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The Lady of Losby Manor and other Ghosts Lingering

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A gathering place for the elite class in Norway, Losby Manor house in the countryside outside of Oslo housed kings and queens. It is also said that some of its residents are haunting the place, especially the ghost of The Lady of Losby, who dedicated her life to her home. 

At the edge of deep forest and rolling fields stands Losby Gods, a manor wrapped in quiet elegance right outside of Oslo. Long ago, the estate was used as a hunting lodge by the powerful timber barons from the capital. Losby Gods was built around 1850, but a sawmill was already operating on the three farms that make up the estate in the 16th century. King Haakon enjoyed himself very much here and his bed still stands on the estate, a bed that is much longer than other beds, simply because King Haakon was nearly two meters tall.

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By day it is a refined hotel surrounded by nature and Losby woods, where the legend claims the ancestral father of the jotne, Hyme lived. By night, when the halls grow still and the chandeliers dim, someone is said to continue her rounds. 

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The Manager of the Estate on the Eastern Wing

One of the ghosts said to haunt the estate comes from the end of the 1800s before the Lady of the Manor moved in. This was during the time Andreas Lumholtz owned it as he inherited it in 1797 and it went bankrupt. In 1829, Lumholtz had financial problems and sold the estate by auction to Jacob Peter Meyer and Isak Muus. The manager of the estate is said to have hanged himself in his room by the bed pole in the east wing. 

The room right by Andreas Lumholtz meeting room is today called The Blue Room and it is said to always have a chill running through it and is haunted by the manager. Right below the east wing was the carriage road and the horses coming back and forth to the sawmill nearby was said to always be spooked riding past the estate, sometimes refusing to pass it. 

A life bound to the estate

Kathrine Boeck was inseparable from Losby Gods and managed it through its golden area, as she was widowed and through the war. Lorentz Meyer Boech who took over the farm in 1893 with his wife Kathrine. She died in 1958 and was called “The Lady on the Manor”. 

For almost seven decades she oversaw life at the estate with precision, dignity, and a firm sense of order. Most of the interior and style of the manor house have come from her. Nothing escaped her notice. Rooms were to be kept proper. Guests were to be treated well. The manor was to reflect respect and continuity.

When the estate was at its peak of entertainment from the upper class of the capital, she used to host parties and would ask her maids, “who was the prettiest woman there?”, expecting them all to answer that she was. She kept a strict diet and was said to be close to sickly thin. Kathrine lived a long life and died in 1958 at the age of eighty nine. For many, such devotion would end with death. At Losby, it did not.

Employees and guests alike have shared stories that sound remarkably similar that are attributed to her lingering ghost. Objects moved slightly from where they were left. Curtains adjusted. Lights turned off in rooms believed to be empty. The changes are subtle, never destructive, but unmistakably deliberate.

Some staff members report the feeling of being observed while working late and sometimes the scent of vanilla lingers in the room, her signature perfume from France. 

The Miserable Maid

One of the last ghosts said to haunt the estate is the sorrowful maid. The help stayed at the west wing. Today it’s where the meeting rooms Pikeværelse and Tosten Arnesøn are. The stairs up to the Haakonsuit were the servant stairs as they were forbidden to use the main one. 

When alive at the start of the 1900s, she fell in love with one of the guests at Boecks. When landowner Lorentz Meyer Boeck ran Losby Gods with his wife from 1893-1936, the estate was known as a hospitable party house and cheerful meeting point for the capital’s most wealthy citizens.

They had an affair, but when they were discovered, she was fired and he was banned from the house, as the upper class didn’t want to see a relationship between the two classes. 

In despair she took her own life in the room he used to stay in in the east wing. She is said to haunt the reflection of the windows there, showing her own reflection rather than your own. 

An estate that remains cared for

Losby Gods continues to thrive as a hotel and cultural site, surrounded by the same landscape Kathrine once walked. The rooms are elegant. The food is a mix between French and Norwegian cuisine it became known for. 

But a faint scent of vanilla perfume, or an unknown face looking back at you in the windows marks that some people never leave completely. 

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Westown House and the Ghosts Rising from the Ruins

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In the Naul outside of Dublin, the Westown House was for a long time abandoned and left to ruins. Now the work of restoring the building has started, but the question is, how about the ghosts said to linger there? Are they still haunting their ruins?

Hidden among the quiet fields of Naul, the ruins of Westown House stood like a memory half-buried in ivy and stone after it was abandoned in the 1920s. Once an elegant 18th-century mansion and seat for the Hussey family, the grand home has long since fallen to ruin. Its crumbling walls and overgrown grounds whisper of days of wealth and laughter now long gone. 

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Today, the house is being restored to its former glory, and works have been going on since 2015,, but there are those who say that some of its former inhabitants never left. Among them is the ghost of a man who met a violent end, and whose presence still chills the air around the ruins.

Imagined Reconstruction of the house after the project will finish. // Source

The Ghost of the Poacher

Local legend tells of a poacher who once prowled the woods and fields surrounding Westown House. He knew the land as well as his own breath, moving silently beneath the cover of darkness, hunting the game that belonged to the estate’s owners. One night, his luck ran out. Caught in the act, he was shot dead where he stood. His body was said to have been left where it fell until dawn, the mist rising around him like a shroud. Now, his spirit is said to haunt the grounds, restless and unseen, but never far away.

