What could attract fans of the unknown and the supernatural more than medieval castles? Only locks with ghosts! You do not believe in ghosts? Perhaps a visit to these places will change your ideas.
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Built in the eleventh century by William the Conqueror, the castle saw
more battles than any other in Europe - so much violence going on in its
halls. The most mysterious place recognized as the "ghost tower", which became home to the ghost of Sir Fulk Greville. He was killed by his servant in 1628 and now appears every evening from his portrait hanging on the wall of the tower. Dungeon - Another habitat of ghosts in the castle. Many complain of nausea and weakness when touching the rusty gratings and devices for torture.
Built inside the cave Predjama Castle was a powerful fortress, which withstood numerous attacks and violent attacks. 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 together with numerous tunnels
and secret passages, which to this day is visited by the ghosts of the
many soldiers who died in the castle. From the dungeons and tunnels under the castle clearly hear different noises and footsteps.
Built at the end of XII century Dragskholm castle is now used as a luxury hotel. Known for its doing exactly one hundred ghosts roaming the corridors every night. We can only guess at how to "census" of these inhabitants. The best known are three: the Grey Lady, Lady in white and the Earl of Bothwell. Most believe the sad story of the Lady in White, who fell in love with a peasant. Her father found out about the affair and imprisoned daughter in the wall of one of the rooms that no longer remember it. In the thirties, workers restored wing of the castle, in fact, found the skeleton of a young woman in a white robe in the wall. Grey Lady waited in the castle. And after the death could not leave the place of work. So now it comes back occasionally to check things out. As Earl of Bothwell, he died in prison in prison, and his ghost still can not escape from the castle.
The castle on the site was built in the days of the Iron Age, so he had plenty of time to get haunted.
The most interesting story of the castle is linked to the chapel, where
in 1532 the soldiers killed by the sword of his brother priest. And now the priest's ghost lives in a room with a frightening name "Bloody Chapel '. Another scary spirit called a kind of phenomenon that does not look like a man. Describes it as being about the size of a sheep, but with a human face and a black eye sockets instead. About his appearance can also be judged by the characteristic smell of rotten. Dungeon as "overgrown" lots of horror stories.
For example, according to one of them, there is room in the dungeon
with a special hatch through which prisoners were thrown directly into
multiple metal spikes embedded in the floor.
In the forests north of Prague there is no ordinary castle, he had never been any attacks. The castle was built to hide something inside yourself. According to legend, the passage at this point led straight to hell, where one was set free poluchelovek-polumonstr. In the XIII century, local rulers decided to build a castle in order to prevent access to the underworld. Prior to this, they lowered into the pit with a rope soldier. The soldier issued a cry, and when he pulled out, he died a few days later. In 1930 Houska Castle drew Hitler's attention.
The Nazis began to use it for a series of secret experiments, and
several bodies of Nazi soldiers were found at the bottom of the
executed. If you believe the rumors, and the skeletons of unearthly creatures were found in the castle.
And witnesses have repeatedly noticed in the castle ghosts headless
black horse and the woman who now and then lurking in the window.
Mooskham Castle - a remarkable example of Austrian architecture and ghost stories. Built in the XII century, it is also known as the Castle of the Witches because of its sinister past. It is a place of bloody trial of witches in history. Between 1675 and 1687 years, thousands of women were called witches and sentenced to death by the Inquisition. They were exhausted by torture and lack of goals in the castle. Most of them continue to come to these rooms, but in the form of ghosts. In addition to the role of a platform for witch executions Mooskham castle served as a den and a werewolf.
The history can be traced to the beginning of the XIX century, when a
plurality of mutilated cattle and deer carcasses were found near the
castle. As a result, some residents Mooskhama tried and put in prison as a werewolf.
Chateau de Bricco - the highest castle in France. His seven floors located in the heart of the beautiful Loire Valley, and is the most visited place in the world with ghosts. In the XI century the owner of the estate was a certain Pierre de Breze.
His wife Charlotte began an affair with a simple person and used to
comfort him chambers, located just over the wall from her husband's
room.
But Breze not slept and listened to their moans of passion night after
night, until the two lovers disappeared mysteriously do not. Perhaps Pierre de Breze made efforts for this event. Whatever happened, Pierre failed to destroy lovers. Dark nights, he still continued to hear their moans, not yet started to go crazy and not run away from the castle. The sounds of their passion can be heard today.
Built in the XII century Edinburgh Castle is one of those places where
atheists are believers, as soon as he set foot on the threshold. Founded on the site of an extinct volcano, it is a symbol of Scotland. According to some, this place is a paranormal point where visitors regularly appear before the ghosts figures. So, Lady Glamis often seen wandering through the dark halls of the castle. She was accused of witchcraft and burned at the stake in 1537. Since 1650 the castle became a ghost haunt headless drummer boy. There is also a bagpiper, an old man in a leather apron and even a ghost dog, galloping near the cemetery. A tunnel from the castle you can still hear the French prisoners imprisoned during the Seven Years' War.
The name of the castle is as cold as this very dark place. Chillingham Castle was used for a single purpose - to kill. A certain John Sage worked here executioner-torturer for three years in the room of torture. As they say, he was tormented by about fifty people a week. And today, the nights can still hear John Sage body drags around. Another famous ghost is the Blue boy who pursues pink room. Bright colors for ghost stories. Guests of the castle were assured that they had heard a loud cry, then saw the blue flash of light over his bed.
Harassment ghost stopped after made extensive renovation and found the
bodies of a man and a boy, immured in the 10-meter-high wall.
Those who walked near Berry Pomeroy Castle ruins, could face the Blue
Lady, which, tempting, luring them into the tower, where they died. She - the ghost of the daughter of the Norman lord, raped by her own father. Some argue that the child's father was strangled, while others attribute this crime is the girl. Now her tortured ghost roams the territory, as an omen of death, as some believe. Blue Lady - is not the only ghost haunting Castle Berry Pomeroy.
White Lady, is believed to be the ghost of Margaret Pomeroy, who was
locked his jealous sister Eleanor and left to die without food. Both sisters were in love with one man. In the XIX century, Berry Pomeroy Castle was considered a very romantic place.
Many artists and fans often visited him, and it is rumored that one of
them still managed to take a photo of the White Lady, standing near the
ivy-covered walls.
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1. Warwick Castle in England
2. Predjama Castle in Slovenia
3. Dragskholm Castle in Denmark
4. Leap Castle in Ireland
5. Houska Castle in the Czech Republic
6. Mooskham Castle in Austria
7. Chateau de Bricco in France
8. Edinburgh Castle in Scotland
9. Chillingham Castle in England
