{"id":35925,"date":"2017-11-07T14:34:46","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T14:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=35925"},"modified":"2017-11-14T14:27:33","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T14:27:33","slug":"ghost-walks-boo-m-winter-season-nears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/active\/ghost-walks-boo-m-winter-season-nears","title":{"rendered":"Ghost walks boom as winter dawns"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Cardiff\u2019s haunted habitations scare up sell-out ghost walk tours as winter draws in<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_37464\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 800px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-37464 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/CastleEdit.jpg\" alt=\"A picture of Cardiff castle ghost \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/CastleEdit.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/CastleEdit-416x312.jpg 416w, https:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/CastleEdit-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/CastleEdit-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cardiff Castle is one of the cities most haunted locations<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cardiff residents and tourists are in the spooky spirit this winter as ghost walks sell out at the city&#8217;s most <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/active\/experience-llandaffs-ghosts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">haunted places<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ghost walks have been a hit with tourists this winter as tickets have sold out for many of Cardiff\u2019s most haunted locations such as St Fagan\u2019s and Cardiff Castle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The boo-m can be attributed to the rising interest in Wales\u2019 most haunted city according to the Paranormal Database.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe excitement and the thrill of a ghost hunt is what brings people first off,\u201d noted Wesley McDermott of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hauntedrooms.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Haunted Rooms<\/a>, \u201cThe intrigue and different locations bring them back for more.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tickets for some tours range from \u00a311.50 for an 85-minute tour to \u00a315.00 for a full two-hour tour and locations range around the city from Cardiff\u2019s famous castle to the National Museum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To find the source of the paranormal in Cardiff you need to delve into the city&#8217;s haunted history which makes for macabre reading.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37465\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 800px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-37465 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TavernEdit.jpg\" alt=\"A picture of the Rummer Tavern ghost\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TavernEdit.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TavernEdit-416x312.jpg 416w, https:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TavernEdit-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TavernEdit-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Rummer Tavern is home to the notorious &#8220;Judge&#8221; ghost.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The city has played host to numerous paranormal sightings throughout history with the paranormal database collecting numerous incidents of recorded activity in the area. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Llandough Hospital is thought to be one of the city&#8217;s most haunted places as the ghost of a nurse who claimed to have seen her own dead body lying on a bed a week before she died of typhoid fever is said to haunt the hospital&#8217;s halls.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of Haunted History\u2019s most popular ghost walks is Castle Coch in Tongwynlais.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The castle is thought to be home to the White Lady, the ghost of a woman said to have died of a broken heart after her son drowned in a local pond.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With Halloween over and the darkness coming earlier each night it&#8217;s easy to see why intrigue in Cardiff\u2019s haunted history is on the rise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cardiff\u2019s haunted habitations scare up sell-out ghost walk tours as winter draws in Cardiff residents and tourists are in the spooky spirit this winter as ghost walks sell out at the city&#8217;s most haunted places. 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