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Imponthenet
Re Tudor Ghost Stories
Aug 17 2008, 6:22 PM EDT | Post edited: Aug 17 2008, 6:22 PM EDT
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? 8  out of 8 found this valuable. Do you?    
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Holly2
Holly2
1. RE: Re Tudor Ghost Stories
Aug 17 2008, 6:34 PM EDT | Post edited: Aug 17 2008, 6:34 PM EDT
"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?"
Maybe he's running away from them.
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Imponthenet
2. RE: Re Tudor Ghost Stories
Aug 17 2008, 7:13 PM EDT | Post edited: Aug 17 2008, 7:13 PM EDT
Good answer, Holly! I can live with that explanation! :) Do you find this valuable?    
LNor19
LNor19
3. RE: Re Tudor Ghost Stories
Aug 18 2008, 12:26 AM EDT | Post edited: Aug 18 2008, 12:26 AM EDT
"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?"
Or it's his punishment, he cannot experience the afterlife because of all of his cruel deeds?
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Boudica
Boudica
4. RE: Re Tudor Ghost Stories
Aug 18 2008, 11:57 AM EDT | Post edited: Aug 18 2008, 11:57 AM EDT
"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?"
If you're refering to the story about the picture of Henry's ghost captured by a cellphone camera - I'm a little skeptical of that story, despite the fact I posted it to the wiki page myself. While I'm not an "expert", I think it's strange the figure in the picture's eyes reflected the camera's flash - are ghosts supposed to do that? It makes me think it was a person with a beard that snuck up on the poor woman.
Now the Hampton Court ghost (AKA "skeletor"), that's a very interesting case! I definately looks like it could be a person from the Tudor period, and it has the large physique of Henry VIII. But is it really a ghost or a person in costume? I'm not sure.
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Impish_Impulse
Impish_Impulse
5. RE: Re Tudor Ghost Stories
Aug 20 2008, 12:59 AM EDT | Post edited: Aug 20 2008, 12:59 AM EDT
"If you're refering to the story about the picture of Henry's ghost captured by a cellphone camera - I'm a little skeptical of that story, despite the fact I posted it to the wiki page myself. While I'm not an "expert", I think it's strange the figure in the picture's eyes reflected the camera's flash - are ghosts supposed to do that? It makes me think it was a person with a beard that snuck up on the poor woman.
Now the Hampton Court ghost (AKA "skeletor"), that's a very interesting case! I definately looks like it could be a person from the Tudor period, and it has the large physique of Henry VIII. But is it really a ghost or a person in costume? I'm not sure."
OK, I think I've been looking at the cellphone pic wrong, then. I thought the two reflections were in the chest area and thought I saw the entire head with crown and pointy beard above those flashes. Frankly, I thought it looked like a marble statue with the camera flash reflecting off the figure.

I'm even worse with the Hampton Court figure. I've watched the clip over and over and can't make out the face at all. I'm not even sure if it's a man or woman. All I'm sure of is that it seems to be tall compared to the doorway, it has a full-length robe with some lighter material or fur lining the front opening, and seems to have a large ruff at the neck, which would seem to eliminate it as Henry. Sometimes, I think it actually looks like Shakespeare, bald on top and longish hair on the sides. When it leans out to pull the one door shut, though, I start thinking it's a woman with a high forehead and wig, large neck ruff and breasts (the whitish reflections).

