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Maisyboo, Cardiff
As a nurse in Cardiff Royal Infirmary I often worked on the night shift - here many strange things happened to staff. In the staff room one night I heard heavy breathing close to me - other staff who'd been in the room had heard it! A nurse was later in the room and something sat down on the mattress beside her! In the sluice room we would get our uniforms pulled by something unseen! A nurse also saw a ghostly apparition floating across the ward. And when the hospital was closed finally the call buzzers could be heard even though they had been dismantled!!

Stefan from Pontypool
I go to West Mon school and I saw the figure of a small boy running around corridors. Then a few days later during an exam some teachers were called to the music rooms because a small girl had fainted after supposedly seeing a small boy drenched in water standing in front of her desk, before disappearing as she blinked. Can anyone tell me anything about what happened at West Mon?

Michelle Evans, Penarth
If you walk on Penarth Pier late afternoons, a figure of a women dressed in Victorian clothing strolls by you and lurks at the end of the pier staring out over the sea. I thought it was a fancy dress event, but learned that a Victorian lady oftens haunts the pier.

Kelly Groves from Crawley
My partner and I stayed at the Skirrid Inn for the night and encountered some strange happenings. For one we chucked all of our jewellery including two necklaces, watch, ring and bracelet on to the dresser - minutes later we hear the sound of jingling, look at the dresser and the jewellery is neatly arranged. Two, the en suite basin tap turns on by itself, three something awakens myself by banging the pillow around early hours, and four something or one steels my silver earring left on the chair beside myside of the bed. The landlady described this as the little boy who likes to hide things including her coffee cup!

Lisa, Penarth
I live on the brand new housing estate of the Cogan Hall development in Cae Canol and there is some weird stuff going on. I've driven up to the church to reserch it.

Rory Jones from Porthcawl
Ive lived in Porthcawl all of my life and there are several places I wont even go to they are so creepy. The worst place is definitely Moor Lane and Sker Beach. They are such lovely places with nice scenery but there is a sinister feeling in the air as if something bad has happened.

Dai Rees from Caerphilly
I worked in The Prince of Wales, the Wetherspoons pub near Cardiff Central, over the summer of 2006, and the upstairs bar is reputedly haunted by a famous actress who died there when it was a theatre. Not sure how true the story is, but I thought for a split second I saw a dark shape, from the corner of my eye, where the food arrives... Anyone ever feel anything?

SJ from Porthcawl
At the age of around 14-16 my friends and I used to often go and spend nights by Sker House in the hope of seeing something. And boy did we see something!!! It was on our 3rd trip down there when we had all been snooping close by to the house (sorry if we were tresspassing) but we only managed to get so far as the boundary wall when we could hear this faint wailing noise - it could have been the wind but not too sure but then we seen a faded figure slightly lighted appear from the ruin of the sort of tower closest to the sea. It was enough to make us actually go home that night instead of staying out and after about 11 years I have not been back since. There are from what I have been told sightings at along the rocks between Sker and Kenfig of figures reportedly from the wreck of the Sampamta. Also sightings at The Prince of Wales in Kenfig, the Angel Inn at Maudlam... Grove Farm (opp Grove golf club) is supposed to have a phantom funeral procession in the front garden were the old road once was before the existing road was built. I have bene told hat a very spooky place is Moor Lane at the Nottage side of Porthcawl - not sure if it is haunted or not but I have driven down the lane at night and it really isn't something that I will do again soon - very creepy. Porthcawl is a very mysterious town and have many a tales of hauntings. It is well worth a visit there and spending some time in some of the above mentioned places.

Stephen Parry originally from Rudry near Caerphill
Not far from the Maenllwyd Inn are the ruins of a house in which a witch lived in the mid 1800's. She is supposed to have cursed my family. I don't know about that, but on two occasions when I have walked up through the woods to the field where the house was I have seen no one, but when I started to go back someone had left a bunch of flowers on the stile going into the field. This stile is in full view, but I have never seen who did it. Strange!!

Samantha Smith (from Ely)
I once got locked in a bedroom where I was living in a house in Splott. There was no catch or lock on the door, and when I tried it, the handle turned but the door would not open. The door was never shut, as it wouldn't stay shut - having no catch. I was locked in there for about 10 mins with my boyfriend, and when he tried to open it, his hand started bleeding, but on what - we don't know. Eventually, I tried the door again, and nearly fell over as it was as easy as a feather. At the time, only the two of us lived in the house. Also, things would go missing, and turn up a few weeks later in the most strange and weird, even dangerous places. I suppose it makes life a bit more unpredictable eh?

Stefan Banwell from Mid Glamorgan
We always go over Penallta pit and we always get freaked out by the noises up there. I have seen a ghost once in the lockers window I swear.

Sally from Aberdare
Delete the story from Sally - we've published it in Weird Nation.

Sally from Aberdare
The Conway Inn in Aberdare is haunted. My uncle owns the pub and he told me a woman had hung herself upstairs in the past. He recently went on holiday leaving me 2 look after the place for a month. One night I heard a loud bang coming from the bar and thought I had been broken into but the alarm didn't go off so I thought nothing of it. The next morning I made it to the bar before the cleaner and the chair nearest the main door had been knocked back onto the floor and there were bottles behind the bar that had been hit over. It doesn't bother me but it seems too much of a coincidence. I've been told by people that they can feel something at the top of the stairs by the women's toilets. I would love to find out if there is someone there, or if someone has experienced something.

ellz from pontypool
I went to the catholic school St Albans in Pontypool. The school was home to the Handbury family, and was also during its stead a nunnery. There's a very famous photo of the original grand staircase. The photo is taken in the 80s of some of the pupils standing at the top of the staircase. Just behinde the pupils is an eerie white figure. Whether or not this was a ghost or a pupil trying to scare his classmates (which from the translucent appearance and the era it was taken where computer editing would have been a tricky task it semed a unlikely. The picture links with one of the stories of a phantom presumed to a nun. The tale goes she was walking alone at night down the grand staircase lost her footing and fell breaking her neck in the bannisters on the way to her death. I'd love to know if anyone who has attended or is in St Albans has had any experiences in the main A block building? Or if anyone knows anymore more about the dungeons off the stairs in B block, or more tales from the schools past?

Samantha of Penygraig (Rhondda)
My house is scary. I always get the feeling I'm being watched when I enter my brothers bedroom, and now and again my bedroom window opens on its own in the middle of the night. found out my grandad died in the house (I never knew him but I feel like I do when I see pictures of him).

Carolyn Holt from Caldicot
I organised a Fright Night at St. Briavels Castle last year to raise funds for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. The South Wales Paranormal Research team were with us and there was definitely paranormal activity there on the night. We are organising another night in November - if anyone is interested check out the Cystic Fibrosis Trust Website.

Chris davies from cardiff
We went to Margam House or also known as Margam Castle and there is a staircase. On the staircase there have been numerous occasions where people have seen a man standing by the right pillar and we saw him!

Jade Jones Rhydyfelin, pontypridd
my house!!! deffo!! I HATE IT! IT'S REALLY SCARY!

Jodey from Cwmbran
St Michaels Church and Graveyard in Cwmbran is definitely haunted. John Fielding (Williams) is buried there (local Zulu war celebrity awarded the Victoria Cross). About a year ago, I saw a dark figure hovering around the John Fieldings gravestone.

Jessica Squire from Ebbw Vale
I visited the Skirrid Inn in Abergavenny. During the night my television kept cutting out. I could see several orbs floating around the wardrobe area, and the downstairs bar kept losing power. That is one place I'm terrified of going to ever again!

Carl from Pontypridd
I work with a group called Ghost Research Wales and I have been on many investigations in the south Wales area. If you find that you may have a ghost or are interested in going on an investigation please contact us www.ghostresearchwales.co.uk - no jokes please.

Sasha, Ely, Cardiff
Glan Ely High School, now known as Michaelston Community College, has a swamp at the back of the school. Going back a few years ago when I used to attend the school, I was on my way back to my lesson I looked back and seen a man hanging in the trees of the swamp. I know this wasn't my imagination as my friend described exactly the same thing as I seen and we were both shook up by it.

