IS NEWCASTLE ONE OF THE MOST HAUNTED CITIES IN BRITAIN

July 23, 2008

England is filled with many cities and within these locations there are plenty of haunted sites to be found. In this article, you will encounter scary areas, such as the Tynemouth Priory in Newcastle. In Newcastle, there is a mill that can be found in Howden. There, a ghost of a woman that was murdered at this location is said to haunt the area. A woman, who was an employee of the mill, was killed by one of her co-workers. It is said that he pushed her head into the mill, where her hair got caught, causing her head to be pulled away from her body. Close to the Archers Bridge, it is said that she wanders about holding her head, in search of the man who took her life.

The Tynemouth Priory in Newcastle is a castle that dates back to the 1500s. Numerous ghost have been reported on these premises, including a tale of the ghosts of monks. In a graveyard at the priory, there is said to be a monk stone, which is believed to be a site where monks can be seen preying at. The monks have been described as wearing long, brown robes, held together with golden or yellow belts made of rope. They also wear hoods that have golden or yellow markings.

At Newcastles Tyne Theatre, Stage carpenter Robert Crowther was killed in 1887 when his skull was fractured by a cannon-ball from a thunder sound-effect device in Newcastle’s Tyne Theatre. His ghost is said to stalk the theatre to this day. Another theatre ghost is that of an actress who committed suicide in the Theatre Royal in 1935 and is said to still be walking the aisles.