Ancient castles keep many secrets and mysteries. Some attract people with their creepy legends about demons, vampires and werewolves, others with romantic love stories.
Edinburgh castle
- Scotland
- It hosts the Mary King Festival
- Based on the site of an extinct volcano
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- According to legend, several ghosts are still roaming the castle. The first ghost-ghost of the bagpiper who got lost in the underground labyrinths of the castle and died there. The second ghost is the ghost of a headless soldier who beats drum rolls as danger approaches. According to legend, it was this soldier who during his lifetime warned of the offensive of Oliver Cromwell's troops. The third ghost is Lady Glamis, who is often seen wandering the dark halls of the castle. She was accused of witchcraft and burned at the stake in 1537. There is also an old man in a leather apron and a ghost of a dog walking near the cemetery. Also, from the tunnels of the castle, you can still hear the French prisoners imprisoned during the Seven Years War.
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Glams Castle
- Scotland
- Visitors to the castle have met such ghosts as Lady Janet, Little Page, Gray Lady
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- There is a walled up room in the castle. There is no entrance to it, but its windows are visible from the street side. According to legend, one Sunday two friends decided to play cards, which was strictly forbidden. Now they will play cards in this room all their lives, because they disobeyed the ban.
Moosham Castle
- Land of Salzburg, Austria
- Built in 1208
- Known as the Witch's Castle. Between 1675 and 1687, thousands of women were called witches and sentenced to death by the Inquisition. They were tortured and then beheaded, and most of them still roam the castle's halls in the form of ghosts. In addition to the place of execution of witches, Moosham Castle also served as a werewolf's den. The history can be traced back to the beginning of the 19th century. Many mutilated cattle and deer corpses were found in the castle. And some of the inhabitants of Moosham were convicted and imprisoned as werewolves.
Bran Castle
- Transylvania, - Brasov, Romania
- Built at the end of the XIV century
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- The castle was home to the famous Vlad the Impaler, known as Vlad the Impaler, for his love to impale his enemies. Vlad III the Impaler was the prototype of Count Dracula the vampire and killer of people described in Bram Stoker's novel. Prince Vlad Tepes had the nickname Dracula (translated as "son of the dragon"), which he inherited from his father. Vlad did not live in Bran, as many believe, but only stopped for a few days while hunting in the surrounding forests.
Chillingham Castle
- Great Britain
- The castle was located on the border of two opposing nations, therefore, detachments of British troops that followed to Scotland often stopped in the castle. And the Scots often raided the castle. Bloody battles often took place around the castle, and captured enemies were immediately tortured and killed. Since then, their souls wander around the castle.
“Chillingum Castle was a massacre site. This castle was owned by John Sage and for three years worked as a torturer-executioner in a torture room. It is said that he tortured approximately fifty people a week. It is believed that in a fit of passion he strangled his mistress Elizabeth Charlton. Elizabeth's father threatened King Edward I Longleg that he would ally with the Scots and revolt if the murderer was not punished. As a result, by order of the king, Tormentor Sage was executed on the territory of the castle. Sage's ghost can be heard still dragging bodies around at night.
- Another famous ghost is the Blue Boy who lives in the pink room. The guests of the castle heard loud crying more than once, after which they saw blue flashes of light. The ghost of the blue boy has not been seen since the castle underwent extensive reconstruction and the bodies of a man and a boy were found walled up in a 10-meter wall.
- Another famous ghost is the spirit of Lady Mary Berkeley, who often appears from her portrait in The Gray Room. According to legend, Lady Mary's husband, Lord Gray Work, went to her sister, leaving her alone with her child. Since then, Mary has been wandering around the castle in search of her husband.
Gouska Castle
- Prague, Czech Republic
- Built by the ruler of Bohemia Ottokar II in the XIII century
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- The castle was not built to protect from outside, but to protect people from what is hidden inside the castle. According to legend, the passage in this place led directly to hell, from where a half-man-half-monster once came out, and demons, witches and other evil spirits also fell into our world. In the center of the castle there is a well, from which hellish sounds are sometimes heard. Before the construction of the castle, the inhabitants lowered a soldier with a rope into the pit. The soldier let out a scream, they pulled him out, and after a couple of days he died. In 1930, Gouska Castle attracted Hitler's attention and was very popular with the Nazis, who began to use it for a number of secret experiments and occult experiences. This is evidenced by several bodies of Nazi soldiers who were executed in the basement of the castle. According to rumors, skeletons of unearthly creatures were found in the castle. Ghosts still walk around the castle - a black horse without a head and a bulldog man. And from the window of the upper floor, a woman in a black dress constantly appears. Only the most courageous tourists dare to go down into the underground, because there are still wandering demons who have come to us from the other world.
