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English Heritage has documented reports of unusual experiences by staff at Chester Castle. These reports are valuable as evidence of contemporary heritage-site ghostlore and of the way historic buildings continue to acquire supernatural reputations.…
Open archive record →Alongside the Roman-soldier tradition, Treasurer’s House has reports of a “grey lady” seen in rooms. The National Trust also records stories in which children appeared to react to a woman whom accompanying adults could…
Open archive record →The National Trust’s account of Treasurer’s House records reports associated with Roman figures that pre-date or sit alongside Harry Martindale’s famous 1950s experience. One concerns a female guest of former owner Frank Green who…
Open archive record →One of York’s best-known modern ghost traditions concerns Harry Martindale, an apprentice heating engineer working in the cellar of Treasurer’s House in the 1950s. He later described hearing a sound and seeing a group…
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