The Zeigarnik Effect

  I was always interested in the paranormal growing up and loved hearing about the spooky and frightening experiences that happened to my mother and sister, who were both very perceptible to them. I reached my early twenties with nothing happening to me and figured that I was just one of those people that just was never in the right place at the right time. This all changed when I moved into my second flat. I had just started a better-paid job and was looking for a larger flat when my dad found one to rent in what was our town's old workhouse. I didn’t even think of the historic connections at first, I just loved the look of the place, as it had a Victorian vibe to it, with high ceilings and dark oak beams. It was on the top floor so it had nice views out of the windows as well. The Andover workhouse was a place that had a scandalous history, I knew that much from the dozen or so visits I had made to the Andover museum. The inmates were so starving at one point that they began to