The Ghost Castle Farm (Oostrozebeke)

Flandern – West-Vlaanderen · Belgien · Farmstead

At the farm villagers call 'the Ghost Castle', white washerwomen are said to wash burial shrouds by moonlight – whoever sees them dies within the year.

In Oostrozebeke in West Flanders stands an old farmstead known locally as ''t Spookkasteel' – the Ghost Castle – which has given its name to an entire street. According to legend, the white washerwomen came here on the first night of spring to wash burial shrouds in the moonlight, ghostly figures by the water – and anyone who caught sight of them would die before the year was out. Tradition describes the farm as a haunt of legendary beings of all kinds, from white ladies to household sprites. The tale is so established that the municipality itself recounts it, and the street name Spookkasteelstraat keeps the memory alive.

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Where is The Ghost Castle Farm (Oostrozebeke) located?

The Ghost Castle Farm (Oostrozebeke) is in Flandern – West-Vlaanderen, Belgien.