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Article: Tourists haunt Wales' ghostly hotspots for thrills out of this world.
- Article from:
- Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
- Article date:
- August 8, 2009
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Byline: Robin Turner
ANY castle that can boast a drowning pit, whipping pit and torture dungeons is, quite frankly, asking to be haunted.
Add the execution of a jealous wife who murdered her husband's lover with an axe and the chance of the place not bursting at the seams with wailing ghosts is practically nil.
It's not surprising then that Ruthin Castle in North Wales is one of the leading beneficiaries of a new wave of "haunted tourism" sweeping Britain.
Boosted by programmes such as Most Haunted - shown on the ironically-titled Living ...