PARANORMAL investigators are ‘queuing up’ to enter the newly restored Provan Hall House in Easterhouse, Glasgow City Council has said.
Rumoured to be one of Glasgow’s most haunted locations, the historic Grade 1 listed building sits at the heart of the Seven Lochs Wetland Park in the east end.
The 15th century building has underwent a multi-million pound transformation over the last six years to turn it into a ‘state-of-the-art’ visitors’ centre with interactive exhibits, educational activities, workshops, and community events.
However, Glasgow City Council said it’s the building’s ethereal occupants and grisly past which are pulling in paranormal investigators. Sightings at the spooky site include up to five different ghostly figures, a mysterious man’s face peering from a window, unexplained shouts and voices, and visitors feeling touched by a ghostly presence.
The local authority explained that according to tales, Provan Hall was the scene of a double murder when a soldier returned from war after two years to find his wife had had a child. Enraged, he killed them both and their ghosts are said to haunt the building to this day.
Janice Murdoch-Richards of Lanarkshire Paranormal said, “Provan Hall is a very active paranormal location. It is a known hotspot. We have experienced things that there is no explanations for at that site.
“Once we asked if there was anyone there, and a lace table cloth floated up into the air and landed on the table. People also talk about feeling touched by someone when there is no-one close by and people have run out of the old dairy screaming because a man’s face appeared from nowhere. There have also been sightings of the little boy and his mother who were murdered there. We’ll be using dousing rods and echo boxes to try to pick up spirits’ voices. We really can’t wait to take people round.”
Christine Pont, Provan Hall operations officer, had her own unexplained encounter while working on site. She explained, “Once when I started using the vacuum cleaner, a man’s voice shouted out ‘No’, then the hoover went off and I couldn’t start it again. There were no men here at the time, so it was quite unsettling!”
Local councillor, Ruairi Kelly, Glasgow’s convener for neighbourhood services and assets, added, “Everyone in Easterhouse is buzzing about Provan Hall reopening as a visitors centre in the Seven Lochs Wetland Park. It really is an amazing place with a nationally significant history.
“Local residents are excited to see the exhibits and enjoy the activities and I’m sure it will attract visitors from far and wide too. If the amount of interest from paranormal circles is anything to go by, demand for the ghost tours is set to be out of this world!”