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Those who walk the paths near the ruins after dark often speak of a presence at their back, a faint sound of twigs snapping under unseen feet. The air grows thick, and a heavy breath can be felt on the neck or heard just beside the ear, close enough to make the heart stop. Some claim to hear the low rustle of a man’s coat or the sound of labored breathing echoing between the trees. When they turn to look, there is nothing but the empty ruin and the sighing wind through the grass.

The Woman from the Third Floor

The Westown House has more than one ghost story lingering over the estate. On the third floor, there used to be several bedrooms for guests. Once upon a time, when the house had its lights on and people came for visits, its said that one of the guests had an unfortunate end. 

Westown House in ruins, Co Dublin by C O’Flanagan

According to the story, one of the guests staying at the house fell out from one of the windows and was found dead the next morning. Ever since then, people have talked about a ghost roaming the area, and many stories have come from students camping and people taking a walk on the grounds, and where they have experienced paranormal activity. Was it the ghost of the poacher they met, or perhaps the guest who met an unfortunate end?

The restoration may bring new life to Westown House, but it seems unlikely that the poacher’s ghost will ever move on. His final breath lingers in the air, caught between worlds, bound forever to the land he once hunted and the house that became his grave.

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The Unseen Guests Haunting Lothes Mat & Vinhus

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In the Norwegian coastal city, Haugesund, Lothes Mat & Vinhus is one of those restaurants that keeps things traditional. But could it be that some of the former residents of the house are behind the strange things that have been going on for decades?

Overlooking the dark waters of the Smedasundet Sound, Lothes Mat & Vinhus, appears inviting. Warm lights glow through tall windows. Glasses clink. Conversation hums softly over carefully prepared food and wine. It is the kind of place where history feels tasteful rather than threatening.

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But once the evening quiets and the last guests leave, something else takes a seat upstairs.

A house with a scarred past

The building that now houses Lothes Mat & Vinhus was originally constructed in 1850 as a private residence by Ole Evensen. As the custom was then, they moved the entire house, so it could be even older, maybe by centuries. It stood through decades of change in Haugesund, watching ships pass and industry rise along the waterfront. 

Then, in 1905, fire tore through the structure. The blaze destroyed much of the building and claimed the life of one man. Who he was, how he lived, and why he was there that night remains largely unknown. His name has faded from record. His presence, according to those who work here, has not. But is he the only ghost lingering?

Sounds without a source

In this house, Lothes Mat & Vinhus has maintained a high gastronomic profile since 1989 after Lothe took over it and made it into a restaurant, wine bar and cafe. Ever since then, people have told him about the haunting going on behind the walls and over the years, he and his staff experienced it himself. 

The second floor of Lothes Mat & Vinhus is where the stories concentrate. Footsteps crossing empty rooms. Drawers opening and slamming shut on their own. Glasses shifting, sometimes falling, sometimes shattering without explanation.

These events do not announce themselves dramatically. They happen suddenly, without warning, and often when only one person is present. Lothe himself mentioned that the strange things happened mostly in the early afternoon or late at night before and after the guests have left. 

Chairs are dragged out from the table and placed in the middle of the rooms. He also says that he has seen a curly haired older woman looking out from the window as he comes and goes. 

The Dead Man in the Corner

Is the man haunting the house this unknown man who perished in the fire, or is it actually something that happened decades later that are the root of the haunting? 

In 1930 a man called Karl Heggedal went through the ice and drowned together with three boy scouts at Villduen. He was put in one of the corners on the second floor for a week as they watched over his corpse. Right behind it is his picture as well as a picture of his funeral. 

When a psychic took a walk through the house, she mentioned that he was probably one haunting it as well. As a religious man and officer of the salvation army, the psychic speculated that he might not be too happy with the wine they are serving at the restaurant. Even when Lothe opened his restaurant in the 80s, the politicians giving permission to serve alcohol were skeptical, being a fairly religious and strong ties to the prohibitionist movement in the early 1900s. 

A presence that does not like to be alone

Employees report a shared reluctance to be alone in the building after hours, and some have even closed up early because they didn’t dare to stay there any longer. The cleaner used to work at night, but  there was a sense that someone was nearby, listening, moving just out of sight. Lights remain on longer than necessary. Doors are double checked. Conversations continue even when no one is answering.

The activity is strongest upstairs, where dining rooms fall silent after closing. More than one staff member has left early rather than remain alone with the sounds.

The spirit does not seem violent. But it is unmistakably disruptive.

A haunting beneath elegance

Lothes Mat & Vinhus remains one of Haugesund’s most beloved restaurants. Its food is celebrated. Its atmosphere is admired. Most guests leave with nothing more than a good meal and a pleasant memory.

But when night deepens and the building empties, the second floor tells a different story. At Lothes Mat & Vinhus, not every guest needs a reservation.

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Stalking the northern valleys in Spain, the vampiric Guaxa witch from Asturian legends stalks the night. Although no one is safe, the starved and thirsty monster is especially after the blood of the children. 

In the foggy landscape in Asturia in northern Spain, a vampiric figure is said to linger in the cracks of shadows, waiting for her prey. They say: “wherever a breath of air passes, the Guaxa passes .” An entity between the witch and vampire, she is after the blood of children. 

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Asturia, once an ancient kingdom encompassing most of northern Spain is now confined to a coastal bit overlooking the Atlantic ocean. Even so, the old languages of Asturian are still spoken in the valleys by the elderly, and the tales they have to tell are that of monsters and witches. 

The Vampiric Guaxa Witch

The Guaxa is said to be an old and thin woman-like entity, ugly and covered in warts. She is said to have a single sharp tooth she stalks her prey with. The Guaxa is not often seen at all, and is often said to be invisible, slipping through small cracks of people’s houses like the chimney, and even the keyhole. 

