The Black Monk of Pontefract Part 1

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The quote, "Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days"
is attributed to Benjamin Franklin. We assume the esteemed Mr.
Franklin was speaking only of human guests, but it could also
apply to the subject of tonight's show. Because the uninvited
guest of 30 East Drive in Pontefract, England would prove to be
more than an annoying visitor oblivious to hints or uncaring that
they'd overstayed their welcome, it would show itself as a threat
to the family's safety and sanity. In the mid-1960s and 70s, the
Pritchard family who lived at that address experienced a visitor
who was not only unwelcome but unseen, a capricious prankster
whose sense of humor was offset by its sometimes vicious and
violent power. Human beings have an astounding ability to endure
hardships they are powerless against and eventually, this
poltergeist presence came to be somewhat accepted, with the
mother of the family, Jean, giving it the nickname "Fred." But
what was this force in supernatural terms? Was Fred merely
poltergeist energy in the general definition, a collective of
entities, a demon, or the vengeful spirit of a condemned man? A
local legend that a 16th century Cluniac Monk was tried and
executed for a horrific crime on those grounds is the source for
that last idea. Some have seen a dark, shadowy figure wearing a
black monk's robe around the property and it has reinforced that
notion. If that is the case, perhaps the Pritchards were the
unwelcome visitors to the home of "The Black Monk."

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