Alcohol Fueled Party at Goodwood Park Hotel Angers Ghosts

Confessed by S

I started listening to your podcasts last week. I was introduced by my friend. I listened from the first episode. In episode #21, the podcast was about haunted hotels and you mentioned about Goodwood Park hotel.

I have been there twice for birthday parties. On both occasions, it was held in a suite room that has two floors with a balcony, overlooking the swimming pool.

In 2010, my friends and I attended our friend’s birthday at Goodwood Park hotel. All of us were having fun. There were booze and food. Another friend decided to join us but before that he had a bad break up with this girl so his mood totally dampened. When he arrived, he drank until he passed out on the sofa.

At that moment, we decided to share ghost stories so we switched off the lights in the room and sat in a circle. 

Suddenly, my friend who passed out from the sofa made weird noises. He kept calling his sister's name and he made a deep growl.

All of us could sense that something was not right with him. Two of the boys with us were former silat* practitioners and have experience in such a situation. My friend became aggressive and his voice changed. Four guys including the two silat boys pinned him down and recited Islamic prayers.

[Silat is a collective word for a class of indigenous martial arts from the geo-cultural area of the Indonesian archipelago.]

The silat boys asked the spirit who is he and where is he from? He replied he lives in this hotel for over 30 years and he will not come out from the body until we have cleared the booze which is considered “dirty” to the spirit.

My friend threw up and later on, he regained a bit conscious and he mentioned he wanted to go out of the room.

The silat boys can see through their 3rd eyes and they said a lot of spirits are waiting for him outside the room.

They did not allow him to leave the room and we waited until dawn. My friend was back to his conscious state and Sleeping peacefully.

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Editor's Notes: I have spent many drunk nights at hotel parties and I can personally attest that there are ghostly hotel residents and it's not just at Goodwood Park Hotel. A similar experience happened to me at York Hotel.