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massetXA · Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 51 Location: USA

Location

Berry Pomeroy Castle, Devon

Built

12th - 15th century by the Pomeroy family, the precise date when the castle was constructed was not recorded. The first written reference appears in a document dating from 1496, when a third of the castle was assigned to the widow of Richard Pomeroy.

Spooky History

Lady Margaret Pomeroy who was imprisoned in the dungeons by her sister, Lady Eleanor; her ghosts is known as the White Lady. The Blue Lady has been reported there as far back as the 18th century. Dressed in a long blue cape and hood it has been claimed that she tries to lure men to their death by seeking help in unsafe areas of the castle.

The ghosts that reside at this location

Lady Margaret Pomeroy 'the white lady'. The White Lady haunts the dark dungeons, and rises from St Margaret's Tower to the castle ramparts, where she has been seen beckoning to witnesses (as recently as 1987). The blue lady takes a distinct dislike to visitors, the ghost is renowned for luring those of weak minds and foolish natures to follow her into the treacherous castle walls.

Ghostly manifestations witnessed

Apparitions of a White Lady and a Blue Lady

Ghostly anomalies witnessed

Shadows, photographic failure, paranormal sounds.
A blue light has been seen on a particular day every year in St Margaret’s Tower.
The sound of gunshot has been heard coming from the castle. Also anomalous noises such as screams and dull thuds.

Witnessed accounts

All of a sudden I heard a small dog bark just a few feet to my left, near the stairway leading down to the museum. No dogs were allowed on the grounds

The sixth sense

Those who report seeing this figure associate it with feelings of depression, fear and malevolence.

Folklore and stories

5 different ghosts are said to reside here. According to the legend one ghost is the spirit of Margaret Pomeroy, who was imprisoned in the dungeons by her sister Eleanor. Eleanor was jealous of both her beauty and her affections for the man she had designs upon. Margaret slowly starved in the dungeons, a long drawn out and painful death. Whether she is the source of the feeling of unease and horror some people experience at the castle is unknown. There is also an elemental beast that has drooling saliva from its fangs.

General History
It is said that the ruins of this very old castle are among the most haunted in England.