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SECRETS OF RAMON CASTLE

The Oldenburg Palace, built by them in 1880-1887, attracted the attention of contemporaries of the construction and continues to attract the views of descendants. The Gothic castle is very unusual, as if it was caught by a mighty hurricane in Riga or Prague and transported to the black earth hinterland. Just look at it, and you immediately remember kind elves, greedy gnomes, fire-breathing dragons, fearless knights and beautiful ladies on the balcony. Maybe that’s why so many legends and stories have developed around the castle at different times. I would like to cite two legends that appeared at different stages of our history.

Black veil.

The Princes of Oldenburg lived at that time in St. Petersburg, and their estate was managed by their manager; he had a son, Seryozhka.

One night the princess rushed to the estate. She ran and went up to her bedroom, wearing a traveling raincoat and a black veil. And she locked herself there. The servants were dumbfounded. In the morning, the princess said she was sick and did not leave the bedroom. But she refused medication and the doctor.

The servants whispered among themselves, judged and dressed her up, which was not easy for her. Well, the manager, of course, gave us a slap on the head so that they wouldn’t fool around.

And at this time, things began to go wrong in Ramon. Men began to die for no reason. They dried out in a few hours.

But one night the manager's son woke up. It's like someone is scratching on glass. The window suddenly opened. And then the princess floats into the room without touching the floor. The boy closed his eyes in fear, and when he opened them, the room was empty. Seryozha was scared, but jumped out of bed and ran after the ghost. By the time I reached the door, the princess had disappeared from the corridor. The boy looked through almost all the rooms in the house, but found nothing anywhere. He already thought that it was his imagination, but just in case, he looked into the manager’s bedroom.

As soon as I opened the door, I froze to the spot with fear. A ghost hung over my father's bed. The princess threw back her black veil, and the boy saw: her face was dead, everything had decayed, her nose and mouth had collapsed, her teeth were grinning. The princess kissed her father on the lips, and the boy screamed and fell unconscious. In the morning, the nanny told him that his father was ill, and they found him fainting on the doorstep. Seryozha doesn’t know how to save his father. Suddenly an old gypsy woman knocked on the gate and began to ask for alms. Seryozha brought her a piglet and was about to run away, but the gypsy told him: “I know, I know what happened to your father and how to help your grief. If you don’t pull off the witch’s veil before sunset, nothing will save your father.”

Seryozha became scared, but still he believed the gypsy. He immediately rushed to the master's castle. There Seryozha told the servants that his father had sent him and went up to the second floor. He froze in front of the door to the princess's bedroom, but then quietly opened the door.

It's cold in the bedroom, like in winter. All mirrors and windows are covered. In the corners, spiders made cobwebs, as if they had not been removed for a hundred years. The princess was lying on a four-poster bed, still wearing the same black veil. The boy tiptoed up to her and jerked off her veil. The witch started screaming, which could be heard in the surrounding houses. The ghost jumped up, extended creepy hands with long claws towards the boy, but immediately disappeared without a trace.

The servants ran into the room and found nothing. Everyone got scared and started wailing and crying. Here the maid looks out the window and faints. At the entrance the carriage stopped and the manager, the recovered man and... the Princess of Oldenburg herself got out.

She was very surprised by the commotion. But then the owner was told about her double. Evgenia Maksimovna didn’t believe it and asked where he had disappeared to. Then Seryozha told everything. The hostess listened to him, hugged him and kissed him. The princess says: “Serge, you have a great future ahead of you.”

When Seryozha grew up, the princess gave him money for his education, and Sergei Ivanovich Mosin invented the famous three-ruler, which made him famous forever.

Stoker.

There lived a drunkard in Ramon. His nickname was Cardan. He worked as a fireman in a boiler room and was on duty there for days.

He wrapped her, poor Nastya, in a bag and carried her away. He broke a window on the first floor and climbed into the palace. He went down into the underground passage, threw the bag off his shoulders, and went up. He returned to the firehouse, and he was trembling all over. Well, my drunk partner is sleeping.

In the afternoon the police came and started asking if they had seen anything. And partner Kardanov says, they didn’t leave the stoking room, there’s nothing to say. Well, we left them behind. Cardan was relieved from duty and the moonshine was pouring out for three days in a row. They are looking for the girl, but they can’t find her. The mother is crying, but he has no grief.

He stepped in again and got drunk with his partner. He lies there, and suddenly it seems to him that someone is calling, in a wall-like voice: “Help! Help!". He pushed his partner. And he told him - I don’t hear anything, you have a beluga whale, go to bed. But Cardan turned completely pale and ran away from the boiler room undressed. He ran to the castle - he wanted to make sure that Nastya was there. She just runs up, looks out the window, and outside the window Nastya, pale, looks like death. He shouted and ran away.

