In 1620, Sir Henry Griffith moved into Burton Agnes with his three daughters. The youngest daughter, Anne, was particularly fond of the house. One day Anne was attacked by people on her way home and left for dead. The young girl was brought back to her beloved Burton Agnes on the verge of death, where she made her sisters promise to decapitate her after she died so that her head may be a part of the house forever.

Once she died the family chose to bury her. After some terrifying paranormal incidents in the house, the sisters dug up Anne’s body and discovered her head severed with no flesh remaining. Any time the skull has been disturbed by owners since, terrible things happen around the house and high pitched screaming is heard until Anne’s skull was returned to its rightful place.