Exploring Cumbria: The Croglin Vampire
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- čas přidán 24. 04. 2019
- The lovely Julia and I are 'Up North' as they say, in delightful Cumbria. The landscape is stunning and the legends enticing.
Today we meet up with Rober Croser, local man and regular viewer/supporter of the channel, who takes us to the tint village of Croglin. We are in search of the vampire that inspired Bram Stoker to write his famous masterpiece. Joins us, if you dare!
You maybe interested to read an email I received after the video went live:
Dear Richard,
I happened to be in Croglin the day you visited as my mother lives opposite the Church and I saw you filming and therefore was interested in looking up what you do. I have just watched what you learned about the Croglin Vampire and must take issue with some of the information you were given and presented. The house you showed as Croglin Hall is in fact my late Uncle’s house The Old Pele and previously known as The Rectory. It is not the Croglin Hall depicted in the legend - this is Croglin Low Hall some 2 miles away and at one time called Croglin Grange - there is also some dispute as to whether Croglin Church was where the “Vampire” resided as there was originally a Chapel at Croglin Grange.
The fallen tree you mentioned was a large yew tree which came down in a storm some years ago and as far as I know was never mentioned in the legend.
The full details of the legend and how it is disputed can be found on historic mysteries.com
I don’t intend to be a killjoy with this but inevitably Croglin gets a fair few of “Vampire Hunters” and it would not be right if anyone decided to get a closer look at The Old Pele as they already do with the Church. Some of these visitors are not as careful as you were in the Church Yard and like to come late at night. As you saw there are often sheep in there to keep the grass down and they should not be disturbed either.
I would hope that you will address this on your website.
Yours sincerely,
MS
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Great to see Robert on one of the videos... spooky story! I’m glad that the weather has been suitably ‘Cumbrian’!
Oh the weather hasn't disappointed! :)
Hello Richard! Just wanted to post something as I never do, I'm 21 and live in Horsham and stumbled across your CZcams channel on your Horsham video last year. I just wanted to say I really do love your videos, I watch the ones when I can but it's just nice and relaxing in the evening, you have given me loads of inspiration of walks and places to go in West Sussex places I never even herd of ! It's nice to take my girlfriend on some of these walks on my days off and tell her all these facts and pretend i know everything when really I'm repeating what you said 😂 anyways keep doing what you are doing I wish you and your channel all the best and I'll continue to keep liking and following you for more amazing adventures. Thank you for being such a lovley plesant genuine guy and having such a great community! - Matt
Hi Matt. Thanks so much for your lovely comments. I am thrilled and excited that you take your girlfriend to the places I visit and tell her all the information. It is lovely to get out and explore. Top man. Thanks for watching my videos. Take care and enjoy the countryside.
Such a lovely comment! It's great to hear how Richard's hard work affects viewers like this. Long may he inspire us all!
I love when you do walks with other people !!!!
A few coming then just like that!
Very eerie tale..!
Thank you Claire!
Well done great video, i do love things like that, it gets you thinking if it's true or not!! Well done you three 👍
Thanks George, glad the story got you thinking!
Ive actually heard this story before ..but it was really nice to hear it told from the location events took place and what a location ...utterly superb .thanks Robert for telling it and again a great video from Richard and Julia
Thanks Shaun. Just goes to show I dn't make it all up! :)
Philip Mercer will need to up his game against the Tales of Old Cumbria! Robert is brilliant!
I am sure he shall - thanks Nigel!
This story has fascinated me since I first heard it in second grade in 1976. Seeing the actual location with the story told by a local man was such a treat! Thank you all!
Just South of Croglin is Scarrowmanwick! The Bogut is another creature which roames the area. I lived at Holly Bank View Renwick nearby which was a pub in the 18th and 19th centuries during railway building time. I could smell beer in the night! Very spooky!.Croglin Water has a waterfall which has a wonderfull rainbow to the East at sunset!.....Me 77 Ex RN LA5 9RA UK
Very spooky legend.Thanks for the yarn!
Thanks so much for watching!
Excellent Richard, Julia & Robert . After that story Sting Spider is going to the dentist to have his fangs removed !
I hope he survives the dentist!
I love this legend...scared me silly, complete collywobbles! Thanks for sharing!
😊 Great video. Loved to story telling...
Robert is good, isn't he? Thanks Maggie.
another great legend! thank you Robert. and thank you for a great tour.
hi Julia! hi Richard!
So pleased you enjoyed it!
Hi Vestafairie!
@@JuliaHartley i hope you're feeling well
Not bad thanks!
Great story Richard.
Many thanks
Richard's & Robert's tales from the crypt!!!👻🧛🏻♂️🧟♂️
Spooky stuff, eh?
Fascinating stuff and so nicely done. I felt like I was there with you all!
Fabulous - so pleased you enjoyed it!
