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Is KATHERINE HOWARD HAUNTING Hampton Court Palace? According to this famous ghost story, the fifth wife of Henry VIII is occasionally seen running and screaming through the haunted gallery at Hampton Court Palace, wearing a white dress and re-enacting the scene of her arrest there in 1541 on charges of treason and adultery which ultimately led to her execution at the Tower of London in February 1542. As well as these reports, people have said they had strange feelings in the Gallery and have fainted there, while reports of other spooky sightings in the building have also been made, including infamous CCTV footage of what looked an awful lot like a ghost throwing open some fire doors back in 2003.
But is Hampton Court Palace haunted by this most tragic Tudor Queen and does the story of her running through its halls begging for mercy from Henry VIII even match up with historic accounts of her arrest? In this Halloween special video from History Calling, we look at the evidence for these spooky goings on and ask if there’s any substance to this story, or if it’s just a good yarn to get the tourists in and something that some people report seeing to get attention? I’ll discuss the earliest instance of this story that I can find in the written record, tell you the results of a scientific study made of this alleged haunting back in 2000 and include some other reasons why people might think they’ve met a ghost.
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Is KATHERINE HOWARD HAUNTING Hampton Court Palace? According to this famous ghost story, the fifth wife of Henry VIII is occasionally seen running and screaming through the haunted gallery at Hampton Court Palace, wearing a white dress and re-enacting the scene of her arrest there in 1541 on charges of treason and adultery which ultimately led to her execution at the Tower of London in February 1542. As well as these reports, people have said they had strange feelings in the Gallery and have fainted there, while reports of other spooky sightings in the building have also been made, including infamous CCTV footage of what looked an awful lot like a ghost throwing open some fire doors back in 2003.
But is Hampton Court Palace haunted by this most tragic Tudor Queen and does the story of her running through its halls begging for mercy from Henry VIII even match up with historic accounts of her arrest? In this Halloween special video from History Calling, we look at the evidence for these spooky goings on and ask if there’s any substance to this story, or if it’s just a good yarn to get the tourists in and something that some people report seeing to get attention? I’ll discuss the earliest instance of this story that I can find in the written record, tell you the results of a scientific study made of this alleged haunting back in 2000 and include some other reasons why people might think they’ve met a ghost.
BUY MY BOOK (Find Your Irish Ancestors Online): amzn.to/3Z2ChnG
Website (with 2 FREE DOWNLOADS): historycallingofficial.com
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Amazon storefront: amazon.com/shop/historycalling
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YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE:
THE SHORT LIFE OF KATHERINE HOWARD
youtu.be/D4khu87Q1vo
WHAT DID KATHERINE HOWARD LOOK LIKE?
youtu.be/Oavn6o0gETI
EXECUTION OF KATHERINE HOWARD AND JANE BOLEYN
youtu.be/LaiU2HHTuKQ
WHAT HAPPENED TO KATHERINE HOWARD’S BODY?
youtu.be/RF1GYu2njC8
THE DANCING PLAGUE
youtu.be/nWImzWylwCw
SPOOKY HISTORY PLAYLIST
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLSjVq5Qtb0FOUeM-ePkkDZ1d7aAjbM7X&feature=shared
SIX WIVES OF HENRY VIII PLAYLIST
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLSjVq5Qtb0Hb5Wjykc2hBrBddQYXDUqU
LEARN MORE:
Want to watch/hear/read more about history (and a whole host of other topics)? Then you might benefit from a free Audible or Prime video trial. They are available from the following links:
AUDIBLE
amzn.to/44MvlMi
AUDIBLE PLUS & AUDIBLE PREMIUM PLUS
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PRIME VIDEO
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READ
[FREE] Palace Ghost Laid to Rest
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1249366.stm
Richard Wiseman, Caroline Watt, Paul Stevens, Emma Greening and Ciaran O’Keeffe, ‘An investigation into alleged ‘hauntings’’ in British Journal of Psychology (2003), 94, 195–211.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12803815/#:~:text=The%20two%20studies%20reported%20here,Vaults%20(Edinburgh%2C%20Scotland).
Gareth Russell, Young and Damned and Fair: The Life and Tragedy of Catherine Howard at the Court of Henry VIII (2017). amzn.to/2VExTgg
Josephine Wilkinson, Katherine Howard: The Tragic Story of Henry VIII's Fifth Queen (London, 2016) amzn.to/3rbFuPj
Antonia Fraser, The Six Wives Of Henry VIII (2nd edn, Phoenix, 2009) amzn.to/36IqD5r
David Starkey, Six Wives: the Queens of Henry VIII (Vintage, 2004)
amzn.to/3wImKIh
BUY OR RENT:
Britain’s Bloody Crown Presented by Dan Jones (2016)
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The Tudors, season 1
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The Tudors, season 2
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The Tudors, season 3
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The Tudors, season 4
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Henry VIII and his Six Wives (2016 docu-drama)
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Six Wives with Lucy Worsley (2016 docu-drama)
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