Haunted Britain : a Guide to Supernatural Sites Frequented By Ghosts, Witches, Poltergeists and Other Mysterious Beings

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The disease was rampant in Mary King’s Close due to the lack of proper sanitation and the cramped tenements. On 19 May, the anniversary of her death, ghost hunters gather at the estate’s gates: legend has it, she can be seen arriving at her birthplace in a carriage pulled by headless horses. Inevitably the question came up as to whether or not any of the sites where Jack the Ripper committed his murders is haunted? Her husband (Lord James Shaw) locked her in a room at the top of the castle when she failed to produce a male heir. Generally, demonic reports would be probably one every couple of years and we’re suddenly getting dozens of the things.

Or, visit to appreciate this quintessentially-English village that’s surrounded by beautiful countryside. She is believed to still haunt Pinnock Bridge with some witnesses describing a faint pink glow which hovers in the air above the spot where she died. With each story, "Haunted Britain" crafts a symphony where history, horror, and imagination come together in a haunting crescendo. Well, as it happens, Stead was also a great peace campaigner in which capacity he was invited to speak at a peace conference at Carnegie Hall in 1915.The various regions of Britain and Ireland have also been blessed with a rich array of mythical locations.

A number of other spooky sights and sounds have also been witnessed here, including lights in the dead of night on the ramparts and the phantom cries of a child. Working from home, perhaps on streets that are quieter than usual, they may notice things they haven’t before. The murder site itself no longer exists, but some sort of psychic trace reputedly lingers in the ether of where the murder site stood and, in the days of the brewer, it was said that the air in the brewery would turn deathly cold on the anniversary of Annie Chapman's murder, which was on the 8th September 1888. Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s second wife, executed for treason, and the young Lady Jane Grey, queen for just nine days before she was overthrown and later beheaded.Sign up to unlock our digital magazines and also receive the latest news, events, offers and partner promotions. It invites you to step into the mist, to listen, to see, and to believe – even if just for a moment – in the world that exists just beyond our grasp.