Also, why would a ghost be looking around and pulling a door shut? And then have to pull it shut again? Can't ghosts make doors open and close on their own? I've never heard of a ghost fumbling with a door like that, much less be peering around all "Did anyone see me?"
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MsSquirrly
MsSquirrly
6. RE: Re Tudor Ghost Stories
Aug 22 2008, 10:12 AM EDT | Post edited: Aug 22 2008, 10:12 AM EDT
"Also, why would a ghost be looking around and pulling a door shut? And then have to pull it shut again? Can't ghosts make doors open and close on their own? I've never heard of a ghost fumbling with a door like that, much less be peering around all "Did anyone see me?"
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LOL you kill me...but you have a point there. Why the heck would a ghost open the door??? I just never thought of it before you said it.
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HistoryHerstory
HistoryHerstory
7. RE: Re Tudor Ghost Stories
Sep 24 2008, 4:03 AM EDT | Post edited: Sep 24 2008, 4:03 AM EDT
"LOL you kill me...but you have a point there. Why the heck would a ghost open the door??? I just never thought of it before you said it."
It's a picture I ahve often seen before and I thought it was a male shutting doors but then yeserday I saw the video, it's definately female. It lokks kinda like Elizabeth I. So probably that era. I agree it does somewhat look like shakespear at a time. It is true that the men of those days wore long cloak but I'm pretty sure that was a dress on the video. It does, in fact, play over three times. If it is a woman, she is not opening the doors, I don't think. I think she was sent to close them and she was probably looking around to see if anyone was there, maybe. I didn't see her looking around but I will watch it again. Also, about Henry VIII.. he was just doing what needed to be done in those days to keep his kingdom intact.
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Tudorprincess
Tudorprincess
8. RE: Re Tudor Ghost Stories
Sep 24 2008, 10:56 AM EDT | Post edited: Sep 24 2008, 10:56 AM EDT
Hey, I’ve only just seen this page and thought I’d tell you my own Tudor 'ghost' experience.
I was only little and I was visiting my aunt and she took me and my cousins to Hampton Court whilst my parents and Uncle went to a conference.

Like you do when you're little, we (me and my cousins) ran off and hid from my aunt. We ran up the stairs and were at the top and were looking down over the side, waiting for my aunt, when we all saw something down below. What I saw was a long, cloudy haze. My cousins however, claimed they saw a woman. Whatever it was, lingered for a moment. I didn’t see it move but my cousins claimed it walked across the floor. Then it vanished. Since I didn’t see anything distinctive, I couldn't exactly say it was a ghost. I'm quite a bit younger than my cousins so i can't remember it in as much detail as they do. I was only five or six or something like that.
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Tudorprincess
Tudorprincess
9. RE: Re Tudor Ghost Stories
Sep 24 2008, 10:59 AM EDT | Post edited: Sep 24 2008, 10:59 AM EDT
When my aunt finally caught up with us (my cousin Bailey was screaming at this point) we (mostly them) told her what we saw, and she dismissed us “your just seeing things” . We were adamant we had seen something supernatural, and later on one of the workers overheard us and asked us where we saw this non-existent woman. We told him it was at the foot of the stairs and he replied that many people had seen that woman. "It was the ghost of Queen Jane Seymour, who was trying to find her son, Prince Edward". He asked us if she was carrying a candle and they said yes, though I think they were lying about this because they hadn’t said anything about this before he had asked.

Looking back it could have been how the light scattered through a window or something. But If I do think back hard enough , I can sort of see a shape of a human to the haze, but nothing distinctive or definite. It was a bit scary though and I couldn’t sleep all that night lol.

This is what sparked my interests in the Tudors, particularly Jane Seymour. I don’t know what you guys think about this or if you even believe me, but there it is. If it was Jane Seymour’s ghost though, im glad it was Jane and not Anne B or Katherine Howard with no head, that would have freaked me right out.
Urgh *shivers*!
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funrod6
funrod6
10. RE: Re Tudor Ghost Stories
Sep 24 2008, 11:50 AM EDT | Post edited: Sep 24 2008, 11:50 AM EDT
"When my aunt finally caught up with us (my cousin Bailey was screaming at this point) we (mostly them) told her what we saw, and she dismissed us “your just seeing things” . We were adamant we had seen something supernatural, and later on one of the workers overheard us and asked us where we saw this non-existent woman. We told him it was at the foot of the stairs and he replied that many people had seen that woman. "It was the ghost of Queen Jane Seymour, who was trying to find her son, Prince Edward". He asked us if she was carrying a candle and they said yes, though I think they were lying about this because they hadn’t said anything about this before he had asked.

