Lincoln is a small lovely town within the east midlands of England. Without going too much into detail I have to admit the history of this town is impressive and starts before the roman times around 2000 years ago. In the medieval times the Lincoln Castle was established and short after that the enormous gothic cathedral which was the largest church in the world for a longer period in history.
Lincoln Uphill Area, view to the Lincoln Castle
I’ve seen a couple of castles, abandoned buildings and very old spooky houses on my earlier travels, but the uphill area of Lincoln has a high density of buildings that rises the chance to see a ghost. That evening in late September 2012 I heard a very frightening story about one of the hotels on the castle hill. It all started as we decided to take the Original Lincoln Ghost Walk.
The Original Lincoln Ghost Walk
We arrived on time at 7 pm exactly in front of the Magna Carta Pub. Our tour guide a lady in a long black robe looked mysterious and so were her stories. At the beginning she told us about headless riders, roman legions and ghost knights which are still seeking for justice. Some ghost stories were about flying knifes in the kitchen of a pub very close to the square where we met. It was a great warm up for what was coming up next.
We walked closer to the cathedral where the stories became scarier. I don’t know if you’ve ever noticed, something like a shadow somewhere in your visual field and after you winked or turned away it was gone. That were stories that supported that kind of personal experience and who knows maybe it was a ghost. Every now and then people saw the face of a young maid in the window of one of the houses around the cathedral. She appears there for a while and when you look away she’s gone.
Haunted Postern Gate in Lincoln
After a small cemetery there’s a dark alley which is known for ghosts. In one of the stories a decapitated head was seen bouncing down this alley all the way through the postern gate in the picture above. The gate itself shouldn’t be passed at a certain time of night. According to one of the legends a monk in the 16th century was hung in the gate and sometimes people at night saw him hanging there. When we heard that no one even dared to come close. We took pictures and filmed that gate for a couple of minutes. Although nothing happened to us sometimes the ghost was filmed and it doesn’t look fake. On our way back through the alley I was taking pictures of everything that seemed suspicious. The picture below was taken close to the Postern Gate and it seems to show four orbs. I personally don’t believe in orbs as they might have been a malfunction of my digital camera but look and see!
Does this picture show ghost orbs?
The last story during this ghost walk makes a harsh shiver run down my spine until now. One evening there was a traveller looking for a room for a night. He went to the tourist information to ask for a recommendation. After the lady who worked there asked him for his price range and he wasn’t looking for the cheapest nor the most expensive she showed him the direction to a nice hotel nearby. He went there, got his room and as he was very tired he fell asleep soon. Then in the middle of the night the whole thing began. There were loud footsteps on the floor and scratchy noises coming from his door. As the door handle started rattling he woke up and bugged because he couldn’t sleep he went to open the door and look for what might be so important to wake him up late in the night. To his surprise no one was in front of the door and the floor was also empty. He thought someone wanted to play a trick on him and so he went back to bed. Around fifteen minutes later the same happened again and this time someone rattled even stronger on the door handle. After it stopped he went down to the reception and told what the problem was. The concierge was surprised and came up to his room to find the problem but nothing seemed suspicious. At that time there were only few guests so the traveller had the only room on that floor. The concierge seemed a bit worried but he left, so that the guest can sleep again in piece. One hour later the man checked out and left the hotel in the middle of the night.
The next day the lady from the tourist information went to the hotel to ask if everything was alright. At the reception the concierge told her what happened and that he couldn’t explain his guest that they are using keycards to enter the rooms from outside. So the only latch on the door was inside.
Author/Photos: GP
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