Because she is either invisible, or just seen at night, it is believed that she hides in caves or hollow tree trunks during the day. 

As with many vampiric beings from southern Europe, she is associated with owls or other nocturnal birds. Some also associate the Guaxa with the coruxa (owl), closely linked to witches, and thus consider the Guaxa to be a witch herself.

Curuxa the Barn Owl: The Curuxa are a nefarious omen, especially if they land over the house of an ill person as those inside will die.  It is also said that les bruxes like to shapeshift into a barn owl to fly where they see fit and sneak into forbidden places to steal. Overlapping and sharing a lot with the Northern Portuguese vampire witch Bruxa. // Image: Source

She sneaks into people’s homes in the middle of the night and feeds on them with her one sharp tooth. Children are preferred, but also young women and handsome men are in danger. She doesn’t kill them at once, nor does she transform her victims to one of her own. She slowly kills them, draining their life, bit by bit. In Asturia, people can say “It looks like the Guaxa has swallowed you,” when people have lost a lot of weight, as the Guaxa slowly over time drained people’s lives. 

Protection from the Guaxa

But how do you protect yourself from an invisible supernatural being no one can find or kill? The best thing to do is keep her at a distance. In Astorian tradition there is often talk about the cigua, a talisman of sorts in the form of an amulet. It is shaped like a closed fist in a black chiastolite stone, often known as St. Peter’s stone. 

The Black Jet Hand: Mostly, giving the finger is an obscene gesture meant to offend. In Portugal, Brazil, and some places in Spain, such as Galicia and Asturias, it is a gesture of good luck, or even wishing good luck. It is also believed to ward off evil eye and protect oneself from evil. In these countries, an amulet of a hand performing the fig sign is worn as a good luck or protective charm. In Asturias, these amulets are made from Jet, and it is usual to give them to young kids to protect them from evil eye. In Spanish these amulets are called “Higas”. In Galician language and Portuguese language they are called “Figas”, and in Asturleonese language they are called “Ciguas”.

Another option is protection rituals for people who have been attacked by a Guaxa. These individuals had to drink a preparation made from alicorn, that is actually unicorn horn, that had been macerated with pieces of deer antler and fragments of silver. 

In the case of children, they could also be given a small bag containing 10 grams of rice, which was hung around their necks with a black thread tied with nine knots.

The Guajona Vampire Witch from Cantabria

Asturia shares a lot with the other northern regions in Spain, like Galicia to the west and Cantabria to the east. In Cantabrian lore you will find another vampiric entity that looks and behaves so similar to the Guaxa that many think that this is actually the same story with different names. 

So what is the difference between the tale of the vampiric witch Guajona from Cantabria and the Astorian Guaxa?

The lore behind the Guaxa follows a lot of the same steps as with the Guajona. She’s described as an old woman, sneaking into people’s homes to drink their blood with her single sharp tooth. She is also just seen during the night, but this lore doesn’t insist on her being invisible as much. She is thought to slumber underground during the day. The word Guajona is most likely from Arabic roots meaning beast, and sometimes, this version is also called Lamia. 

The Legend of Lamia: A lot of European myths about vampiric beings can be traced back to the Ancient Greek legend of Lamia, the child-devouring monster that were also known to haunt people and suck their blood as a daimon. As well as sharing many similarities between the legend of Lilith and other ancient succubus entities.  Read more: The Beautiful Queen Lamia Who Became a Vampire Monster. // Image: Lamia (second version, 1909) by John William Waterhouse.

Similar creatures are found in Galician lore as well, going under the name of the Meiga Chuchona. As mentioned, northern Portugal also has the Bruxa legend. The question: where did the legend evolve from? Should these entities be seen as the same creature with different names, or is their geographical regions and variations enough to make them separate beings in folklore?

How old is the Legend of the Guaxa?

The Guaxa is often talked about as an old being from ancient Indo-European folklore. But exactly when did the legend of the Guaxa emerge from the shadows?

The legend of the Guaxa was first written down by Jove and Bravo in the Myths and Superstitions of Asturias from 1897. By this time, the legend had been greatly influenced by modern fears and monsters as well as Christianity. Many think that she is merely a version of the witch figure. But was there a Guaxa pre-Christian Asturia?

The word Guaxa comes from the Asturian language, guax, guax, the onomatopoeia for the sound of owls. In one of the earliest descriptive studies of the figure, Aurelio de Llano denies her belonging to the Asturian mythical pantheon, considering her nothing more than a witch, a term derived from the Latin word “striga”  or stryx, meaning a nocturnal bird).

As mentioned it is also thought that the legend of the Guaxa is branched off from the figure of Lamia from Greece as well as the vampire of Germanic legends. But how far does a legend have to exist before it becomes canon?

For example, in 1480 we know of lawsuits and accusations in the Royal Chancery of Valladolid against Teresa Prieta, a resident of Xove (Gijón), for practicing the profession of Estriga (witch) to enter other people’s houses and suck the blood “mostly of children.”

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What lurks in the misty woods in northern Spain? As the fog weaves through the ancient trees, the air becomes thick with mystery and intrigue. Legends speak of elusive creatures and spirits that roam these enchanted forests, whispering secrets to those who will listen, while the rustle of leaves and the distant calls of unseen wildlife create an atmosphere teeming with life and wonder. Perhaps one of them is the blood thirsty monster of the Guaxa?

