Inside a fact is another fact, and inside that is another fact. The grounds have a White Lady, and the chapel has a Grey Lady. The Rose Bowes-Lyon, Queen Elizabeth II’s aunt, testified to her family’s reluctance to discuss the mystery.Was the Monster of Glamis ever more than mere gossip? I still remember my disappointment when a misty drive past Annan failed to produce any ghostly farm animals.When I re-read that “haunted road” story (the one withe the two brothers having weird vision on the Dumfries to Annan Road) many years afterwards, I suddenly though ah – someone must have dropped something hallucinogenic into their tea.

During her stay, a sudden snowstorm one evening blanketed the estate with drifts several feet deep. What did lumber along the ramparts late at night, bellowing its mournful regrets, and scaring the flimsier ghosts back to their effigies?Another story from Wentworth Day's book is that sometime in the 1870s, a stonemason engaged in remodeling encountered something that frightened him, and perhaps even discovered the secret room. that there are more windows on the outside than on the inside due to a walled off room with a now long dead occupant. Yet the mystery of Glamis (pronounced “Glams”) remains, kept alive by its association with royalty (the heir was grandfather to Elizabeth II) and by the fact that at least some members of the Bowes-Lyon family insisted it was real.Sir Walter Scott, the popular 19th-century novelist, was the first man to tell of the ‘secret’ of Glamis.Glamis Castle is mentioned by Shakespeare—Macbeth, that most cursed of characters, In their absence, Glamis was left in the care of a factor, or estate manager, and it was to this factor that a young In one sense, however, the most interesting thing about Scott’s account is what it doesn’t say. From Rabbie Burns' Tam O' Shanter to Shakespeare's Macbeth, storytellers have always been fascinated by Scotland's rich mythology and violent past.Join thousands of others who have signed up to the weekly Scotland Now newsletter for the latest Scottish heritage and culture news.It's no surprise then, when the story of most of Scotland's castles come with dark secret or two.The childhood home of the Queen Mother was also once said to be home to not only the usual array of ghosts and spirits but also a monster.At the turn of the 20th century, the rumours of a secret chamber and a monstrous heir were so strong that many accounts were written of the Monster of Glamis.Said to be the deformed son and heir of the 12th Earl of Strathmore, the unnamed Bowes-Lyon child is was recorded as having died on the day of his birth but many believed he actually survived to become a "barrel-chested" monster with "toy-like" arms and legs.The mystery left a dark and terrible stain on not only the reputation of the family but also put an immense strain on them.The grandfather of the Queen Mother, Claude Bowes-Lyon and the 13th Earl of Strathmore once reportedly said: “If you could even guess the nature of this castle’s secret, you would get down on your knees and thank God it was not yours.”With such a long history of battles, murders, torture and death, it's fair to say that Edinburgh Castle has more than a few ghosts.One famous, and tragic example, is said to be that of a lonely piper boy.The story goes that a set of mysterious tunnels were discovered under the castle centuries ago, and in a bid to see how far they ranged, the young boy was duly employed to explore them.With bagpipes in hand, he was told to play them as he navigated his way along to allow people in the streets above to follow and keep track of his progress, mapping out the tunnels as they went along.The pipes however were said to abruptly stop when he reached the Tron Kirk and though a search party was duly arranged, the tunnels were sealed when he wasn't found.Now, several centuries later, people have claimed that they can occasionally still hear the forlorn piper as his ghost makes it way through the tunnels trying to get out.A spectre in a leather apron, a headless drummer boy and even a group of French prisoners from the Napoleonic Wars are also said to haunt the castle.One of Scotland's oldest tower houses, which can be found in Aberdeenshire, is also said to be one of the most haunted.The most recent was in October when a woman was pinned against a wall, and a shadowy figure was seen by five people believed to be the ghost of Anna Forbes Irvine.The National Trust has also reported a sighting of a young Alexander Irvine, son of the 20th Laird of Drum, who died aged just six in 1865.Over the years, many people have reported seeing the ghost of Little Alexander, and hearing his haunting laughter throughout the castle.Located near Wick in Caithness on Scotland's northern coast, the remote and idyllic Ackergill Tower is said to be haunted by a red lady.Helen Gunn, also known as the Beauty of Braemore, was said to have been stolen away from her home on her wedding night, by the cruel local laird, Dugald Keith.Feuding between the Gunns and the Keiths had been rife at the time and this was just the latest in a long list of violent clashes between the clans.To escape her abductor’s advances, the lady is said to have flung herself from the battlements.To this day, the castle is said to be haunted by many ghosts but the most famous is the beautiful women in red, with long flowing raven hair.Considered to be one of Scotland's most haunted places, Airth Castle in Stirlingshire has a variety of ghosts including a phantom grounds keeper and even the spectre of a dog.Snapped by best man Stuart White during Nigel and Jane Sleath’s 2007 wedding, Scarier still is the story behind a few of the rooms in the castle which is now a hotel.One is allegedly haunted by a nanny and two children who died in a fire, with the children still heard laughing running along the corridors, while yet another by screaming maids who were said to have been abused by one of the castle's former masters.When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters.
But hanging in the castle is an enigmatic family portrait from 138 years earlier. Sir Horace Rumbold, a British diplomat who first visited the castle in 1877, wrote of the frustration felt by successive Countesses, who were denied all knowledge of the secret. More worrying that there are earlier tales of imprisoned relatives and secret rooms – not least Mrs Rochester, of course. The story was, and is, that in the Castle of Glamis is a secret chamber. Charles Dickens’ weekly, Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore, was widely believed to find Glamis’s “mystery” a terrible burden. "Oddities, striking characters and incidents, strange days... this is history with all the interesting bits left in, by the author of Batavia's Graveyard, Tulipomania and The First Family. Glamis Castle has, since its earliest days, had a tale of a hidden room with a gory secret.


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