Galleries of Justice, Nottinghamshire
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Nottingham's Galleries of Justice provide plenty of scope for the turning up of gruesome old mysteries; its Lace Market site was first used a court in 1375 and a prison was first built there in 1449. Adapted and added to over three centuries, its Victorian courtroom, prison cells, burial pits and gallows are still intact, as are the network of caves which run beneath Nottingham's old city and date back to Anglo-Saxon times.
Many of the caves have yet to be rediscovered, but the ones directly beneath the Galleries were used in the Middle Ages and are now open to the public. It is here that most of the reports of paranormal activity associated with the Galleries of Justice originate. Most of them, as with those from other areas of the buildings, are of poltergeist activity.
Visitors and staff have frequently described odd phenomena, for example strange noises such as the jangling of keys, the throwing of small objects by unseen hands and the presence of strange smells. Some visitors are also said to have been overwhelmed with nausea or panic in the caves and pits.
The courtroom itself is another area of frequent paranormal activity; black figures have been reported on the balcony, and knocks, screams and groans heard.
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