Hauntings

**Nightmare** · 01-03-2008, 07:57 PM

Sealand, Denmark
This is a tale from a famous castle here in Denmark, called Dragsholm Slot
(slot=castle in Danish).
It is in Hørve in Sealand, Denmark
It was built in 12th century by the Roskilde bishop.
When the building of the castle was completed, it became the residence for
both kings and several noble families.
Now it is owned by the Bøttger (since 1939) family who has converted the
castle into a hotel.
However, as many other castles from that age, it has its own story to tell.
Actually, the castle has three ghosts:
A gray lady, A white lady and the ghost of the Earl of Bothwell.
The gray lady is said to be a woman who once worked there as a maiden.
Unfortunately, she got she got a serious toothache which caused her great
pain.
She was cured though, and the story goes that after her death she returns
to the castle every night to see if everything is in the right order, as a
thanx for her cure.
But the gray lady is almost never seen, and less known than the two
following ghosts:
The white lady is said to be the daughter of one of the many owners of the
castle.
When she was in a young age, she fell in love with common man who worked
in the castle.
The relationship went on for some time.
Since the father was a rich and noble man, they kept their love secret.
But one day the father caught them and was furious.
He was so angry that he actually made the servants of the castle
imprisoned his daughter inside a thick wall of the castle!
It is said that because of the tragic event, she every night returns to
the castle and walks around the corridors.
In the 1930s they were building new toilets in the castle.
Therefore, they tore the old walls down.
When doing this, the workers actually found a little hole in the wall with
a skeleton with a white dress in it!
So maybe the old story is true, since it matches the story of the eye
witnesses and the story itself.
And many many people have seen the white lady walking in castle at night.
The castle also has old cellars for prisoners.
In the 1500s the famous Earl of Bothwell was captured there.
He was captured there about 5 years and died in 1578 in the cellar.
Some say that he was mad his last years-it's pretty understandable!
He is one of the castles three ghosts-every night he comes riding in the
court yard of the castle with his horse carriage.
I myself have been in the castle and heard the feet of horses scramble in
the court yard as if someone's riding out there.
But every time you look out, there is nothing there.
A group of American parapsychologists visited the castle once and took
their equipment with them.
In some areas of the castle there were extreme amounts of electricity and
radio activity.
Many ghost hunters has been there and got good and interesting adventures. Dragsholm castle is indeed one of Denmark's best known ghost castles...

**Nightmare** · 05-27-2008, 12:35 PM

Over the past 1000 years, the Tower of London has seen more than its

fair share of murders, executions, tortures and poisonings. It's little

wonder therefore that a few of its victims should remain there in death.
On the 12th February 1957 a guardsman came face to face with one of the
ghostly residents at the foot of the Salt Tower. It was 3.00am when
something struck the roof of the sentry-box in which he was sheltering
from the rain. Stepping out, he looked up to see what it was, and saw a
shapeless white ghost on the top of the tower. He shouted, bringing out
the guard captain and the duty warder. They both searched the Tower,
but could find nothing. Is it a coincidence that on 12 February 1554
Lady Jane Grey was beheaded on Tower Green, which lies less than 200
yards away from the Salt Tower?
One of the best known ghosts is that of Anne Boleyn, who also lost her
head on Tower Green. She is now said to carry her head under her arm on
the eve of a death. A sergeant serving with the Artist's Rifles was on
duty the night before several spies were due to be executed during the
First World War. He claimed that the night before Carl Lody was
executed, he saw the ghost of Anne Boleyn in a silk dress and a white
ruff.
Anne has also been seen in the Tower Chapel. One night, a guard captain
and a sentry set off on their rounds, but when they reached the chapel
they both noticed lights coming from inside. The captain sent for a
ladder and climbed up to a window to look within. He found the interior
lit with a blue-white light, and a ghostly procession of men and women
in Tudor costume could be plainly seen walking down the central aisle.
At the head of the procession was the spirit of Anne Boleyn. Suddenly
the light faded and the chapel was left in complete darkness.
It's not only ghosts of people that visit the Tower. In 1816 a sentry
was walking his beat in front of the Jewel House when he saw a dark
shape moving on the steps of the building. He approached the figure
just as the moon came out from behind some clouds, revealing a huge bear
lunging at him. Paniced, he struck out at the bear with his bayonet but
the blade simply passed through the bear, which then engulfed him. He
was later found (unconcious?) by another sentry and died shortly after.
Pleasant dreams..... by John@culloden.demon.co.uk