She subsequently went mad and died 16 years later. A cruel and powerful man, Holte locked his daughter Mary in her room when she tried to elope with her lover rather than marry the suitor he had chosen. It could be the unfortunate woman was a victim of cyanide poisoning, perhaps by accident in one of the factories.Īston Hall is a splendid place to visit and was owned by the wealthy businessman, Sir Thomas Holte (hence the name of terraces at the Villa ground) in the 17th Century.
These sightings are accompanied by an unusual scent, sometimes said to be like pear drops but more likely to be the bitter almond smell of potassium cyanide, which was used in gold-plating and silver-plating in the Jewellery Quarter. Among the sightings are the grey image of a young women in 1930s clothing passing through solid objects, including a wall and a parked car. The Jewellery Quarter has some of the oldest buildings in Birmingham and an interesting place to explore is Warstone Lane Cemetery, which has been in use since 1847 with notable Brummies, such as John Baskerville, buried there.
So if you don't bump into Joseph Chamberlain’s ghost there then there's a good chance it will be that of a monk instead. The Council house is a busy location for ghostly sightings having formerly been the site of a monastery. Some have said to have seen him at night around the Mayor’s office dressed in black and accompanied by the smell of flowers. They were buried at Birmingham Cathedral and some staff working at night in the Town Hall have claimed to have heard the two men still chiselling away at the pillars.īirmingham Council House has had ghostly appearances from the founder of our very own University of Birmingham, Joseph Chamberlain. John Heap and William Badger had been working on the external carved pillars when a huge block of masonry fell and crushed them. The other resident spooks are a pair of stonemasons who died on January 26, 1833, during construction of the building.
The figure of a Victorian man with a pipe may be encountered in the corridors and disappears when approached who has a passing resemblance to Charles Dickens who was once approached by a member of staff only to vanish before their eyes. There are rumours but no official sightings that the spirit of Dickens returns to the city to give another reading during the cold dark nights. Our first stop is Birmingham Town Hall where Charles Dickens read ‘ A Christmas Carol’ aloud for the first time on Boxing Day in 1863. However, do not be disappointed as the city of Birmingham has its fair share of ghosts stories and if you venture out at night there are a few spots where you may even come across one.
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This TV show is loosely based on Henry James's work, particularly his 1898 novella The Turn of the Screw, and whilst being well worth watching it got me asking if there could be stories and sightings of ghosts at the University of Birmingham?ĭo we have ghouls and ghosts lurking at the top of Old Joe keeping an eye on us? Are the floors of Aston Webb creaking with the sound of some university professor? And does the Green Heart which was where the oId library once stood have the spirit of a former librarian trying to find her books? Sadly, my research at the University of Birmingham has shown there are no recorded sightings of the supernatural on our campus. Netflix recently released The Haunting of Bly Manorcreated by Mike Flanagan.
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As we embark on a Halloween weekend which will see many of us staying in doors, it is likely that we will choose to put on a suitably seasonal spooky movie for who doesn't love a good ghost story at this time of year.
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