The Blaenavon haunting that left local women afraid to go to bed...
IN?her latest fascinating article the?Chronicle’s resident paranormal expert Claire Barrand uncovers a local ghost story and reveals that an obsession with the supernatural is far from a modern phenomenon.
The Evening Express of November 19, 1904 reported that, “A ghost has appeared at Blaenavon. So terrified are many of the colliery folk,that they leave lights burning at night, and many of the women are afraid to go to bed. Uncanny noises and the smashing of windows are some of the forms in which the ghost has manifested itself.”
There is disappointingly however, no further elaboration of the events, although one may speculate that carbon monoxide from burning gasoline lamps all night may have contributed slightly to the sightings.
In 2016, the national media remains enthusiastic in its coverage of the supernatural. It is, after all, human nature to be intrigued by the concept of life after death, and is a subject that invokes many emotions in us.
The tabloids delight in printing sensational stories of violent poltergeists or black eyed children! However, rarely is anything reported these days without some tangible “evidence” accompanying it; such are the demands of our cynical society, raised in the midst of ever-increasing science and technology.
