08-30-2008, 11:34 AM
Old buildings, castles, old churches, for sure.
England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall in England, a remote Scottish island or lake. an old abbey or monastery.
I started going to the British isles when i was 16, lived there nearly 20 years.
I lived in Glastonbury for a year, a very haunted town, the hotel in the high street, wow, scary.
I didn't even like going for a drink in there. My friend went for a second honeymoon, and they checked out the middle of their first night and never went back to the town again.
The abbey and Tor are first rate and almost every resident can tell you great ghost stories or has experienced thing themselves. and of course it is also a top choice as to being the isle of Avalon.
Cambridge, spooky because of the marshes and old buildings, oxford, not so spooky.
Warwick castle, England, very haunted. You could spend days there and not see everything.
the Tower of London, of course.
Bath in england, I never got the sense it was very haunted, but it is just so old, Regency period, plus Romans!
Chester, the same, very unique.
york, medieval, viking, roman. narrow, winding streets,fog.
just terrific.
Three of my favorite cities.
Hadrian's wall-we stayed at a 17th century coaching inn/post office that had been converted. the wilderness was, well, wild!
Peniston crag, from Wuthering Heights, and the Yorkshire moors-very spooky.
Lindisfarne, very ancient island and church on its own island.
Durham, really impressive, church and castle.
Lincoln, ditto. the medieval feel, steep streets and fog, eek!
Nottingham forest, definitely don't want to be there in the dark. We used to do nature walks, talk about old whispering trees and creaking and strange rustlings in the bushes!
Byron's home at Newstead Abbey, seriously, I couldn't even stay in the 'haunted room' (by a black monk, by all accounts) for more than a minute. My husband didn't even go in! he froze on the doorstep and went out of the abbey and left me to it.
Glamis Castle, Scotland, most haunted in the Uk by all accounts. It was very very atmospheric even with the sun shining. Can't even imagine how it is at night! eek.
Berwick Castle, a very nasty place, Sterling too. Eew. Linlinthgow castle, ditto. Edinburgh castle and the royal mile, very very spooky at night.
Isle of Man, good ruins, viking associations, and the only place I have ever lived where grown adults freely admit they believe in the faeries and have various rituals to make them happy! and special halloween and new year's ceremonies to keep the spirits happy.
Other settings, in the US: New Orleans for certain, and all the plantations along the river. Some very violent in atmosphere, others very sad and depressing.
Victoria, Texas, some really impressive houses, and quite spooky ones.
There are some old inns up in Connecticut, and a haunted house as well I went to in broad daylight with a male friend one year at Christmas, and he was TERRIFIED. Trying to recall what town it was. There is a coaching in with terrific restaurant from the colonial period up there, quite pricey. Think it was fairfield.
My boss used to live in Mark Twain's daughter's house up in Redding. I always found it a bit creepy.
Oh, yes, Washington Irving's house upstate NY--very creepy even in the daytime.
Williamsburg, VA
New Hope PA town and the Indian settlement
Baltimore, great ghost tour around Fell's point
Oh, yes, Nantucket, I did the Halloween tour one year, very very creepy in places. some lovely/interesting homes even if you aren't lucky enough to tap into the atmosphere. The island is awesome, if small!
Mystic CT,
Block island
when my parents used to take me sailing, we would visit various ports, both have some very old and impressive mansions, very atmospheric, esp in the autumn
And of course, Salem, MA and Boston.
And the area around independence hall in philly.
San Francisco, some of the older houses still standing.
All these locales are great to visit-even better if a writer is able to capture that special atmosphere for us.
England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall in England, a remote Scottish island or lake. an old abbey or monastery.
I started going to the British isles when i was 16, lived there nearly 20 years.
I lived in Glastonbury for a year, a very haunted town, the hotel in the high street, wow, scary.
I didn't even like going for a drink in there. My friend went for a second honeymoon, and they checked out the middle of their first night and never went back to the town again.
The abbey and Tor are first rate and almost every resident can tell you great ghost stories or has experienced thing themselves. and of course it is also a top choice as to being the isle of Avalon.
Cambridge, spooky because of the marshes and old buildings, oxford, not so spooky.
Warwick castle, England, very haunted. You could spend days there and not see everything.
the Tower of London, of course.
Bath in england, I never got the sense it was very haunted, but it is just so old, Regency period, plus Romans!
Chester, the same, very unique.
york, medieval, viking, roman. narrow, winding streets,fog.
just terrific.
Three of my favorite cities.
Hadrian's wall-we stayed at a 17th century coaching inn/post office that had been converted. the wilderness was, well, wild!
Peniston crag, from Wuthering Heights, and the Yorkshire moors-very spooky.
Lindisfarne, very ancient island and church on its own island.
Durham, really impressive, church and castle.
Lincoln, ditto. the medieval feel, steep streets and fog, eek!
Nottingham forest, definitely don't want to be there in the dark. We used to do nature walks, talk about old whispering trees and creaking and strange rustlings in the bushes!
Byron's home at Newstead Abbey, seriously, I couldn't even stay in the 'haunted room' (by a black monk, by all accounts) for more than a minute. My husband didn't even go in! he froze on the doorstep and went out of the abbey and left me to it.
Glamis Castle, Scotland, most haunted in the Uk by all accounts. It was very very atmospheric even with the sun shining. Can't even imagine how it is at night! eek.
Berwick Castle, a very nasty place, Sterling too. Eew. Linlinthgow castle, ditto. Edinburgh castle and the royal mile, very very spooky at night.
Isle of Man, good ruins, viking associations, and the only place I have ever lived where grown adults freely admit they believe in the faeries and have various rituals to make them happy! and special halloween and new year's ceremonies to keep the spirits happy.
Other settings, in the US: New Orleans for certain, and all the plantations along the river. Some very violent in atmosphere, others very sad and depressing.
Victoria, Texas, some really impressive houses, and quite spooky ones.
There are some old inns up in Connecticut, and a haunted house as well I went to in broad daylight with a male friend one year at Christmas, and he was TERRIFIED. Trying to recall what town it was. There is a coaching in with terrific restaurant from the colonial period up there, quite pricey. Think it was fairfield.
My boss used to live in Mark Twain's daughter's house up in Redding. I always found it a bit creepy.
Oh, yes, Washington Irving's house upstate NY--very creepy even in the daytime.
Williamsburg, VA
New Hope PA town and the Indian settlement
Baltimore, great ghost tour around Fell's point
Oh, yes, Nantucket, I did the Halloween tour one year, very very creepy in places. some lovely/interesting homes even if you aren't lucky enough to tap into the atmosphere. The island is awesome, if small!
Mystic CT,
Block island
when my parents used to take me sailing, we would visit various ports, both have some very old and impressive mansions, very atmospheric, esp in the autumn
And of course, Salem, MA and Boston.
And the area around independence hall in philly.
San Francisco, some of the older houses still standing.
All these locales are great to visit-even better if a writer is able to capture that special atmosphere for us.