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The whole estate of Rathfarnham Castle in south Dublin is said to have its ghosts. From the antique ballroom, its icy lakes and roads leading up to it, ghosts are said to linger. 

In the suburb of Rathfarnham, this grand Elizabethan castle was built in the late 16th century for Archbishop Adam Loftus, one of Dublin’s most powerful figures and is one of the oldest surviving residences in Ireland. 

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Rathfarnham Castle, or Caisleán Rath Fearnáin, and its sprawling grounds have more than one ghosts said to be haunting it. 

Haunted Castle: Rathfarnham in County Dublin is said to be haunted by more than one ghost. // Source: PaulT/Wikimedia

The Woman in the Castle Ballroom

The first and most mysterious ghost legend of Rathfarnham Castle is that of the Ballroom ghost. It is a bit unclear when it was supposed to have originated, and who first started telling the story. 

The Ballroom: Thought to be haunted by the ghost of a woman. // Source: Johnny King.,./Wikimedia

The story goes that there were once two suitors fighting for her attention and hand. For whatever reason, they locked her away behind the panelling of the ballroom walls from the 18th century. They would have a duel and the winner would free her and take her hand. But, the two men died in the duel and no one knew the woman was trapped in the ballroom, and would remain so to this day. Now, she is haunting the ballroom, waiting for someone to find her. 

The Man Drowned in the Pond and his Dog Haunting it

The most famous legend tied to Rathfarnham Castle tells of a man who drowned in the pond nearby one bitter winter in 1840 or 41. The story was most likely first written down when the book True Irish Ghost Stories, by St. John D. Seymour and Harry L. Neligan came out in 1914. 

Visitors had gathered to skate on the frozen water, laughter and music filling the air, when the ice gave way beneath one unlucky skater. His devoted retriever leapt in after him, struggling against the freezing water in a desperate attempt to save its master. Neither survived. 

To this day, locals and visitors claim to see a ghostly dog running across the grounds at dusk or hear splashing and faint cries from the pond when the air turns cold. Some even say the phantom hound appears beside lone walkers on the road between the castle gate and Dodder Bridge.

The Murdered Boy from the Lodges

At one of the lodge gates, the spirit of a young boy is said to linger in one of the lodges according to a former lodge keeper. As with most of the Rathfarnham Castle’s legends, it is unsure when and who the legend talks about. 

The ghost seen around the lodges is believed to be a tragic victim of murder at the hands of a Romani, long ago. How long ago is not certain though, but it supposedly happened before 1914 when the book about Rathfarnham Castle’s ghostly legends were published. His restless presence is often felt by those who pass through at night, accompanied by the faint sound of sobbing or the soft patter of footsteps following close behind.

The Haunted Rathfarnham Castle

Whether it is the loyal retriever still searching for its master, or the lost child forever bound to the gate where his life was taken, Rathfarnham Castle holds tightly to its ghosts. By daylight, it stands as a proud monument to Dublin’s past and a host for cultural events. But when the sun sets and the wind sighs through the old trees, the estate becomes something else entirely and a haunting presence lingers.

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The Ghost of the Psychic Anne Brandfjell Haunting the old Sjømannsskolen in Oslo

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Is the ghost of Anne Brandfjell, a famous fortune teller and wise wife from Norway haunting the old Maritime school in Oslo? 

Some buildings seem to breathe with memory. Their corridors carry footsteps that no longer belong to the living, and their walls remember pain as clearly as kindness. Sjømannskolen is one such place. By daylight it appears ordinary, shaped by education and routine. By night, it reveals something older.

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The Maritim School is a four-story building that was built for the Oslo Maritim School in 1917. Although the school left the building in 1989, the name is still used for the castle-like building located at Kongsveien 30 in the Ekebergskraninga slope just above Grønlia in Oslo. Here, not all spirits are the same.

The Haunted Sjømannsskolen: The historic Sjømannsskolen in Oslo, former Maritim School, surrounded by lush greenery, reminiscent of its ghostly past. // Source: © Chell Hill

The Wise Woman from Brandfjell

Long before Sjømannskolen stood where it does today, the land belonged to Brannfjell. In the nineteenth century, a woman named Anne Brandfjell lived there. She was known for tending to those in need, caring for physical suffering and quiet despair alike. People came to her with wounds, illness, and grief, and she offered what help she could. She was also known as a wise woman, a fortune teller and healer.

Anne-Marie Andersdatter:Popularly known as Anne Brandfjeld , (born 1815 in Vardal, now Gjøvik, died 1905 in Christiania. She was thaught by Elseby Hansdatter Unsethagen and Vis-Knut from Gausdal.

In 1841, Anne-Marie came to Christiania as a maid to the goldsmith and jeweler Hermann Øiset. She had two illegitimate sons with him, who otherwise had no children from his two marriages. In 1849, Anne-Marie married the greystone mason Christen Evensen. The newlyweds settled on the Ekeberglien homestead under Ekeberg farm in Aker municipality . Ekeberglien was located at the northern end of the “Brannfjell” ridge – hence the name “Anne Brandfjeld” in the vernacular.

She once treated a man who everyone thought was dead. His heart had stopped beating, but Anne still managed to bring him back to life. Before she died, she passed down her knowledge to another young woman to continue the tradition. 

According to legend, Anne never truly left the place where she devoted her life to others.

Students and staff spoke of a calm presence moving through the hallways. Doors open softly. Footsteps are heard without urgency. Those who encounter her feel no fear. On the contrary, there is a sense of reassurance, as if someone is watching over the building with gentle intent.

