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Shadows in the Nave: A Guide to the Haunted Churches of England

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The paranormal, it seems, was never far from Elliot’s consciousness. This might have been to do with his deeply held belief that the Celts were a more spiritual people, and supposedly predisposed to sensing the paranormal around them. Throughout the centuries, it has protected Britain from a number of formidable forces, including the army of Napoleon Bonaparte. More skeptical minds might cast suspicion upon the church purely because it serves as a haunted house every Halloween. It’s possible that the church is believed to be haunted because it looks scary and people want it to be haunted. That being said, numerous accounts of strange, inexplicable organ music as well as of visitors feeling a sense of dread without probable cause lead many to believe that the old church is in fact haunted by the spirits of former worshipers.

He added: "If this is the case it certainly does its job because it frightens the living daylight out of people." The story here is that the mistress was in a love triangle with a Dering family member and a monk. She didn't know what to do, and she ended up drinking a poison that she made from ivy and poisonous berries, ending her life. Explore the spine-chilling world of haunted churches uk. With their centuries-old history and eerie atmosphere, these most haunted place in essex have become renowned for their paranormal activity. Unpopular in their community and distrusted by the rest of the staff at Belvoir Castle, the sisters were dismissed for stealing. According to local legend, the Flower women swore revenge on the Earl and murdered his two sons and heirs to his Earldom with witchcraft. Believed to have been built in the 11th century, the remains of St Theobald's are a striking sight nestled among a scenic field.

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The entity claimed it was responsible for the death of a child and buried the child’s body in the garden by a bush. One of the cathedral’s better-known ghosts, Pere Dagobert, was an 18th-century priest. Dagobert was renowned for his kindness, especially his willingness to treat the poor and terminally ill. During the 1760s, several members of his congregation decided to revolt against the city’s new Spanish rulers. The mainly French and Creole rebels successfully pushed the initial Spanish force out of the city, but a larger force later managed to claim New Orleans for the Spanish king. The newspaper explained that Alderson sold the lead “for whatever could be procured for it” (1854: 4). This report also goes to great pains to explain the “ghastly spectacle” presented by the opened coffins, and the “deadly stench” coming from the vaults, making the crime all the more heinous.

The church of St. Nicholas of the 12th century appears to be the focus of events and has an attachment of folklore to it.The UK press descended on the village in the aftermath of the incident and he became the focus of their reports. This led to a huge influx of visitors and a number of copycat incidents up at the ruin. Tragedies surround Clophill Church More disquieting than an angry ghost is the belief that the church is also haunted by the restless spirits of the churchyard’s former inhabitants. In 1928, a massive hurricane tore through the churchyard and scattered the once-buried bones everywhere. Some of the bones wound up in nearby trees, while still more were left to rot on the ground ahead of a cement paving operation. Yet is there possibly a more sinister reason for the strange phenomena which has occurred at Langenhoe over the years? A solitary church situated at the end of a narrow lane in deepest Oxfordshire. The church is said to be haunted by a woman in grey who wanders the graveyard. Curiously most of the sightings of her ghost are said to occur on misty or foggy days.

No one is entirely sure if this was a hoax that went badly wrong. Or was it a deliberate persecution of the vicar? The villagers ultimately blamed ghosts for it all. So much so that one woman suggested an exorcism. She sought permission to cut a 4″ square of turf from a particular grave. According to her, this grave belonged to a young man whose guilty conscience meant he couldn’t rest easily in his grave. She claimed that the turf would need to be laid under the communion table for four days to lay all the ghosts to rest. Sadly, there is no record as to whether they tried this (Westwood 2005: 672). Haunted Vaults Langenhoe rectory has also had its share of misfortune over the years and has witnessed a number of curious and serious accidents, including the suicide of a previous owner.

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The Rector reported that the phenomena lasted only seconds but it was an unmistakable frantic embrace. Finally, let's head over to the village's St. Nicholas church, where there are two ghosts. Though, there's not a whole lot known about them. On 20 September 1937, the Rector was alone in the church. It was a still, autumn day with not a breath of wind. Like the city it serves, the St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans is a font of strange myths and legends. Originally built by the city’s French rulers, the modern cathedral wasn’t completed until the 1850s. According to lore, the ghosts of the old structure came along for the ride. After the death of John Spratt, his Holy remains were unceremoniously dumped in a storage room until the mid-20 thcentury when a more befitting shrine was built. They are held in a closed box, protected by official Seals of the Catholic Church never to be broken. The outer sealed box is opened on rare occasion just to ensure the inner seals and remains within stay intact. Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin 8

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