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The Busby Stoop Chair

Thirsk Museum, North Yorkshire

A cursed chair hung on a museum wall so nobody can ever sit in it again.

In 1702 Thomas Busby was hanged for murdering his father-in-law. Legend says he cursed his favourite chair at the local inn, so that anyone who sat in it would die.

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When
From 1702
Where
54.2320, -1.3430
Group
Haunted places

Visiting

Thirsk Museum opens in spring and summer.

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