Oggy, Rhymney valley
Strange I should read about the figure on the Glyneath to Hirwaun Road. Not so long back I was sat in the passenger seat of my friend's car and thought he was going to hit this hooded figure which suddenly appeared to my left, near one of the laybys. I shouted "careful - you nearly hit that jogger"...when we both looked back the road was empty, yet we both saw him! Also, when working on Buckland ward in the old Merthyr General Hospital - lots of nurses swore they saw a crinoline lady that usually preceded a death or some other disaster on the ward.

zoe , jordz , may and tash from trevethin
Hey Lisa its us the ghost girls from Trevethin we talk to you all the time about the nun and we have had contact, I Zoe have said something already but trying to find out if there really is something in our school we'll tell you if we find info and stuff.

Zoe, Trevethin, Pontypool
I go to Trevethin Comp and have had ghostly things happen to me and my mates. I've been interested in ghosts for ages and want to find what is in the art room. We have had contact with the nun and a man who was said to be the old headmaster.

Lisa, Pontypool
Does anyone know of ghostly goings on at Trevethin Community School formerly known as County Grammar School for girls?? Cleaners have heard and seen weird goings on and one cleaner saw a nun in the art room.

kushbaa begum from maindee, newport
once i went to the irish pub and me and my family were sitting there the whole time having a socialising drink. when a group of us friends were talking about the the balti night in risca was suppose to be abit haunted where a ghost jumps from the balti bight to the next building. so we went to investigate at 3am. we went there and to our total horror we seen a blurry black image jump from the window, the gate went bang! and the black image disappeared. this was a total shock for me.

Jossi Beattie from Abercalais
Abercamlais is this massive old mansion my granny lives in. I go there every holiday. One time my cousin & I were in our my bedroom at night time when the door opened with this eerie scream. When I closed it I turned to look at the armchair and then wished I hadn't for I saw this old man sitting in the armchair looking at me. I ducked under the covers petrified. My cousin said that she saw 2 men walking towards us when I was asleep. I also saw people at desks working and faces in the fireplace. How freaky!

Sarah from Cwmcarn
My house is haunted. My mother died in this house. It was originally my nan & bamps. My 13 month old daughter would enter the house after my mum had died & be fine but to leave the house via the front hallway she would go hysterical & say there was a man on the stairs. Nobody in my family would go through the hallway after that. When my nan died, I bought the house & my kids would talk to the man upstairs. This went on until my now ex-husband left. We all think it was my bamp looking after us.

Jon from Aberdare
Cyfarthfa is not a scary place in my opinion but there is definately something there. I sat in the coffee shop with my girlfriend on a nice sunny summers day when out of the blue the hairs on my arm stood up straight, as if I were cold. I have never experienced anything like that before of since. Not a believer at all and have always challenged people to take me to experience the supernatural. My experience could have been associated with some rational medical explination. I didn't feel uneasy in the slightest.

Tamsin Postlethwaite from Bristol
We wnt to St Fagans and we went to this little room, and I remember seeing this little girl there with a teddy. She looked Victorian or something. I was on my own though cuz everyone was saying it was haunted so my cousin wouldn't go in. She doesn't believe me though!

Mimi Dicks from Middlesex
My mate in Middlesex told me that women wander the streets. I personally haven't seen anybody but sounds creepy! Mimi xx

Amanda Scarfe from Caerphilly
I have experienced loads in craig y nos, and st fagans, get wierd feelings when driving towards brecon from cardiff. I did some psychic drawing in margam castle, and have been taken over by a male figure when driving down th A449 in monmouth. Every where i go i get feelings or voices, even at home!!!

Kt, Kilmarnock, Scotland (born in wales)
i used to go 2 brynmawr comprehensive school. i heard rumars that the 3rd floor is haunted by a girl who either commited suiside or was pushed out of the window as she plunged 2 her death she had left a white rose on the window sil. some was quite scared of going up 2 the 3rd floor after school was over. ive been told that the welsh teacher has seen her ghost does anyone know anything about this story

Chantelle Brooks from Nelson
I think Llanbabon Road up in Nelson is a spooky street! It's full of old houses and pubs. It has a really old pub called the Greyhound and it's quite spooky! Also there's 2 graveyards which at night are spooky. My friend said that she saw a misty figure sitting by a tree and the next minute it was gone! They should send reporters or something. Another place is the fields. You can see ghosts of dead horses and old people on them. Really scary at night! Chantelle xx

fluke nelson
the stories about llancaiach fawr are a load of nonsense!!!, an old schoolmate of mine LIVED there, and he never mentioned any ghosts when we were kids.

Juliet Porthcawl
The A48 just after the round about where you can turn of to tythegston. have hear da few rumors about ppl seeing men run out of the dual carriageway into cars. anyone else heard anything

Nicola John from Neath
I used to work in a pub called the Bryncoch Inn & the landlord told me there was a ghost there. One night I was standing in the gap between the lounge and the bar, facing the lounge (the bar was closed & in darkness as it was being renovated). I suddenly had the feeling that someone was standing behind me. I nearly cricked my neck as I spun round to look into the dark bar but there was nobody there. My colleague asked me why I just did that so I told her & she said the exact same thing had happened to her moments before.

Bethann Gunter, Blackwood
We visited the Skirrid Inn in Abergavenny, the oldest inn in wales. We stayed overnight and strange things happened. My friend experienced her TV in her room switching on and off and also saw flashing orbs. Our other friend's phone was drained of power and we saw several orbs in one of the rooms. There was continuous power cuts throughout the night downstairs in the bar, but we had a fantastic time.

A470.
The man dressed in a black hat and a black coat in the A470 iz called The Black Wanderer... rumour has it that the man ran into the road years ago and tried to kill himself.. i dunno how far tru its is...

khobbissor baaf from newport
i heard the newport hotel is haunted as i know people who stay there have been spooked out. when i went to see some of the rooms there it looked like some one was watching you the whole time.

Dan and Jay, Merthyr Tydfil.
We used to go to Cyfarthfa High School in the castle back in the late 90's...the round library is most definatley haunted!We saw ghostly figures up there on several occasions...

Rhiannon.S.D. from Llandybie, Ammonford, Carmart
i go to tre-gib school and i got realy spooked out when i found out that the school is built on the site of an old monnertsry. a monk still roams the corradors, i haven't seen it but loads of people have.

laksuma begum
Maindee primary school, cheptow road.. People say that a mrs polly died there after she failed an interview to become a teacher. It has been said that she became so depressed through her training she hung herself and mrs roberrette took her place. I was only 5 when i went to old maindee, but i remember all the junior children never went to the school toilets because the rope had still been up there. and a girl died in the toilet. The piano used to play by itself, she was supposed to have been a music teacher. I did not witness anything but did anyone go to that school between 1960-1990? Know anything?

yanna from east ham
i was at home by myself when i went in the kitchen to get some food. the light turned on by itself. i carried on as normal and when i went into the living room the hallway light turned on by itself. i switched it off and another kitchen light turned on. i also turned that off but then one of the living room lights turned on by itself. i got freaked out and phoned a relation, it turned out that it was the anniversary of my cousins death.

hardik
i had a school friend who alwaz scared me of evil spirits , donno why but i jus started believing him when i recently saw him , 8 years after he desceased.....Freaky...isin it ???

ashlee lewis from aberdare
town church primary ( maerdy house ) SO SO SO spooky !!!

clayton mclaughlin
I was in a room with sleeping and the darkness in the coner was making a pig noise and was creeping me out so I went up to it to see what it was and it was nothing soo I tryed sleeping after in the night and felt I was being watch by a porcilin pig man with dark eyesm and I squinted my eyes open and seen his legs standing 48 inches away form me so I pushed my hand out to push him away but I felt nothing and opened my eyse and there was nothing there

Cara Williams from Caldicot
I haven't been inside Caldicot Castle for years now (although I go to the castle atleast once a week) so I don't remember much... but I've heard the many stories of a ghost of a young boy in the reception, the ghost of the grey lady, the soldier ghost marching the castle grounds in the night, and the ghost of the monk in the castle keep. And a programme on S4C planedplant called Ofn, went to Caldicot castle and stayed there through the night. I'd love to try that some day!

