Poltergeist means “noisy spirit” in translation. Most often, this phenomenon is associated with the appearance of the ghosts of the departed. Although there are versions that this is a manifestation of other so-called otherworldly entities - for example, brownies. There are similar “restless” houses in different parts of the world. And some of them are even popular with tourists.
HM Prison Crumlin Road (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
This oldest Irish prison was built during the Victorian era. It has operated since 1845. Hundreds of criminals were executed here. The building is believed to be home to many ghosts. Today the prison is not operational and has become a tourist attraction.
Recently, a team of so-called ghost hunters visited here. The leader of the group was able to photograph a pale human silhouette passing through a dark corridor on a mobile phone. A luminous ball followed on his heels, continuing to float in the air even when the phantom disappeared from sight.
Three comrades of the author of the video did not see anything, but they clearly heard in the corridors someone's steps, voices and moans …
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Liberty Hall Museum (Frankfort, Kentucky, USA)
It is believed that this building, built in 1796, is home to the ghost of the Gray Lady. Her name was supposedly Margaret, and she was either the wife or the relative of Senator John Brown.
People often feel here someone else's presence, and some claim that they saw the ghost of the Gray Lady face to face. Someone describes him as a female figure in an old-fashioned dress, sliding over the floor. Someone is like a middle-aged woman with ashy hair. Museum director Carter Lovely assures that the ghost somehow even put a hand on his shoulder. The museum has a unique photograph taken in 1965. It shows a smoky silhouette of a woman in a long dress on the stairs.
It also seems to be inhabited by the ghosts of a soldier in the uniform of a Confederate and a girl - one of the Browns. According to legend, they were in love with each other, but the young man died in one of the battles, and his bride, having learned about this, became mentally damaged. Now they vainly seek to meet each other: the ghost of a soldier wanders the rooms, and the unfortunate girl strolls through the park of the estate.
But not everyone sees ghosts. But the phenomena of poltergeist are constantly observed in these walls. So, in the building doors slamming by themselves, candelabra fall on the floor, furniture moves from place to place at night, pages of an old calendar come off, and a music box randomly begins to play a melody … All this is recorded by video cameras.
Winchester House (San Jose, California, USA)
Legend has it that the famous inventor of the rifle, Oliver Winchester, had a son named William. He died quite early, leaving no heirs (his only daughter died shortly after birth). After the death of her husband, William's widow Sarah tried to get in touch with the spirit of the deceased through a certain Boston medium. Through the mouth of this medium, the spirit allegedly declared that the Winchester family bears the curse of those who died from shots from a rifle created by William's father. To remove it, Sarah must move to another place and start building a house for the spirits of these people … But as soon as it is completed, she will die.
The woman obeyed the medium and moved from Connecticut to California, San Jose. In 1884 she began building a house for spirits there. Construction lasted 38 years, until the death of Sarah Winchester. The house has 160 rooms. The interior is puzzling: stairs against the ceiling, decorative elements in the form of cobwebs, secret windows and doors. Many rooms have 13 windows, the stairs consist of 13 steps … According to the hostess's logic, all this was supposed to confuse the spirits and prevent them from reaching her.
It looks like they settled here after all. Employees and visitors say that sometimes, especially in the dark, footsteps of invisible entities are heard in the building, some lights flash and doors slam.
House of the Ghost Whistler (Paradis, Louisiana, USA)
In the winter of 1950, the Kadow family lived in this house, which consisted of a mother and daughter. 18-year-old Jacqueline Cadow suddenly began to hear from her bedroom window some strange whistle, seemingly coming from the yard. At first, the girl did not pay much attention to this, but one day, when both women were not at home, someone broke down the door of their house and entered. The things in Jacqueline's room were scattered, the burglar even rummaged in her underwear. However, the police did not find any clues to the identity of the attacker - no footprints or fingerprints.
Meanwhile, the mysterious whistle continued in the evenings. The owners put bars and a metal door on the windows to protect themselves from new unpleasant "visits." Soon Jacqueline was going to marry Herbert Belsom, who served in the National Guard. Since then, an unknown whistler under her window began to "play" the melody of the funeral march. Once she got a phone call, and an unfamiliar, hoarse, inhuman voice promised to stab Jacqueline if she dared to marry.
Since that day, Jacqueline's fiancé and several other volunteers, including local journalists, have been on duty at night outside Kadow's house. They heard whistles, but saw no one. The girl moved to live with her fiance, but an unknown whistler pursued her in a new place. Jacqueline and Herbert got a dog, but the dog did not react to the mysterious "tenant". One day the girl heard a whistle while at work. She worked at the post office, and the sound came from an empty utility room …
On October 1, 1950, Jacqueline and Herbert were finally married. Since then, the ghostly whistler, oddly enough, calmed down forever. By the way, Jacqueline is still alive, she is now eighty-four years old. But she stubbornly refuses to talk to anyone about that strange incident.