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This castle was featured on the cover of several editions of the novel The Riders by Tim Winton. In 1996, Leap Castle's history and hauntings were examined in Castle Ghosts of Ireland by Robert Hardy. [12] A chapter in "The World of Lore: Dreadful Places" by Aaron Mahnke is also dedicated to Leap Castle. It is titled The Tainted Well in ...
An example of what might be popularly termed an "oubliette" is the particularly claustrophobic cell in the dungeon of Warwick Castle's Caesar's Tower, in central England. The access hatch consists of an iron grille. Even turning around (or moving at all) would be nearly impossible in this tiny chamber. [6]
Mildred Darby told him many of the ghost stories of the castle. [8] Another visitor was St. John D. Seymour who wrote the True Book of Irish Ghost Stories (1914) and who documents various diverse hauntings. [9] The creature described by Darby as haunting the house is known as The Elemental. According to a letter Mildred Darby sent to Sydney ...
The castle was built above the cave long before any excavation. At that time, the scientists hit a more than 5-foot-thick rock, which blocked them from burrowing into key layers of the collapsed cave.
O'Brien, Gillian. Sunday Independent; Dublin [Dublin]. 25 Oct 2020: 10. I couldn't complete my book without a visit to Leap Castle in Co Offaly, which claims to be the 'world's most haunted castle'. The castle was built by the O'Carrolls in the 15th century, and many of the tormented souls said to haunt it are mercenaries the family betrayed.
Rumors, rumors, rumors. In speaking to David Boreanaz for the release of the SEAL Team: The Final Season DVD, we were able to get clarification on a rumor that seemed to come directly from him ...
While exploring a derelict warehouse, James Fenton was totally unprepared for the gruesome discovery he was about to make. Inside the dilapidated building, the urban explorer stumbled across the ...
The oubliette is a small, more or less coffin sized space, in the floor of the dungeon. It WAS used for isolating prisoners and, presumably, keeping them confined within. The idea that it was used for storage is nonsensical; it was too small for storage and, being set in the floor of the dungeon, anything stored within that small space would ...