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WORDS MATTHEW CAMILLERI (TOUR GUIDE AT COLOUR MY TRAVEL)
O F F T H E B E A T E N T R A C K G H O S T S O F M A LTA
EACH YEAR, AS HALLOWEEN APPROACHES, MANY REVIVE THEIR INTEREST IN THE PARANORMAL, INCLUDING IN MALTA, WHERE ONE FINDS NO SHORTAGE OF GHOST STORIES CONNECTED TO THE NUMEROUS OLD, HISTORIC BUILDINGS THAT HAVE OVER THE CENTURIES BEEN WITNESS TO MANY A DARK AND TRAGIC TALE. Many of these stories have been passed down from generation to
down on his bed, only for the noises to stop as soon as he
generation, and have in time become part of our folklore, while
rose up to check. Cold spots were frequently reported, while
the list of buildings said to be infested with ghosts is not a short
many saw the apparition of a monk. One night, a vagrant
one, especially in the old towns and villages. Here we explore
who had been locked in a cell was heard screaming, and
stories connected to three different historical cities.
when a policeman went to check on him, he witnessed the monk hovering in front of the cell, before floating directly
COURTS OF JUSTICE BUILDING - VALLETTA
towards him, and passing right through his body, leaving him
This building stands on the site of an old palace which was
petrified and shaking. Interestingly, when in the 1960s the
destroyed during World War Two. But in the 1930s, it had
building’s bombed-out ruins were demolished to make way for
housed a police station, where, according to many, strange
the current structure, a skeleton of a man who had seemingly
events were regularly experienced. A policeman was tugged
been once bricked up inside a wall was discovered, leading to
violently out of bed whilst sleeping there, while another
speculation that it was connected to the hauntings, although his
regularly heard the noise of jangling chains whenever he lay
identity is still a mystery.
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