dog

Despite pledging to provide enough money to help her care for the child and buy a small cottage, the squire went back on his promise and when she threatened to tell his wife about the affair, he slit her throat.

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Rumours of a demonic black dog have also been floating around Mosborough Hall for centuries and legend has it that the spectral canane belonged to the murdered governess.

It can occasionally be heard howling and is said to have pined for the murdered woman after her death.

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But another legend behind the dog is as a harbinger of death and links to a seamstress who was taking care of a very ill young child staying at the hall.

According to legend, the woman said she first spotted the dog standing in a doorway and it approached her and firmly gripped her wrist with its mouth, but did not bite. It then passed by the cot and vanished through a wall.

The child died the following day and the dog’s teeth marks are said to have remained on the woman’s wrist for the rest of her life.

In the early 20th Century, one local doctor set out to disprove the legend of The White Lady, and set out to spend the night in the room where she died. While he reported encountering nothing unusual through his slumbers, servants were horrified to find him and his bedding drenched in blood when they went to awaken him.

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