The real Hellfire Club at Wycombe Caves in Buckinghamshire!

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The Hellfire Club an innocent D&D group in Stranger Things. 

The Hellfire Caves in High Wycombe was a place I frequented a great deal when I was a kid way back in the 1980's!

Myself and my friends, looking very much like the kids of Stranger Things, used to ride from Wooburn Green across the Rye, across the Town all the way to West Wycombe on our bicycles. We use to spend the day rolling down the grassy hill, having picnics and then going into Wycombe caves before wearily heading home. In the caves we used to soak up on all the spooky stories of the Hellfire Club and make up other ghost stories to try to out scare each other!  Happy days! 😆 

The Hellfire Caves in West Wycombe, near High Wycombe, are a network of man-made chalk caverns used as a meeting place by the 18th-century Hellfire Club. Founded by Sir Francis Dashwood, the caves were a secret, decadent club called The Hellfire Club and were known for its elaborate parties and allegedly scandalous or occult activities. 

One of the main ghost story associated with Wycombe Caves (Hellfire Caves) is that of Paul Whitehead, the former Steward of the Hellfire Club, who is said to haunt the caves and hills above in search of his heart, which was stolen from its mausoleum by an American soldier. Another ghost that is known to haunt the caves is the "White Lady," also known as Suki, a barmaid from the nearby Georgian Dragon Hotel, who was reportedly involved in a prank that led her to the caves.

Suki.

For more information on Wycombe's Hellfire Caves please visit.

https://www.hellfirecaves.co.uk/history


So when The Hellfire Club appeared in last series of Stranger Things though not as scandalous decadent club but an innocent D&D Club ( Dungeons and Dragons) it did make me chuckle as it reminded of myself as a kid having fun. I must confess even though I am advanced in age and now using a mobility scooter to get about I couldn't resist getting a Stranger Things Hellfire Club jacket! 



Me in my jacket! 😆 🤟🏻


Images from Wycombe Caves.





Fabulous tour by Grimm Life Collective. Though I would also recommend a visit in person as there is so much more to see 


 


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