The next morning they found Cardan hanged at the castle gates. There are footprints in the snow where he ran from. They opened the door to the castle, and there was Nastya, alive, but unconscious.

Then she told how she was lost in the caves for three days, looking for a way out. There was a passage under the stoker, and Cardan heard it through the cracks. But the hole in the underground passage was walled up, there is nothing to do there.

edited news LAKRIMOzzzA - 28-02-2011, 22:31

At the intersection of the Fontanka Embankment there is a “house with a Rotunda”, built in the 18th century for the merchant Savva Yakovlev, whose family owned the house until the mid-19th century. The last owner of the house before the revolution was the merchant Evmentyev. This is a legendary place, which was especially popular in the 80s of the last century.

View of the house (entrance to the Rotunda from the Gorokhovaya courtyard)
Although the legends of the Rotunda are widely known, I can’t resist telling you about them in my performance. A very tempting topic about parallel worlds, the Masonic lodge and the Devil's ladder. So many different stories in one house at the intersection of Gorokhovaya and Fontanka, which I often drove past, but always paid attention to. Finally, I looked inside and saw the famous Rotunda.

This is what the Rotunda looks like now. I would like to grumble about why the local residents, having locked themselves with a combination lock, did not “chip in” for repairs in the “front door”
Mystical legends about the Rotunda have been known since the 19th century. They said that in this place exactly at midnight the Devil himself appears and can fulfill any request. For gifts, the master of darkness will then demand payment, but people usually do not think about the consequences.

From a legend of the 19th century: “a certain young girl, in the late 40s of the 19th century, turned to the Antichrist in the Rotunda with a request to punish the man whom she loved, but who did not reciprocate her feelings. And Satan answered the victim of unhappy love - the next morning after the conversation with the Evil One, her beloved man, who rejected her love, was found dead in bed without any signs of violent death.”
They say that A.S. himself Pushkin sometimes visited the Rotunda on Gorokhovaya.

Now they write their wishes on the walls
The unusual location of the building was discussed back in the 18th century. Before the construction of Yakovlev's house, there was a glass factory of Willim Elmsel, whose owner was suspected of being interested in Alchemy.

The stairs leading up, nicknamed the “Devil’s Staircase,” appeared in the mid-19th century

One of the tenants of the house at the beginning of the 19th century was Count Andrei Zubov, an adherent of the Masonic order. According to legend, initiation ceremonies into the Freemasons took place in the Rotunda.
By the way, in the basement there is an underground passage leading to the neighboring courtyard, but now the entrance to it is concreted. The reason for the creation of this dungeon is unknown.

Admission to the Masonic Lodge

Masonic signs
They say that in St. Petersburg there are several buildings with Rotundas, and if you connect them with lines, you get a Masonic pentagram. This magical sign protects the city. One of the pentagram rotundas is located in St. Isaac's Cathedral. The rotunda on Gorokhovaya is central to the sign.

Even today, the iron hatch on the floor, located in the center of the Rotunda, once split into a pentagram. No explanation was found for the case.
According to the legend of the 19th century, the Masons walled up a traitor to the order under the hatch.

According to the official historical version, in the 19th century there was a “cafe Chantan” with criminal fame in the house.

House plan

According to another legend, in the Rotunda there is a path “to another dimension”; legends about the “path to nowhere” spread in the 19th century.
Interestingly, there are two staircases in the Rotunda: one leads up, the other rests against the wall. They said that it was the staircase that ended in the wall that led to another world, the door to which opened on certain days. According to another version, the door to the “parallel world” opens under the dome of the Rotunda.

The staircase on the right leads up, the staircase on the left leads to nowhere

This staircase rests against the wall

Previously, in the Rotunda there was a chandelier that descended between the first and second floors. According to legend, one townsman hanged himself from a chandelier, and now his spirit wanders around the house. The room is quite conducive to ghost stories. It is likely that the ghost of the hanged man is not the only one.

View into the darkness from the top floor

There are several legends about people missing in the basements of the building. The famous criminal of the late 19th century, Alexander Shtramm, often hid in the basement of the Rotunda from the police, but one day he did not return. In the “roaring 90s” of the 20th century, one young business student decided to beg business success from the Rotunda and stayed in the building overnight, never to be seen again.
According to the legend of our days, one person managed to visit “another dimension”; he went down to the basement as a 20-year-old guy, and 15 minutes later returned as a 70-year-old man. He could not tell anything about his journey.

In the 80s of the 20th century, the Rotunda was a meeting place for informal youth. There are legends that if you write your wish on the wall, it will definitely come true. Just don’t forget about the old legends of the 19th century - wish granters always demand their payment with interest.

