Phantom Violinist
Mr Albert Paradise (real name) first moved to his cottage in about 1920 when he was still a child. The cottage is in Stainland near Halifax, Yorkshire. Because...
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Mr Albert Paradise (real name) first moved to his cottage in about 1920 when he was still a child. The cottage is in Stainland near Halifax, Yorkshire. Because Mr. Paradise's father had a fear of gas and electricity, the house had nothing other than a coal fire and oil lamps or candles until his death in 1950.
On New Year's Eve 1956 Mr Paradise was in bed listening to the radio; he had not been drinking despite the festive season. Mr Paradise had left the bedroom curtains open and was lying in bed listening to music. In the room was a fireplace with Victorian print above it. Mr Paradise apparently saw a face appear in the frame where the picture was, then watched-in terror- as a figure appeared to walk out of the fireplace and towards the bed. Mr Paradise described the apparition as having a white face and sunken eyes and long flowing white hair.
Even more extraordinarily, the figure was apparently playing a violin. Mr Paradise left the bedroom at fairly high speed, and in terror.
A few nights later he was in the kitchen when he got the feeling that someone was behind him. He was too afraid to turn around and so he remained rigid in the kitchen, afraid to go to bed. Terence Whitaker wrote up the house in his book England's Ghostly Heritage. He indicated that no further reports were received of the apparition after the fireplace had been bricked up and the house fitted with electricity.
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On New Year's Eve 1956 Mr Paradise was in bed listening to the radio; he had not been drinking despite the festive season. Mr Paradise had left the bedroom curtains open and was lying in bed listening to music. In the room was a fireplace with Victorian print above it. Mr Paradise apparently saw a face appear in the frame where the picture was, then watched-in terror- as a figure appeared to walk out of the fireplace and towards the bed. Mr Paradise described the apparition as having a white face and sunken eyes and long flowing white hair.
Even more extraordinarily, the figure was apparently playing a violin. Mr Paradise left the bedroom at fairly high speed, and in terror.
A few nights later he was in the kitchen when he got the feeling that someone was behind him. He was too afraid to turn around and so he remained rigid in the kitchen, afraid to go to bed. Terence Whitaker wrote up the house in his book England's Ghostly Heritage. He indicated that no further reports were received of the apparition after the fireplace had been bricked up and the house fitted with electricity.
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