The Secret of Crickley Hall

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Did anyone else watch this? Thoroughly creeped out.

Key was hidden outside I think

And yes weird she knew German and for massive bar of chocolate

Tho did think Stefan was silly eating it while playing a very noisy top on the floor

Wouldn't that have woke up other kids and possibly brother/sister

The German bit surprised me too. I wondered if Percy had picked up some as part of the army training or if they both deliberately learned some to be able to talk to Stefan. Percy was pretty faltering and didn't understand what Stefan said whereas Nancy seemed far better.
She was a teacher though, maybe that was one of her subjects? Didn't Evil Sister say something when she started at the orphanage about Stefan needing to speak English?

Good point about Stefan being one of their sons. Maybe he is Magda's son. Maybe either the son of Magda and Augustus or Magda and someone else, so Augustus is jealous and beats Stefan?

Or maybe Nancy and Augustus's son? He could have forced himself on her when she was in the orphanage or something?

Was Nancy's orphanage run by Augustus?

Don't know about being someone's son. The nurse told Nancy that Cribben was out looking for Stefan when he got got in the bomb blast which left him with chronic tinnitus (?) Hence the hyper-sensitivity to noise - the removal of shoes etc. He blames Stefan for that, was always a vicious bully and added to that Stefan is a refugee, unwanted and Jewish.

We don't know anything about their background. I also thought there was an incestuous touch to that encounter when he was hiding from the party. Didn't notice the weals but wouldn't be surprised. The excessive religious fervour and emphasis on punishment must come from somewhere, don't think it was just exacerbated by the accident.

Someone mentioned that Magda is an unusual name in England. Perhaps the family were also refugees after WWI?

thank you for removing my spoiler post (though now i've gone and re-looked at the book it doesn't seem like a spoiler but either way its gone )

as for other james herbert books the magic cottage is great as is once and the ghosts of sleath. i'm not so keen on the rats trilogy though.

Was Nancy's orphanage run by Augustus? Not that we know of. We only know that she was in an orphanage.

Magdalene (derived from Hebrew 'of Magdala') or Magda is a female name used in many countries including Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Romania, Germany, Greece, Poland, Spain, Scandinavia, Slovakia and Slovenia

Why has Percy taken the dog...

Anyone else think it pretty unlikely that caring Nancy would have badgered the doctor about Cribbens while wounded people (grim) were being rushed into hospital? She could have waited till he had a break, even if it meant waiting for hours.

Pretty please can someone Pm me the ending?

I'm confused I though Stephan called the lady who spoke German mum?? (can't remember her name)

I have downloaded it to my kindle and am reading it now as well! So far, fairly similar...

Did she? If she was his mum then surely she would have taken him away from the abuse pronto. I guess we will find out on Sunday.

I shouldn't watch when I'm distracted. Tried to look on iBooks for the book and they only have it in Spanish, annoying.

No you might be right that she is the mum. I'm just wondering what the reason might be that she wouldn't have immediately taken him away.

It's on Amazon for Kindle for a few quid.

Um - ok I came to this very late, watched number 1 last night and 2 tonight. Did anyone else hear when the teacher brought Stefan the chocolate - he ran to her and said 'mummy' before they hugged and spoke German? It broke my heart how happy he was upstairs knowing she was going to rescue him :(

Oops I missed a page of the thread

I missed that he called her Mummy....she must have had him very young.

Could the bad teacher be the Dad of him??? Might he have taught in the girls childrens home that she used to live in...where her arm was damaged??

At one point when they were speaking German he called her 'Mami', I wondered if she was just like his surrogate mum because his real one was dead.

If nancy was stefans mum surely no mum would just allow / leave their child to be beaten?

Well exactly! Also - are there no police she could have gone to about the abuse? or maybe she tried that and I missed it

Will Nancy really not be in the last episode? I find it odd that she would just not be in it any more when she is such a central character.