Corpse
Candles
The story begins in the 1630's when a maid saw five candles
floating around one of the rooms in the home. The next day,
5 maid servents were found dead in their beds. A stove left
burning to assist in the drying of plaster had asphyxiated
them.
Over the years, the flickering of cancles
became an omen for impending death in the household. Some
believe that the death of the maids became a curse upon
the household.
Background
The house was originally bui8ld by Anthony
Rudd, Bishop of St. David's as a family home with the intention
that successive geneations would live in the home but his
wishes only lasted about a hundred years. At that time,
the family fortune had dwindled and increasing debt forced
the family to sell the home.
The same fate seemed to befall any family
that purchased the home. After a generation or two,k the
family would go broke and would be forced to sell to another
family only for the same thing to happen to them also.
One of the previous owners who purchased
the home in 1803, Thomas Phillips, a surgeon is said to
haunt the house and was often seen by the staff. With his
death came about what some consider another curse. It seems
that young children would die suddenly or couples would
be unable to produce any children. So it seemed that people
in the home became barren, either by losing their fortune
or losing thier children.
By the 1960's the house became abandoned,
theives stole what was of value in the home and nature
seemed to be taking back the home. Aberglasney House could
not die though, a group of people came in to restore the
home and it seems the restoration has reawakened the ghosts
which had been idle for years. Today Aberglasney House
and Gardens have been restored to their former glory and
visitors are encouraged to spend some time enjoying it's
stunnning surroundings and maybe, just maybethey will see
a ghost. |