Anne Brandfjell is not described as an angry spirit. She is remembered as she was in life. Caring. Protective. Unwilling to abandon those who walk the same ground she once did.

Anne Brandfjell Haunting the Halls

Those who claim to have seen her describe a woman who seems slightly out of time, her appearance quietly old fashioned. She does not speak. She does not linger. And yet her presence feels purposeful.

Many believe she continues her work, wandering the corridors to ensure that no one is truly alone.

If this were the only story Sjømannskolen held, the building might feel almost comforting after dark. But there is another place within its walls where the atmosphere changes entirely.

The Bub Below with the Darker Energy

Beneath the building lies a pub, and it is here that the stories turn darker.

Employees have reported sudden waves of discomfort while working there. Feelings of unease that arrive without warning, heavy and oppressive. Some have noticed the smell of smoke filling the air, despite no fire and no source to explain it.

Others claim to have heard music drifting through the space. Faint, distant melodies that vanish the moment someone tries to locate them. No one else hears it. No radio is playing. The sound simply fades, leaving silence behind.

Unlike the calm presence in the hallways, whatever lingers in the pub does not feel benevolent.

Actor and Medium Meeting her Ghost

One perhaps unlikely ghost hunter who visited the school once, was Mikkel Gaup, Norwegian and Sami actor most known for Pathfinder from 1987. He has also been a public person, chasing ghosts and exploring the occult, especially through Sami traditions and rituals. Mikkel Gaup came up with his concept of “Mikkelmessen” in 2009 and chose the school to have it. A large part of the focus will be on Sami culture; Sami outdoor activities, Sami crafts, food, music, film, theater and concerts.

But another thing he was going to do was to meet the ghost there. How the meeting went though, is uncertain. 

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A stop on the haunted pub crawl through Dublin, one of the stops would be John Mulligan’s. Stories about glass and bottles flying from the shelves has haunted the place for decades now according to the people behind the bar. 

In the midst of Dublin’s literary quarter you will find John Mulligans, or simply just Mulligan’s, a pub steeped in more than stout. The Mulligan’s on 8 Poolbeg Street has long been a water hole for journalists, poets, and dreamers seeking comfort in its Victorian embrace with no rush to move on with the times. 

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The old wooden bar, polished smooth by generations of hands, seems to hum with memory. Mulligans is no stranger to fame since it opened its door in 1854 on this street. Mulligan’s had already been in business on Thomas Street since 1782. Because of its proximity to the Theatre Royal, it has drawn in artists, actors and writers alike. And according to the rumors, there are some ghosts among the patrons as well. 

The Haunted Mulligan’s Pub

Immortalized by James Joyce in his short story Counterparts, the pub has become a literary landmark, its walls echoing with the voices of Dublin’s creative elite. But fame brings its shadows, and as the night deepens, it is said that the pub’s more spectral patrons emerge. 

Staff behind the bar tell of bottles flying from shelves, doors slamming without warning, and a low, rhythmic banging that rises from the cellar long after closing. A lot of the stories come from what the staff told Declan Dunne, a writer who wrote a book about the history of the bar. As he said himself to the Journal:

“One of the co-owners, Gary Cusack, said a barman saw a bottle of brandy flying off the shelf. It went quite a distance onto the sink and didn’t break. Gary also stayed above Mulligans for a period and without questions he used to hear footsteps and when he went to investigate, there was no one there.”

In the cellar, there are also rumours of a ghost seen sitting on one of the barrels as well according to employee Christy Hynes:

“He wasn’t even looking at me. He was looking straight ahead as if he was minding his own business. I just felt cold.”

As Declan Dunne wrote in his book:

“His brother, Brian, began working in the pub in the 1990s as he was studying for a law degree. He and Gary were working in the front lounge bar when Gary felt and heard a knock from beneath the cellar hatch on which they were both standing. They knew there was no one in the cellar. Gary turned to Brian to ask him if he had noticed anything. Brian had heard and felt the same rap from the hatch. They both waited a while, afraid to check the source of the noise as they laughed nervously. Eventually, Gary opened the hatch and checked the cellar. There was no one there.”

Some have even seen a ghostly figure of a man sitting atop a beer barrel in the basement, silent and watchful, as if guarding something long forgotten.

Those who linger after hours speak of a sudden chill that creeps through the air, the faint scent of tobacco, and a feeling that someone unseen is standing just behind them. Perhaps it is a former patron who could never quite leave the warmth of the pub, or maybe a remnant of the countless stories and sorrows soaked into its floors. 

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Ruling her Elingaard Manor house with an iron fist, the noble Birgitte Kaas is said to haunt it in her afterlife as well. But what is the truth of her strange disappearance and whispers about a deal with the devil?

Many people speak of strange sounds and fleeting shadows in old houses. Few expect to be announced by scent alone. At Elingaard Manor in Fredrikstad, visitors have reported a heavy, sweet perfume drifting through empty rooms. 

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It is said to belong to a woman who has been dead for more than three hundred years. And as the house now is often used for parties, weddings and gatherings, it is said you should put an extra plate, as the ghost of the house wants a seat. 

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The Elindgaard Manor House

Elingaard manor is located in Onsøy outside Fredrikstad city. The site has an unknown age, but has visible cultural monuments from the Bronze Age onwards.

The buildings at Elingaard have burned several times. The first known fire was in 1645. In this great fire, all the buildings on the farm were lost, along with the household goods, movable property and archives.