Robyn from merthyr
I think that Llancaich fwar is definitely scary because I went there before for a ghost tour and I saw a ghost staring through a gap in the wall at me, and he followed me everywhere I went, even when I went to the toilet he still followed me. he even followed me home. well if you thought that was spooky when he followed me home, I was going in the bath, I saw a man bleeding in my bath, now that's spooky.

chantelle
me and my friend beth were visiting brecon, we were looking around st marys cathedral when we heard a noise from behind this door. we decided that we would go and have a look but as we opened the door there was lots of mist. we then heard something from upstairs so we carried on. we then went into this little room where we saw a little girl sitting on the floor with her head in her hands and she was crying. it wasn't until we went up to her to talk to her that we realised she was a ghost. although we were very scared we stayed there and she spoke to us! this was the greatest experience of our life and we will never forget it. we are making arrangements to go back to see if we can see this girl again!

Im In Newport
I was wondering if anyone knew about any ghostly going ons at The Dolls House in Abertillery, freinds of myn recently played a gig there and the amount of orbs picked up on the camera was amazing.

Jerry...Maesteg
We walk our dog in the local cemetry early in the mornings (6.30am). When we approach the grave diggers tool shed at the top of the cemetry the dog always stops.growls and barks at it.

Aimee from Pontypool
i went to west mon school and i know that a boy drowned in the swimming pool that we had there. now its a music suite. i slept there once, i can tell you it was very cold and i didn't get much sleep

Julie from Aberdare
I was coming up the Glynneath bank towards Hirwaun one evening and looked out of the driver side window becouse something caught my eye. I saw an old fashioned runner (jogger) wearing a long sleeved top running beside my car. He was completely grey and I looked again but he had gone but I definetly saw him.

Tigger Fan From Torfaen
Last month, I witnesed a boy being hit by a van at a main road near my home, and every time i walk past that spot, i see a small boy around ten years of age staring straight through me!

Anne Rides from Cardiff
Many years ago, I lived in Ball Rd Cardiff, opposite Llanrumney Hall. When my daughter was young she slept in my bedroom in her own bed at the foot of my bed while her own room was being decorated. One night I lay awake as I couldn't sleep. All of a sudden there appeared this tall ghostly figure that came through the window, dressed in a red-hooded long cloak. He paused, turned, looked down over my daughter, then passed through her, into the wall. My daughter says he is her 'guardian angel'. No, it didn't freak me out!

Sarah Milligan, Porthcawl
I live near the aptly named sker house - it is definitely scary - i mean very scary - i've never actually seen anything but it's the atmosphere!

ELLIE from Doncaster
I see a figure in the window of an old derelict house across from mine every night. i always say hello because i can feel the presence of the old woman. i'm not scared.

Wild Woman from Cwmbran
Around my area there has been a lot of talk about the fields near the police college, and the well in one of the sidings. My house is practically in the fields. I have been to the well many times as a child and with my children, but, personally, I have not seen anything there. Strangely enough though, I have once seen, in one of the smaller fields, an old Victorian village re-enactment - or so i thought. I was enjoying watching it from outside that field but i wanted to join in. As soon as i stepped into that field, everyone stopped and stared at me! Suddenly, everything just disappeared! Was it just a figment of my imagination? Or was there really a town of supernatural spirits right in front of me? YOU decide!

juls from gwent.
hi all im a media student,for a project i have to do a small horror, spooky trailer film lasting 3-5 mins, i am looking for a spooky house to film, if anyone has such a place and could offer this poor mature student a chance to prove her talents please contact me spinelliblonde@aol.com thnx

Bill from Hengoed
Penallta colliery - I've been there many times to take photo's of the beautiful old engine hall, however on one trip I was taking some shots of the pit wheels silhouetted against the sky when I saw a boy in a white shirt waving from the top of one of them. I waved back and took a photo, and carried on snapping away. Around twenty minutes later the lad had still not came down so I shouted up to him. As I did this I realised that the steps to the pit wheel had been removed and the legs were wrapped in barbed wire for the very purpose of stopping people from climbing up - assuming that however he had got up there, the boy must have thought I was going to shout at him for trespassing and was staying still to avoid me. After a while I was quite concerned, but being unable to climb up myself I asked some other boys who had turned up if they were missing a friend - No was the reply, and despite my warnings one boy proceeded to climb up the opposite pit wheel, which still had some steps attatched - from his view at the top he reported that the other pit wheel was empty. We checked the surrounding bushes in fear that the boy had fallen, but found nothing. At this point, feeling pretty foolish but insisting the boy had been there, I commented to the lads about losing my marbles and left. I was quite bemused by the event and put it down to the lads playing a trick on me, so you can imagine my bewilderment when the developed photographs showed not only the white shirted boy at the top of the pit wheel, but also at the foot of the same pitwheel, standing in the doorway of the engine hall, and in several shots of the interior of the engine room! My eyesight is perfect, and I still stand my ground that that boy was not there when I took the photos.

Demi and Josh from Newport
We were walking my dog around Tredegar House when our dog started barking and kept on staring at the pond. We turned to look and we saw a strange figure of a man staring at the pond. We thought it was a man taking a walk, when suddenly it disappeared.

John from Newport
I worked at Cefn Mably Hospital when it was closed from 1984 -1986. What a creepy place! Anyone got any stories to share?

Geoff Fiddler from Barry
I am lucky enough to be the landlord of the Skirrid Inn and the paranormal activity is incredible. Guests always have stories to tell when they stay in the old courtroom where sentence was carried out on many poor souls.

keri from barry
re; ghost at Royal Public House in Barry I have worked and stayed in this pub and can assure you that there definitely is a resident ghost! many customers have seen her.

Craig Merthyr
Crawsheys grave in Merthyr was extremly peacefull and not much to report there walk right round church but felt at ease. Walked down lane to the original vaynor church and atmosphere changed we were being watched by what or who i dont know.

Andrea, Aberdare
my house in maescynon, Hirwaun is haunted, about fourty years ago a man died in our bathroom. For the last 5 years a lot of spooky things have been happening. About two days before christmas i woke up in the early hours and there was a man standing by my bedroom door, he was there for about 15 minutes, it was very scary. Things go missing, very annoying! Recently i was upstairs and i heard someone coming up the stairs and in to the bedroom, thinking it was my dad in his white overalls i asked him what he was doin as i was sayin it a white figure walked past my door, i thought it was my father so i went to look but he had gone out there was no one in the house. Every night at the same time as im dropping off to sleep a creaking wakes me up in the same spot by my door, it freaks me out big time!

shelz (margam)
i heard that the hill behind my house is haunted cos i was told that on a time of a year the devil comes out and haunts the hill lk

alan from aberdare
it is true the tunnel that is referred to in this column was shut down after a young woman was stuck and killed by a train in the middle of tunnel

Laura Williams from Wales
There's a mountain right behind my house and up there is a cave which is now closed up by rocks. Rumour has it, hundreds of years ago three sisters went up that mountain and into the cave, and the cave collapsed on them. People say when they're walking up there they can hear cries from inside the cave! Spooky eh?

Paul now in London
It is indeed true about the boy hanging himself in the bell tower of West Mon School. It was sometime in the early 1960s, I believe, when the school was a boarding and grammar school. There were suspicious sounds heard in the West Wing througout the years I was studying at the school - 1973 to 1979.

Wacko from Newport
I have just started up a group to research paranormal occurances. If anyone knows of anywhere we can investigate or needs somewhere investigating please feel free to contact us. wackorocker@yahoo.co.uk

Cheyenne of London
I believe Carfarthfa Castle is haunted and I have written a story about it - you can read it on my website www.barbaraosullivanauthor.com I hope they make a film of it. Diamond mining in Merthyr in the Robin Hood Diamond Mines!

