Fishermen casting off from a iconic Victorian pier in North Somerset have found their lonely vigils interrupted by a “ghostly figure” who appears and disappears in the mist.
Anglers who use the historic Clevedon Pier regularly say they have caught glimpses of an apparition staring out to sea.
A photo that appears to capture a ghostly image of a nun on The Long Walk has been causing a stir in the city this week.
Local photographer Jonathan Curran was taking a series of 13 photographs of the picturesque area in an attempt to create a panoramic view when he came across something very unusual in one of his shots.
One of the images, which were taken less than a minute apart, appears to show an isolated female figure with the appearance of a 19th century Claddagh nun. Mr Curran said he was “freaked” to discover the strange appearance on the camera and checked the other 12 images but the elderly woman did not appear in any of the other pictures.
Remains of the schoolhouse/church
When one talks of ghost towns, they usually aren’t referring to a town that’s haunted, but rather an abandoned town somewhere in the West. A town whose glory and population peaked with the gold and silver rushes of the late 19th century, though there were many whose rise and fall had little to do with these precious metals. Colfax, New Mexico happens to be a town which actually fits both descriptions.
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Florence Arizona is a small south-central Arizona town with a very big history, much of which is either still in use or preserved. It has three state prisons within its limits including the Arizona State Prison Complex. Built in 1908 by inmates, it was constructed to take the place of Yuma Territorial Prison. It also included a very unique detail that remains in more modernized form today–the death chamber. It is here where many men have taken their last breath, sometimes painfully, as they were left with the final thoughts of the crimes they committed. Along with those incarcerated who died within the prison confines, there were also those who lost their lives in the line of duty–most notably two officers who were felled during a 1973 prison riot.
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On July 1, 1876, the Yuma Territorial Prison accepted its first seven inmates who had built the prison with their own hands. For the next 33 years, it would house over three thousand inmates, 29 of who were women, serving sentences for everything from polygamy to murder. Grand larceny was the most common crime for which men served time.
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