Spending the night at England's 'most haunted pub'

The Ancient Ram Inn seen from the outside at night
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People travel from all over the world to experience staying at the former pub

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A BBC One Show crew has spent a night in a former Gloucestershire pub that's reportedly the 'most haunted' in England.

The Ancient Ram Inn, in Wotton-under-Edge near Tetbury, now only opens late at night so paranormal enthusiasts can experience time in the 800-year-old building.

Owner Caroline Humphries has lived in the Grade II-listed venue since she was seven, and says a number of hard-to-explain events have occurred.

She says these include furniture seemingly to move by itself, to doors and windows opening and closing when no one is in the room.

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Mrs Humphries says strange things happened from the moment her family moved in

People travel from across the world to have "haunted holidays" in the inn, where they stay between 21.00 and 03.00.

The experience is in high demand, and has sold out until June.

Mrs Humphries told One Show presenter Joe Crowley unusual events happened from the moment her family moved into the pub in 1968.

"We ran a bed-and-breakfast and some of the guests used to leave in the middle of the night, saying it was haunted," she said.

"We got more business because of it. Although there wasn't such a thing as ghosts hunts back then, people used to come because they were inquisitive about it."

When the One Show spent the night, 20 other guests had also paid for the experience.

Danny Robins, who hosts the BBC’s Uncanny podcast, was also there. He said: "This is the ultimate 'scare B&B' - it's got everything, this place

“A lot of people want this [ghosts] to be true, I think it’s really exciting, the idea of ghosts existing.

"The idea of ghosts is optimistic, ghosts are the antidote to death, so it's a lovely idea. As scary as it might be, it presents hope."