Doctor Cranks Whitby Ghost Walk

Doctor Cranks Whitby Ghost Walk Join me, Doctor Crank, on a walk around the back streets of Whitby and hear the strange stories of this Spooky towns ghostly history.
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01/12/2024

Just finished a nice walk tonight. After we had finished, as often happens, a bloke came to shake my hand. In his palm he had a rolled up tenner. Now, tips are most, MOST welcome, but when they are offered in this old, traditional way, so nobody sees the transaction, it really feels special!

12/11/2024

I love this time of year. The walks are always, for some strange reason, just more enjoyable than any other time of the year. Why could that be?

Here's something I wasn't expecting. As I turned up for last night's walk, I saw the crowd waiting near the whale bones...
05/10/2024

Here's something I wasn't expecting. As I turned up for last night's walk, I saw the crowd waiting near the whale bones. It was a large group of teenagers. Now, this very often means one thing.....a tough walk. Teenagers are always, ALWAYS the most difficult crowd. They tend to be disruptive, noisy, and very often don't have much respect for both me, and the rest of the crowd. Sorry if you don't want to hear that....but it's true! However, straight away I found this group were different. They were, I think, all from London and I gather many were from quite rough areas. But....these kids were the most respectful, attentive, and just plain nicest group of teenagers I can remember taking round! This really does make a difference to me, and I really enjoyed the walk. So to the group last night, and the teachers, a big " thank you " from Doctor Crank! (And maybe I shouldn't Pre-judge next time).
Here's the pic from after the walk. This lot were really going for it! I reckon the girl on the right, and the guy at the top in grey just might really be....the undead!

An "Atmospheric " shot from a couple of nights ago.
10/09/2024

An "Atmospheric " shot from a couple of nights ago.

Joined on the walk a couple of nights ago by these enigmatic creatures. They insisted on holding my magic stick for the...
24/08/2024

Joined on the walk a couple of nights ago by these enigmatic creatures. They insisted on holding my magic stick for the photo....

15/08/2024

If you were hoping to come on the walk on Monday 19th August, it has been called off. I forgot when I set this months dates that next Monday is Whitby regatta fair. This takes over a lot of the town, and I remember the last time I did a walk on this evening....not good! Sorry!

Some of Tuesday nights mob. I love it when people make the effort to get dressed up!
15/08/2024

Some of Tuesday nights mob. I love it when people make the effort to get dressed up!

28/07/2024

Steampunk or goth, all are welcome on "Doctor Cranks World Famous Ghost Walk "! And thank you so much to these two ladies. When my voice went, they gave me a piece of whitby rock to suck. Made such a difference!

A nice shot of Friday's walk. A pack of pouncing Vampires!
28/04/2024

A nice shot of Friday's walk. A pack of pouncing Vampires!

20/04/2024

Just a quick "thank you" to the group last night. It was so wild up on West cliff we had to shelter next to the Royal Hotel before we set off! However, what a great walk it turned out to be!

19/02/2024

Nice walk last night. However, we were joined by this large, black devil dog....Coco! As always, being a sausage dog, she had an attitude. Despite her owners best efforts to keep her quiet, she voiced her opinion whenever she felt like it. Normally I would ask them to take the pooch to one side until it quietened down, but last night I just let her have her say. I can, and will, forgive sausage dogs anything. Always.

One of the most common questions I get asked is, "Have you ever seen a ghost?" Well, I live in a haunted house! Since Ca...
07/01/2024

One of the most common questions I get asked is, "Have you ever seen a ghost?" Well, I live in a haunted house! Since Carole and I moved here, over 20 years ago, we have had,"unexplained activity ". It's always been the same thing, clocks being adjusted. Every clock in the house has, at some time, had its time altered. Wrist watches, wall clocks, mobile phones, computers, even the mechanical heating timer! It doesn't bother us now, it's just a bit annoying when Caroles alarm for work goes off 2 or 3 hours early! The latest occurrence was 3 days ago. My trusty Timex changed itself by exactly 1 hour! I put it right, and it has kept perfect time since. I always like to put a picture up when I do a post, so here's one of my watch. (The date hasn't worked for over 25 years now!)

Some walks are just more fun than others. That's just how it is. I could tell before we set off tonight that it was goi...
04/01/2024

Some walks are just more fun than others. That's just how it is. I could tell before we set off tonight that it was going to be a good one. They laughed at the stupid jokes and they even made a few up themselves! However, the star was a little black dog that I was warned about at the start of the walk. Don't worry about his teeth, i was told, it's his farts that will get you! Sure enough, just as I was about to deliver the final line of a story, little pumpy bum let rip. You know when you blow a balloon up, and let the air squeak out? It was just like that! I waited for the laughter to die down, and was just about to deliver the final line. Then it hit. Imagine sewer gas, mixed with burned kippers, it was just like that. Luckily, my eyes had stopped watering by the next story.

01/01/2024

Just a big thanks to everyone who joined me this year on my walks. I missed most of the year due to a motorcycle racing crash, but I'm now 100% back and ready for another year of spooky stories, terrible punchlines, and all round daftness! I'll leave you with a group of victims from the other night. All the best, Doctor Crank!

Took the "in search of Dracula" group up to Draculas bench last night. Normally after goth weekend there are flowers, p...
07/11/2023

Took the "in search of Dracula" group up to Draculas bench last night. Normally after goth weekend there are flowers, poem's and such on the bench. This time, however, all that were there were these. Quite chilling!

01/11/2023

Well, that was a walk and a half! Halloween is always busy, but this year was my biggest yet! Have you ever tried stuffing 200 people into a small alley and getting them all to see and hear you? After the walk I did a bit of "market research " to find out how they found out about the walk. I was surprised, but thankful, to find that most of the crowd were personally recommended or were even repeat visitors! However, next year I'm going to have to do 2 walks on Halloween! It's been a few years since I've done a "double shift ", but needs must...

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Steampunk or goth, all are welcome on "Doctor Cranks World Famous Ghost Walk "! And thank you so much to these two ladies. When my voice went, they gave me a piece of whitby rock to suck. Made such a difference!

Nice walk last night. However, we were joined by this large, black devil dog....Coco! As always, being a sausage dog, she had an attitude. Despite her owners best efforts to keep her quiet, she voiced her opinion whenever she felt like it. Normally I would ask them to take the pooch to one side until it quietened down, but last night I just let her have her say. I can, and will, forgive sausage dogs anything. Always.

Just a big thanks to everyone who joined me this year on my walks. I missed most of the year due to a motorcycle racing crash, but I'm now 100% back and ready for another year of spooky stories, terrible punchlines, and all round daftness! I'll leave you with a group of victims from the other night. All the best, Doctor Crank!

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