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Airth Castle Hotel in Scotland s Stirlingshire dates back to the 14th century and is surrounded by an even older (12th-century) graveyard. The castle apparently plays host to a ghost nanny and two children who are said to have perished in a fire at the castle; sounds of children have been heard in rooms 3, 9 and 23. A ghost dog bites ankles and the screams of an attacked maid can also be heard. Calm your nerves by relaxing at the spa with this deal .
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About 20 miles from Chester, 4-star Ruthin Castle in North Wales has the Grey Lady as a resident. cheap flight ticket canada The ghost of a woman who was sentenced to death for killing her husband s lover with an axe and was buried outside the castle walls, Lady Grey now walks the battlements and the castle chapel. Spend a Sunday night there and receive a free spa treatment in the castle s moat (for real) .
On the Antrim coast, 20 miles from Belfast, Northern Ireland s Ballygally Castle is rumoured to have played host to the ghost of Lady Isabella Shaw for hundreds of years. After she gave birth to Lord James Shaw s son, he snatched his heir away and locked Lady Isabella in a room at the top of the castle. It s unclear whether cheap flight ticket canada she fell to her death or Lord James -- or his henchmen -- did her in, but guests report a friendly ghost wandering the castle, cheap flight ticket canada searching for her son. Check out Lady Shaw s "Ghost Room" with this deal .