Shadows in the Nave: A Guide to the Haunted Churches of England

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Fearing that, if it were Cromwell's coffin, sightseers would disturb the quiet of the place, the vicar bricked up the vault and now there is no record of where it is. He did admit that many people had heard the phantom organ music, but he believed that “some telepathic, or auto-suggestive, or atmospheric, or other natural cause may have acted on our auditory nerves, setting up sensations which were transmuted by the brain into external sounds” (1919: 3). Built on the intersection of two ley lines that can be traced all the way to Stonehenge, this decrepit old building is rife with paranormal activity. The excavation of Tutankhamun’s tomb was funded by an English aristocrat, Lord Carnarvon, who died of infection shortly after the burial site was discovered—launching rumors of a “pharaoh’s curse” that continue to inspire works of fiction and Mummy sequels a century later.

Exclusive OffersEnjoy exclusive rates before everyone else with preview access to our private sales. Its colorful entrance of Chinese arches seems innocuous enough, but then you actually step inside and see that the park is covered with more than 1,000 statues, each stranger than the last. Penwith is, at its heart, a wild and isolated moorland even at the peak of summer but, like many uplands, it reserves its most macabre and spine-tingling moments for autumn. A thousand troops died in the first large battle of the English Civil War, between Banbury and Stratford-Upon-Avon on 23 October 1642.Here we uncover spooky stories of dark magic and local legends that feature five of England’s most atmospheric churches. He is known as “Father Benedictus,” and is most often seen bobbing around the cloisters at around five or six in the evening. However the second you walk into the graveyard you suddenly will feel extremely cold, there is always a dark cloud over the church even on a sunny day, you will feel cold hands touching your head and hands all the time, do not ever go alone or at night. Paul's Cathedral as being the greatest masterpiece of that prolific church builder, Sir Christopher Wren. The main attraction is certainly the crypt/charnel house, decorated with the bones of about 4000 priests collected between 1528 and 1870 from the old Capuchin cemetery.

Father Benedictus appears in the cloisters around five or six o'clock in the evening, floating slightly above the ground as the floor level is lower than it was during his life-time. All the information you need is there, I did read once many young people used to visit in the 80's and 90% of them ended up been sectioned and it made them ill, not sure if its true or not.

In 1937, it so happened that a ghost town named Belchite in Spain, located near the city of Zaragoza, was ravaged during the Spanish Civil War. Since then, Xunantunich has served as an important archaeological site, under-the-radar tourist attraction, and hotbed of ghostly sightings. The newspaper explained that Alderson sold the lead “for whatever could be procured for it” (1854: 4).

They are said to still roam the hills and nearby village, so keep your eyes peeled for any magical activity or ghostly manifestations. Is it possible that the former choir mistresses love of carols continued beyond the grave, and that it was her ghost that had appeared in the church on that December night?

Several tragic events that occurred at the now-historic site have contributed to the alleged paranormal activity. Spanish dictator Francisco Franco, who had an ulterior motive, took advantage of the situation by having a new town built nearby rather than fixing the damaged town. Online check-in Fast check-out Prepare your fast check-in the day before you arrive, then simply drop off your key for a speedy departure. While the men were shot dead, the women and children were locked inside the church, which was then set ablaze and blasted with machine gun fire. They reported that the gloomy oppressive atmosphere of the place appearing to be alomst trying to froce them to leave.