What can attract fans of the unknown and supernatural more than medieval castles? Only locks with haunted! Do not believe in ghosts? Perhaps visiting these places will change your ideas.
Warwick Castle in England
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Built in the eleventh century by William the Conqueror, this the castle saw more battles than any other in Europe – as many violence occurred in its halls. The most mystical place recognized the “ghost tower” that became the haunted house of Sir Fulk Greville.
He was killed by his own servant in 1628, and now everyone evening emerges from his portrait hanging on a wall in a tower. Dungeon is another haunting habitat in the castle. Many complain nausea and weakness when touching rusty grilles and devices for torture.
Predyama castle in Slovenia
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Built inside the cave, the Predjama Castle was a powerful fortress that resisted numerous brutal attacks and attacks.
And yet in the XIV-XV centuries the castle was destroyed by a series of long sieges and earthquakes. In 1567 the castle was restored, and along with numerous secret tunnels and passages that and to this day are visited by the ghosts of many soldiers who died in the walls the castle. From the dungeons and tunnels under the castle, various noises and steps.
Dragsholm Castle in Denmark
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Built at the end of the 12th century, Dragsholm Castle is now used as a luxury hotel. They make him famous exactly a hundred ghosts roaming the corridors every night. Remains just guess how the “census” of these the inhabitants.
Three are best known: the Gray Lady, the Lady in White, and the Earl of Botwell. The saddest thing is the story of the Lady in white, who fell in love to the peasant. Her father found out about the novel and imprisoned his daughter in the wall of one from the rooms, so as not to remember her anymore. In the thirties, workers, the restoration wing of the castle actually found the skeleton young women in white robe in the wall.
The gray lady was serving in the castle. And after death she couldn’t leave the place of work. Therefore, now she comes back sometimes, to check things out. As for Earl Botwell, he died in imprisonment and his ghost still cannot go beyond the limits of the castle.
Leap Castle in Ireland
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The castle on this place was built during the Iron Age, therefore, he had enough time to “acquire” haunted. The most interesting story of the castle is related to the chapel, where in 1532 a soldier killed his brother priest with a sword.
And now the ghost of the priest lives in a room with a frightening the name of the Bloody Chapel. Another scary spirit is called a certain a phenomenon that is not like a person. Describe it as creatures the size of a sheep but with a human face and black nests instead of eyes. Its appearance can also be judged by the characteristic rotten smell.
The dungeon also “overgrown” with many terrible stories. For instance, according to one of them, there is a room in the dungeon with a special hatch through which prisoners were dumped right on numerous metal spikes embedded in the floor.
Gouska Castle in the Czech Republic
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In the forests north of Prague there is an unusual castle; it never been attacked. The castle was built, to hide something within yourself. According to legend, the passage of this place led straight to hell, whence he once went free half-man half-monster.
In the 13th century, local rulers decided to build a castle to close access to the other world. Before that, they lowered into the pit soldier with a rope. The soldier gave a cry, and when he was pulled out, he a couple of days later he died. In 1930, Gouska Castle attracted attention Hitler’s. The Nazis began to use it for a series of secret experiments, and several bodies of Nazi soldiers were found below executed.
According to rumors, also in the castle were found skeletons of unearthly creatures. And eyewitnesses have often noticed headless ghosts in the castle a black horse and a woman who now and then looms in the window.
Moosham Castle in Austria
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Moosham Castle is a wonderful example of Austrian architecture and ghost stories. Built in the 12th century, it is also known as Witches Castle due to its sinister past. This place itself bloody trial of witches in history.
Between 1675 and 1687, thousands of women were called witches and sentenced by the Inquisition to death. They were tormented by torture and deprived of goals in the walls of the castle. Most of them continue to come to these halls, but already in the form of ghosts. In addition to the role of the site for the execution of witches, the castle of Moosham served as the werewolf den.
History was traced back to the beginning of the 19th century, when many crippled cattle and deer corpses were found next to the castle. As a result, some residents of Moosham were tried and imprisoned. to jail like werewolves.
Chateau de Bricca in France
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Chateau de Bricca is the highest castle in France. His seven floors are located in the heart of the picturesque Loire Valley and are the most visited haunted place in the world. In the XI century, the owner the estate was a certain Pierre de Breese.
His wife Charlotte started an affair with a simple man and used for comforts with him chambers located literally through wall from husband’s room. But Brese did not sleep and listened to their moans of passion night after night, until the two lovers mysteriously disappeared. Probably Pierre de Breese made an effort to this event.
No matter how it happened, Pierre failed to destroy the lovers. On dark nights, he kept hearing their moans until he began go crazy and did not run away from the castle. The sounds of their passion can be heard and today.
Edinburgh Castle in Scotland
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Built in the 12th century, Edinburgh Castle is one of those places where atheists become believers as soon as they step on it threshold. Based on the site of an extinct volcano, it is a symbol Scotland. According to some, this place is a paranormal point where visitors regularly appear figures of ghosts.
So, Lady Glamis was often seen wandering through dark halls the castle. She was accused of witchcraft and burned at the stake in 1537. FROM 1650 the ghost of a decapitated haunted the castle drummer boy. There is also a piper, an old man in a leather apron and even the ghost of a dog galloping near the cemetery. And from the tunnels of the castle You can still hear French prisoners imprisoned during Seven year war
Chillingham Castle in England
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The name of the castle is as cold as the gloomy place itself. Chillingham Castle served for one single purpose – to kill. A certain John Sage worked here as a torturer for three years in torture room. They say he tortured about fifty people per week. And tonight you can still hear John Sage drags bodies around.
Another famous ghost is the Blue Boy, who haunts the pink room. Vivid colors for a ghostly story. The guests of the castle claimed that they heard a loud cry, after which they saw blue flashes of light over his bed.
The haunting of the ghost ceased after being fired extended reconstruction and found the bodies of a man and a boy, walled up in a 10 meter wall.
Berry Pomeroy Castle in England
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Those who strolled near the ruins of the castle of Berry Pomeroy could run into the Blue Lady, who, seducing, lured them into the tower where they were dying. She is the ghost of the daughter of the Norman lord raped by his own father. Some claim that the child was strangled by his father, others attribute this crime to to the girl.
Now her tormented ghost roams the territory, being an omen of death, as some believe. Blue Lady – Not the only ghost haunting the castle of Berry Pomeroy. White Lady believed to be the ghost of Margaret Pomera, who was locked up by her jealous sister Eleanor and left to death without food. Both sisters were in love with one man.
In the XIX century, the castle of Berry Pomeroy was considered very romantic the place. Many artists and amateurs often visited it, and, by rumors, one of them still managed to take a photo of the White Lady, standing near ivy-covered walls.
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