Ghost Hunters Look For Spooky Guests At Hotel

A Team of paranormal experts will investigate the spooky goings-on in a Stoke-on-Trent hotel. The Staffordshire Paranormal Group is to have its post-Halloween and pre-Christmas dinner at the Haydon House Hotel in Basford on November 18. According to hotel legend, 70-year-old house owner Mr Cowlishaw died in 1921 after an emergency operation was performed on its billiard table to treat his appendicitis.The paranormal group, which has about 23 members, hopes to investigate any unexplained phenomena and communicate with any person who is in spirit in the main function room. Marjorie Machin purchased the house with her husband Arthur and has lived and worked in there since the 1950s.