Friday 23 October 2015

Halloween with a literary twist


If you're looking for somewhere genuinely spooky and with a literary twist this Halloween, North Norfolk may be just the place.

At only 384 square miles, North Norfolk is one of the most haunted places in the UK, with scores of recorded ghostly sightings and haunted buildings.

Perhaps the most renowned of all North Norfolk's ghosts is the Devil Dog, known locally as the Black Shuck, and the inspiration for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound Of The Baskervilles.

In 1901, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle took a golfing holiday in West Runton and Cromer where he learnt of the tale of the Black Shuck.

The following year he published The Hound of The Baskervilles, which was the vehicle and notable return for Sherlock Holmes. Although Conan Doyle set his masterpiece in Devon, Cromer Hall is believed to be the inspiration for Baskerville Hall.

More information on Halloween events can be found at www.visitnorthnorfolk.com.

 

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