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Brodick CastleA "Grey Lady" is said to haunt the castle; in one version of her tale, supposedly she died of starvation in the dungeons in the 18th century because she and two others had the plague. Another variant is that she killed herself after one of the members of the Roundhead army made her pregnant.In this version, she drowned herself at the Wine Port Quay, by the entrance to the castle. Another ghost is that of a man in a green velvet coat who is seen in the library. A white stag has also been seen when a member of the family is close to dying.
Update 12/5/22: I spoke to Sue Mills, Guiding and Education Supervisor and who had been at the castle for 25 years. She informed me of some of the recent experiences by her and her team, all which have been on a single person basis. She said that the "Collection Care" team, whose duty is to go into the collections room and hoover and dust in the morning, have heard their names called out. This has happened 3 or 4 times, the last time (by another Sue) about two weeks before I spoke to Sue Mills. On all these occasions, the team member who was called was on their own, their colleagues being elsewhere. The Sue who heard her named called was also in the library at one point and heard "clunky" footsteps, and a young guide at the doorway going into the dining room also heard heavy footsteps, too. Angela, a conservation assistant, was in the Red Corridor and saw one lantern swinging by itself on the ceiling, without cause; it is also this area that gets "icy cold." She was also on the landing to the bedroom suite hoovering, when the device stopped, and when she checked, it had been turned off on the plug socket. Also while in the library, she often detected the smell of horses/stables. I was also told that the lady who works in the shop and used to be tour guide, would hear footsteps in the boudoir if she was in the nearby main bedroom. There are two doors to the castle; the Historical Door leads to the gun battery and then a corridor, and a pet golden retriever and curator's cats would not enter the area. A tour guide, John, has also seen an orb - but not the bogus ones captured by photographic equipment alone; this was was seen by the naked eye, in the dining room. It was described as "white" and "shooting around."
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