Ancient Ram Inn

**Ancient Ram Inn** is a Grade II\* listed building and a former pub located in Wotton-under-Edge, a market town within the Stroud district of Gloucestershire, England. The inn has been owned by many people since 1145 and was in the private ownership of John Humphries until his death in December 2017. This inn was said to have also been owned by the local St. Mary's Church when first built. The pub is reputed to be haunted.

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There are obviously many houses, castles and inns in Britain that claim to be the most haunted, but the Ancient Ram Inn stands out thanks to its gruesome stories and dark history. It is located in the county of Gloucestershire in a village called Wotton-under-Edge and was built as early as 1145, when it served the monks and workers involved in the construction of the local church. However, it only became private land in the 20th century and passed through the hands of many owners. According to some people's estimates, the building is located at the intersection of two imaginary lines called "ley lines". According to old rumours, these lines, which are said to be woven throughout the British Isles, hide a strong unearthly energy, which can then manifest itself in the given places in various phenomena beyond the understanding of the ordinary world. Some even believe that Stonehenge itself is a kind of "

The most disturbing element in the history of this feast, however, is the fact that pagan rituals were performed on the same ground even in earlier times, during which children were apparently sacrificed to the dark god. This is proven by the small bones and skulls that were once found under the cellar of the inn during the reconstruction. However, this is far from covering all the grim events that took place in this place. Other accounts speak of a witch being burned and executed sometime in the 16th century. It is said that she stayed in the inn during the last days of her life, where she was finally detained and later executed. The witch's spirit is said to often be found in the aptly named "Witch's Room". Another story tells of the daughter of one of the owners who hanged herself in the attic. So many tragic events have accumulated on the grounds of the inn over the years that Reverend John Yates,

The inn underwent several renovations, especially the redirection of the water flow and pipes, which supposedly opened a kind of portal for dark energy (according to experts, paranormal energy is often associated with the flow of water, which is supposed to serve as a kind of transmission or travel for extraterrestrial beings). The longtime, now nearly 90-year-old owner John Humphries himself claims that the inn is inhabited by a fair number of ghosts and apparitions. The first night he was sleeping in the house, an unknown force allegedly pulled him out of bed by the arm and dragged him across the floor of his room. He himself later found children's skulls under the stairs with broken daggers right in them, which confirmed to him that rituals to celebrate the devil once took place here. John claims that invisible attacks targeting him are commonplace at the inn.

One of the scariest rooms is the room called "Bishop's Room", i.e. the bishop's room, where the worst incidents are said to have taken place. Many guests often did not want to spend the night there at all, and even if some daredevil was found, he usually ran away from the room in the middle of the night in terror. The most common ghost in this room is the dark figure of a monk. During the period when the building was still used as a small hotel, according to various reports, several people even had to undergo an exorcism after visiting. There was also a story about a plumber who was working in an inn one day and was suddenly shocked when he saw a Roman soldier on horseback emerge directly from the wall and cross the room.

Today, only John Humphries himself lives in the inn, who is trying to preserve the building and save it from demolition. However, his efforts also cost him numerous victims, including his wife and two children, who left the haunted house and never returned. According to John, a darker being than the other "known" spirits has appeared in the inn in recent years. She is said to be a succubus - an ancient demon in female form who seduces men into sexual activity. John claims that this demon has attacked and allegedly raped him many times. In recent years, there have already been several groups of investigators who wanted to record these numerous phenomena. However, several members of these groups apparently got more than they bargained for, and so many people today are convinced that the Ancient Ram Inn is indeed a place full of supernatural energy.