One area of Littledean Jail that was fairly active was the Electric chair cell, People often said they felt sick and their whole body felt like it was on fire whenever anyone sat in that chair.

I remember an incident during one investigation 2 ladies were sat on the wooden bed in the electric chair cell, they had only been in there for literally 5 minutes when they came running out and screaming hysterically, when asked what was the matter they both said that someone had came in to that cell and sat down in the electric chair.

Below is a picture of the electric chair in question.

Lychgate of St George Church, Clun, Shropshire

Grade II Listed: The lychgate is much travelled. It was originally built in 1723, taken down in 1841 to make way for iron gates, re-erected at the gateway to Hand Causeway, returned to its original position about 1881, and restored in 1956.

Clun Castle

 Clun Castle, a ruined castle in the small town of Clun, Shropshire. It was established by the Norman Lord Robert de Say after the Norman invasion of England and went on to become an important marcher lord castle in the 12th century, with an extensive castle-guard system. The original motte and bailey castle was built in the late 11th century by William the Conqueror, who granted lands to some of his followers to defend the Anglo-Welsh border, which remained unsettled for many years after the conquest.  

It was probably built by Picot de Say, who had been granted the estates of Clun and Stokesay, who built Clun Castle high on a natural spur guarding the Clun Valley.

In 1155, the castle passed to William Fitzalan of Oswestry through his marriage to Isabella de Say, the castle was owned by the powerful Fitzalan family for the next 400 years. The exercised almost unlimited authority over the barony, administering a mixture of Welsh and English law. Before the castle was built there was a small Saxon settlement at Clun, but during the 12th century a new town was laid out next to the castle with a grid of streets, containing regular burgage plots or smallholdings. 

Under the Fitzalans, the castle suffered a number of attacks. In 1196 Rhys, Prince of south Wales captured the castle and burned it down. In 1215 John Fitzalan joined the rebellion against King John, who sent troops to attack the castle in retaliation. The castle withstood a later siege by Llewellyn of Wales in 1233.

In 1292 Richard Fitzalan succeeded to the title of Earl of Arundel and inherited large estates in Sussex. It's likely that he built the tower at Clun to reflect his powerful position. Shrewd investments and management of their Shropshire estates brought the Fitzalan family great wealth and influence, making them one of the richest families in England. This was reflected in the wider settlement of Clun: by the mid 13th century it was a large prosperous town, obtaining it's wealth from the wool trade.

By the mid 14th century, however, the Fitzalans had moved their main residence to Arundel Castle in Sussex. Clun became the family's country retreat, used largely as a hunting lodge. Nevertheless, it remained an important administrative centre the Fitzalans continued to draw a great deal of money from their marcher estates, Clun among them, and it seems to have been kept in reasonable condition throughout the remainder of the 14th century.

Today Clun Castle is classed as a Grade I listed building and a Scheduled Monument. it's owned by the Duke of Norfolk, who also holds the title Baron Clun, and is managed by English Heritage.

King Richard III's Bed.

17th Century bed located in the Corridor Bedroom of  Donnington Le Heath Manor, Leicestershire.

 The bed is the legendary "King Dick's Bed" which came from the Blue Boar Inn in Leicester. The owners claimed it was the bed that Richard III slept in before the Battle of Bosworth (1485). However, nearly all the parts that you can see date from the turn of the 17th century and later.

The Tympanum Form Dudley Priory

Sat in the undercroft of Dudley Castle sits a strange stone. The stone is undoubtedly the mutilated remains of a Tympanum that would have decorated the main entrance of the church at Dudley Priory, built around 1160. 

The carved stone has suffered much damage over the years and is heavily weathered, due to this it is uncertain what it depicted, although similar stones have often showed St Michael and a dragon. 

The stone has been mentioned on several occasions in various books Dudley Castle and Priory. One in 1903 by Edwin Blockslidge said that it was “lying under a pile of stone on the north-eastern side of the drive through the ruins” this is most likely to be the Priory ruins. 

The stone was moved to the safety of the castle undercroft in 1994.