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The current building was built in 1749 after a major fire in 1746. In the middle of the main building is still the original basement from before the great fire in 1645. The main building had a floor area of ​​approx. 1000 square meters and two full floors. The residence was thus among the largest in all of Norway.

Elingaard is currently operated as a museum and is used as a venue for weddings and local associations. During the summer season, Elingaard is open to the public, and many locals remember coming to the manor house and be scared of the tales of the ghost said to be lingering. 

The Lady of Elingaard

Birgitte Christine Kaas Huitfeldt was born at Elingaard on 2 October 1682 to parents Stiftamtmann Hans Kaas and Sophie Amalie Bielke. Through her maternal line in the Bjelkeætten, she is a direct descendant of Mrs. Inger of Austrått. We know little about her upbringing, but she was orphaned when she was 18 years old.

She was married to a lieutenant general when she was 31 years, Henrik Jørgen Huitfeldt (1674-1751), and quickly gained a reputation for strict discipline and iron control. Among servants and locals she became known as General Birthe. 

Birgitte Christine Huitfeldt Kaas (1672-1761):Birgitte was the daughter of the nobleman and civil servant Hans Kaas. He was first county governor in Smaalenene. She was a capable poet, and her hymn translations were in use long after her death.

Kaas was a representative of the last nobility in Norway, and grew up and lived in an environment characterized by this. Nevertheless, the family struggled with poor finances. Though deeply religious and a writer of hymns, rumors followed her throughout her life. Some whispered that her piety hid darker alliances, even claims that she cooperated with the devil himself.

Whether feared or respected, she ruled Elingaard with authority, and few dared to challenge her will.

The Night She Vanished

On August 14, 1761, Birgitte Christine spent the evening at an inn, where she played a game of cards and drank a lot before taking a horse drawn carriage home in the rain. When the carriage arrived at Elingaard, it was empty. The general’s wife had vanished somewhere along the road.

Speculation spread quickly. Had the driver murdered her and hidden the body? Has something far stranger occurred? Some claimed she had been taken by darker forces, punished or claimed by something beyond human understanding.

The truth appeared more ordinary, though no less unsettling. Her body was later found and kept at the manor for three weeks before burial. When the coffin was finally removed, it was carried out through a small opening in the wall rather than a door. This old custom was meant to prevent the dead from returning to haunt their home.

A Presence That Remains

If the ritual failed, Elingaard still bears the consequence. Guests and staff have felt sudden cold drafts passing through closed rooms. Others have seen the figure of a noblewoman moving silently between the garden pavilion and the great hall. Lights switch themselves on and off during the night, and at times the organ bench is found moved into the old mortuary building without explanation.

Most unsettling of all is the perfume. Sweet, heavy, and unmistakably old fashioned, it appears without warning and lingers long after the rooms stand empty.

Elingaard Manor: Garden seen from from stairs. The queens Margrethe of Denmark and Sonja of Norway planted one each of the linden trees seen in the middle in June, 1999. // Source: Helge Høifødt/Wikimedia

Since then, many have felt her presence, including Hans Pettersen, the former manager.

“I was cleaning the main living room when I saw her out of the corner of my eye,” he says. He still doubts it, but tells of rooms on the second floor where door handles have fallen off, guests have felt a cold draft and where the lights have been turned off. A cleaner saw the organ stool being moved in the morgue in 1996. A tenant had the room filled with the smell of perfume in the middle of the night in 1997..”

Birgitte Christine’s earthly remains rest in the burial chapel at Old Onsøy Church, laid to rest with a book in one hand and a switch of twigs in the other, symbols of wisdom and strength. Yet many believe her spirit never left Elingaard.

Generalfrua still walks her estate, enforcing her presence long after death, carried on cold air and the lingering scent of authority.

Paranormal Researchers

Over the years, many ghost stories have attached themselves to the manor house. Legends about a poor girl who were run over by a car when walking home are told about, a woman in white, a scorned bride running through the manor, crying as well as a black cat coming at guests. Many stories are now, often conflated with the story of General Birthe. 

There is also a story about a headless man in a black cloak down in the garden. If he comes up to the window, he announces death.

The place has become a popular place for people to visit and try to catch a glimpse of the haunting that is supposedly going on there. One segment of her show, Lilli Bendriss, perhaps one of the country’s most well known psychics, went down to the basement. White there, the images that came to her overwhelmed her so she had to storm out of the room, not wanting to get to the bottom of it all. 

But what happened in that basement all those years ago, and what the possible connection to Birgitte was, we will probably never know. 

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References:

Her får Lilli Bendriss nok: – Visste bare at jeg måtte komme meg ut 

FLERE GJENFERD SOM OGSÅ VILLE VÆRE MED – Issuu 

Hovedbygning – KulturPunkt

https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCQ8WM

Birgitte Christine Kaas (1682–1761) – lokalhistoriewiki.no

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Loogaroo: The Shape-Shifting Vampire of Caribbean Folklore

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Hanging her skin in trees every night, the vampiric Loogaroo across the Caribbean goes out to hunt for blood to quench her thirst as well as pay her dark lord for her dark powers. 

In the islands of the Caribbean, especially within Haitian and Louisiana Creole folklore, there exists a creature whose legend has frightened generations and crossed oceans into wider ghost traditions. This being is known as the loogaroo, blending European, Indigenous and African horror across the Americas.

Unlike the European vampire that rises from the grave, the loogaroo is a living body transformed, a creature that sheds its human form at night to hunt unseen. 