Folk art with wishes

Guardian of the portal to other worlds :)

View of the building from the other bank of the Fontanka

Bridge to Gorokhovaya Street

Such different locals

For those who want to go inside, here are some of my impressions from communicating with the local public.

Now the door to the Rotunda is locked with a combination lock; entry is possible only by the grace of the residents. I was lucky, I met a kind girl who let me through. She complained that she had to close the door from the local gopotas and drug addicts who had ruined everything.

And then I was unlucky, while photographing the room, I came across an aggressive madam. Judging by the manner of her conversation, she is a typical habala aunt, accustomed to going ahead on the tram with string bags and winning scandals in the communal kitchen.
In response to my answer that I wanted to write about the house, she burst out, “You write all sorts of crap about the house!” (quote of the phrase of this “intelligent” woman) and so on.

After such a “pleasant” meeting, I am ready to agree with the skeptics - there is no evil spirits in the building. Of course not, all the evil spirits fled because of such women, I remember the fairy tale “About the Devil and the Evil Woman.”

If you want to see the Rotunda, hope to be lucky that you will meet friendly people who will not refuse a decent person to come in and take a photo. But then be prepared for the rudeness of inadequate people crawling up the stairs with wallets.

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Sometimes these large, noble buildings hold some rather dark stories. Built to last for many centuries, strong and isolated, they were once the homes of powerful families, famous military men and politicians. But with great wealth a hidden part of human nature comes to the surface. Stories about noble dynasties are often accompanied by creepy legends and rumors. These haunted castles may be located far from each other, but they all share ghost legends surrounding the history of their famous inhabitants.

Castle Fraser, Scotland

Castle Fraser was the home of a princess who was killed while sleeping. Rumors say that she still wanders the halls of the castle at night. Read about other famous castles in Scotland in a separate selection.

Bardi Castle, Italy

Bardi Castle is also haunted by a dark history. Here lived the army captain Moroello, who committed suicide after his lover Solest committed suicide. She did this thinking that her lover had died in battle.

Castle of Good Hope, South Africa

Built in the 17th century, the castle is home to the ghost of Lady Anne Barnard, who previously lived here. Surprisingly, besides Lady Anne, the ghost of a soldier who hanged himself from the bell tower also lives here.

Gorst Castle, Belgium

The ghost of a local lord arrives at the castle at the stroke of midnight in a carriage with six wild horses. He cannot find his peace because he killed the priest. According to rumors, the priest had an affair with the lord's wife, which was the reason for the murder.

Arundel Castle, England

Built in West Sussex in the 11th century, the castle is haunted by the ghost of the first Earl of Arundel.

Larnaque Castle, New Zealand

Larnach Castle belongs to New Zealand politician William Larnach. There are rumors that the house is haunted by the ghosts of Kate, the daughter of the original owner, as well as Eliza, Larnaca's first wife.

It is also worth adding that many marriage agents and tour operators spin these stories to the fullest, even offering to hold a wedding in a haunted castle. There are quite a lot of people who want to experience such extreme sports.

Where the ghost stories originated from is unknown. Perhaps some events did take place within the walls of the estates that frightened the former residents. But the most interesting thing is that many people want to believe in invisible forces and dream of visiting the secret rooms of ancient castles

When it comes to castles, many people feel equal parts fear and awe. Strange noises, otherworldly creaking of floors... To the question “Who’s there?” - silence. There are castles that can send shivers down your spine and the hair on your head. It is quite possible that this feeling is caused by the external Gothic style. And it is possible that this is due to the atmosphere of the Middle Ages. In such places, knights and ladies are presented, and there are portraits on the walls depicting the former inhabitants of the castles. Where the ghost stories originated from is unknown. Perhaps some events did take place within the walls of the estates that frightened the former residents. But the most interesting thing is that many people want to believe in invisible forces and dream of visiting the secret rooms of ancient castles, walking through underground passages, feeling the cold atmosphere with their skin. Believe it or not, this alone can scare visitors half-fainting. This article will introduce you to haunted castles.

This castle was built at the end of the 12th century. At the moment it is used as a luxury hotel. Fame came to Dragsholm Castle after rumors began to spread about 100 ghosts who roam the corridors every night. The names of three of them are known to many: the Lady in White, the Gray Lady and the Earl of Boswell. The legend of the castle says that a certain lady in white was passionately in love with a simple peasant. After the girl's father found out about his daughter's relationship with the peasant, he became angry and locked her in a room, after which she was never seen again. During the restoration of the castle in the 1930s, a wing of the castle was restored. During this, the skeleton of a woman in a white dress was found, and it was walled up in the wall. As legend has it, the Gray Lady worked as a hotel maid all her life. After her death, she was unable to leave there, and now she returns every night to check if everything is okay. As for Earl Boswell, in the 16th century he was sent to the castle prison, where he died.

