Ghosts at Christmas by Darren W. Ritson

Author:Darren W. Ritson
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780752471044
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2011-10-01T04:00:00+00:00

THE BETSY JANE

Upon perusing the Christmas edition of Paranormal Magazine, I discovered an article dedicated to ghostly goings on around Christmas time which had been written and submitted by John Stoker. One story in particular caught my eye and I contacted John to ask him if I could re-print the story – entitled, ‘On Christmas Day in the Morning’ – and he very kindly obliged.

In the days of the slave trade the Betsy Jane was returning to England having sold its human cargo and was approaching the Solway Firth. It was Christmas Eve and the crew could hear the church bells on the shore. The captain was now a wealthy man and boasted that the sounds of coins were sweeter than any church bell. His words were cut short by the sound of shattering timbers as the ship hit the Giltstone Rock. The vessel sank within a few minutes with the loss of the entire crew, leaving no sound but the peal of the church bells of Whitehaven. The following Christmas the Betsy Jane was seen again from the shore and has continued her ghostly voyage ever since.

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