Origin and Name of The Loogaroo

The term loogaroo is widely recognized in Haiti, Grenada and other French speaking parts of the Caribbean as well as Louisiana. It is derived from the French loup-garou, meaning “werewolf,” but over time the creature became distinct from its European counterpart that the settlers brought with them. 

The Loup-garou: Traditional tales about the Loup-Garou are found in French colonies and European folklore. The Loup-Garou, which literally means ‘wolf-werewolf ‘,  is believed to be a cursed man. s an individual who can shapeshift into a wolf or therianthropic hybrid wolf–humanlike creature, either voluntarily or involuntarily due to a curse or other affliction. Because of European colonisation, similar legends blended with the locals, especially in the French colonies.

The legend of the Loogaroo differs greatly from its namesake though. In the Caribbean context, the loogaroo is most often depicted as a woman with shapeshifting abilities who feeds on human life force rather than sheep or livestock.

In later adaptations of the myth, Loogahoo is a man that has been corrupted by wealth and has dealt with the Devil to keep his status. He is often disguised as a charming and well dressed man, to lure young women to their deaths. He primarily draws blood from the stomach and abdomen.

Her origin stories vary. In some, the Loogaroo is a woman who has made a pact with dark forces and is actually more of a witch-like vampiric being than the werewolf name would say. Not only does she have to feed herself to live, she also has to supply her dark lord with fresh blood. Therefore it is much closer to the Soucouyant myth, another shape-shifting and blood-sucking creature in Caribbean folklore than the werewolf myth of the Loup-garou.

The Soucoyant: The Soucouyant is a folklore character who appears as a reclusive old woman (or man) by day. By night, they strip off their wrinkled skin and put it in a mortar. In the form of a fireball, they fly across the dark sky in search of a victim. The Soucouyants can enter the home of their victim through any sized hole such as cracks and keyholes. Soucouyants suck humans’ blood from their arms, necks, legs and other soft regions while the victim sleeps, leaving black and blue marks on the body in the morning. The soucouyant practices black magic. Soucouyants trade their victims’ blood for evil powers with Bazil, the demon who resides in the silk cotton tree.

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In some versions of the myth, she is cursed because of her own cruelty in life. What remains constant is that she loses her human appearance at night and becomes something that moves through the shadows, hunting under the cover of darkness.

A Skin Hanging from the Kapok Tree

By day, the Loogaroo appears as a normal woman, often described as an elderly or mysterious figure who lives on the fringes of society. At sunset the loogaroo slips out of her human skin and hangs it on a tree, in some sources specified as a silk cotton tree called the Devil Tree. 

The Silk Cotton Tree: This tree, also called Kapok Tree is one of the most feared trees in the West Indies, and thought to attract spirits and supernatural spirits. According to the folklore of Trinidad and Tobago, the Castle of the Devil is a huge C. pentandra growing deep in the forest in which Bazil, the demon of death, was imprisoned by a carpenter. Still to this day, there are problems every time someone wants to cut down these trees, because people fear what resides inside of the trees. One occurrence being when they constructed the East Coast Highway in Guyana some years ago. 

Many storytellers describe her as a floating ball of light, similar to the will-o’-the-wisp and corpse candle, or as an amorphous shape that enters houses through cracks and crevices. In some tales she retains partial human features. In others she becomes indistinct, a dark mass of movement that evades clear sight.

She is said to enter homes at night, especially where doors or windows are left open, and suck the vital force of sleepers. Some accounts claim she is biting the victim’s shoulder or neck or draws life through an unseen touch or presence. Unlike the classical vampire biting for blood, the loogaroo’s feeding is described more as an unseen siphoning of energy or breath. In some versions of the myth, the Loogaroo’s bloodlust is insatiable, and she is compelled to collect blood for the devil in exchange for her powers.

The Loogaroo is said to roam the night in search of blood, which she needs to sustain her powers. She typically preys on vulnerable people, especially children and the sick. The victims are often found weakened, ill, or pale in the morning. Some die without medical explanation. 

Protection and Ritual to Keep the Loogaroo at Bay

In cultures that believe in the loogaroo, specific practices developed to protect the community. One common method is to sprinkle grains of rice or sand around the house or on the ground outside as The Loogaroo is compelled to stop and count each grain, often losing track of time and being caught by the dawn before she can finish and she has to go back to her skin without feeding. 

Another method involves finding the Loogaroo’s skin while she is out hunting. If someone discovers her hidden skin, they can sprinkle salt or pepper on it. When the Loogaroo returns to her skin at dawn, the irritation from the salt or pepper will prevent her from re-entering it, thus weakening or even killing her.

The loogaroo is particularly obnoxious to dogs, and any person at whom apparently without cause dogs will bark furiously, or even endeavour to attack, is accounted infected with the vampire taint. It is supposed that the loogaroo will frequently molest animals of all kinds, and indeed in Trinidad and especially on the Spanish Main the horses suffer greatly from the attacks of large vampire bats. It is necessary that all the windows and ventilation holes of the stables and cattle pens should be firmly secured by wire netting to prevent the entrance of the bats, which are greatly able to harm any animal in whose flesh they manage to fasten their teeth.”

Regional Variations of the Vampiric Shapeshifting Witch

This creature has many regional variations that are so similar, they seem the same, or so different it seems like a different entity entirely. 

In Haiti, it is known as the lougawou and in the Dominican Republic it is known as the Lugarú, also known as the Galipote or Zángano. Here they are a mythical shapeshifter that is able to take the form of not just various animals, but also inanimate objects like trees or stones. It has incredible strength and is immune to bullets.  Like other versions of the legend, the Lugarú was also rumoured to be immortal, and maintained this state by prowling the night to drink the blood of children.