This unique castle is located in the forests in the north of Prague. The structure was intended to be defensive, but it was not destined to withstand a single attack. The castle is legendary because, as legends say, the ghost of a headless black horse wanders around it, as well as a mysterious woman who constantly looks out the window. According to legend, there used to be a hole on the site of the castle that had no bottom. From it, winged creatures - half people, half monsters - came into our world. The rulers in the 13th century made a decision and closed the pit, which was called the “entrance to hell.” And they closed it like this: a castle was built on this very spot. But... Even before the construction of the castle, several soldiers were let into the pit using ropes. When one of them was just lowered, he let out a terrible scream, and when he was taken out of the hole, it turned out that the man had aged 30 years. A couple of days later he died. This castle attracted Hitler's attention. There, according to legend, several soldiers were executed.

The full name of this castle is Chateau de Brissac. This castle is the tallest in all of France. It has seven floors. This castle is the most visited in the world. Jacques de Brezé and his wife Charlotte owned this building in the 11th century. She had a lover, and for her meetings with him, she used the bedroom located next to her husband's bedroom. The unfortunate husband was forced to listen to moans every night. This continued until Charlotte and her lover mysteriously disappeared. Maybe the husband is to blame for the disappearance of the lovers, but no one knows. But the couple did not completely disappear. The owner of the castle continued to hear groans every night. This continued until he lost his mind and escaped from the castle. Rumor has it that passionate moans can be heard every night to this day.

Built in the 11th century by William the Conqueror, this castle has seen more battles than any other castle in Europe. It is simply saturated with war and the pain of destruction. Tourists prefer such parts of the castle as the house with the ghost of Sir Fulk Greville, who died in 1628 at the hands of his servant, as well as the tower with ghosts. Legend has it that every night the ghost of the castle owner materializes from a portrait hanging on the wall in the tower. The castle's dungeon is also known. Visitors constantly complain of dizziness and nausea after touching either the bars or any instruments of torture.

This castle has long been favored by ghosts. The castle chapel has a very interesting history. In 1532, the priest was killed by the sword of his brother and his ghost haunts the chapel, which was called “bloody.” And the dungeon is rich in history: it had a high ceiling, through which criminals were thrown down to the bottom, strewn with numerous sharp spikes. Eyewitnesses claim that a creature the size of a sheep, with the face of a man and with black hollows instead of eyes, was also repeatedly seen in the castle.

This place is famous among tourists, even despite the fact that the place is very gloomy. The executioner here was John Sage, who tortured approximately 50 Scots every week. Nowadays, visitors hear at night how the executioner moves the corpses. Another famous castle ghost is the Blue Boy. They say that at night loud crying can be heard for a long time and then blue flashes of light appear. During the restoration, the bodies of a man and a boy were discovered, which were walled up in a three-meter brick wall.

It was erected in the 12th century. This is exactly the place where non-believers and skeptics immediately become believers. This castle is the symbol of all the castles in Scotland and was built on the site of an extinct volcano. This place is famous for the constant paranormal phenomena that occur here. Ghosts are found at every step. Tourists often see the ghost of Lady Glamis wandering the halls of the castle. She was accused of witchcraft and burned at the stake in 1537. There is also a ghost without a head. The groans of prisoners can be heard from the dungeon at night. The ghosts of an old man in a leather apron and the ghost of a dog galloping around the cemetery roam the corridors.

In this place, as legends say, the ghost of the Blue Lady wanders. She lures those wandering around the castle inside, where the unfortunate ones meet their death. This is the ghost of the daughter of the owner of the castle - Norman. She was raped by her father. After this, a baby was born who was strangled by his own father. Rumor has it that a girl took the child's life. But the ghost of the unfortunate girl is not the only one in the area. The White Lady is believed to be the ghost of Margaret Pomeroy. She was locked in the room by her sister Elionora and thereby doomed her sister to starvation. And everything happened out of jealousy. Both girls were in love with the same young man.

This castle is the source of legends about ghosts, as well as a wonderful example of Austrian architecture. This castle was built in the 12th century. It is also known as the Witches Castle. This castle was previously the site of bloody witch trials. From 1675 to 1687, thousands of women were convicted within these walls for witchcraft. They were brutally tortured and then beheaded within the castle walls. It is for this reason that many ghosts of witches wander in these places. Some people also consider this place to be the haunt of a werewolf. In the 19th century, mutilated and dismembered bodies of deer and cattle were found near Musham Castle. This was the reason that some residents were convicted and imprisoned as werewolves.