Haunted Castles of Britain and Ireland by Richard Jones

Leonora, Lady Tankerville recorded several ghostly encounters in the 1920s regarding Chillingham Castle. The castle is privately owned but there have been ghost hunts held there over the years, and there are supposed sightings of a ‘blue boy’. Renowned as one of the most haunted buildings in the North East, Chillingham Castle is said to house at least six ghosts including the ghost of Lady Mary Berkeley, wife of Lord Grey of Wark and Chillingham.

Creepy CCTV footage from 'haunted' North East pub shows 'bar stool move by ITSELF' – but is it real?.Ouija boards, howling and a mass grave: The 'haunted hospital' people PAY to visit.To cheer her up, he had a beautiful pink dress made for her – but she ended up wearing it while throwing herself off the battlements. He sent the lad away overseas and told his daughter her suitor had married someone else. According to Haunted Castles of Britain and Ireland by Richard Jones, she is allegedly – and we use the word strongly – a princess who was in love with a man of whom her father did not approve. Bamburgh Castleīeware the pink lady at Bamburgh Castle. Twitter: You can follow the Northumberland Live page here.įind The Journal's Northumberland editions on the British Newspaper Archive here. You can sign up to our daily Northumberland newsletter here.įacebook: Here's our main Northumberland page. Keep up-to-date with all the latest news in the county by visiting our Northumberland Live homepage. The last man to touch them two centuries ago, the landlord, died on the spot, and this huge coincidence has led to a superstition, fuelled by the man’s widow, that whoever disturbs them will die a similar death. The row of bottles that sits behind the window of Ye Olde Cross pub in Alnwick is cursed.

Nothing spooky about some dirty bottles, eh? Think again. The hotel does push the ghost element on its website, claiming there are 60 individual spirits. When she asked the daughter who she was talking to she said the man at the end of the bed and wondered why her mum couldn’t see him. More recently, a woman staying in room 28 woke up in the middle of the night to see her daughter chatting to someone. Voted the most haunted hotel in the UK, twice, by the Poltergeist Society, people have interacted with ghosts at the Schooner.Īllegedly, a man killed his wife, two children and himself in room 28. As we launch Northumberland Live, ChronicleLive has rounded up the best places to have a paranormal encounter in the county of Northumberland.