Fort Ontario, Oswego NY.

Fort Ontario is a historic fort situated by the City of Oswego, in Oswego County, New York in the United States of America. It is owned by the state of New York and operated as a museum known as Fort Ontario State Historic Site.

Fort Ontario was one of several forts erected by the British to protect the area around the east end of Lake Ontario. The original Fort Ontario was erected in 1755, during the French and Indian War in order to bolster defenses already in place at Fort Oswego on the opposite side of the river. At that time its name was the "Fort of the Six Nations," but the fort was destroyed by French forces and rebuilt by British forces in 1759.

At the conclusion of Pontiac's War, Chief Pontiac urged moderation and agreed to travel to New York, where he made a formal treaty with William Johnson at Fort Ontario on July 25, 1766.

During the American Revolutionary War, a detachment from the 3rd New York Regiment destroyed the fort in July, 1778, after the British abandoned it. The British returned and rebuilt the fort in 1782. There was an aborted attack on the fort by Colonel Marinus Willet in 1783. The British held the fort after the war was over until 1796 after the signing of Jay's Treaty.

19th Century
The fort was attacked and destroyed by British forces during the War of 1812 in the year 1814. After a period of disuse, new construction was undertaken in part due to tensions with Great Britain as well as to check smuggling activities between Canada and the United States.

During the American Civil War the new construction began at the fort due to fear of British help from Canada to the South. Although the fort remained a military base, the fort itself fell into ruin, since funds were used to create more modern quarters outside the fort.

Modern Day:
During World War II, Fort Ontario was home to approximately 982 Jewish refugees, from August 1944 to February 1946. The Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter was the only attempt by the United States to shelter Jewish refugees during the war. After the end of the war the refugees were kept in internment due to disagreements concerning whether or not to allow them to become United States citizens. In January 1946, the decision was made to allow them to become citizens, and by February all of the Jewish refugees were allowed to leave Fort Ontario.

The restored fort is open to the public as a state historic site. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970

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Chillingham Castle

Chillingham Castle. Northumberland UK

The current owners of Chillingham market the castle as being the most haunted place in Britain,It has been investigated on television and radio (namely, Most Haunted, I'm Famous & Frightened!, Scariest Places on Earth, Holiday showdown, Alan Robsons night owls) and now Ghost Hunters International.
The most famous ghost of the castle is the ''blue(or radiant) boy'', who according to the owners used to haunt the pink room in the castle. Guests supposedly reported seeing blue flashes and a blue ''halo'' of light above their beds after a loud wail. It is claimed that the hauntings ceased after renovation work revealed a man and a young boy inside a 10 foot thick wall. Documents dating back to the Spanish Armada were also found. When the bodies were found small scratch marks were found on the stones and the boys fingers were worn down to bone trying to escape. The owners also claim that the ghost of John Sage a former torturer, and of Lady Mary Berkeley haunt the castle, John Sage was also known as ''dragfoot'' due to the fact he had ligiments torn in one foot from a previous battle with the Scots, guests have reported hearing screams for help and doors slamming mysteriously, said to be the man found in the wall

The History of Chillingham Castle

The castle was originally a monastery in the late 12th century. In 1298, king Edward I, or ''Edward Longshanks'', stayed at the castle on his way to Scotland to fight the Scottish army ran by William Wallace, a glazed window in a frame was specially installed for the king, a rarity in such buildings at that time. The Chillingham Wild Cattle occupy land adjacent to the castle, formerly owned by the Sir John Knott Trust, now owned by the Chillingham Wild Cattle Association (a charity not associated with the castle).

The castle occupied a strategically important location in medieval times; it was located on the border between two feuding nations. It was used as a staging post for English armies entering Scotland,but was also repeatedly attacked and besieged by Scottish armies and raiding parties heading south. The site contained a moat, and in some locations the fortifications were 12 feet thick..

The building underwent a series of enhancements, and in 1344 a licence to crenellate was issued by King Edward III to allow battlements to be built,effectively upgrading the stronghold to a fully fortified castle, of quadrangular form

In 1617, James I, the first king of both England and Scotland, stayed at the castle on a journey between his two kingdoms.As relation between the two countries became peaceful following the union of the crowns, the need for a military stronghold in the area declined. The castle was gradually transformed; the moat was filled, and battlements were converted into residential wings. A banquet hall & library were built.

In the 18th & 19th century the grounds underwent landscaping,including work carried out by sir Jeffry Wyattville. The once extensive park, now under a seperate ownership from the castle,is home to the famous Chillingham wild cattle

During world war II the castle was used as an army barracks. During this time, much of the decorative wood is said to have been stripped out and burned by the soldiers billeted there. After the war, the castle began to fall into disrepair. lead had been removed from roof, resulting in extensive weather damage to large parts of the building.In the 1980s,the castle was purchased by Sir Humphry Wakefield,2nd Baronet, who's wife Catherine is remotely descended from the greys of Chillingham. He set about a painstaking restoration of the castle, sections of the castle are open to the public,and is now known as the most haunted place in Britain

Most Haunted @ Chillingham Castle

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Most Haunted at Brannigans

             Brannigans Night Club, Peter's Street Manchester (Closed 2011)

Brannigans is Located in the former Albert Hall building in Manchester. It was a popular bar and night club. However upstairs can be found an old disused methodist church with an old organ, believed to be Britain’s largest! Brannigans is supposed to be very actively haunted. History also shows that in 1819, the year of the Battle of Peterloo, a number of people were killed on the site during a protest about tax increases. There is reported to be Poltergeist activity, spectral sightings and two entities. One of these entities is said to haunt the bar area and is reported to be the Reverend Samuel Collier who preached in the church in 1910. The spirit of Reverend Collier is said to cause glasses to crash to the floor and move across the bar on their own accord.

There are reports of considerable poltergeist activity and spectral sightings, including two entities that, according to spiritualist medium Derek Acorah, did not want a television crew in the building.