Discover :The Hauntings of Barbados

Happy Halloween to all! To celebrate Halloween we thought we would give you an inside scoop of the Top 5 Haunted Places in Barbados. It is believed that Barbados has many hauntings because of its long and very distraught history, take a look below and see the ones we consider to be the top five scariest!

1. Fisherpond Great House- This plantation house which is over 350 years old has been said to be haunted by a number of different ghosts. One being, a young girl named Violet who drowned in the pond many many years ago. She tends to play games in the house such as locking people in the bathroom! Many bizarre happenings have been seen and heard by the owners- glasses clinking throughout the night and mysterious footsteps heard trekking up the stairs!

2. The Chase Mausoleum, Christ Church Cemetery- It has been said that the coffins of family members which were buried there in the early 1800's, moved around in the locked vault sometimes lining up vertically along the walls. At one point the Governor of Barbados personally sealed the vault but nine months later the coffins were all rearranged even though the seal of the vault had not been tampered with. To combat this phenomenon, the coffins were buried in different locations and now the empty Chase vault lies open for all to see.

3. Hanson Plantation House- This plantation house which is located in St. Michael, Barbados has been known to be haunted by slave workers. This plantation was owned by Sir John Berney and 66 African slave workers were held on this plantation in 1792. The family which currently resides at the house has witnesses on several occasions the paranormal activity such as slamming of doors and footsteps down corridors.

4. Halton Plantation House- On various occasions, an elderly man has been spotted roaming the house of Halton Plantation. No one quite knows exactly who this man is, however there is speculation that it may be the ghost of the Honourable Samuel Rouse Esq. who was buried in the family vault at Halton Plantation in 1784. Tucked away in one of the various cart roads, this vault can still be observed up to this day.

5. St. Lucy Parish Cemetery- Although no paranormal reports have been made about this cemetery, a very strange vault is located amongst the tombstones. This gravestone has inscribed on it, "This vault shall never be opened." It is said amongst many of the St. Lucy locals that two witches were burned at the stake and their ashes buried in this vault.

So, If you are visiting Barbados and are in the mood to get a scare the three places open to the public are St. Lucy's Cemetery, The Chase Vault at Christ Church Cemetery and the vault at Hanson Plantation.

 

Melanie & Kimberly*