• Haunted castles •

As you know, Great Britain is a land of ghosts and haunted places. It has haunted castles, mansions, roads, hostelries and haunted places. The stories about the castle wouldn't be complete without the ghosts. To tell the truth, I like stories, tales and different legends about ghosts very much! So, I want to tell you about some of them.  

1) The first catle, I want to tell you about, is Glamis Castle. It is known as one of the most haunted castles in Britain. It certainly has more stories and legends attached to it than any other castle within the British Isles. It is said that many ghosts live in this castle. But the most famous is a Grey Lady, who is said to be the spirit of Lady Janet Douglas, burned at the stake as a witch on Castle Hill, Edinburgh in 1537.

2) One of the real haunted castles in Ireland is Ross Castle. Its owner was English Lord who had a daughter, Sabrina. She liked to walk around her father's kingdom. One day she met a handsome young man. He was the son of an Irish Lord. Soon they felt in love. The couple knew that they could never marry. So the only way out was to escape. While they were swimming the storm began. Young man died and Sabrina was thrown out of the boat. People rescued her but she died shortly after. Her ghost still lives in Ross.

3) Fyvie Castle in Aberdeenshire, one of Scotland's finest and most magnificent strongholds, is said to be haunted by one of its former residents. At the turn of the 17th century it was owned by Alexander Seton, the Earl of Dunfermline. His wife Lillias Drummond died suddenly, and he remarried in six months. On the wedding night, the couple was plagued by sighing coming from a window, and the next morning discovered that 'Lillias Drummond' had been carved into the sill, 50 feet above the ground. The inscription can still be seen there today, and no other satisfactory explanation for its appearance is known. Lillias's ghost, a Green Lady, is said to haunt the castle even today.

4) Deep in the English countryside is Chillingham Castle. It has a number of ghosts. The most famous is the 'blue boy' who as midnight rang out would cry and moan in agony or maybe fear. Another ghost, Lady Mary Berkeley, searches for her husband, who ran off with her sister. Lady Mary, desolate and broken hearted lived in the castle by herself with only her baby girl as a companion. 

Ones when William Lovell celebrated his wedding at the hall with his young bride. During a game of hide-and-seek the bride offered to hide. The guests and William searched for weeks, but she was never found and eventually man died of a broken heart. On windy nights the anguished cries of William can be heard, as he searches for his missing bride. Legend tells of a secret underground passage that ran over three miles away and a mysterious 'black monk' who, on moonless nights haunted the route of the tunnel from above ground.