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stacy cardiff ely
glan ely high school now known as michaelston has a ghost by the changing rooms at the end of the long corridoor in the girls changing rooms. Me and my friend unlocked the changing room door and a little boy ran into the showers i ran after him but he had vanished he could not have got out because my friend was standing by the door still in shock.

Shelly from Port Talbot
I heard that the maid of Sker died of a broken heart. She runs along the sand dunes at a certain time of the year with the white lady. Scary! It kept me up all night and I always talk about Sker House to my mates.

Sam Ystrad Mynach (near Caerphilly)
I have been to Llancaiach Fawr many times with family and school trips. I also went on a ghost tour halloween night about three years ago with my family and my partner. I have always hated the small room with the single bed and cot in (the birthing room), as I have always felt something there when visiting during the day. As myself and our group of visitors walked in I noticed how cold it was in there. The guide started explaining how the room used to be used when someone or something pulled on my jacket. I just looked at the stranger next to me and thought what are you doing, and then th=urned and carried on listening to the guide. Through all the time he was talking I had this tugging on my jacket. It was only after the tour that I mentioned this to the guide and he just laughed and said 'yeah a lot of people have had that - its just the children playing'. Freaked me right out and I think I scared that innocent stranger next to me with me staring at him thinking it was him tugging my jacket - oooops!

Darryl born in Merthyr
I was a pupil of Cyfarthfa Castle school and it is one freaky place, as is the old disused railway tunnel between Merthyr and Aberdare.

Daniel
Just reading about haunted places in merthyr, 1 said about sightings on the A470. A few times coming from mountain ash going back to merthyr just past the bridge by the abercynon roundabout i'm positive i've seen figures. As for cyfarthfa castle thats proper freaky. But for a real fright go down to Crawshays grave up by ponsticill. Aparently he was buried upside down beacause he was so evil they didnt want his soul escaping!!

Amy, Cardiff
There is a derilict house in Llandaff in Cardiff and my one friend went to walk her dog and thought she'd take a look inside the house as she walked in she looked in the mirror and saw a small ghost like person and felt chilly all of a sudden. She visited the house again with her cousin and the mirror had gone. Freaky? Or Had It Just Been Moved? Im Not Sure but she was really scared.

MJ from Newport
Me and my friends were in the field of our old school and we think we saw something that looked like a man and his dog! We were really scared but we stayed on the field. After 5 min we went to look then one of my friends fell down we thought he was joking but he was out cold. We have been trying find out more but we can't find anything to trace what we've seen. If anyone knows anything I will be checking on this site regularly.

Jay from Merthyr
Well, this was really weird. It happened a while ago. Anyway, it was really late at night & I was just watching T.V. with my cat Rau'le on my arm rest when all of a sudden my cat tilted all the way up staring at the ceiling. I only thought weird. I got curious and looked up, and in light colors were the letters H I ! I was so freaked out ! I still swear my cat was communicating with me !

Mark from Penarth
I have heard stories about the fields adjacent to Cogan hall farm.(with reference to Sopie from Penarths experience)There is an incredibly old church and graveyard on the site which might be worth researching. I heard a story about a ghost that was watching the local children as they camped out down the dell. he had red eyes and as they tried to take chase as he fled, the fastest of the group could not keep up as the spectre flew over a hedgerow and vanished into the direction of the farm/church/graveyard.

Beppie from Porthcawl!
Yeh Sker House is haunted cos my best mate from school, her mum used to live there as it was a family home passed down through the Morgan family. Her father died there from a chest infection and if you go through the house in a certain room you can hear the sound of a man struggling for his breath. Also the Maid of Sker is the daughter of one of the Morgans from many generations ago. He locked her in a room at the top of the house and ever since she has been seen wandering the dunes and seen around the house as if she's happy to be finally freed.

Amanda from Bridgend
Southerndown beach is a scary place to be at night and with its notorious history of pirates I am not surprised. I saw a dark shadowy figure many years ago in the car park - it walked past the car i was in. And when I asked my friends who it was they all said no one. My mate turned the car around to where this person would have been standing. There was no one there, just a big drop to the beach.

Ghandi Opnhan from Vietnam
I emigrated to Australia when I was 23 years old. One Christmas I came back home to Wales to visit my grandmother in her 'new house' that she had just moved into. When she told me that she moved into a new house i thought it was great, but when I actually got to her house, I found out that she was living in a converted school, in the middle of the Welsh countryside. It looked kinda freaky from the outside, but from the inside, it was a warm home ... or so I thought! On the first night, I slept in the very top room of the house, the attic. I was just drifting off to sleep when I heard the sound of children playing. I opened my eyes and there were 4 little girls at the bottom of my bed dancing around in a circle and singing. I totaly freaked because they werent from our era, they looked Victorian! Freaky, as my nan lives in a converted Victorian school!!

Mark from Swansea
I am very interested in Sker House, and personally think that it is haunted! I mean just look at it... I understand that many people claim to have seen the "Maid of Sker", and other ghosts. Is this absolutely genuine, or are you making it up? Are there any people out there who have 100% seen a ghost at or near Sker house in Kenfig? Also Aberglasney near Llandeilo? I would be very interested to read your stories. No jokers please!!!!

Moe from the US
I believe everyone of you! Good thing I don't live where you guys live... I would freak out!! Here's freaky story that happened to me about two or three months ago! One time I was listening to Slipknot (a heavy metal band I like) in my DVD player, and this song I didn't like at the time came on (track number 8) and my DVD player turned it to track number 12 (I think it turned to 12 I had it on shuffle), I didn't touch my remote or do anything I was just standing there looking puzzled trying to figure out who changed it! I am still trying to figure that out, too!!

Diana from Ohio.
I've been to Wales many times we go there on trips but we visited Llanciach Fawr Manor and we were on the bottom floor and I was looking in a mirror and my husband James went outside just to look around and while I was looking at the mirror I saw like a shadowy figure standing and then I shut my eyes cause I had something in one of my eyes. And then when I opened them up I looked at the mirror again and a person was standing there. He just looked like a normal humen. And then I turned around and no one was there.

Mark from Swansea
Hello again, my favourite places around here are Aberglassney, Craig-y-Nos, Sker house, Plas Teg, Margam park. These places I believe to be genuinley haunted although there are so many other locations in Wales its unbelievable. Has anybody actually genuinley seen a ghost in any of these locations?

Jo from Merthyr Tydfil
Cyfarhfa Castle is definatley haunted! When I went to school there some 16 or 17 years ago in a rainy lunch hour in a classroom which was allegedly Crawshay's bdroom (how true that is I am not sure) we pretended to conduct a seance (obvioulsy not doing it properly as only 11 at the time and had no experience in these matters!) and we stupidly asked for something to happen that would cause us to have time off school but not to harm anyone or anything. As we requested this the window slammed shut and the board rubber fell on the floor. The very next day the school was closed as a storm had caused some tress to fall on the driveway leading up to the castle. More than a coincidence I would say!!

Shopping Fan
At MacArthur Glen shopping village in Bridgend I saw this girl running around. She ran from near the entrance by the Odeon and then down past a Jewelers shop, past a shop that sells papers and another that sells towels. It ran across to the shoe shop the other side and then straight through the glass doors the restaurant area and over the to the play area before vanishing. When I say she ran through the glass doors... she went THROUGH them without opening. It was quite weird but not spooky! Keep an eye open next time you are there and go in and question the staff, I bet they must have seen it loads of times!

Sophie Tucker from Newport
On my 2nd wedding anniversary, my husband and i decided to go out on a drive in the countryside. We ended up stopping for a drink at a pub which we had never come across before. When we entered the pub the people were all dressed in clothes which i think were from the 18th century but we didnt think anything of it as we married on the 31st of October, and it was Halloween. We had our drink and then left. The next day we decided to find the Pub to have lunch in. We drove all over the countryside.....and we still havent found the pub to this very day!

