English Family Lives in the Middle of a Cemetery!

Hi ya! How're you keeping? Pour yourself a mugga and latch onto one of those coffin-sized Long Johns on the virtual treat tray while I tell you about a family in England that doesn't scare easily...

Would you be brave enough to spend a night in an old mortuary chapel surrounded by dozens of graves? One English family is more than happy to sleep in such a house every night, and say it’s actually their dream home.

Jayne Stead and partner Mike Blatchford didn’t seem to mind the creepy graves and spooky statues when they decided to move into an old cemetery keeper’s lodge, in Southampton, England. "The cemetery didn’t put us off. We don’t spook easily, in fact I love watching scary films and television shows,” 52-year-old Jayne told reporters.

"When we first had a look around it was really run down, there were graves everywhere but it never really felt scary, there was very nice feeling about the place.”

Self-employed builder Mike Bletchford spend a whole year and about £100,000 ($160,000) turning the chapel into a home for his family, and today you couldn’t tell the living room was once a mortuary…

But, while they’ve never seen a ghost in their unusual home, the couple admit they have witnessed some bizarre occurrences:  ”I’ve been sitting on my own in the living room and I’ve felt like there was someone standing behind me a few times,” Ms Stead said. “I’ve also found the dog barking at nothing in the corner of the room, but it’s not scary.”

I know a lot of folks who wouldn't go near the place - let alone live there. It wouldn't faze me though I can't say the same for Nong. Thais are strong believers in ghosts and spirits. How about you? Would you spend a weekend with these folks? Homestay...farmstay...and now...cemetary-stay!

See ya!

Bob