# 👻 **Scary Tales from England**

## **1. Anne Boleyn in the Tower of London – The Headless Queen**

After Anne Boleyn's execution in 1536, many people claimed to have seen her ghost.

Legend has it that:

One night, a guard walking around the White Tower saw a woman's silhouette in the darkness holding **something** in her arms. He approached and saw… **the queen's head**, which the ghost was carrying like a baby. The terrified guard lost consciousness, and the next day he was never able to return to night duty.

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## **2. The Nun's Ghost in Borley Rectory – Forbidden Love**

According to legend, a long time ago, a young nun fell in love with a layman.

When her affair was discovered, she was bricked up alive within the walls of the convent. In the 20th century, many locals reported seeing a **white figure** walking at night by the roadside near the ruins.

Apparently, you can also hear its footsteps and a faint whisper:

> "I haven't forgotten..."

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## **3. The Screaming Man of Pluckley – The Last Breath**

A 17th-century forester tragically died, impaled by a fallen tree.

It is said that his **last scream** is so deeply etched in the spot where he died that it recurs to this day.

At night, in Screaming Wood, you can hear:

* terrible screams,

* snapping branches,

* running footsteps, though no one is in sight.

Some claim to have seen the shadow of a man fleeing from something… unseen.

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## **4. The Ghost of Catherine Howard at Hampton Court – A Plea for Life**

Catherine Howard, Henry VIII's fifth wife, fled down the corridor upon learning of her death sentence and desperately **knocked on the king's door**, begging for mercy.

Her ghost was not answered.

Her ghost is said to do the same to this day—running down the corridor screaming and yanking on doors that remain locked.

On several occasions, **womanly screams** have been recorded in the empty corridor when no one was in the palace.

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## **5. The Vampire of Highgate – The Red-Eyed Phantom**

In the 1970s, there were reports of a tall, black figure with glowing red eyes.

She was seen near the tomb, whose interior was said to be as cold as ice, even in the height of summer. It is said that this "vampire" could freeze and then vanish in a second, leaving behind only the scent of damp earth.

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## **6. The White Boy of Chillingham Castle – The Secret Behind the Wall**

During the castle's renovation, a **child's skeleton** was discovered behind one of the chambers.

Since then, visitors and guards have been seeing a little boy dressed in white who:

* asks for help,

* holds a toy,

* points to the wall where he was found.

The strangest thing is that his appearance often heralds... power outages.

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## **7. The Apparition of Whitby Abbey – The White Nun**

For hundreds of years, stories have been told about the ghost of a nun who made the mistake of being banished from her convent.

Every night, she supposedly stands on the edge of the ruins, gazing out at the stormy sea.

Sailors say that when they see her, a storm is brewing.

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