Hello, my lovely friends and welcome to a very special Christmas edition of paranormal activity.

I'm Yvette Fielding and this week I want you to settle down, dim the lights, gather close to the warmth of whatever fire you can find, and prepare yourselves,

truly, truly prepare yourselves for something a bit darker than the usual seasonal cheer.

Christmas is not all tinsel and laughter. It never has been. Long before mince pies and fairy lights,

winter was feared. It was a time when nights were long

much longer than the days and people huddled together indoors telling stories of the spirits

that crept through the dark stories of the restless dead who could slip through the cracks of our

world when the veil was

at its thinnest. This season, steeped in superstition, was considered the very best time to

encounter something otherworldly. It's true, you know, some of the most chilling hauntings

ever recorded have been witnessed on or around Christmas. And so, in keeping with

that tradition, I have two chilling ghost stories for you. Both real legends, both terrifying

in their own right, two tales of restless energy that have lingered for centuries and still

linger if witnesses are to be believed.

So, sit back, or lean forward, if you must, and let me take you with me.

Imagine we're gathered in an old candlelit room,

just the faintest glow of embers giving shape to the shadows.

Outside the windows, frost clings like skeletal fingers.

And the world seems just quiet enough, just still enough, that perhaps if you listen closely,

you might hear something moving that shouldn't be moving at all.

Tonight's first story is one of England's most famous and most photographed spirits.

Of course, it's the Brown Lady of Raynham Hall.

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