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GLAMIS CASTLE

Strathmore, Scotland

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Glamis Castle - Ghosts

In 1532 Lady Janet Douglas Lady was accused of witchcraft by friends of James V and imprisoned. After several months in a dark dungeon, she was burned alive at the stake outside Edinburgh Castle. Even her young son was condemned to death and imprisoned only to be released after the king had died. Lady Janet Douglas's ghost is known as "The White Lady" she has haunted Glamis Castle for hundreds of years. The apparition has been seen relatively recently in the chapel by a number of witnesses. She is also said to appear above the Clock Tower.

One of the more infamous ghosts is known as Earl Beardie, or Earl Crawford. Allegedly he was a cruel and wicked man, probably stemming from his rebellion against James II. His spirit is said to wander the castle, and there have been reports of children waking to find the figure leaning over their beds. One guest was staying in the Blue Room, when she was awakened by a hand being brushed against her cheek. She awoke to see a ghostly face of a man with a beard hovering over her. Terrified she closed her eyes and when she opened them again the ghostly face had disappeared.

In the 17th century, it was said that a black slave was stripped naked and hunted by the Earls and their hunting dogs. The slave was repeatedly impaled with lances and the dogs literally ripped him apart while the ladies of the castle looked on in laughter. The murdered slave's ghost may be the strange figure known as Jack the Runner, who has been seen darting about the castle as he screams in agony.

One guest at the castle was woken in the early hours by a chilly blast of air; she looked around her room and saw the figure of a man in a suit of chain mail armor, silhouetted against the glow of the candle burning in her daughter's room. The specter seemed to be seeking some way into the child's room, and on finding the door it went in. Seconds later, the mother heard her child scream with terror. Frantically the mother rushed into the room, the child was alone, crying out something about a giant who had come into the room and leaned over her face.

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