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Screams, ghosts, spooky taps on the shoulder, and at naturalist Charles Darwin’s house, a spinning quill that sent shivers down the spine of one worker – staff and visitors at ancient castles on old England’s most haunted places
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Ghosts passing through walls, unexplained screams and children’s laughter: staff at the English Heritage conservation agency have published a list of their 10 scariest landmarks in the country as Halloween approaches.
The spookiest for the company’s 1,800 staff was Bolsover Castle in central England, which is built on top of an ancient burial ground.
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One staff member said she heard a scream which became louder as she walked away from the castle but when she rushed back she found no one there.
Security guards also said they were alarmed by unexplained lights and some staff said they saw the ghost of a little boy holding the hands of unknowing visitors.
The ghosts of a young boy and a woman have been seen in the ruins of Kenilworth Castle, the second scariest site. Some employees said they also saw an antique cot rocking itself.
The pale, disembodied face of Elizabeth Ruffin, a young girl who drowned in a well on the site, has been spotted, as well as the “Grey Lady”, a phantom wearing a long cloak accompanied by four dogs.
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In Pendennis Castle, in Cornwall, southwest England, visitors reported hearing the piercing cries of a kitchen maid who fell to her death when the castle was under siege for six months in the 17th century.
The 10 scariest English heritage sites in full:
1. Bolsover Castle
2. Kenilworth Castle
3. Carisbrooke Castle
4. Pendennis Castle
5. Whitby Abbey
6. Beeston Castle, Cheshire
7. Dover Castle, Kent
8. Framlingham Castle, Suffolk
9. Clifford’s Tower, North Yorkshire
10. Down House
