We venture to Dudley Castle for a very special spooky-nights.com Ghost Hunt.
Date: 10th September 2011
Venue: Dudley Castle
Location: West Midlands
Cost: £49.00
Time: 20:30 - 02:00
Dudley Castle
Dudley Castle stands over the town on a great limestone hill, one of the highest points in the West Midlands. It is now a ruin, partly because some of its owners over the centuries rebelled against the Crown. In the Civil War however, the castle was a Royalist stronghold which was besieged and badly damaged in 1646.
Dudley Castle stands over the town on a great limestone hill, one of the highest points in the West Midlands. It is now a ruin, partly because some of its owners over the centuries rebelled against the Crown. In the Civil War however, the castle was a Royalist stronghold which was besieged and badly damaged in 1646.
During the Industrial Revolution coalmines and limestone quarries were cut deep beneath the castle, with many miners suffering injury and death. The workers were served by a 3, 172 yard canal tunnel with basins and branches.
The Castle and grounds are now a zoo, but with such a history it is not surprising that it is one of the most haunted places in the Midlands. Zoo staff work long hours and are often there after dark. Joyce Norman the secretary is sceptical about the ghosts, but she has heard footsteps in the offices when the building is empty and things sometimes catch the corner of her eye.
The offices are in a seventeenth century stone house, once estate offices for the Earl of Dudley, and on the site of the old Saint Edmund’s churchyard. In 1992, the Assistant Manager was leaving for home when he suddenly felt incredibly cold, the hairs on his neck rose and he was so terrified that in getting out he wrenched the handle off the door.
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Would be great to see you all here, this event has already sold some tickets, so don't delay and reserve yours straight away.
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