Claire T and Rhiannon W from Cwmbran
We visited Llanciach Fawr Manor on a school trip when we were in Primary School. It does have an eerie atmosphere, but we didnt experience any Parenormal activities! Claire is obsessed with the program 'Most haunted' and she is Craving to watch the visual that they did at Llanciach fawr!! We really want to come to Llanciach Fawr manor for one of the ghost hunt nights, but we are only 14 years old and you have to be 16 to go!!! Gutted!!

Geraint from Merthyr Tydfil
I am in Cyfarthfa school and I used to help out in the libary. One lunch time me and one other libarian were clearing up when one of the chairs moved and they are big heavy chairs. So we stopped and just looked at each other. We carried on and it happened again. It got worse when I put the key in the door and it wouldn't open. When we finaly got out we were scared to say the least. After that, the heater would turn on on it's own on a regular basis.

Amy from Tredegar
Tredegar house is haunted, and the park surrounding it, so many weird encounters happen there - dont come to tredegar park or house at night!! It's spooky and will give you the creeps!!! I have once seen a strange shape in the window of Tredegar house, I looked back and it was gone. Another encounter I have had was about 2 years ago, an old pub which burned down a few years ago, we were looking in the space where a pane of glass should be, but instead it was black. My friend looked in and called my other friend Chloe. I looked up and called my friend Ashley, but when he looked up he thought that we were being stupid cause there was nothing there. . .

Carla from Pontypool
The other day in Westmon School I was looking for my friends who had been in another lesson, and I came across an empty corridor. I was walking along it and I could have sworn there was someone (or something) walking behind me, but it was completely empty.

Christine Wats from Pontypridd
In Wales their are so many ghosts it's unbelievable. I have seen one before in my school, St.Albans. My advice to people who get scared easily is don't go to Wales.

Natelie Briggs from Pontypool
Once when I was in Westmon School I wanted to know what was up the top of the stairs above the English rooms. So me and my friend went up there and there was an old room we thought we heard someone trowing something like a chair but when we went in no - one was there!

Mark from Swansea
I am a believer but also insist that you must be sceptical, and to outrule basic things first before jumping to conclusions.I'm very suprised that there has not been much interest in Aberglassney(a very strange place!) and also Craig Y Nos castle where I have encountered my own experiences. I am still waiting to see a ghost though! Sker house is haunted, just look at it!!! Has anybody genuinley seen a ghost at margam park?

Cloie Walshe from Newport
Tredegar House is really scary because I saw a ghost in there.

Sian, Cardiff
I visited Llancaich Fawr on a late night ghost walk. It was really freaky but there's no malice in that house at all, except for one room which just feels terribly sad. I had a pain in my leg and the guide then told me that lots of people get leg pains in there and apparently there was a man with a wooden leg who lived there. My friend and I felt really cold blasts of air on our hands and I felt them across my face. We also heard a cry when we were in the childs room. I aslo managed to freak the guide out when we were in the kitchen by saying that I felt pains in my chest and got the feeling of two women sitting next to the fire with blankets over them and making things. She told me that over Christmas, she had been sitting there, wrapped in blankets and she had a very bad asthma attack. I think that people who dismiss it as rubbish should think twice about condemming it!!

Bally from Snaresbrook
Once me and my step sister were lost in Snaresbrook Cemetry. After a few hours trying to find a way out of what looked like a massive forest, we gave up and sat on a stone. The stone broke and a skull rolled out. Freaky

Abi from Cardiff
The George Inn at St.Briavels is extremely scary. I stayed there after our car broke down right near it. I stayed in Room 4 and I was gettin ready in the bathroom and cleaning my teeth, when I heard a knock on my door so I went to open it and as I did I felt a breeze of cold air on the back of my neck! There was no-one there but I was sure I could see the outline of a person walking down the hall. I shut the door and felt the exact same rush of cold air but this time in my face. All through the night I could hear footsteps on the landing.

I told the co owner and she said that that was the ghost of the old owner of the George Inn and she often still walked along the landing. I was also told that I was very lucky to have a glimpse of her because not many people have seen her. But the co owner was lucky enough to see her too and believed every thing I told her!

If you're looking for a scary night I recommend there and even if you don't see the ghost it is great fun anyway!

Tessa from Walsall
I've been to Wales a fair few times but nothing spooky has ever happened there. But if anyone has ever been to Ingestre Hall, then they'll know of the Blue Staircase. Now the owners use Ingestre Hall for school trips and I went for a music trip. The Blue Staircase is often used for weddings and thats were the bride will walk down. One night after rehersals I was walking past and I saw a lady in a wedding dress at the top. I must have looked embarressed as she smiled. "I'm so sorry I didn't realise there was a wedding going on, I hope I haven't caused any inconvienience." The woman laughed and said not to worry as the wedding had been cancelled. I thought nothing more about it and went off to bed.

Next morning at breakfast I asked my teacher if there had been a wedding here last night. He looked at me puzzled and said "What, don't be ridiculous why would they double book. It's all your imagination!" I decided to get a secongd opinion and went to the co-owner. He didn't seem at all surprised by what I told him and said that it was the bride that I had seen on the staircase. He told me that years and years ago, there was going to be a wedding but the bride had slept with the best man. Her fiance had found out and killed her on the stairs in her wedding dress. She only will appear to someone walking by themselves (that's why they had told us to go around in pairs or more) past the staircase. I was a bit freaked out by this but walked past again the next night and saw her again but this time waved smiled and went. The last night when we left I was going back into the house to get my flute and I walked past the staircase. Someone said goodbye to me and I just thought it was the owner or something, but when I turned, the bride was walking up the staircase, she waved at me so I waved back and then she disappeared.

I did tell people about this but no one except the owner and co-owner believed me.

George, Courtice Canada ex-Pontypridd
When I worked at Borg Warner at Kenfig I was told about the ghost of a monk that haunted the factory (built on the site of the old abbey) but just dismissed it as a wind up of the new guy. Then when I was working the night shift and most of the lights were turned off I saw a dark shape moving around the machines. I tried to follow it but it seemed to melt through a wire cage and then the wall. I left in the other direction to get to the lights!

Karlie from Abertillery!
The old W wing in West Mon school in Pontypool is said to be haunted. So the story goes a young boy hung himself from the bell tower at the back of the English rooms. I never saw anything but the cuboard where he supposdly stayed always had a very cold and bad vibe! Karlie!

Claire from Caerphilly
Caerphilly Castle - it's not exactly scary but there is definately something there. In the ruins of the solar behind the Great Hall I can almost hear a woman singing - just the sound of a tune I can never remember and words I can't make out. One night we were driving past at about 10:30 and my friend asked if the Castle was still open because she'd seen a woman on top of one of the towers.

Linda Griffiths
If any body wants any proof that spirits do exist then watch out for "World's Scariest Ghosts" on Bravo. I have seen it a few times and it is dead freaky. It shows a little girl sitting at her table and the chair is moving but she is 100% not moving it herself cos her feet are resting on the bar. It is scary and the things they show, I believe it is 100% true.

Tonna - Neath - South - Wales
Id just like to say right from the start that I'm a very sceptical person, and can't quite rationally understand what happened in my previous house.

Myself and my mother had lived in a house in Henfaes Rd in Tonna for 17 years, and had never experienced anything remotely strange nor felt uncomfortable at all. But for a period of around 6 months some strange things occured that are quite hard to explain. When I was 16, myself and my girlfriend were in my bedroom watching tv and eating food, when a tube of my girlfriends lip balm, that was sitting on my desk on the oppostite side of the room, somehow just went through the air and landed in between us. We both saw the object come towards us and land on the bed. It completely freked us out and neither of us could understand what could have made it move. This was the first personal experience that I have had of anything unusual and I still find it hard to conceive how it could have done that.

