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The haunted barracks of St. James's

In 1804 the Coldstream Guards were quartered in Recruit House, which is now, the new Wellington Barracks near the Guards Chapel, which was badly bombed, causing great loss of life in the second world war. It was the night of 3 January a Coldstream Guard named George Jones was on duty between the Cockpit steps and the lake in St. James's park, when he saw the ghost of a headless woman.
This is his sworn statement....

I do solemnly declare that when guard at the Recruit House on or about the 3rd inst., about half past one in the morning, I perceived the figure of a woman without a head rise from the earth at a distance of about two feet before me. I was so alarmed at the circumstance that I did not have the power to speak to it, which was my wish. But I distinctly observed that the figure was dressed in a red striped gown with red spots between each stripe, and that part of the dress and figure appeared to me to be enveloped in a cloud. In about the space of two minutes, whilst my eyes were fixed on the object, it vanished from my sight. I was perfectly sober and collected at the time, and being in great trepidation, called to the sentinel, who met me half way, and to whom I communicated the strange sight I had seen.
His signed statement is dated 15 January 1804.

Other Guards stepped forward after this to tell similar stories
The most important fact in this whole case is that no other Guards regiment, for the barracks were used in turn by other regiments, reported anything at all.
The reason could be that, 20 years earlier a Coldstream Guards sergeant had murdered his wife, cutting her head off and threw both parts into the nearby canal.
The headless woman was seen many years later by a civilian, and a driver was nearly killed, as he saw a woman rushing across the road from the Cockpit steps. Her dress had been white, but was splashed with blood and she was headless. The ghost as it was disappeared into the fog.

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Permalink Reply by turtle on March 25, 2008 at 5:11pm: I sure did my friend! I left comments for you.
I have got 4 orb pics and one mist pic, if you want a look.; ▶ Reply to This

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