Grisly Lancashire ghostly tale turned into song release by rock band Snorting Pig - here's how to listen to it
A heavy rock song based on an old Lancashire folk lore story with grim twist has been released.
Snorting Pig have written and released Hall of the Gory Head, an exaggerated version of grisly goings on at an old manor house called Mowbreck Hall in Kirkham.
First built in the 1100’s and rebuilt in 1730, the house was boarded up and fenced off after a fire in the 1960s and demolished in 1979 to make way for a caravan park.
Legend has it that the head of George Haydock without his (hung, drawn and quartered) torso appears above ground periodically.
And to this day, paranormal investigators are said to still visit its former site hoping to capture on film the manifestation of George Haydock’s ghostly head reputedly witnessed by local residents over the years.
The new release depicts the place as evil with a curse that still lives on today.
Mowbreck Hall was once home to the Westby family who were related by marriage to the Haydocks. William and George Haydock were hanged for practicing their Catholic faith in 1536 and 1584, respectively.
It is available globally on all major streaming platforms raising awareness about the historic but little-known goings-on in Lancashire.
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