SEAN O’CONNOR | The Haunting of Borley Manor

Sun, 12 Oct, 2025 at 01:30 pm UTC+01:00

Northwood House | Cowes

Isle of Wight Literary Festival
Publisher/HostIsle of Wight Literary Festival
SEAN O\u2019CONNOR | The Haunting of Borley Manor
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Sean O’Connor has worked as a writer and director across film, TV, radio and theatre. With a background in theatre, he’s been showrunner on some of the UK’s biggest dramas – Footballers’ Wives, EastEnders and Hollyoaks – and won acclaim for his groundbreaking domestic violence storyline while helming The Archers on BBC Radio.
As a writer of non-fiction, Sean is the author of “The Haunting of Borley Rectory”, “Handsome Brute” (a study of murderer Neville Heath, now in development with a script by Mark Gatiss), and “The Fatal Passion of Alma Rattenbury” (soon to be adapted by Neil McKay for Two Cities Television). In 2011, he coaxed film director Terence Davies out of retirement for “The Deep Blue Sea”, starring Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston and Simon Russell Beale. He is also a Trustee of the Estate of Sir Terence Rattigan.
The Most Haunted House in England?
In conversation with journalist and broadcaster David Benedict, Sean will unravel the story of Borley Rectory – once notorious as the “most haunted house in England.” Was it fact or fiction, haunting or hoax? With tales of skulls in cupboards, poltergeist attacks, scandal, and Harry Price – the most famous ghost-hunter of the age – this chilling session dives into one of the most extraordinary cases in paranormal history.
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