The Ackleys then found themselves entangled in a legal battle over whether or not they should have disclosed the haunted "nature" of the house. The article gained enough momentum that the house became a regular stop on local ghost tours, which ended up having some not-so-great ramifications when it came time to sell the home in the late 1980s.Īfter some time on the market, the Stambosvky family put down a down payment and were ready to relocate from Manhattan, when a contractor made a passing comment about the home's haunted reputation.
The many ghosts who roamed the halls of 1 La Veta Place were nothing but friendly, though they were active enough to inspire the matriarch, Helen Ackley, to write a national article about them in Reader's Digest. At night, when the moon shines and the water turns as white as a silken carpet, the maiden is seen walking over the brook, and she brings misery to all who come near her.Nicknamed “ Ackley House” after its one-time occupants, the Ackley Family, this classic Queen Anne sits on the Hudson River across from Sleepy Hollow, New York. After a while, it fell off into a brook near the castle and everyone just left it there. They placed the coffin on a dung cart and chased the horse out of town. The next morning, the coffin was right back up on the ground.Ī local witch told the villagers that it was the maiden's own fault for avoiding the cemetery in life, so now she was banned from the place. They buried her again and weighed her down with a heavy stone. Or so people thought, but the next day people saw crows circle the cemetery, and they found the woman’s coffin up on the ground, body and all. In time, she died alone and was buried at the cemetery. She avoided the cemetery like the plague because she thought it was unclean. Even when her parents died, she refused to go.
She made her servants sew silken white carpets to cover the ground wherever she went in town, because she didn’t want to soil her shoes. Even as a child, she was so vicious that she bit the midwife on the thumb when she was baptised. Some decided that this was the work of the devil, who had come to collect his soul.Īt Castle Grunsfoort, near Renkum, lived a nasty maiden. He is thought to have died in an explosion, caused by his own experiments. The devil would be his servant for seven years and help him with his experiments.
His habits and different way of thinking resulted in the story that he had sold his soul for idle pleasure. It was said that he preyed on his young male students and that he practised magic and alchemy. Johann Georg Faust was born in Germany around 1480. However, few know that this character really existed. This edition of Dutch ghost stories presents some tales about Dutch castles that were said to be hotspots for hauntings: Faust’s home, castle Waardenburgįaust is famous because of the story by Goethe, based on a German legend. Some of these structures have spooky stories to tell. The Netherlands and the netherworld are more closely connected than you may think! The Netherlands has quite a few old castles and buildings, each with a history that goes back ages.
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