I first heard of this when I was at school in the early 80's, it was in a little paperback book called "Headliners" I think. It also had the story of the money pit on Oak Island. Fantastic video, bought back all those memories 👍👍
There used to be some sweets in the 70's / 80's called Mummies, on the inside of the wrapper was a random "Tales From The Crypt" story (there were 10 or 12 in total i think), one of which I remember was the Croglin Vampire story. First time i'd heard of it.
A very good video, Robert tells a good tale, look forward to the dragon.
He is good, is tat Robert! :)
I remember hearing of this vampire when I was a kid, it terrified me lol. Wonder if anything like this really happened? 😊
Someone suggested the two eyes might have been a barn owl, I think. Perhaps the story got a bit twisted over time and in the telling!
Ha weather not normally like this haha its always wet windy & cold up here :-) great video!
Scary creepy. Glad that monster is gone. Nice video.
Thanks so much Judith!
They found the ghoul in the crypt. In to his coffin he had slipped. It had been chewing on the dead,and it filled them with dread! They burned the fiend,to be sure! No this is to scary,I can’t take no more!!! Next story’s about a dragon! Then by progression the one after should be about a unicorn?Mark my word!!
Your comments and witty poems always make me laugh!
I always look forward to a Booth special! Thanks for not disappointing us David.
I might be wrong but I'm sure I heard there was a painting of the vampire in the Robin Hood inn in the village
Love it when you two are there gather such a great team
Funnily enough - we love it too! Thanks for watching as ever!
The sheep almost went !
They did, didn't they? :)
I remember this, I'll be there soon to film
Legend is impressive
Great story and a quick "Google" produced this creepy fact:
"Holly branches have long been used to decorate homes in winter. The tree was seen as a fertility symbol and a charm against witches, goblins and the devil. It was thought to be unlucky to cut down a holly tree."
Oh dear, they shouldn't have cut down the holly tree! - Thanks Sid.
This is in part why I bring holly in for winter although, technically I could be deemed a witch so obviously it doesn't work for this hehe. I think folk tend to villify others all through history, particularly when they don't understand them and basic theory for the holly is to ward off evil, not specific types of people. Great comment Sid, thanks!
@@JuliaHartley The Crown of Jesus was supposedly made from Holly so there are religious connections and Holly is supposedly able to destroy vampires.
Crikey, that was a long story. You looked like you were trying to slide away several times, a hunted look in your eyes....lol
Hope you enjoyed it. We did!
If you meet a vampire it you will suck! Well I couldn’t believe my luck! No,no you’ve got it wrong they said! And now I’m one of the undead!!! That might not get past the censors??
Jolly as ever David.
The email you received is correct, it is actually Croglin grange not the village itself
Brilliant - thanks for the local correction!
know is so well as i do Brampton as well.
Sounds like the Bempton beast...
Oooh another one to explore - thanks!
@@RichardVobes Chris Turner Productions with Paul Sinclair. Crypto creepiness 👍
i haven't read all the comments, but this account sems to be the basis of a vampire story by Tony Walker
My father used to plant conifer trees around the area and he told me about how during the autumn it was extremely Erie and crows started circling his head.
I am not a fan of conifer trees for that reason.
Didn’t you visit the pub?
PS. The coal was mined above Scarrowmanic and the miners drank at Renwick.
I wonder if it looked like Kurt Barlow (The Master) from Salems Lot. 🙂
That film scared the hell out of me when I was a kid, the scene with Danny Glick floating in mist outside Mark Petree's window and scratching on the glass and the scene in the jail when Barlow kills Floyd Tibbets. I couldn't sleep for months after that 😂👍
@@cattflap1447 The scene in the police cell when the vampires head shoots up out of nowhere was the kicker for me!
@@TheUTubeTeamSucks Probably the best horror I've ever seen 😎
@@cattflap1447shame about some of the acting, David soul was more wooden than the stake used to kill Barlow
Getting a little confused Richard, I thought Julia was pregnant?
She is and thats why she cannot go near the sheep. Sheep can carry several diseases with a common name EAE which can be pasted to humans and cause abortion.
She is.
Thanks Steve for explaining!
@@stevegee7593 - a better explanation than I could have given, thanks! I'm suffering far less sickness now so I am able to rejoin Richard on as many adventures as my family life and bump will allow.
Too many stories out there to be written off and with a couple of my own experiences all I can say in regards to the Supernatural or Paranormal is
If one exists why not others?
Think about all the history we lost to Wars, Natural Disasters, or the civilizations lack of Record keeping. Absolutely nothing today is the same as it was 6000 years ago let alone 60 Million years ago when Dinosaurs were around. And yet in all that time there are people around the world who have seen these things and in some cases have even been victim to these things. But that's only taking in the Missing 411 cases that don't involve Serial killers.