Articles for tag: Northumberland, Queen Elizabeth I

Karla News

Ghost Hunting in the City of York, England

The city of York in England is full of Roman and Viking history and there are many places of interest to visit. By day you can take a tour of York Minster and take tea at Betty’s Tearooms, but at night you can have a whole different experience. After dark in the back streets of ...

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Who Were the Molly Maguires? And Did They Really Exist?

You might have heard about the Day of the Rope. It was June 21, 1877, and on that day, ten members of the Molly Maguire organization were hanged for the murders of Morgan Powell, John P. Jones, and Benjamin Yost. Powell, Jones, and Yost were coal mining bosses in Pennsylvania, but who were the Molly ...

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Growing Hoya Plant: Wax Flowers

I tried to count the flower clusters on this plant but they were so numerous it was not possible unless I could block the plant off in squares but I would estimate there were 200 or more of the round, tight clusters. Each cluster was made up of eight to ten or more of the ...

Chillingham Castle: The History and Its Ghosts

Located in Chillingham, Alnwick Northumberland, UK is one of my favorite castles. I don’t as a rule get creeped out by much, but when I first saw this castle on a television show called Scariest Places on Earth, I was creeped. The history of this castle is steeped in horror. It is even rumored that ...