093 Oakley Court (Rocky Horror Picture Show Castle)




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Summary: <br> <br> <br> <br> Complete our listener survey for a chance to win a T-shirt: <a href="https://ghostlypodcast.com/listener-survey/">https://ghostlypodcast.com/listener-survey/</a><br> <br> <br> <br> Is Oakley Court Haunted?<br> <br> <br> <br> Is Oakley Court haunted? Did you know that the castle where they filmed The Rocky Horror Picture Show as well as several Hammer Horror films has a lot of ghost stories? Ghostly is joined by Mike Morrissey from <a href="https://www.instagram.com/last3rowsofhorror/">Last 3 Rows of Horror</a> to talk about this famous location and the terrifying stories associated with it. Listen and vote!<br> <br> <br> <br> Questions Explored in this Episode<br> <br> <br> <br> When was Oakley Court built?  Who built it and how many different owners has it had? When was it used by Hammer Horror film studio? What movies were filmed there? Did anything happened while they were filming Rocky Horror Picture Show? What bad luck happened to the people who lived there when it was apartments? Are there ghosts visitors to the modern-day hotel have seen? What happened to the construction crew that worked to convert it? Why don’t staff like to work upstairs? Is it haunted?<br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rocky_Horror_Picture_Show#/media/File:The_Rocky_Horror_Picture_Show.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The iconic “Lips” poster, a parody of the poster for the 1975 film Jaws </a><br> <br> <br> Vote on the Episode<br> <br> <br> <br> Done listening to this episode? Go vote on what you think at <a href="http://www.ghostlypodcast.com/polls">ghostlypodcast.com/polls.</a> #TeamBeliever #TeamSkeptic<br> <br> <br> <br> Listener Mail<br> <br> <br> <br> This week’s listener mail is about a ghost with a foot fetish. Have a spooky story or question of your own (or someone you know)? Send your story or question to <a href="mailto:info@ghostlypodcast.com">info@ghostlypodcast.com</a> and we might read it on the podcast. You could be on a future episode of Ghostly!<br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oakley_Court,_Bray,_Berkshire-25903680453.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Oakley Court, Bray, Berkshire</a><br> <br> <br> History of Oakley Court and the Rocky Horror Picture Show<br> <br> <br> <br> Pat explores the history this amazing nineteenth century home and it’s long history as a single family home turned apartments turned movie studio turned hotel. Hammer studios made several films here including The Brides of Dracula and The Plague of Zombies. While filming Rocky Horror, Susan Sarandon got pneumonia because it had no heat.<br> <br> <br> <br> The Debate<br> <br> <br> <br> Mike Morrissey from Last 3 Rows of Horror joins Pat and Rebecca to debate the paranormal evidence for this location. Contractors reported a glass door shattering as if a baseball had been thrown threw it, even though no one was there. They also claimed to hear odd noises including phantom footsteps. Later, hotel guests reported hearing phantom knocking and seeing a mysterious gentleman spirit.<br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rocky_Horror_Picture_Show#/media/File:Rocky_Horror_throne_screencap.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Nell, Patricia Quinn, Tim Curry, and Richard O’Brien in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. All were in the original stage show.</a><br> <br> <br> Poll Results<br> <br> <br> <br> Did listeners think Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop was haunted? Want to listen to our previous episodes? Check them out <a href="http://www.ghostlypodcast.com/">here</a>.<br> <br> <br> <br> Done Listening to the Episode?<br> <br> <br> <br> Please subscribe to Ghostly and give us a rating on iTunes, Spotify or any podcast app where they let you. Tell your friends!