Rozmberk castle
- Czech Republic
- Rozmberk is one of the most mysterious Czech castles located in the south of the country, near the Austrian border.
- Named after the aristocratic family that owned it.
- The most famous ghost of Czech castles is the White Lady (or the Lady in White, as it is also called).
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- Once upon a time in this Czech castle, Baron Rozmberk. He was a cunning and greedy man. The main henchman of Baron Rosenberg was a monk who prepared all the documents for his master and thereby helped him to seize more and more lands. One day the baron wanted to seize the land plot on which the monk's relatives lived, so the monk refused to draw up the documents, for which he was executed by the baron. While dying, the monk cursed the baron himself and all his descendants. The baron has only one daughter, Perkhta, whom he tried to marry as profitably as possible. Perkhta married the Count of Liechtenstein and went to the groom's palace. But, since the greedy baron refused to issue the promised dowry, the young husband sent his wife back to her father. Already in old age, Lichtenstein came to her to ask for forgiveness, but Perkhta refused him. After which the Count of Liechtenstein cursed the Rozhmberk family. Perkhta still roams the castle corridors in the form of the ghost of the White Lady. It is believed that the sleeves of the White Lady's dress have the ability to change color, if they are white, then fortunately, if they are red, then to fire, if black, then to great trouble.
Eltz Castle
- Germany
- The first mention of the castle dates back to 1157, when Frederick I presented the castle to Count Rudolf van Eltz. Since then, the castle has always belonged to one single family.
- According to legends, the castle was never captured, because it is guarded not only by living people, but also by the spirits of long-dead knights, who once owned it and are still guarding the castle.
- In the castle you can also see the ghost of Countess Agnes, who, according to legend, died defending the castle from an uninvited guest.
Lip castle
- North Roscrea, Ireland
- Lip Castle was built in the 15th century by the Ocarroll clan.
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- Lip Castle has a long and bloody history. During the reconstruction, a prison with human remains was found in the castle, which were filled with three carts. One of the most famous stories is connected with the chapel ("Bloody Scale"), in which in 1532 a soldier killed his brother priest with a sword. Since then, a priest has lived in the castle. Another terrible spirit is called a certain phenomenon, which is called "It". It does not look like a person, it is described as a creature the size of a sheep, but with a human face. When it appears, visitors smell sulfur and rotting flesh. In the castle, you can also find the ghost of the Red Lady holding a dagger in her hands. The castle contains the ghosts of two girls, Emily and Charlotte. Sometimes visitors see them playing and running around the castle. Or Emily flying from a height and disappearing near the ground (she died at the age of 11, having fallen from a height).
- The dungeon of the castle is not ignored either. According to one of the stories, there is a room in the dungeon with a special hatch through which prisoners were thrown onto numerous metal spikes embedded in the floor.
Frankenstein castle
- Germany, Darmstadt
- The castle was built in the X century
- The castle is the ruins of an ancient estate of the German barons von Frankenstein. Frankenstein Castle is one of the most famous in Germany, mainly due to its owner, Joseph Konrad Dippel, an alchemyist. Dippel called himself "von Frankenstein", but had nothing to do with the barons. According to rumors, the mystic was accused of stealing body parts from local cemeteries. According to legends, he tried to revive body parts in search of the secrets of eternal life.
Meggerney Castle
- Scotland
- The castle was built in the 17th century and was originally owned by the Gregor clan. Today it is owned by the textile magnate J. Bullock.
- In this castle lives the ghost of the wife of the chef Menzie Clan and it behaves in a very unusual way. They say the woman was very loving and flirted with every man in a row. The husband could not bear such behavior of his wife and killed the woman, and cut the body in two before getting rid of it. Since then, the woman's lower body has roamed the lower floors of the castle and basements, and her upper body has been upstairs where men sleep.
- Some of the guests of the castle claim that at night, when they slept, they were kissed by a woman.
Bardi Castle
- Italy
- The castle was built in 900 to defend against Hungarian raids.
- This castle attracts tourists with its romantic history. According to legend, the garrison of the castle was commanded by Captain Moroello, in love with the lady of the court Landi Soleste. Their feelings were mutual. Once Moroello went to battle, and Soleste remained to wait for him in the fortress. Every day she climbed the main tower and waited for Moroello. Once an army appeared on the horizon, decorated with the flowers of the enemy. Soleste jumped down, never knowing that Moroello had won and ordered his subordinates to put on the attributes of enemies to show contempt for the enemy. Having learned about the death of his beloved, the captain also threw himself off a cliff. Visitors to the castle say they saw him wandering around the castle in search of his beloved.