![]() When the newlyweds arrived home from honeymoon, Denny set about tracking down Emily. ‘Come on Den, it’s time for our first dance,’ Sarah said, as she finally dragged her new husband away. ‘Her fiance ended up marrying Emily’s sister.’ ‘And now at the stroke of midnight on Christmas Eve night, in room thirteen – that’s Emily’s bedroom – she returns to haunt her fiancé and sister,’ Frances concluded, as she drained her wine glass. ‘Part of it used to be the farm where she lived,’ Alan explained. ‘Why does she haunt The Jardine?’ Denny asked. It had been raining heavily that day and her bridal gown helped drag her down.’ ‘But sadly, on her way home across the fields, she slipped in the mud, sank into the river and drowned. ‘The church we’ve just got married in?’įrances nodded. When it was clear that her fiance wasn’t arriving, she ran from the church…’ĭenny cut in. ‘In 1846, on Christmas Eve, Emily, a young farm girl, was cruelly jilted at the altar. ‘Whose ghost is it?’ Denny was intrigued. It was when Denny and his wife, Sarah, had held their wedding reception here.Īfter the photos, meal, speeches and cake cutting, the couple had told them about the hotel’s resident ghost. Cameras, tablets, audio recorders, laptops, mobiles, microphones – he had the lot!Īs he connected it all together, he recalled the first time he met Frances and Alan. After unpacking his case, Denny began to fetch his new set of fancy technical equipment from the car. ![]() He’d booked into The Jardine Hotel and chosen room thirteen. He was going to photograph the Christmas ghost! He had more important things on his mind…this year, he was determined to do it. He wasn’t particularly bothered about a white Christmas. ![]() Here you are.’ĭenny grabbed it and raced up the stairs. ‘They reckon it’s going to be a white Christmas,’ Alan’s wife Frances said, as she reached for the hotel room key card. ‘Hello Denny! Good to see you again,’ Alan beamed. Denny’s life is starting to fall apart due to his obsession with a Christmas Eve ghost
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