Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Dream Haunting


Years before Sir Harold Boulton ever heard of Ballachulish House, his mother would speak of a beautifully situated estate that she often thought and dreamed about. So familiar was this dream house that she could describe any part of it in detail.

Sir Boulton was invited to the Ballachulish House one year when his mother, now elderly, was visiting him and he asked to have her invited along as well.

As they approached the grand house, she realised that this was the house, quite literally, of her dreams. She surprised the owner, Lady Beresford, by telling her about a staircase that had long ago been bricked up and was out of sight or knowledge of the current owners.

In her own turn, Lady Beresford surprised the woman by telling her that she recognized Mrs. Boulton as the little lady ghost who had been haunting Ballachulish House for years.


Story taken from information in Gazetteer of Scottish & Irish Ghosts by Peter Underwood, published 1972