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Tudor Ghost Stories
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| "Anne Boleyn By Amberlyn" "With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm"  Hever Castle's "Haunted House Story" The ghost of Anne Boleyn is said to return to her old home at Hever Castle, where every Christmas Eve she is seen to walk over the bridge which crosses the River Eden in the castle grounds. The great oak, under which Henry VIII courted Anne, still stands. Her ghost has been seen there as well, usually at Christmas time. Another ghost at Hever is that of a local farmer, called Humphrey, who was robbed and killed there.  WATCH AN EPISODE OF "MOST HAUNTED" featuring Hever Castle in 5 parts below: | Folksong about the Ghost of Anne Boleyn walking in the Tower of London. This also has some nice video of the Tower of London. These lyrics don't exactly match the YouTube lyrics. With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm" In the tower of London, large as life, the ghost of Anne Bolyn walks they declare. Poor Anne Bolyn was once King Henry's wife until he made the headsman bob her hair. Ah, yes, he did her wrong long years ago and she comes up at night to tell him so, Chorus: With her head tucked underneath her arm she walks the bloody tower, With her head tucked underneath her arm at the midnight hour. She comes to haunt King Henry. She means giving him what for. Gadzooks, she's going to tell him off. She's feeling very sore, And just in case the headsman wants to give her an encore, she's has her head tucked underneath her arm. (Chorus) The sentries think that it's a football that she carries in and when they had a few they shout, "Is Army going to win?" They think that it's Red Grange instead of poor old Ann Bolyn with her head tucked underneath her arm. Sometimes gay King Henry gives a spread for all his pals and gals and ghostly crew. The headsman carves the joint and cuts the bread then in comes Anne Bolyn to queer the do. She holds her head up with a wild war whoop and Henry cries, "Don't drop it in the soup!" (Chorus) One night she caught King Henry, he was in the canteen bar. Said he, "Are you Jane Seymour, Anne Bolyn, or Katherine Parr? How the sweet Saint Maryann do I know who you are with your head tucked underneath your arm?" Weston/Lee/Weston" |
| Hampton Court Ghost? You be the judge  | In late December of 2003, security cameras at Hampton Court Palace, a huge tudor castle near London, captured a startling image. Security guards were unsettled to repeatedly find a fire door open when no one was apparently around. Upon checking the security tape, they were shocked by a ghostly figure, closely resembling King Henry VIII (who died in the 1500s). Vikki Wood, a spokesperson for the Palace, said "We're baffled too--it's not a joke, we haven't manufactured it. We genuinely do not know who it is or what it is." A security officer, James Faukes, called the incident "unnerving," and said they'd ruled out their costumed guides. In fact, they don't even own a costume like the one worn by the figure on the video. "It was incredibly spooky because the face just didn't look human," Faukes said. [text from Youtube - 2h1tfever] |
 Unhappy returns: Blickling Hall where the headless ghost of Anne Boleyn is said to appear 1. Blickling Hall, Norfolk Anne Boleyn's ghost is said to appear on the anniversary of her execution 2. Dunster Castle, Somerset Man in green seen wandering through former stable block 3. Quarry Bank Mill, Cheshire Said to be home to a ghostly gang of former workers 4. Newton House, Dinefwr, Carmarthenshire In the 18th century, Lady Elinor Cavendish was strangled by a suitor. Visitors report invisible hands squeezing their throats 5. Gibside Hall, Tyne and Wear Thought to be haunted by "The Unhappy Countess" 6. Lyme Park, Cheshire A phantom funeral cortège is said to pass through the park 7. Lanhydrock, Cornwall Supposedly home to ghosts including a man hanged outside the gatehouse by Civil War Royalists 8. Hughenden Manor, Buckinghamshire (pictured) Benjamin Disraeli, above, is said to smile at guests by the stairs 9. Powis Castle, Powys Visitors report a lady in black, or feeling a hand touch them 10. Belton House, Lincolnshire The "Gentleman in Black" is said to stalk the Queen's see full article at Telegraph.co.uk | In 2007, the National Trust released a top 10 list of its most haunted historic properties. In at number one was Blickling Hall, Norfolk, described by the National Trust as a "magnificent Jacobean house famed for its fine tapestries, rare books and reputedly the headless ghost of Anne Boleyn". Henry VIII's second wife, beheaded in 1536, took Blickling to the top spot with the help of her "fellow residents": Sir John Fastolfe, the 15th