Sarah Metyard

Sarah "Sally" Morgan Metyard is a famous poltergeist. She has been in London for a few centuries.

History
Sarah was hanged for the murder of a young girl named Anne Naylor, one of her apprentices, in 1758. Naylor's death was an accident, but it was the result of extreme neglect and cruelty. Sarah and her daughter, also named Sarah but who went by Sally, were either milliners or haberdashers or both. Sally was also a victim of her mother's brutality, but this didn't stop her from meeting out cruelty on the girls in their care. Several girls from local workhouses were apprenticed to their business, including Anne Naylor, a thirteen-year-old girl.

The apprentices were treated badly, especially Anne who had a weak constitution and became the focus of the Metyard's contempt. Sarah never fed Anne enough and worked her to exhaustion. Anne even had to have a finger removed after an abscess went bad, presumably because Sarah didn't get it treated. After Anne was captured trying to escape for a second time, Sarah punished her by beating her and tying her to a door. Sarah and her daughter left her there without anything to eat or drink for four days. The other apprentices called Sally in a panic, saying that Anne was no longer moving. Sally began beating the deceased girl on the head with the heel of a shoe.

The Metyards tried to revive Anne, but she was dead. They tried to conceal her death. They claimed she'd run away and hid the body in a box in the attic for two months, but they couldn't mask the smell of it forever. Sarah removed and burned the hand with the missing finger in case it could identify Anne, but decided not to risk burning the rest in case the neighbors got suspicious. Eventually, they cut up the body and Sarah disposed of the pieces in a public sewer. Some versions of the story also say the Metyards killed Anne's eight-year-old sister Mary, who was also one of their apprentices.

A watchman discovered the pieces of Anne's corpse, but it was assumed that they had been dumped there so nobody investigated. It seemed like they'd gotten away with it, but as the years passed, Sarah grew more abusive towards her daughter. Sally finally went to live with a man named Richard Rooker, who had offered her employment. She moved in with him and became his lover, but Sarah wouldn't leave them alone, worried that Sally would tell someone about the murder. Eventually, Rooker overheard a confrontation between them and had a bad feeling about what he'd heard. He questioned Sally who admitted everything to him. Rooker alerted the authorities, probably thinking Sally would get a lighter sentence as her mother had done so much to influence her behavior, but she didn't. Both Sarah and Sally were hanged at Tyburn in 1768. Sarah became a poltergeist.

The Pale Dreamer
It is 2056 and Didion Waite, has been looking for valuable spirits to auction. He has found Sarah Metyard. He hired someone to bind her, but they messed up and now the spirit is on a rampage. Nick believes that Sarah is after the spirit of Anne Naylor.

Jaxon, Paige, Nick, Eliza, and Anne are battling against Sarah, trying to hold her in place. The binding isn't working. Suddenly, Paige realizes that this isn't Sarah Metyard, it's her daughter, Sarah Morgan Metyard. Just as Paige thinks holding off Sarah is going to kill her, Jaxon successfully completes the binding. Anne returns to her haunt, while the Seals return to the den to recover. Sarah now is bound to Jaxon and must do his will.

Trivia

 * Paige Mahoney describes Sarah's approach "as if the sun had been swallowed."

Appearances

 * The Pale Dreamer