EURO-GHOST SEASON
Ask any German (or other continental citizen, I suspect) and he or she will tell you that ghosts are something that exclusively haunt Scottish castles and old English inns. The only time that the German media report on ghosts is around Hallowe’en, and then they unpack old reports and folktales rather than real experiences; 2022 was no different. The (20 Oct 2022) listed the three most haunted hotel-castles in Europe, which are supposedly Craig y Nos in Wales, Dragsholm Palais in Denmark and Castle Lockenhaus in Austria. The last was the seat of the Baroness Elisabeth Báthory, famous for allegedly torturing and killing 650 virgin girls (see ). The castle now has a Dracula exhibition and is home to more than 1,000 bats. No spook, though. Dragsholm Palais in Sjaelland is different – the 12th century building boasts many encounters
