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Hello and welcome to 31 days of terror day number five and I have two spooky stories for you today and the first story comes from Craig

I'm 42 and this happened back when I was an apprentice working at a forge

Craig still forge in leads has been a staple of leads from the 1100s up until the early 2000s when it was shut and sold on

The factory back in the day was run by monks linked to Craig still Abby

I'm sure this at some point may have cropped up as there's money a tale to do with the Abby and I know of ghost tours in the Abby House Museum

Which I'm sure has its own tales of eerie going on

I was 18 years old and working the night shift

Now I'm 50 50 with the paranormal I want to believe but until I get a firm experience that directly affects me the juries out

But I spend more stays now watching videos of people's personal experiences

So I wanted to be true and being an avid horror fan spurs my interest in this

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