True Ghost Stories #2

[Rosie glow]

My home town is just a few miles down the road from the castle Mary queen of scots was executed in
It has a Elizabeathen coaching Inn (that she stayed in on route to the castle) which legend says contains a staircase that came from the castle years later, urban myth says you can still see the indentation of a ring mark the length of the bannister supposedly left by Mary as she held on as she was dragged down the stairs to her impending death

many many years ago my grandmother and her friend used to work in the Inn, one day they were both in the reception when they heard foot steps running down the stairs Followed by the sound of an old taffeta dress rustling, they both went all around looking but couldnt find anything, this happened on a regular basis each time nobody could be found, eventually they told a colleague about it, apparently she had been seen and heard in the Inn on numerous occasions, sometimes she could be seen running from the Inn and over a gate in the grounds (it was said Mary had tried to escape from the Inn, but she was caught as she was trying to climb the gate, apparently as she was caught she was crying " I perish I perish")
As time went on and the footsteps and dress were heard my nan would just say there's Mary off again, there was also a room that you could hear her crying in at night too
When I was about eighteen I applied for a job there myself funnily enough the interview was the first time I had actually been inside the building, after the interview I was shown round and when we got to a room called the Westgate suit my blood ran cold I had the strangest feeling in there it was much darker than the rest of the Inn and it had the most oppressive feeling I have experienced the atmosphere just felt so heavy and sad, I couldn't wait to get out
As soon as I got home I told my nan what I had felt, she said she wasn't at all surprised it was supposedly the most haunted part of the building and lots of people had strange experiences
A few days later I was offered the job, which I declined, there was no way I could work somewhere like that especially at night
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Talbot Hotel - Oundle, Northamptonshire | Haunted Rooms®

The pretty Talbot Hotel is a Grade I listed building situated in the picturesque village of Oundle. The timber frame of the building dates back to 638AD and the hotel is said to be haunted by the ghost of Mary, Queen of Scots, who was executed at the nearby Fotheringhay castle.

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We have a family wedding coming up next year here too

 

[Ilaariaa]

Last month my parents were travelling to the city where I live to attend my uni graduation. When they were just about to leave the house a framed picture of my great-grandma who passed away last year just basically launched itself off the drawer without anyone touching it or anyone being in the room.
My mom thinks grandma was pissed off because she wanted to attend too

 

[curious cookie jar]

My brother was the manager of our local branch of Farmfood. He got called out one night because the alarm had gone off. He was sat in the back office waiting for the alarm company to come and reset everything and he can hear someone walking up the aisles, getting to the office door and then walking back down to the other end of the shop. Obviously he jumps up thinking someone is in there but no one is there so he goes back to the office. He hears it again so goes back out. Nothing. He goes back to the office again but props the door open. He can still hear the walking but can’t see anything. He reckons it was the longest hour of his life.
Historically, the site of the shop suffered heavy bombing during WW2 and many civilians lost their lives. A plague pit was uncovered during building works over the road

 

[ItsDatCuw]

My brother was the manager of our local branch of Farmfood. He got called out one night because the alarm had gone off. He was sat in the back office waiting for the alarm company to come and reset everything and he can hear someone walking up the aisles, getting to the office door and then walking back down to the other end of the shop. Obviously he jumps up thinking someone is in there but no one is there so he goes back to the office. He hears it again so goes back out. Nothing. He goes back to the office again but props the door open. He can still hear the walking but can’t see anything. He reckons it was the longest hour of his life.
Historically, the site of the shop suffered heavy bombing during WW2 and many civilians lost their lives. A plague pit was uncovered during building works over the road

When you think of everything that went on centuries before we were here, it’s no wonder so many places are haunted. There could be skeletal remains under us all!

 

[curious cookie jar]

When you think of everything that went on centuries before we were here, it’s no wonder so many places are haunted. There could be skeletal remains under us all!

I bet there are! I also wonder about all those older terraced houses that will definitely have had people laid out in the front parlour years ago

 

[Blurp]

I bet there are! I also wonder about all those older terraced houses that will definitely have had people laid out in the front parlour years ago

All those US TV ghost shows - "someone DIED in this house!" No tit, Sherlock; it's a hundred years old, that's normal.

 

[curious cookie jar]

All those US TV ghost shows - "someone DIED in this house!" No tit, Sherlock; it's a hundred years old, that's normal.

They’d lose their tit here with all of our properly old buildings

 

[ItsDatCuw]

I bet there are! I also wonder about all those older terraced houses that will definitely have had people laid out in the front parlour years ago

Never considered that but it’s so true! Found out recently that my house, which has always had ‘odd’ things happening in it, is built on an old battle site 🥹

 

[get the gossip]

I bet there are! I also wonder about all those older terraced houses that will definitely have had people laid out in the front parlour years ago

I think about this often. When I bought my first house and the solicitor sent me all the paperwork and deeds etc, among it all was a death certificate for a gentleman who lived in the house for 70 odd years. I definitely felt like I could feel his presence in the house from time to time, never felt threatening though.
It was an old terraced house built in 1898, long before the NHS so it will have been completely normal for most people to be born and die in their home

 

[curious cookie jar]

I think about this often. When I bought my first house and the solicitor sent me all the paperwork and deeds etc, among it all was a death certificate for a gentleman who lived in the house for 70 odd years. I definitely felt like I could feel his presence in the house from time to time, never felt threatening though.
It was an old terraced house built in 1898, long before the NHS so it will have been completely normal for most people to be born and die in their home

My old family home was a bit like that. The man and his wife who lived there before us was the first people to ever live there. My grandma and grandad lived next door and had done since my mum was 2 and always knew him to be a grumpy old git as we did. We definitely weren’t made to feel welcome there at all.
One time a door closed on its own when my nephew was there (he’d have been about 3) and we said that it was a breeze. He said “no it isn’t, it’s reedy” like we were all daft. The man who used to live there was Mr Reid.