Looking back it could have been how the light scattered through a window or something. But If I do think back hard enough , I can sort of see a shape of a human to the haze, but nothing distinctive or definite. It was a bit scary though and I couldn’t sleep all that night lol.

This is what sparked my interests in the Tudors, particularly Jane Seymour. I don’t know what you guys think about this or if you even believe me, but there it is. If it was Jane Seymour’s ghost though, im glad it was Jane and not Anne B or Katherine Howard with no head, that would have freaked me right out.
Urgh *shivers*!"
LOL your so cute. Love the story. Totally believe you. And If I should ever have the pleasure of an encounter with a ghost I will hope it to be one with her head. But because I talk so naughty of Anne Boleyn, Im sure she would give me a good scare.

And I do believe you.
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angelosdaughter
angelosdaughter
11. RE: Re Tudor Ghost Stories
Sep 24 2008, 11:55 AM EDT | Post edited: Sep 24 2008, 11:55 AM EDT
"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?"
Well, an uneasy conscience would be unfinished business that would keep Henry on the earthly plane and unable to move on, so I could understand his still haunting the scene of some of his crimes.
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LNor19
LNor19
12. RE: Re Tudor Ghost Stories
Sep 24 2008, 12:35 PM EDT | Post edited: Sep 24 2008, 12:35 PM EDT
"When my aunt finally caught up with us (my cousin Bailey was screaming at this point) we (mostly them) told her what we saw, and she dismissed us “your just seeing things” . We were adamant we had seen something supernatural, and later on one of the workers overheard us and asked us where we saw this non-existent woman. We told him it was at the foot of the stairs and he replied that many people had seen that woman. "It was the ghost of Queen Jane Seymour, who was trying to find her son, Prince Edward". He asked us if she was carrying a candle and they said yes, though I think they were lying about this because they hadn’t said anything about this before he had asked.

Looking back it could have been how the light scattered through a window or something. But If I do think back hard enough , I can sort of see a shape of a human to the haze, but nothing distinctive or definite. It was a bit scary though and I couldn’t sleep all that night lol.

This is what sparked my interests in the Tudors, particularly Jane Seymour. I don’t know what you guys think about this or if you even believe me, but there it is. If it was Jane Seymour’s ghost though, im glad it was Jane and not Anne B or Katherine Howard with no head, that would have freaked me right out.
Urgh *shivers*!"
Yeah, I was reading your post and think "JANE SEYMOUR". Did they go into detail about the staircase? From what I've read, the staircase was near Jane's chambers and she frequently used the back staircase (that staircase) as opposed to another. Adding to it, Jane died 11 days after giving birth to Edward, she never got to she her child grow past a newborn. So in Jane's grief, she continues to walk the staircase (sometimes with a candle) searching for Edward. Jane is also seen in the courtyard looking for Edward.
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hrm_elizabeth
hrm_elizabeth
13. RE: Re Tudor Ghost Stories
Nov 28 2008, 10:57 PM EST | Post edited: Nov 28 2008, 10:57 PM EST
"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?"
I agree with that! It would be interesting to see Anne Boleyn or Thomas More chasing after him or to have an argument in the hallway. That would be interesting!
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mysticsmith
mysticsmith
14. RE: Re Tudor Ghost Stories
Dec 30 2008, 11:15 AM EST | Post edited: Dec 30 2008, 11:15 AM EST
ive just looked at the hampton cort ghost one and its a woman the sleeves are long and the head shape definatly looks like elizabeth also the doors open before the figre appaers then they shut maybe where the ghost /sprit is part of the palace thats been forgotten if we can see the plans of hampton court and where the image is taken we may know who used that part of the place and find a link very intriginging Do you find this valuable?    
hcmaster
hcmaster
15. RE: Re Tudor Ghost Stories
Dec 30 2008, 1:25 PM EST | Post edited: Dec 30 2008, 1:25 PM EST
I agree with you. Maybe they advertised that as a way to get more tourist in, thinking they would see ghosts. Do you find this valuable?    

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