In the following months several similar incidents occured, especially an occasion one night where loud banging noises came from downstairs for a several minutes, (as if someone was trashing our living room), and nothing was out of place when we went down to see what was happening. The noise just suddenly stopped, and nothing at all was moved or misplaced, and all the doors were still locked. To this day I cant imagine what could have created such a realistic and frightening noise. It was as if something was literally downstairs. For a family of sceptical and rational thinkers, it became quite a strange and annoying experience, though gladly one day it just stopped.

Its been quite a while now since all this happened, but it would be quite nice to hear from anyone else that experienced similar things.

Onai from Leeds
Mount St Mary's High School is haunted by a headless nun. Ask anyone who goes there. Even the Deputy Head, Mr Boothe, who's worked there for a really long time (and I'm not kidding I mean a REALLY long time!!) will tell you that he's seen it. And trust me he's not the type of guy that "jokes" around about stuff like this!!!!

One time in year 7 I was in my music lesson, absolutely bored to death. Then suddenly the whole class heard a thud in the corridor. My teacher went out to check and found nothing. But two boys sat next to me said they saw a flash of black... the nun! And another time my music teacher stayed back late after school and she walked into the other room down the corridor and saw the nun watering the plants. She always comes back now and again to water our plants in the music room. But here's the thing... the plants are dead because she's dead. There's the part that freaks me out. All the time.

Louise O'Grady
Two years ago my dad and I were driving across the Severn Bridge coming back to Wales, Llanelli, when I looked up and saw a pair of legs dancing on the bonnet. I'm sure I saw it and my dad said he saw it too. We told my mum when we got back and she told me my older sister Jessica was run over by a car just outside her college, and her legs were taken off. It has taken me two years to tell anyone this as I was so traumatised by my sisters accident and my mum always told me to keep quiet about our strange experience. I'm over it now but wondered if anyone has ever experienced this. Thanx so much for any help you can give me, Louise O'Grady xxx

Shan from Merthyr
In the old hospital is a ghost but I have not seen anything there. But I have felt like someone was touching my face, and my friend said to me that about 4 men would not go in there becase they have all seen ghosts.

Rachael. E. from Newport
I'm agreeing with Emma Nicholson and Steph. The red farm house in Saint Fagans is so creepy... I love the museum and always used to go there when I was a kid but I always refused to go upstairs in that house.. Freaky!?

Kim, used to be local
Further to Rachael's comments about the Prince Of Wales Estate: In the mid-80's someone working in Thames Case saw one of the miners from the disaster... and was scared witless.

Steph from Caerphilly
To Emma Nicholson, Re: Red House St Fagans - You`re totally right, I haven't been to St Fagans since I was small, but my parents recently told me in a "reminiscing session". Fun, how I would never go in to the Red House when we visited and I'd cry if they tried to take me in.

Rachel Walker from Cardiff
Schools in Cardiff are haunted. Years ago a man hung himself - he haunts schools. My mum says she sees him smoking a cigar. Her friends say that too and they can smell his tobacco.

Sophie from Cardiff
I was in IKEA last week perusing the food hall bit when I came across a copy of Tony Adam's biography 'Addicted'left on a stack of dime bars. Held in place by an elastic band was a sheet of paper slightly smaller than the book cover which read 'I am not lost - see inside for instructions'. I glanced around me suspiciously (gawd knows what for exactly) and then headed off - bemused and slightly spooked by the whole thing. Has anyone else seen this?..and, yes, I have read and enjoyed Mr Adam's book.

Topcat, Cardiff
St Mary's Church, Ely. Smoke without fire. A graveyard that at first glance is well kept but on looking again is derelict and unkempt. A feeling of not being alone, and knowing that you have outstayed your welcome. Legends of Black Masses and suicidal priests don't really make for a sense of well being, which is a shame as St Mary's sits on an Iron Age hillfort that also has remnants of Norman occupation and is supposedly the convergance point of a number of Ley lines. Perhaps it's connected in some mystical way to other ancient sites such as Tinkinswood which isn't too far from Ely. For more strange stories surrounding the church check out the South Wales Echo and Western Mail archives. A lot have been recorded. Does anyone know if the fort has ever been excavated and if so where there any finds?

Felicity Braund from Cardiff
I must admit that Mark Gremlin Jones' story seems very far fetched! But I do have a story about that very cemetery. My friend lives near by, so I went round there for a drink (or two!) When I arrived at her house at around about half past 9 and went into the kitchen to get a bottle of wine, I looked out of the window and saw what looked like a woman dressed in white wandering around the graveyard. My friend lives on the new estate there, so we had a good view. This continued for about a minute, and then the figure just literally disappeared. I am not sure if I was seeing things, but my friend's pretty sure she's seen it a number of times! Have you?

Jane Sumford from Porthcawl
I live opposite the newly re-done Sker House and I thought I'd do a spot of bird watching. I looked the house up and down and through one of the windows I saw the Maid of Sker looking sad out of the window. I looked again and she was gone!

Toni M. from Espoo, Finland
I'm glad that I don't live in Wales! So many ghosts in so many places. I surely would feel uneasy. There aren't any ghosts here, I don't know why. It's really amazing. None of my friends have ever seen a ghost, apart from my mom who saw a ghost in her childhood home in Manamansalo. On the same island they say two sons murdered their father. My cousin has a cabin near that place and the forest looks so eerie, even if it was daytime. Also on the same island (Manamansalo is an island) there is an old cemetery which dates back from c.16th century. According to a legend, in the end of 19th century a man dug up some bones he found and fooled around with them. Subsequently a ghost of a big, tall man haunted him for the rest of his life. In Paltaniemi there was also a cemetery. Half of it collapsed to a lake centuries ago and the remains of people were floatingin the lake. The rest of the graves were dug up and the bodies relocated. Only holes remain in the old graveyard. In Kajaani an old mansion called Karolineburg is said to be haunted by a young lady. When a portrait of her was removed from the bedroom a few years ago, mysterious fires appeared out of nowhere. They stopped when the painting was hung back to its old place. People have also felt the presense of someone in the house. Today the Karolineburg is a hotel and you can actually stay in the room if you dare, that is.

Mark Gremlin Jones from Kenfig Hill
If you go to Pyle Church and sit in the grave yard, I've seen the main angel gravestone fly away.

Ang from Cardiff
I live in a 3 storey semi detatched house with my parents and daughter. Over the years we have had some strange things happen. Footsteps up/down stairs and hallways, plates flying off the drainer, someone playing on the pool table. My daughter has been badly scratched even though her fingernails are always short - she wants to move as it's freaking her out. Things going missing then turning up in the strangest places. I have been poked in the back and my friend has been knocked on the head. Cupboard doors opening. My dog will not sleep in the house as he cries and barks when in. According to the neighbours a man who lived here before committed suicide. I'm going to the records office to check previous owners of the house then check the names with the death register. Then I might be able to put a name to our non-rent paying guest.

Spooked, South Wales
I used to work at Llechwen Hall, Pontypridd, for a number of years. I'd always been told by various people that it had a ghost or two but didn't really believe it until I had an experience there myself. It was the end of my working shift. All rooms upstairs were empty since the all the residents were still in the function room. We were waiting for the room to empty when myself and my colleagues heard tremendously heavy footsteps coming from upstairs. They were so heavy that the door, which was locked, leading from the bar into the function room shook violently in its frame. My first thought was that someone had kicked the door, but this was not the case since there was nobody near the door at the time. My next thought was that someone was running around upstairs. I went to reception to check if anyone had gone upstairs. The owner and 4 other colleagues who were in the reception told me that there was nobody upstairs and that they had heard the footsteps too!!

J Tammy
While on a visit at the manor, on a ghost tour i and my family exprienced strange things, while in matty's bedroom i was standing at the foot of the bed and my sat dad down on the bed i was leaning against the bed, the guide was explaining the strange happenings, my hair was loose and i could feel someone parting my hair as if they were running their fingers through it, it was chilling and didn't want to say. and also my father was missing some buttons from his new shirt when we left.

Linda Griffiths, Merthyr Tydfil
The A470 on the the way to Merthyr is very scary. My husband has seen a figure on the side of the road and when he looked back they had disapeared. Now he wont drive past there because he cant explain where they would have gone so quickly and he thinks they are ghosts from the Aberfan disaster.

