I found this a couple of months ago. On an initial search i was under the impression it may have been Anne but it seems and appears that it is more likely Henry himself. Have a look tho, i did a bit of research at the time and found this was the only mildly credible evidence of a tudor ghost. Do a search for HAMPTON COURT GHOST CCTV on Youtube. Enjoy, or not, dependent on whether you believe it or not, it certainly got me…

Well Gill it certainly seems as iif the paranormal is something that is of interest to you.. So I’ve written a little something for you to chew on.

Great Malvern is a very old town known for it’s Victorian water cure. But the town itself goes back a lot further than that.. It is actually mentioned in the Doomsday book, and Cradley which is a little villiage nestled into the western slopes of the Malvern hills was known for it’s quarry stone, which was used to build the Malvern Priory, which was up until the reformation under Henry 8th a working monastry, along with Little Malvern priory which was also dissolved.
There are a number of known hauntings in and around these areas and a curse laid down by a Monk.

A known sighting which a number of people have claimed to have seen is a man called Dr James Gully he was an advocate of the Water Cure which was made popular in the Victorian era and had many paitents who were well known in high sociaty. Dr Gully had his own practice in Malvern which was very popular. It was also said that he was quite freindly with Dr Crippen, who as we all know was hung for murdering his wife. Dr Gully was alledgely accused of murder, but I believe he died before he came to trial, anyway since then his spirit has been seen many times in his home.. He appears to be as solid as you and I and his features are clearly seen. He is described as a small well built gentleman in a long tail coat, smoking a pipe with whispy hair and beard and walks with a cane which can be heard tapping on the floor as he walks, with a very sad look on his face.. Dr Gully’s practise has been a pub and his ghost has been seen often in the basement looking at the people with concern when changing the barrels.
It is now a B.B, and some people still see and say they smell tobacco smoke as Dr Gully wonders around the building that was once his home and workplace.

Where I used to live in Malvern there is a Druid who walks down the path almost nightly stops outside one of the houses seems to spin around 3 times and then shoot up into the air.. I have seen this Druid and heard chanting whenever he is around. He doesn’t frighten me and the feeling when he is around is one of serenty and peace..Mistletoe is also abundant where his spirit walks.

The curse comes in by a Monk from Little Malvern Priory who confessed to his Abbot about having a sexual relationship with a woman from the neighbouring villiage.
The Abbot sentenced the Monk to pay penance, by crawling upthe side of the Ragglestone hill every day for as long as the Abbot deemed it. The Monk did as he was ordered but eventually after 2 months of this penance realising the inhuman behaviour he was being subjected to and finding out that the Abbot himself was doing the self same thing he confessed to, he went mad. One day after crawling up the side of the hill. He stood up stretched out his arms and said “May all those who fall in the shadow of the Ragglestone die as untimely as I do” and dropped down dead.. The curse is said to have claimed the lives of the Abbot, Thomas A Becket, Thomas More and Anne Boleyn. The shadow of the Ragglestone is cast on to a Tudor Manor house on the banks of the river Severn in a little place called Handley Castle, in Tudor times it was Castle Handley. H8 and Anne are said to have stayed at this house during one of their progresses when she was Queen.
On moonlit nights the Monk’s spirit is said to be still carrying out his penance.

There is also the ghost of a murdered servant, that roams around the Churchyard his tombstone in the churchyard bears a bloody handprint, which is said to bleed every year on the day he was murdered.
There is also the ghost of a woman and 2 small children who commited suicide by leaping in front of a train, she is seen by the tunnel which goes through the hills into Colwall. They are seen as a white mist which then appears to jump onto the track and disappear, many train drivers have reported seeing this phenomina.

There is also the misty pool every night regardless of the weather this pool is covered in a very thick layer of mist out of which can be heard the laughter of children and it’s also said if you look at the mist you will see little faces appear..

The British Camp was the last Roman strongholds left in Britain when the Roman packed up and went home, and a number of Roman Soliders have been seen and heard conversing in Latin on the hill. British camp is the gateway between England and Wales, once you go over the top of the hill you are in Wales. If you stand on top of the Beacon on a clear day you can see the Black mountains that so many invaders fell fowl of.
Malvern in Roman Times as Malverian. When archiologists excavated the site they found a number of Roman artifacts, but the als found the remains of what they believe was a Druid temple. There was also Druid artifacts such as Rune stones found on the Beacon too.

