Ghosts of Nanteos Mansion

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There are few places on earth as haunted as Nanteos Mansion...be warned.

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Nanteos, with its long dark corridors and large imposing rooms never fails to deliver on the promise of paranormal activity. 

There are numerous ghost stories associated with the buiding, the most well-known haunting being that of Elizabeth Owen (The Grey Lady) and Reverend William Powell (a former owner). Elizabeth Owen is often seen dressed in grey gliding effortlessly down the corridors and up the staircase holding a candlestick. She never speaks or acknowledges the living but her ghost is said to be an omen of death. One notable sighting occurred during a house party in the 1930s. The grey lady was seen by a guest who died in his sleep that night. Ever since overnight guests have been warned against even discussing her. 

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MONKS

In the dark 60ft long cellar it is believed that seven monks lay buried. It is said that that seven monks came to Nanteos with the dissolution of the monasteries in 1539. The monks fled to Nanteos for safety bringing with them a sacred relic which is reputed to be the Holy Grail. Monk like figures have been seen wandering the grounds at Nanteos, believed to be in search of their precious relic to this day. 

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THE DROWNED MAN

In 1899 a worker by the name of David Rowlands drowned in the lake at Nanteos. The ghost of a man is often seen on the driveway, near the lake, waving his arms as if trying to shake off the freezing water. He has been seen many times by staff and visitors alike. 

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THE MURDERED GROOM

In 1782 Groom William Griffiths was brutally murdered by the Head Gardener with a garden rake. Occasionally he can be seen standing in the shrubbery, as if waiting for someone.

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HAUNTED STABLES

The Stable yard at Nanteos has been a hive of activity for centuries. Unexplained voices have been heard many times in the empty stable yard. In one instance, on two consecutive nights at about 4.00am, someone staying in the stables apartment heard raised voices and loud noises in the yard below, but as soon as the listener looked out through the window, the noise abruptly stopped. A baby has also been heard crying in the stables apartment on a number of occasions and horses in the stable yard have reacted nervously to something that the horse handler couldn’t see. At a recent Summer Fete at Nanteos in 2014, a young man felt a presence of a young boy sobbing in the corner of the stable yard worried that he was going to get punished for something he had done. This spooked the young man as had never experience anything paranormal before.

On another occasion a phantom horse and carriage was heard in the courtyard at the back of the mansion. Then heavy footsteps were heard entering through the back door, and walking towards the kitchen, dragging what sounded like heavy chains.

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In the early 1980s a TV company was making a production for a Welsh film company S4C. It was reported in the Western Mail that a two-day filming schedule was disrupted by ‘strange experiences’ such as doors opening and closing on their own accord. A broken musical box suddenly started playing, movement of a heavy four poster bed and it is believed that a cloaked figure disrupted a video unit sent to shoot several TV scenes here to such an extent, the crew refused to work after dark. Sian Phillips one of the actresses involved said that she would not doubt the supernatural again after spending time at Nanteos Mansion. 

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