The Lagahoo and Rougarou: The Rougarou is a legendary creature in Cajun and Creole diaspora and a trickster in oral traditions in Métis and Francophone communities like a werewolf. In Trinidad and Tobago, a similar creature called “Lagahoo” or “La Gahoo” is more like a bloodsucking, shapeshifting sorcerer. At night, he is described as taking the appearance of a man with a coffin on his neck instead of a head, atop which are three lit candles. He carries a chain around his waist, which trails behind him, and commonly feeds on livestock. Sometimes, he is so tall his head disappears among the trees. To defeat him, he must be repeatedly struck with a stick doused in holy water and holy oils for nine days. He will then rapidly switch forms, from a savage dog, an angry bull, and stormy waves, before finally turning to mist. // Image: praline3001/Flickr

In Mauritian folklore, the Lougarou is a notorious figure mostly used to scare children, appearing during the full moon. Following Cyclone Hollanda in 1994, a form of Lougarou, known as Touni Minwi, was believed to visit women in their homes at night. This led to hysteria among the local population; many witnesses would affirm having seen frightful manifestations at night time, including apparitions of Lougarou. The Touni Minwi phenomenon led to a large mobilization of people in the capital, Port Louis, and in the village of Lallmatie.

Legacy of the Night Spirit

In modern Caribbean culture, belief in the loogaroo has faded in many urban areas, but the legend survives in rural storytelling, literature, and popular media. It even travelled back to Europe, where places with a bigger Caribbean diaspora such as Shepherd’s Bush in London had stories of the Loogaroo lurking in the dark.

Her ghost remains alive in the story, in fear, and in the quiet hours before dawn with her skin hanging from the Devil Tree. 

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Loogaroo – Wikipedia 

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The Devil’s Castle in the Aubinger Lohe and the Hidden Treasure

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Said to be the location of a hidden treasure, the old nobles from the Devil’s Castle in the Bavarian hills are said to roam the forest, still searching for it. 

The Aubinger Lohe is a green and wooden area on the western edge of the city limits of Munich, bordering to the north by the Lochhausen district. Lohe means forest or wetland, and is a part of Munich’s green belt. 

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The Aubinger Lohe with the Teufelsberg is the only natural elevation in the Munich gravel plain. With its summit height of 541 meters, it rises about 25 meters above its surroundings and is Munich’s highest hill.. It is called Teufelsberg” (Devil’s Mountain), after the now vanished Teufelsburg” (Devil’s Castle).

München, Aubinger Lohe, der kleine Moorsee in der Nähe der Moosschwaige

The Ruins of Aubinger Lohe Castle

In the south and southeast of the Aubinger Lohe, traces of settlements from Bronze Age, Celtic and Roman times have been found, as well as two Celtic hillforts. A lot of old legends linger under the trees, but perhaps the most told one is the curse of the old Aubinger Lohe Castle and the treasure that was lost. 

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Deep into the woods a three-meter-deep ditch around a tree-covered hill at the northeast side. Aubinger Burgstall castle stood here in the Middle Ages. A trained eye can recognize the motte and the moat at Teufelsberg, but nothing else remains.

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The castle, now dubbed Teufelburg, or the Devil’s Castle, was founded in 1158 by Henry the Lion, Duke of Munich, to guard the road to Augsburg. The Lords of Aubinger were likely in the service of the Welf dukes. Aubing was first mentioned in 1010.

Image: Gras-Ober – source
Image: Gras-Ober – Source

The popular name Teufelsburg (Devil’s Castle) is post-medieval and refers to various legends of treasures hidden in the castle hill that could only be retrieved with the help of the devil. Besides the obvious possibility of ” Teufel ” (devil), a derivation from “Tuifel” (depression, pool) is also conceivable, referring to the damp area of ​​the Dachau Moor below.

In 1422, the castle was destroyed during a campaign by Duke Ludwig the Bearded shortly before the Battle of Alling and abandoned to decay and disappear. Apparently, it was a wooden structure, which is why no ruins remain.

The Ghost of Aubinger Lohe and the Cursed Treasure

There are a couple of different versions of the legend of the castle that vanished into thin air, or the treasure that is supposedly hidden away somewhere inside of the forest. 

One version claims that when the lord of the manor was slain while hunting in the Loh forests, his widow cursed both the woods and the castle as revenge. The stately castle then collapsed in on itself, along with all its treasures, and sank into the Teufelsberg. According to legend, the lady of the castle has since wandered restlessly as a white figure through the woods of the Aubinger Lohe.

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Wayward Cross Haunting: On the way to the so-called Aubinger Burgstall, known locally as Teufelsberg, stands a wayside cross. It has only been in this location for 13 years, but it commemorates a cross that stood elsewhere and was destroyed during the construction of the motorway tunnel. According to superstition, fiery men used to lie in wait at the former Lochhausen wayside cross after the evening prayer bells rang, ambushing anyone leaving the village’s boundaries. Only a fervent prayer, the story goes, could put an end to this hellish haunting.

Another version, it was the lord of the castle who cursed it with his dying breath as well as his wife, who is suspected was involved in his death. The castle then collapsed and sank into the Teufelsberg, along with everything inside. Legend has it that the castle contained fabulous treasures, which his wife apparently coveted. 

In both cases, a lady in white is roaming the forest, and the treasure of the cursed castle is buried somewhere under the green trees. 

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