Whatever was haunting this house seemed to really hate the family that lived there.

It stalked them, attacked them. There's a normal family

home in England, 30 East Drive, Pontefract, a house where bruises and scratches appeared on children,

where a dark hooded entity tormented a family, appearing over their beds at night, watching from the shadows.

The haunting is believed to be centered around the ghost of a 16th-century monk,

who was executed for heinous crimes against young children.

The entity that haunts this home is believed to be demonic.

The paranormal activity came in waves, even more terrifying seemed to become more vicious

and physical over time.

In decades after the families fled in terror, paranormal investigators captured this photograph

inside the house.

A photo that appears to show a ghostly monk staring out from a mirror.

If that image is real, then whatever was haunting this house never left.

This episode, we're diving into the true story of the Black Monk of Pontefract.

One of the most violent and controversial hauntings in British history.

This is Avery After Dark, and I'm your host, Avery Ross, and I'm so glad you're here. So dim the lights, grab your snacks and a blanket.

This is the haunting of 30 East Drive. Our story takes place in this modest, semi-detached

council house in Pontefract, West Yorkshire.

A quiet, normal-looking house, the kind of place she would walk past a hundred times without

giving it a second thought.

But what transpired inside this house is nothing short of a nightmare.

By the late 1960s, it earned the reputation as the most haunted house in Britain.

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