Peter from Nelson, Mid Glam
I am 68 years of age and as a child visited Llancaiach Fawr many times, as my uncle was a friend of the family - Mr & Mrs Williams. Never ever on any visit 60 years ago was there any mention of ghosts. I think it's a money making load of old rubbish. But it employs people I suppose.

Eve Orchard from Cardiff
On the main road between Newport and Risca, there used to be an old derelict house standing alone in fields (now a housing estate). Everytime I passed there I saw a girl at an upstairs window. She wore a white nightgown and had long black hair. Her arms were outstretched and she appeared to be in distress, pleading for help. I sensed that she was locked in that house and that her end would be unpleasant. My mind's eye told me the period was approx 16th century. I would love to research that old house, but don't know where to start. Also, I can relate to Tomas Cole from Nantyglo and his experience on the Milfraen mountain. I too have had the same experience at the same place.

Melissa Shorten from Petersfield, Hampshire
Born and bred in Cardiff I worked as a Saturday girl in Allders. To bring china up from the cellars to be sold we had to climb down about 4 sets of solid stone stairs to the basement which was at one time the embalming chambers of St Johns Church (opposite the Market). I was always followed down those stairs by an angry little man, mumbling away to himself with a lantern on a stick. I hated going down there.

Vicky and Carly from Ogmore Vale
We went on a trip to visit Llancaiach Fawr about 2 yrs ago with our school. When we were talking outside the manor, a strange dark shadow passed the kitchen window, and when we walked around inside the building we had the feeling someone or something was following us. It was dead scary but exciting! If you want to see a ghost, I suggest you go there..

Jo from Cardiff
I used to work in the Odeon Cinemas in Cardiff, and the older of the two in Queen Street gave weird vibes. Not bad feelings but the feeling of not being alone, and the smell of lavender was quite strong around one particular seat in the upstairs screen.

Tomas Cole from Nantyglo
I was up the Milfraen mountain when from what I thought was a tree - a ghostly figure of a man with a hood and a long coat casually walked towards me. From that day the Milfraen has been very unsettling for me and my mates.

Martine from Cardiff
Many years ago, myself and a group of my school friends use to hang about in this old derelict house called "Quarry House". It was a massive old house,and it was really spooky. I always felt a breeze on the back of my neck, and my mate said she seen a figure of a man watching her. But it was like he was dressed in black. I never went back to the house after that - it is now a nursing home!

Claire from Llantwit Major
Someone should check out the old Swan Inn in Llantwit Major. There are a couple of ghosts, and underground tunnels connecting the pubs, church and great house......creepy.

Barry John from Nantyglow
I was at the park one day with my friends having a talk, and we then started talking about ghosts and I mensioned to one of my friends that I could make contact with the dead. They didn't belive me at first until I started talking about thier passed-on relatives. This was about 10 years ago now and I am 24 now and can't contact the dead any more, but I'll never forget the day down the park ten years ago.

Rhodri from Porthcawl
While living at 78 Cowbridge Road West, Ely, Cardiff my partner and i repeatedly experienced bad atmospheres cold spots and general bad feeling in the upstairs back room. Hairs on my neck are up now just thinking about it, brrr. Had a priest in to say prayers, worked for a while but still a terrible bad feeling there. Anyone know if anything's happened there?

Sophie from Penarth
I have had some very odd experiences in my brand new house on the Cogan Hall Farm development followed by a number of recurring dreams about a man who shoots himself...can anyone tell me if something happened here?

Sam 'n' Zack from Bristol
In the Rhymney house hotel, there is a ghost of a maid servant who killed herself when she found she was expecting a baby.

Jason Hawkins from Aberdare
I was travelling through Nelson 2 days ago - I remember the time distinctively 3.30am. And as I was driving past Llancaiach Fawr Manor on the road outside there was a man standing there in a black hat and long black cloak. As I slowed down he disappeared - it was really frightening.

Sam Davies from Merthyr Tidfil
My school Cyfarthfa Castle is haunted because me and my friends have heard ghosts

BJ, Bridgend
If you're looking for a night's sleep and a spooky encounter, then try the Wheather Lodge in Bridgend.... very active

Lyn from Cardiff
I am a member of a group investigating paranormal research around South Wales and we are based at Llancaiach Fawr. There have been numerous reports of paranormal activity there and we are actively monitoring these. If anyone has any other 'paranormal event' that they want investigating anywhere in South Wales, please visit the South Wales Paranormal Research site (www.geocities.com/southwalespr) and register your interest.

Ann Marie Devonshire from Penpedairheol
I visited Llancaiach Fawr last November I think, on a ghost tour, I am quite a sceptic and it usually takes a lot to convince me of spooky happenings; I'm convinced now though!! I was the last person in our group and was hanging back with my boyfriend to take a closer look at things, I felt fingers tickling my back quite playfully, I laughed and turned around expecting my boyfriend to be there. He wasn't - just blackness greeted me I turned around and saw that he was in front of me. This is not what I expected - a ghostly touch to feel like, they felt so real...

Lynne from Pencoed
Whilst living in a flat in Harlow, years ago, I always felt I was not alone. One night I woke up and felt there was someone (other than my husband) in the room. I was so frightened I screwed my eyes shut and hid under the covers. When I came out there was a man (not my husband!) sitting on the edge of the bed with an old fashioned ruffled shirt on and long hair. He turned to me and said "Don't be frightened, I'm not here to scare you" then stood up and walked out of the room. From then on I still felt a presence but did not see him again. This is the only time this has ever happened to me and was over 20 years ago! - I was not drunk or dreaming!

Charlotte from Caerphilly
My house is haunted by two ghosts, one a woman that glows green and the other my father. He plays music in my room and creates smells of burning wood, fireworks and many others. She stands in the doorway of my room and looks at me for around 15 minutes at a time. I sometimes think she's tryiny to tell me something, and I hope one day I'll find out since I'm partly psychic.

Ceri from Ely
My nan once told me years ago my uncle was out walking very early in the morning near St. Mary's church. He has never been afraid of this place as his sister was the last person to marry here - so he only had happy memories of how it once was.

What he saw changed all that. He saw a monk come floating from behind the church, go to an old watering hole, stop, look down and then float back to behind the church. He ran home white as a sheet and has not been near the place since, and will not talk about his experience.

Rev Christopher Trefor Davies from Maesteg
Howells Store Cardiff where a baptist was burned to death for being a baptist. His last name was White and he was a seaman. I don't get frightened in the store, but I was once led to walk into the old church's pillars which are still there.

Emma Salvatore from Porthcawl
There is nothing better than a good ghost story - and my grandmother's house in Kenfig Hill has had its fair share of ghosts. The past owner haunts the house and has caused so much damage - smashed all of the windows of the house with one terrific BOOM!!!

Steve Baines from Cardiff
Unlike Mr Prosser from Lisvane, the only times I get a cold feeling in the pit of my tummy in Howells is when I see the price of what the wife is walking off to the tills with...or when I realise an older gentleman has deliberately followed me into the customer toilets!! Spooky or what?

Alain Prosser Jones from Lisvane, Cardiff
Perhaps I am silly, but I always get a strange cold feeling in the pit of my stomach when I am close to the remains of the old church incorporated into the structure of Howells department store in Cardiff. Was it not on this spot that someone was burned for heresy in the 16th century?

Dafydd ap Tudor in Cowbridge
I concede the Prince at Kenfig is spooky at times as can be the Angel Inn in Maudlam at times. However most ghost stories about Sker were made up by various inhabitants & assosiates to keep away the locals. This place was a smuggling ship wreckers den of theives despite the grandeur of its facade!

Mark Forester from North Cornelly
The Prince Of Wales at Ton Kenfig (about 2 miles from Sker). Like all good pubs it's reputed to be haunted. It's the former town hall of the former town of Kenfig (a large town almost totally destroyed in the 16th century by violent storms!!!). As a sceptic even I have felt a strange presence in the place on a few occasions. However it could have been the other type of spirit that caused them!

