Built as a hunting lodge in the 18th century, Boleskine House has gained a reputation thanks to former owner, Aleister Crowley, the self-styled 'wickedest man in the world', though in actuality, the house was already renowned for weirdness before Crowley bought it in 1899. It is built on the site of a 10th century church, and overlooks a graveyard and Crowley purchased it in order to carry out a series of rites called the Sacred Magic Of Abramelin The Mage. In popular parlance, summoning up demons. It's believed Crowley didn't close down his rites properly, and that hellish beings can still be found round Boleskine, with visitors regularly reporting a distinct sense of the heebie jeebies. Locally, the house is renowned for being haunted, the advice being, 'don't go there', while those foolish enough to actually living there have reported hearing phantom footsteps in the dead of night and cold draughts. In 1960, Boleskine's owner, Major Edward Grant, killed himself in the house before it was bought by Jimmy Page in 1970, who was fascinated by Aleister Crowley. In the end, the guitar legend spent little time there.
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