I used to live there so I know Malvern inside out, and know people who have seen these ghosts, including myself.

Fascinating. Being Australian I am very jealous of the history you have in the UK. We have a rich indigenous prehistory here, but as far as those kinds of ghost stories, there is not so much. One of my friends from alice springs told me of the indigenous spirits that dwell in the desert. She told me once when she was driving from adelaide to alice, through the great desert at night that when she stopped at a petrol station, the friend who was with her saw an almost perfect replica of my friend rachel, the replica walked out from the desert and into the phone box then walked back into the desert again, and when rachel came back to the car after paying for the petrol, the friend was so shocked she couldnt speak. I dont remember the name for them, but they are like aboriginal medicine men, they are not human but something spiritual, and they communicate between this world and the next. I am a medium myself, but do not openly admit it to anyone I know or usually meet. It is something I find personally very challenging, and I feel I dont have the emotional space to use it or to communicate messages etc to other people. As far as Anne is concerned, more than anything i get the feeling she is very busy, and is still desperately trying to win people over. Maybe thats why so many people are obsessed with her. I think there are so many who want to redeem her and her cause, but she will never be able to rest completely, although I dont feel like she is tortured or suffers, she just doesnt want to be forgotten. Be as sceptical as you want on that one, it wont bother me really, I understand that…

Thanks but not doppleganger, it is something different entirely in indigenous aussie culture, i do know what a doppleganger is, the indigenous spirit men are much like medicine men, but live between the two worlds, and have supernatural powers, i will have to ask my friend rachel about it….she grew up in alice and her children are half aboriginal. I often find myself reading about anne, or watching something, and half hope that she would live and that somehow henry would just not know about it, but if that were so, maybe we would not be discussing her with such passion. Anne was brilliant, and what i would call an instrument. This term does not demeen her and her achievements, but her life and her story were not entirely in her control, but also not a result of her father or uncle etc. And although Henry put her to death, I think he must have felt a great compullsion to do it, otherwise he would not have went through with it. The big question is, where did that compullsion come from? She was destined for greatness, and her talents, as anyone who has great talents, were meant to be used in this world. Her brilliance did not so much bring her death, but made her stand out so that when she was killed so dramatically, that brillliance carried over and still carries over. Changing the past is a dangerous thing, if it is possible, I personally think that even speculating what would have happened if she’d had a son etc is pointless, the fact is her story is not only what made her amazing, but what changed the world. I do agree that someone should have lynched the fat pig instead, it amazes me more than anything else what women found so attractive in an obese smelly red headed git lol

That would be amazing to see Anne’s spirit! I always wonder if one of us who support Anne were to see her would she sense the support. I hope she knows that there are people who believe in her innocence still to this day. She deserves to have peace.

Anne walks Worple Road in Isleworth, and her presence is particularly strong around Percy Road and Talbot Road which lead from Worple Road. I have sensed her with me in Syon Park and around All Saints Church in Isleworth. I have lived in the area all my life and we had family friends who lived on Worple Road when I was very young. Having had close contact with Anne’s spirit for all of my life, I can’t believe I’m so thick that I’ve only just put two and two together regarding Henry Percy, Mary Talbot and the Duke of Northumberland! She asked me to post this!

Dan

Women Only?

I was researching a book recently, and phoned Hever Castle (the childhood home of Anne Boleyn). While in conversation with a staff member, I asked if she had any experience of the alleged haunting(s) rumoured to happen at the castle. She replied that before entering one particular room – said to be Anne & her sister Mary’s shared bedroom – female staff feel strongly obliged to say “Good morning” or the like… Who knows, perhaps this is an ‘echo’ of the due courtesy paid to noblewomen by their servants in Tudor times? I must stress that, apparently, this isn’t a matter of choice on the staff members’ part – they actually feel as though they must do this before entering the room.

I’ve read of similar things before now, generally along the lines of ‘ghosts which only women can see’ etc etc & I’m really interested in people’s opinions on this: aside from a shared sense of injustice at the framing of Anne Boleyn; ‘female intuition’; and a concept of ‘sisterhood,’ can anyone suggest why it is that some supernatural phenomena, like this one, can apparently only be experienced by women? I’m wracking my brain to find a reason beyond the suggestions above…

Thanks for any insight you may offer.