Langley Hall has officially lost its longest tenant: a disgruntled ghost who was forced to flee due to an unbearable influx of social media influencers.
Margaret O'Malley, the spectre of a chambermaid who tragically died in 1887 after being startled by a horse, had peacefully haunted the corridors of the historic estate until earlier this year, when content creators began flooding the venue with ring lights, tarot decks, and questionable sage bundles from Kmart.
“I used to drift through walls,” Margaret told The Bendigo Standard. “Now I’m getting tagged in skincare collabs. I decided to pull the pin after an incident involving three ring lights, a fog machine, and a toddler dressed as a Victorian orphan."
Paranormal psychologists say ghost burnout is on the rise, with many spirits now abandoning heritage buildings for more peaceful residencies in Aldi parking lots or WIFI dead zones, where influencer activity remains low.
"Two weeks ago, I posed next to a vegan cheese board while a YouTuber screamed, 'This is so haunted, you guys!' One TikToker even dared to make me spell ‘Yas Queen’ on an Ouiji board.”
Influencers, however, remain unfazed. “Honestly, like, the ghost was like, super high-maintenance,” said @WitchyWinks, who livestreamed herself emotionally connecting with a baroque chair.
As for Margaret. No more whispering 'boo' on command for ASMR videos.
More to come.
