Screaming Skull Mystic
In a number of places in the UK there are skulls called screaming. At all attempts to remove from the house, they protest, uttering specific sounds. The former owners of many of these skulls were victims of violent death.
It was found that all screaming skulls are united by a common desire, which their owners often express on their deathbed, - to be buried within the walls of a certain house, or otherwise the spirit of the deceased will not find rest. They say that when this expression of will is violated, the skulls protest, expressing their disagreement in the form of various manifestations of poltergeist, rumbling, crackling and groaning. As a rule, the inhabitants of the house guess about the connection between the riots and the burial and dig up the skull from the grave in order to place it.
There were attempts to break skulls, burn them, they were ground into dust, buried in quicklime or even far in the mountains. All efforts were in vain, because after a while the skull reappeared in the same place, leading those present to mystical horror.
Skulls unwilling to be buried
A certain Theophilus Broome of Somerset, before his death in 1670, asked his loved ones to separate his head from his body and keep in the house. Times were turbulent, and he did not want his enemies to use his body as a trophy of war, and without a head, they simply could not recognize him. When the hard times passed, the descendants of Brum wanted to bury the skull in the cemetery, but each time they were stopped by the terrible sounds that he made.
Roger Downs from the 17th century, the unlucky offspring of a respectable family, a mot and a rogue, once in a drunken frenzy told his friends that he would kill the first one who entered their tavern. It was a certain poor sailor, whom Downs pierced with his sword. Downs was arrested, but thanks to bribes from wealthy relatives, he was quickly released. However, fate still punished him.
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One day, heavily drunk, Downes stumbled across Tower Bridge. He swung his sword at the guard soldier, who seemed to him to look askance at him. The sentry easily repulsed the blow and, with an oncoming thrust of his broadsword, blew Dynes's head off, which was sent to his relatives, and the body was unceremoniously thrown into the Thames.
Over time, repeated attempts were made to bury the ill-fated Downs skull by distant descendants. But every time, only the skull was taken out of the estate, a severe thunderstorm with a hurricane wind began, which immediately stopped if the skull was returned to its place.
Rebel Priest Skull
This skull is to this day at the Wardley Hall estate, a few miles outside Manchester. The legend associated with its origin brings us back to the reign of King Edward VI, when a certain Catholic priest was beheaded, accused of high treason. As was the custom at that time, the head was planted on a peak and for several days was put on public display on the tower of one of the churches, after which it disappeared somewhere.
The skull appeared many years later in Wardley Hall, in a family of some Catholics. For many years, this relic lay in a place of honor, and all attempts to expel or bury the skull ended with his noisy indignation. Someone once still could not resist and threw the squealing skull into the pond, but after some time, by some unknown way, he again ended up in the same house. Such stubbornness of screaming skulls, as you can see, is very characteristic - they stubbornly do not want to be deprived of their "home" and buried.
Relic of the Griffith sisters
In the 1600s, the three Griffith sisters lived in Burton Agnes Hall (England). Once, while walking in the park near a house under construction, one of the sisters named Anna was attacked by bandits. They beat the woman, taking away from her the gold ring that she inherited from her late mother, and a few days later Anna died. While dying, Anna asked the sisters to keep her head within the walls of her home so that she could see the completion of the construction, but they did not fulfill the request, burying her in the local cemetery. But after that, strange noises and sighs began to appear in the house, among which the sisters could distinguish the voice of the late Anna. The sisters considered that in this way the deceased expresses her prayer from the other world to return home.
After consulting with the priest, they dug up her coffin. They were amazed that the head of the deceased sister smiled sardonically and was separated from the body. After conferring, they buried the body again, and carried the head to the estate. After that, the creaks, sighs and voices ceased for a while, until the servant, unable to withstand the vile grin, wanted to get rid of the skull. He wrapped him in a rag and tried to secretly take him away in a cart. Before he had time to drive away from the estate, the horses, rearing up, whinnied wildly, and the windows in the estate began to tremble and dishes fell from the shelves, as in an earthquake. After that, with precautions, the skull was brought back into the house and walled up in the wall so that no one else would think to take it out of the estate again.
Broken oath
As one of the legends says, in the 18th century a gentleman named Pinney brought a young Negro from hot countries. A few years later, the Negro fell ill and died, taking the word from the owner that he would bury him in his homeland, which was the island of Nevis in the West Indies. But Pinney did not keep his oath, and his servant was buried at the local churchyard. After a while, passers-by and visitors to the cemetery began to pay attention to the terrible screams and screams coming from the Negro's grave, and the ground in this place heaved. The noises subsided only when the body was dug up. It was decided to reburial the corpse in another place, but even here the deceased behaved uneasily. This procedure was repeated so often that in the end the body decayed, the bones were confused, and only one head remained of the skeleton. Then they decided not to bury the skull at all. He was taken to the house in which the Negro served before his death. Was noted,that at any attempt to take the skull out of the house, he began to whine and screech, and the person who tried to do this died for whatever reason within a year.
Dickie guards his descendants
Another skull, named Dickey, has been preserved at the Tanstead farmhouse in Derbyshire County from the mid-19th century. According to legend, it belonged to the ancestor of the owners of the estate, who was killed here, named Ned Dixon. The residents of the house believed that the skull protects them from various misfortunes. For example, when strangers approach the house, the skull knocks or makes other loud sounds. Dickey also warned about the beginning diseases of cows and sheep belonging to the family, and about the imminent death of someone living in this house. Like many flashy skulls, Dickie didn't like his movements. Once this screaming skull was even stolen and taken to another place. The ensuing noise emanating from the skull was so strong and unbearable that the thieves thought it good to return the skull to its place. The same was observed when even earlier they wanted to bury the skull to the ground.
Survival Champion
The champion of survival is the skull from Bettscombe. Once the owner of the estate, tired of the intrusiveness of the skull and the inability to get rid of its presence, tried to bury the skull at a depth of three meters. What was his surprise when the next day it was discovered that the skull somehow got to the surface, lay on a heap of freshly dug earth, apparently waiting for its return to its home.
A. Vyatkin