Kerry Morgan
I agree with Chad Pearce there are loads of stories about Sker house & some may have foundation, especially given its history. However Jodie's tale seems a little far fetched. Who walks across miles of unlit sanddunes in the early hours?(unless they tresspased & took a short cut!) What did they hope to catch? Use worms not scotch as bait.

Andrew Evans from Abertridwr
In Groes Wen there is an abandoned farm house near the lane. Me and mates were messing about with a camcorder just below the grounds, trying to make a video. When we got home and watched it, there is an orb hovering above our heads. There were no street lights, and nothing else was there at the time! I didn't really believe in orbs being connected to spirits but this was bigger than anything you've ever seen on television.

Chad Pearce from Porthcawl
There are loads of stories about Sker House, but I've been lucky enough to see inside since its restoration & only got good vibes.

Hannah Loudon from Belfast
I visited Llanciach Fawr and it is freaky! I love it so much even though I always hear people calling my name from around the walls!!!

Molly from Cardiff
On our school trip to Llancaich Fawr we were having a tour of the house I felt a cold chill go through my body when we went past the great hall. While the tour guide was talking to us I turned around and I saw a ghost sitting in a chair!!! I told my freinds to come and see it, but when they looked it was gone! How freaky is that?

Leon From Barry
I have recently moved into Barry from Cardiff and my partner has recently give birth to our son. Ever since, we have experienced a lot of strange things happening in our home like cupboards opening, taps turning themselves on, and the most frightening - my daughter's TV moved on its stand. We are very upset and are seeking help.

Rachael Brown from Newbridge
Prince of Wales industrial estate in Cwmcarn - when they capped the old shafts to build FastParts. When they were working on the shafts the area felt so sad and eerie. nNt nice to work there at all.

Steve from Barry
Whilst working as a glass collector at the Cwm Ciddy pub, I cleared a table occupied by a sad looking woman. She promply got up from her chair and walked straight through the wall! What was even more spooky was that after a little research (and a stiff drink!) I found out that the exact spot she walked through the wall was where the old entrance used to be.

Ladean Bartlett from Newport
Whilst at the Skirrid Inn with my husband, a couple of friends and our dog, we were investigating the notches on the hanging beam. My dog was sniffing around the staircase. We went back near there around 20 minutes later and my dog refused to go near the stairs. He was very agitated and was making whiny noises which he has never done before.

Tom Magic from Bristol
Castle Coch was well strange. First bad vibes from the court yard and then from the forest on the hill. I thought I saw two dogs but they disappeared when I went behind a tree. Also my friend saw a UFO flying over the motorway when he went with his school!

Brian from Merthyr Tydfil
Going up to Crawshays grave in the early hours for a dare. Eerie by day.

Emma Nicholson from Canterbury, soon moving to Cae
Upstairs in the red house at the Museum of Welsh Life in St Fagans - there is a wooden cradle up there that seems to be the centre of the bad vibes in that building.

David Osborne from Ely
St Mary's church has many ghost stories. I haven't been there for years but it always freaked me out. It was always cold even in summer and it felt as though you were being watched from the woods surrounding it.

Stacey Lewis from Merthyr Tydfil
The Taf Trail is one scary place. I always see something everytime I go up there.

Catherine from Caerau
Me and my mates were in a library at our old school at Blaencaerau when books started coming from the shelves right at us. IT WAS RIGHT SCARY!!!!!!!

Angharad and Amy From Merthyr
We were at Cyfarthfa rehearsing for a play when we heard footsteps. Thinking it was our friend, we looked round the corner to say hi, only to find no-one there but a strange draft which made us feel like someone was watching us.

Tony from Barry
I saw a ghost in the Royal pub in Barry. I went to the gents on a quiet night and when I went into a loo there was a women stood in the corner by the sink just staring at the wall. I went out and told the landlady and she said don't worry, it's our ghost and she wont hurt you.

Jenni
St Briavel's youth hostel near Chepstow - the room I stayed in was called The Hanging Room - it actually felt like you were being watched. And all of the other rooms had names like that so it was very scary in some rooms!

Nicole from Manchester
Llancaiach Fawr - everytime I go I see weird faces on the walls and hear strange noises. It's weird yet strangely exciting!

Amy Evans
Llancaiach Fawr - wow, what a place... every room you walk into has a scary story to tell. You feel like you are being watched and followed.

Christopher Queely in Maesteg
Llangynwyd Church, where it is said that a young woman haunts... check it out.

Kathleen Minton from Caerphilly
Llanciach Fawr - we walked into what was the court room and I came over extremely dizzy and nauseous. Previous to this I was fine, but the instant I walked into that room I felt ill. After we came out of the room, one of my sons said he had similar feelings..very strange.

Jason Hughes
The Monkey Tree Hotel in Blackwood - it's very spooky in there and bedrooms 7, 8 and 9 are the most active with a ghost of a woman scaring visitors. Theres a portrait of her in the ladies' toilets apparently.

Sarah from Abertridwr
The Old Mill - I was out with friends playing hide and seek in the lanes behind the playing fields. It was dark and it was my turn to seek. I saw what I can only describe as a bright white light in the form of woman with a long flowing train behind her gliding diagonally from the Old Mill footbridge towards Abertridwr Park. It was quite scary at the time but I put it down to my imagination. Recently I spoke to my boyfriend about the event. He told me that he and his friend saw the exact same thing when they were younger. SPOOKY!

Gemma Joseph from Cardiff
Staff at the Anchor Inn, Tintern, have been scared out of their wits over the years. The spirit of a lady looking for her young son haunts the inn besides a spirit who plays a tin whistle outside as he did centuries ago. Ask the landlord! The atmosphere in the restaurant is so cold that thick curtains had to be put up where the old entrance to the boathouse stood.

Jen and Claire
We went on a ghost walk at Llancaiach Fawr and we heard footsteps, the sound of something heavy, like a table, being dragged along the floor, and a weird feeling in the colonel's room. It was even more scary knowing that we were locked in!!!

Michelle in Cardiff
I went to Llancaiach Fawr on a school trip when I was 9 and I'm sure that the eyes in the paintings were following me! I loved it there though and would definitely go again, even though it has been seven years since last time!

Josephine Frances
Cardiff Castle - the banqueting hall and the roof garden room where somone tugged at my friend's coat and playfully (?) pulled her hair! She refuses to visit the castle now.

Catherine Stewart from Llanelli
The Manor at the Museum of Welsh Life, St Fagans - everytime I go there I see mysterious flashing lights and always get the feeling that I am being watched by someone or something!

Gavin Lewis from Cardiff
The Brynglas tunnels on the M4 - everyone knows they are haunted. Strangely every day someone crashes whilst driving through a seemingly simple tunnel that neither deviates left to right or up or down. When you drive through it you think to yourself will it be me this time?

Colin
Kymin House in Penarth is haunted by an 18th century pirate, Captain Ramon Hill. I camped there in the summer of 1983 with friends and had to leave during the night because of unworldly disturbances.

Steffan from Cardiff
The Skirrid Mountain Inn - probably some of the many people that were hanged there! Still, you have to expect some strange spirits in Wales' oldest pub.

Jodie Lunnon from Kenfig Hill
Sker House - many ghost stories have come from this place. I have even seen the white lady of Sker on the 'mountains' (sand dunes) whilst fishing in the early hours of the morning off the rocks.

Lynda Simpson in Central Tilba, Australia
My grandfather's old farm at Summerleaze in Redwick - we were always scared that 'Tom the Lord' would rattle his chains and come for us in the middle of the night. There's a hedge that he sat on and nothing would grow there, and we couldn't sleep in the back bedroom because that was his favourite place.

Katrien Vereecke
The George Inn in St. Briavels is a cosy pub with a real ghost who used to be a monk years ago. He really exists and even blessed me two years ago. I really like him, but it is scary.

Robyn Moss from Merthyr
Cyfarthfa Castle is definitely scary.

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