Chillingham Castle Ghosts

Website design By BotEap.comChillingham Castle, Northumberland, UK is said to be the most haunted castle in the UK and no wonder as the castle is home to dark dungeons and macabre torture chambers. This ancient fortress dates back to 1246, when the Lords Earl Gray built this remarkable building and where Earl Gray’s ancestors have resided for centuries.

Website design By BotEap.comThe castle is currently the home of Sir Humphry Wakefield Bt., his wife, the Hon. Lady Wakefield and her family. The family claims that it is the most haunted castle due to the many ghosts that haunt their home.

Website design By BotEap.comThe most notable ghostly apparition is the ‘blue boy’ (or ‘radiant boy’) who is said to haunt the castle’s Pink Room. Many guests, while occupying the room, have heard terrifying moans that will soon be followed by a halo of blue light appearing above their bed.

Website design By BotEap.comAlthough that haunting particular ended when a gruesome discovery during renovation work revealed the bones of a boy and a man that had been boarded up within a wall. It was intended that no one would ever hear their pitiful cries for help, as the wall was built 10 feet thick.

Website design By BotEap.comThis was not the end of the hauntings at Chillingham Castle. The owners have also witnessed a far more sinister energy roaming the halls…the terrifying specter of the once evil tormentor: John Sage.

Website design By BotEap.comJOHN SAGE – A GHOST FROM THE EVIL PAST

Website design By BotEap.comAs night falls around Chillingham Castle, one of the most feared sounds heard on occasion is that of ‘something’ slowly shuffling as it wanders the halls. It is believed to be the spirit of former Lieutenant John Sage, who earned the nickname ‘dragfoot’ when his leg was wounded by a spear during his final battle in the ongoing wars with his neighbors while he was alive. Scots.

Website design By BotEap.comAfter his injury, he was desperate for a job and was proud that the castle’s owner, Edward Longshanks (1200 AD), bestowed on him the title of Chillingham Castle Torturer. Sage was a monster of a man and his gruesome work would give him immense satisfaction for the next 3 years, where he would continue to torture at least 50 of his Scottish enemies a week.

Website design By BotEap.comSage would reveal how the Scots were captured and thrown into the castle’s dungeons. These poor souls wish they had perished on the battlefield, as Sage was famous for carrying out the most gruesome tortures in history. A torture device came to be known as one of the most feared… ‘the cage’. This apparatus would ensnare its victim and then be placed over a blazing fire, roasting the captive for hours as Sage sat studying her enemy, writhing and screaming for his death.

Website design By BotEap.comSage’s insatiable thirst for torture would eventually lead to his downfall, when one day his lover Elizabeth Charlton visited him. During his sexual intercourse, Sage decided to place Elizabeth on one of his other torture devices: ‘the rack’. Sage then began to strangle her during the height of her sexual pleasure, but went too far from her and accidentally killed her.

Website design By BotEap.comElizabeth’s father (a Border Reiver, clan leader and outlaw), upon learning of his daughter’s death, warned Longshanks, now almost penniless, that if he did not kill Sage, he would join in an allied attack with the Scots. against the castle.

Website design By BotEap.comLongshanks’ dwindling resources due to the war and the fact that the Border Reivers were a powerful force gave him no choice but to kill Sage. He was hanged in the castle grounds on ‘Devil’s Mile’ (also known as Devil’s Walk) before a jeering crowd of onlookers.

Website design By BotEap.comAs Sage’s body was still writhing with life, the crowd crowded around her, cutting off pieces of her body, including her nose, toes, and testicles. A rather ‘cutting’ fate, some will say, for someone whose greatest ecstasy was the sight of an unholy end.