Katherine Howard

[coracleman]

poor girl - what a terrible way to die.

coraclewoman

[TheAneasthetised]

wow, that flash light isn't annoying at all.

[Medusa0999]

Katherine Howard was my favorite queen. She was a kind sweet girl that was unprepaired for that life. It couldn't have ended anyother way

[persephonethemad]

@scorpianofthesun But to answer your question. Yes, Quicklime dissolves the body. its commonly found in mass graves, where the people responsible wanted to hide what they had done.

[persephonethemad]

@scorpianofthesun, well its on alleged that he ordered quick like be poured on the body. There is a big possibility that it was already in the foundations of the building. May Historian now suppose that the Victorians, during there well meaning exavations mistook Anne for Katherine and vice versa, as the way they described the body damaged by Quick Lime was more in keeping with potraits and descriptions of Anne.

[FishPsycho6100]

i also remember i was in the hampton court i can hear whisper and someone was floating in the corrider <<<<-----(i ran quickly to the exit i was scared like a cat, i also bump at the door-.- embarrasing moments)....

[MrErnestLaw]

Heh heh heh! I said I didn't believe in the Ghosts in my guide to the "Haunted Gallery"! Maybe I was wrong...

[roxiciamp]

where the hell is the ghost?

I was expecting to see it !!!!

[scorpianofthesun]

@roxiciamp If you ever go to Hampton Court (if you haven't been there already) go to the Haunted Gallery, and just listen. That's all you can do: listen for her.

[missnicky20]

@scorpianofthesun Have you ever personally heard her ghost?

[scorpianofthesun]

@missnicky20 Story: I went to Hampton Court with my mom three years or so back, and I had read about the story of Katherine Howard. So, I decided to go into the Haunted Gallery and listen and see if anything would happen. I guess it really helped the fact that I was literally the only one in there, so it was really quiet. Not even five minutes after I'm just standing there, I felt really cold and I also started to feel sick. And then, I heard shrieking. I didn't see anything, but just from

[missnicky20]

@scorpianofthesun You are so brave! If I was in a room, alone by myself and heard shreiking, I would have shit in my pants!

[scorpianofthesun]

@missnicky20 It was pretty damn freaky. I honestly believe it was her. That was no ordinary scream. The scream that I heard sent chills through my body, I started feeling sick, I just did not want to be in there any longer. I wanted to get out, and find my mom.

[scorpianofthesun]

@missnicky20 the sounds of the screams, the fact that they sounded like screams coming from someone who's life was in serious danger, told me it was her.

[missnicky20]

@scorpianofthesun OMG! CREEPY!!! So, it was just shrieking? Did she say something in particular?

[scorpianofthesun]

@missnicky20 You know, she didn't say anything in particular. It was just full on shrieking.

[missnicky20]

@scorpianofthesun I totally believe you! I am sure I will go to Hampton Court someday. I will be with someone at all times...

[AWickedMind]

No one can blame the poor girl for being unfaithful to Henry, cause I mean c'mon, she was married to Henry; a fat, bloated, egotistical, nearly 50-year-old womanizer with a stinking infected leg. I'd have cheated on him too, believe you me.

[Thesuperkenny98]

very scary

[slessorpr]

Considering Henry spared Ann of Cleves, it makes him all the more heartless that he cd ignore the pleas of this innocent young woman. It was quite within his power to save her. The trouble was he cd do what he liked and execute anyone who dared to criticise. What's the point of being King (thinks Henry) if you can't break the rules as you please?

[ladydigger]

During WW11 my father was part of the Hampton Court Guard. One night he heard running and the screaming of a young girl in the Long Gallery. He charged up the gallery to apprehend the intruder. All the time he heard someone pounding on a door and crying. As he turned a corner the screaming abruptly stopped. He called to his fellow guard to stop messing about when something panting and unseen fled past him. He had no belief in the supernatural but never found an explanation for the occurence.

[Cofidre09]

Is it true that Catherine Howard haunts the tower of london aswell? i know anne boleyn is said to have been sighted there but im just curious

[persephonethemad]

I don't know if she haunts the tower too, but I would imagine so. That's where she's buried. Plus, it wasn't a straight forward burial after her infamous last words the king ordered her body be covered in Quick Lime, as a last punishment.

[Cofidre09]

What were her last words, and what's quick lime?

[blackmumba111]

she said

"I die today, a queen, but I'd rather be the wife of Culpepper."

[morriganne]

It is said to be popular folklore, not true it seems

[slessorpr]

quicklime as opposed to slow lime...

[scorpianofthesun]

@persephonethemad Does Quick Lime have any effects on the body?

[HistoricRoyalPalaces]

The hauntings of Catherine Howard: it is said that a female form, dressed in white, has been seen floating down the Haunted Gallery towards the door of the Royal Pew, and just as she reaches it, has been observed to hurry back with disordered garments and a ghastly look of despair, uttering at the same time the most unearthly shrieks, till she passes through the door at the end of the gallery. (A Short History of Hampton Court by Ernest Law, 1897)

[Lozzy100]

very clever video, Ive only just started to learn more about Catherine Howard and its so sad she suffered the same fate as her cousine Ann.

[Karenjade]

Another interesting bit on Catherine Howard; It's said after hearing of her execution the then eight(?) year old Elizabeth stated that she never wanted to marry.

[persephonethemad]

That's what is thought. I mean Katherine was like a big sister to Elizabeth, she even let Elizabeth sit opposite her at banquets.

[GoddessofHyrule]

I've read it in many historical fiction novels about Elizabeth.

[lookinglass123]

That was by far the best made one! Poor Katherine...she was a victim in every sense, I agree, but not a significant Queen, ghost or no ghost! :(

[Karenjade]

This is my second favorite after Catherine Of Aragon!. I love the effects of the light going on and off and the bit with Catherine Howards "ghost" at the end!. I hear Anne Boleyns ghost is said to haunt the tower too!.