Paranormal experts visit Cheshire family in Discovery+ show

In 2018, after the sad passing of her aunt, mum-of-four Sadie turned to a well-known local witch for help, in hope that some psychic readings would help her to cope with her loss.

However, after the witch’s visit, things took a dark turn for Sadie, who had been living a happy family life in their Victorian semi-detached house in Winsford, Cheshire.

“I feel a big male presence. He feels very, very large. I always feel like he's very, very close, stood next to me. I've seen lots and lots of shadows running past quite quickly, scratching upstairs. My children do wake up a lot in the night crying,” she recounts, before explaining how it has also had a big impact on her appearance as well as her relationship with her mum, with the dark feeling even leading to her impulsively tattooing the word ‘insane’ on her own face.

“When we first moved here it was very light and spacious, lots of cream walls. But since the witch visited, bit by bit, I’ve changed most rooms to dark grey and black. I have changed my appearance quite a lot. I never used to have tattoos. I impulsively had ‘insane’ tattooed on my face, which my mum absolutely hates. She thinks that the house has some influence on the way that I now dress and look, and it’s pushed us apart. The minute she comes in this house we start to clash,” Sadie admits.

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In the fifth episode of the current sixth series of Help! My House is Haunted, airing on Really this Friday, September 20, at 9pm (also available to stream on discovery+), Sadie decides enough is enough, and turns to the team of paranormal investigators Barri, Ian & Jayne in an attempt to detach herself from the dark entity that has turned her life upside down.

In footage captured by the team’s cameras, watch as a spirit communicates with Barri, Ian & Jayne by lighting up a speaker as they ask it questions. Can the team find answers as to how witchcraft has impacted Sadie’s house? Is there an entity controlling Sadie which has led to this dark turn? Will Sadie mend her relationship with mother Annette?

As the paranormal investigation team make their way to the Cheshire house, psychic medium Ian, instantly senses the ‘dark energy’ around the case.

“I feel very nervous, that’s normally indicating that there’s something quite dark, potentially possession… my spiritual guides are preparing me for something, so have your wits about you please,” he urges Barri and Jayne who head off to conduct their own research.

“Woah. You can feel the energy,” says Ian as soon as he walks into the house. “It feels heavy, you can taste it. I'm concerned that potentially we could be dealing with something quite negative, which is worrying… I've just actually seen what appears to be like a black mass or mist on top of the stairs, but it doesn't seem to be moving. It just seems to be hovering, so it could be a shadow but I think I'd better go have a look. Hello? This house don't feel right.”

Will the team be able to banish the entity from Sadie’s home? Will Annette get her beloved daughter back from the evil spirit that she feels has been controlling her for years? Will the light prevail through the darkness?

The fifth episode of the new series of Help! My House is Haunted this Friday 20th September on Really at 9pm to find out! Also available to stream on discovery+.