Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1908 — House of Ghosts. [ARTICLE]

House of Ghosts.

There is an old manor house at Knaresborough, England, parts of which were built 700 years ago. It Is a fine place, with magnificent paneling in the rooms, a beadstead in which Cromwell once Blent, a priests' hiding place and< a ghost The priests' hiding place is concealed by a spring door. The present occupant of the house says that during the night sounds of footsteps are heard on the landing and it is impossible to keep the door of this room closed. On one occasion the footsteps were accompanied by a loud bump at the door of another room. During some recent restorations the skeleton of a woman was found burled at the foot of a staircase.