century knight whose name was adapted for Shakespeare's comic character Falstaff, and Sir Henry Hobart, killed in a duel in 1698. "Oh yes, those three," said Jan Brookes, Blickling's house manager calmly. "Some of our visitors do mention them, especially around May 19, the anniversary of Anne's death. "One or two of our volunteers report little bits too: the 'Grey Lady', someone coming through the wall and disappearing again… but then, this is a very old house with a lot of clanking in the pipes." National Trust officials chose their top 10 on how often the spirits appeared, the celebrity of the ghost, and whether it offered "something that little bit different". Anne, for example, is said to appear with her head on her lap, sitting in a coach drawn by a horse with a headless rider. |
 | Anne Boleyn's ghost has been seen leading a courtly procession in th Tower Green and was described as elegant by the guard who watched the event. Anne's ghost also scared a guard who then stabbed at her misty apparition. This event had witnesses. Anne's ghost also appears near the place of her execution. Some have also witnessed her headless body walking in the Tower. Some have even said that Anne's ghost sometimes carries her head. |
| Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 (final) | Here are some videos from Most Haunted Hever Castle Extra. There are a lot of behind the scenes information i thought some of you would be interested in!! (put here by Caligirl9x24) |
| Caught on camera: The ghost of Henry VIII   | Grandmother Anne Lambert was stunned when she captured what looks like the ghost of Henry VIII on her mobile phone while staying at a Tudor manor house. The 54-year-old was spending the night at Samlesbury Hall, when she heard some ghostly noises. The nail technician, from Clayton Brook, Lancs, was alone in a dark room when she sensed something and quickly pulled out her mobile phone and started taking photographs. But it was only when she got home the following day and looked at the images that Anne realised she may have captured a ghostly figure resembling the Tudor monarch on camera. *Read the entire story at Daily Mail Online* |
| Katherine Howard: Haunting the "Haunted" Gallery of Hampton Court | Katherine Howard was accused of adultery and stripped of her title of Queen Consort in November, 1541. Afterwards, she was confined to her chambers at Hampton Court Palace under house arrest. As the story goes, Katherine was able to escape her rooms and crept down the Long Hall to find the King in order to beg for mercy. The guards found her before she reached him, and they dragged her, screaming, back to her room. Since 1918, when the Long Gallery has been open to visitors, it has been better known as "the Haunted Gallery" because the spirit of Katherine Howard is said to walk across the gallery in the direction of the Royal Pew, where Henry was at prayer the night she was looking for him. Then, appruptly, the figure stops, and rushes backwards screaching. Some visitors of the gallery today still report feeling cold, dizzy, or unwell in the gallery. In 2000, two female visitors fainted in the same area of the gallery one hour apart. |
| Jane Seymour: Hampton Court  | |
| Catherine of Aragon: Kimbolton Castle   | The ghost of Henry VIII's first wife has been seen wandering the halls and Queen's Chamber of Kimbolton Castle in Cambridgeshire, where she spent the last years of her life. The queen, suffering years in obscurity and beset by various ailments, eventually died here in 1536. Her ghost has been observed, apparently unaware of the changes made to the level of the flooring since her time, walking with her legs and lower half descended from the ceiling on one floor and as a head and upper body slowly drifting on the next floor above. |
| Katherine Parr: Sudeley Castle and Snape Castle   Sudeley Castle  Snape Castle | The ghost of Henry VIII's last wife has been seen roaming Sudeley Castle, were she died due to complications from childbirth in 1548. Her ghost is described as a woman dressed in green, seeming to be searching for someone or something---perhaps her only daughter Mary, rumored to have died during the birth. Katherine's ghost has also been reported at Snape Castle, where she has been seen wearing a blue dress and fills the rooms with an overwhelming sense of calm and peace when her apparition is near. |
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Having looked at the section of this site featuring Tudor Ghost Stories, and that alleged image of Henry VIII's ghost, I feel pretty irked that Henry should be allowed to haunt anybody. If there's any justice in the afterlife, it's his victims who should be haunting him! Any thoughts on this, folks?
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