For years, people have asked a troubling question about ghosts. They usually complain, “My house is only five years old and there wasn’t anything on the land before. Why is my house haunted?”
Every ghost investigation seems to arrive at a different answer. Many times, they don’t fit history.
The default explanation is [...]
Duckett’s Grove Castle — featured in a March 2011 episode of Destination: Truth – isn’t the only haunted location associated with the Duckett family.
The Duckett family’s ancestral homes was Grayrigg Hall, a medieval manor estate in Cumbria, England.
In the 17th century, Grayrigg Hall was [...]
The Falcon Hotel (Stratford-upon-Avon) is haunted. It’s one of England’s most charming hotels, with 20 rooms in its haunted 16th-century wing, and 64 rooms in the more modern wing.
In June 2007, several Hollow Hill investigators spent the night in the haunted wing of the Falcon. It was comfortable and quiet, even though our rooms [...]
The Green Lady is a unique spirit, and not someone lightly categorized with all brownies or Gruagachs. Every woman who appears as a ‘Green Lady’ wears a rich green gown that usually reaches the ground.
Other than that, it’s difficult to generalize about the appearance of a Green Lady.
DARK TALES OF THE GREEN [...]
The ‘Green Lady’ of Scotland is either beautiful and protective, or a blood-sucking demon. It all depends upon where you hear the story, and who is telling it.
In the Highlands, as with many faerie and ghost stories, the macabre is ever-present. Many Highland tales speak of a dangerous Green Lady, but the demonic entity [...]
(Continued from Edinburgh vault tour – two ghosts )
WANDERING THROUGH MORE ROOMS
The rest of our return tour of the Edinburgh underground was troubling, so much that I did not keep notes at the time. These are my current recollections of the site:
We walked through more rooms and then we were [...]
(Continued from Edinburgh vault tours – first ghost)
TWO GHOSTS FROM DIFFERENT WORLDS
In the next room, there were two energies:
One was a young-ish man from England, with a haircut that I wanted to describe as “different.” In fact, he took pride in his stylish, perhaps trendsetting looks. In my notes [...]
(Continued from Edinburgh – Vault ghosts)
FIRST ENCOUNTER – THE MOTHER WITH ‘CHILD NUMBER THREE’
The first room was reached by a stairway from the street level. The room had little lighting, part of the “atmosphere” created for the tour.
On one wall, I saw a fireplace. It had been the center [...]
Special note from Fiona: Many people talk about their encounters with the ghost of a murdered little girl who haunts Edinburgh’s underground vaults and passageways. The following complete account has been online since mid-1996 as the original encounter with the child’s ghost from the vaults beneath the streets of Edinburgh, Scotland.
I personally guided [...]
Bath is one of the loveliest cities in the United Kingdom. It features winding streets, superb museums, fabulous shopping, and a history including Roman ruins. Fans of ‘Pride and Prejudice’ will enjoy the famous Regency-era Pump Room as well as the Jane Austen Centre.
However, Bath’s memorable history isn’t merely marked with plaques [...]
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