[wdvltalk-social] Come and have a ghostly time in the UK

[joseph harris]

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2573766.html?menu=

[inter alia]

The selection was made with the help of Siân Evans, the author of 
Ghosts: Mysterious Tales from the National Trust, who insists 
that at least 200 of the 630 attractions open to the public are 
haunted.

Miss Evans said that most National Trust ghosts were harmless. 
She added, however: "The trust does exorcise some properties. It 
doesn't shout about it, though."

The ghostly Top 10 in full:

1. Blickling Hall, Norfolk

2. Dunster Castle, Somerset - where a man in green wanders 
through a former stable block

3. Quarry Bank Mill, Cheshire - home to a ghostly gang of former 
workers

4. Newton House, Carmarthenshire - where Lady Elinor Cavendish 
was strangled by a suitor

5. Gibside Hall, Tyne and Wear - haunted by "The Unhappy 
Countess"

6. Lyme Park, Cheshire - a phantom funeral cortège is said to 
pass through the park

7. Lanhydrock, Cornwall - home to ghosts including a man hanged 
by Civil War Royalists

8. Hughenden Manor, Bucks - Former PM Benjamin Disraeli 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 Bedroom