The World's Most Mysterious CastlesDundurn, 16.10.2005 - 304 sivua Castles are among the most mysterious buildings on earth. Their grimly silent stones are signposts to a past filled with high adventure, grim tragedies, and glorious victories. Ghosts, hauntings, and other paranormal phenomena are frequently reported from castles. Do strange paranormal powers lurk among their ancient ruins? The World's Most Mysterious Castles takes you on a journey through hidden chambers and subterranean tunnels of castles all over the world. Their walls served the sinister needs of spies, traitors, and assassins. Do the spirits of attackers and defenders who died in long-forgotten sieges still linger where they fell? Screams of unbearable pain and despair were muffled within their deepest, darkest torture dungeons. Do they echo there still? |
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... strange voices that guided and inspired her, and the riddle of her reappearance at Metz — five years after her supposed death in the flames at Rouen. The elusive Camelot of King Arthur and his knights might well have been Tintagel in ...
... Strange charges of treason were levelled against Buckingham — including listening to weird prophecies of Henry's death and his own succession. He was also accused of trying to fulfil them by assassinating Henry, who took a personal ...
... strange SS quasi-religious rituals that had been held there, made the team glad to finish filming and leave. Another typical example of a castle that possesses not only. Co-author Lionel in the sinister torture dungeon below Wewelsburg ...
... strange events in Nottingham Castle during and immediately after the reign of Edward II. His queen, Isabella of Angouleme, was the sister of Charles IV of France. Despite Isabella's beauty, Edward seems to have preferred male company ...
... provides another example of these curious, unexplained underground. Co-author Lionel exploring the mysterious Margate Shell Grotto. One of the many strange patterns in the enigmatic Margate. Dungeons, Darkness, and Secret Passages 37.