 

[ChampagneBox]

All those US TV ghost shows - "someone DIED in this house!" No tit, Sherlock; it's a hundred years old, that's normal.

I live in a new build that used to be fields so the most I’d get is a ghost sheep I reckon

 

[PopTarte]

I live in a new build that used to be fields so the most I’d get is a ghost sheep I reckon

That would be so scary for ewe

 

[PrincessCharming]

When you think of everything that went on centuries before we were here, it’s no wonder so many places are haunted. There could be skeletal remains under us all!

That’s what I like about the BBC comedy Ghosts. All the ghosts are from different eras. It’s one of my favourite things to watch.

 

[Ally Pally]

I live in a new build that used to be fields so the most I’d get is a ghost sheep I reckon

You'll hear a baa instead of a boo

 

[IamMyaJ]

I am the 11th child of the 11th child and my grandma is Irish, when we were small I remember having some strange experiences my grandma said to me I have a gift. I was at ferry meadows on the train one day and said to my gran that man over there is staring at me but no one could see him. I hear voices all the time and sometimes will just say names out the blue it’s crazy because when I was little I felt like I could see ‘ghosts’ I have been told I need to channel the feelings but I’m too scared too!

 

[cat1312]

I live in a new build that used to be fields so the most I’d get is a ghost sheep I reckon

My sister lives in a new build, it’s built where an old secondary school used to be, it’s actually the school my dad went to.
I stay at hers every now and again and I always share a bed with her as she uses her spare room as a dressing room.
About a year ago I woke in the middle of the night and very clearly saw a man walking past her side of the bed. I stuck my head under the duvet and didn’t come back out until morning, and I didn’t tell her about it as I knew it would scare her living alone
This last week we’ve been discussing ghosts, and I decided to mention it to her. I described him and my dad piped up saying ‘that sounds like Mr.M’. Safe to say she wasn’t impressed with me for telling her and made me stay at hers that night even though I did say I only saw him that once about a year ago
She also said that she has had the feeling before that someone has been in her room on her side of the bed which is where I saw him.
It’s strange, because I’m a big believer and have heard many noises etc, and had other experiences of things being moved/seeing things out the corner of my eye, but this is the only experience I have ever had of actually seeing someone/something other than a shadow in the doorway. This time I actually saw the man very clearly, but only from neck down which was also a bit weird.

 

[JoJo76]

When you think of everything that went on centuries before we were here, it’s no wonder so many places are haunted. There could be skeletal remains under us all!

I often think this, but nothing strange has ever happened in our house, which dates to about 1870. Amazing it survived as the house's that were at the end (about 20 metres away) were bombed in WW2. However our previous house which was built in 2001 had all sorts of strange stuff going on.

The cats were always watching something walking up and downstairs. And once my cousin was visiting, and remarked that he thought my daughter was at her Dad's, and I replied that she was. He's seen a young girl come from the bottom of the stairs and walk into the kitchen.

Other times things would just disappear, onky to reappear months later. When we moved house, we think whatever it was moved next door. She was alwats texting me about it.

 

[ItsDatCuw]

I often think this, but nothing strange has ever happened in our house, which dates to about 1870. Amazing it survived as the house's that were at the end (about 20 metres away) were bombed in WW2. However our previous house which was built in 2001 had all sorts of strange stuff going on.

The cats were always watching something walking up and downstairs. And once my cousin was visiting, and remarked that he thought my daughter was at her Dad's, and I replied that she was. He's seen a young girl come from the bottom of the stairs and walk into the kitchen.

Other times things would just disappear, onky to reappear months later. When we moved house, we think whatever it was moved next door. She was alwats texting me about it.

Thats very strange! I suppose sometimes it can be the land itself that’s haunted rather than the house?

 

[Tharsheblows]

Thats very strange! I suppose sometimes it can be the land itself that’s haunted rather than the house?

We moved into a brand new house in 2020 and I kept seeing out of the corner of my eye the back of someone waking along the fence line and disappear into the neighbours garden, only problem is that I could only see the figure from the knees up as if they were walking along a path that used to be there before the houses were built but the ground had been 'built up'!

 

[curious cookie jar]

I am the 11th child of the 11th child and my grandma is Irish, when we were small I remember having some strange experiences my grandma said to me I have a gift. I was at ferry meadows on the train one day and said to my gran that man over there is staring at me but no one could see him. I hear voices all the time and sometimes will just say names out the blue it’s crazy because when I was little I felt like I could see ‘ghosts’ I have been told I need to channel the feelings but I’m too scared too!

Without giving too much away, my grandma and a very famous medium of the 70s and early 80s were cousins. Their books talk all about my family although a lot of it is highly romanticised . My great grandma always swore they were “a bit soft in the head talking to people on the ceiling“