Essex's Largest Home Haunt
CURSED
The origin story
In 2021 and 2022 we told the story of "FOREVER". A Doctor and his wife wanting to preserve beauty and live together Forever.
It all went wrong and they both died as the Manor burnt in a mysterious fire.
In 2023 and 2024 we told the story of "Tainted". A Nephew inherits and rebuilds the Manor and tries to help the less fortunate. This too went wrong and the build itself changed after a mysterious red storm.
In 2026 we will tell the story of how this Manor became so "CURSED" for the last time.
A Doctor wants to build a small place for himself, away from the noise of city life. He chooses a spot he is warned to avoid.
During the construction phase his wife mysteriously dies, leaving him and his daughter alone.
As he enters the Manor for the first time his daughter runs around excited and goes up to where her room is. Suddenly things change and the Doctor cannot find his daughter anywhere...
Then strange voices start and the Doctor becomes angry... he is tricked into reading a curse that backfires and condemns the Manor and his family...
Ravenskull Manor - CURSED
The 2025 trainter for this story. The 2026 trailer will be available soon.
Why we do this
In December 2018 my mother suffered a serious heart attack. Christmas day my father collapsed and by the new year he was hospitalised. My mother carried on but never fully recovered from the heart attack.
Eventually my father was released from hosptial in March 2019 into palative care with Farleigh Hospice here at home. He had been diagnosed with aggressive prostrate cancer. He passed away 3 days later.
Mum slowed down a lot during 2019 and 2020. In September she ended up in A&E. Eventually she was diagnosed with lung cancer that had spread widely. Farleigh Hospice again stepped in and provided care that enabled her to stay here at home. She passed away Christmas Day 2020.
These displays are our way of doing something different to raise funds towards a debt we will never be able to fully repay.
Every single penny that goes in the buckets is passed to Farleigh Hospice. The costs of running this are borne by the home owner.
Display Hours 2026
Admission is by donation to Farleigh Hospice - collected at the end of the display.
The full walkthrough can take upto 30 minutes and there may be queues to enter the display.
Open:
Saturday 31st October: 3pm-4pm Quiet Hour, no noise or actors. 4pm-9pm full display.
Suunday 1st November: 4pm until 9pm, full display
Directions
We are in Lime Walk, Chelmsford.
Behind the shops in Gloucester Avenue. Postcode is CM2 9NJ