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LANCASTER CASTLE

Lancashire, England

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Lancaster Castle - Ghosts

The witches ghosts reputedly haunt the village of Newchurch, which lies in the dark, shadow of Pendle Hill and is where one of the witches is said to be buried.

The whole area around Pendle Hill has become popular with ghost hunters after Living channel's top show Most Haunted visited the hill for a live investigation on Halloween 2004. The show's presenter, Yvette Fielding, said it was the scariest episode they had made to date, and the episode is still widely considered as the best episode of the entire series.

A local Film crew got a little more than they bargained for when making a documentary about the Pendle witches. As part of Pendle's Paranormal Road Map, presented by Clitheroe-based TV historian Simon Entwistle, the crew bravely ventured up to a barn on Pendle Hill to conduct a seance in the hope of contacting the spirits of the witches. According to Simon, the team got a fright when three of them 'became possessed', causing them to turn 'distressed and violently ill'.

At Lancaster Castle the ghost of a middle-aged woman with a young girl was seen moving around near the cells by a former inmate. On another occasion a different prisoner reported the young girl, but this time with a haggard old woman. The young girls has also been heard and sometimes seen running along the corridors of the castle.

The ghost of a monk has been seen, legend says that he was hanged at the prison. The monk is usually spotted on the ground floor of the Castle. The apparition of the monk is usually only seen after dark, its presence followed by an icy chill.

There have been numerous reports by people who attend the day-time tours of the castle who claim they are often pushed and shoved by unseen forces. This is such a common event that the guides who run the tours have now come to expect it and fortunately nobody has ever been hurt.

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