Being a Pennington in the USA, my father from Pennington Gap,Virginia and doing research I'd love to see the Castle along with the beautiful countryside !!
Interesting, you are related to aristocracy. I also went again not so long ago and there is a good bird display including Falcons and a huge Bald Eagle! The birds of prey sanctuary has been there for a while, I might not have mentioned it much in the video! Cheers.
Really once everyone understands every home, castle or whatever it may be are haunted it’s not such a big deal. We have had so many beliefs taught to us for years to keep us in fear that keeps our vibrations low and over many thousands of years we have forgotten all the knowledge that we all have. Ghost can be many different things but the one thing let go of fear and if the ghost scare you tell them to go away, it can also be another aspect of ourselves in another life living in another dimension!
Theres a ghost in my bedroom at my parents house, ive had 2 ex girlfriends see him and my dad saw him too one time many years ago, it a little boy ghost , ive never seen him but sensed his presence and my dog has acted all strange and weird in the room sometimes , i just say out loude nicely for him to leave because hes scaring my dog and he goes, its quite frightening even tho i know hes a friendly ghost
@@mattk5020 His ghost is said to haunt Muncaster! I've been a few times and I stood on the hall reading his will in person. Sadly I was with my dad who goes round museums and castles like he is late for a train! So I never found out!
Couple of comments. These internet stories are very interesting, however unlikely to be accurate or Historic. 1. Im not saying that murder did not occur in the 17th century, however it’s extremely unlikely that a court jester murdered a daughter’s suitor by chopping his head off. That’s psychotic behaviour in any century, excessive and wouldn’t require strong spirits to be drunk. People 400 years ago were as protective of human life as we are now and murder was regarded still as an abhorrent crime. Would you truly want your jester to be a person capable of chopping a human head off ? Would you like such a person near you too your children ? So I’m afraid this is just a nonsense made up internet creepy pasta. I will research if he did do anything of this sort and come back, should be easy if the name is known of the carpenter. 2. Tom Fool may well have sent people into muddy paths rather than the high road - for sure that’s a typical 17th century “fool” like behaviour. But where again is all this quicksand ? Doesn’t it seem strange that we dont have such quicksand around these days in Cumbria ? Why do you think that might be ? Did the council come along and fill in all the areas of quicksand ? Again, it’s a story, embellished for the internet. There were dangerous sands around near the sea, there’s a very famous story of many of the Crown Jewels being lost in the wash by king john who got stuck and lost his horses and wagon. However, this is not a quicksand nearby to a castle inland in Cumbria ! So another made up tale to try and paint Tom as a murderous individual as I guess to make the ghost story work he has to be an evil spirit. I suggest that perhaps some reading of actual history of the times would help give some level of actual historic information to you and help create your critical thinking skills. If you have a basis for some facts from history, then discerning these foolish made up tales from reality is simpler. I can say with great certainty that tom fool didn’t chop anyone’s head off (he might of course be a murderer) but head chopping didn’t happen and the whole lady of the manor wanting to love a humble carpenter - sounds too much like a folk song plot to me. A famous song called Lord Bateman basically has this plot. I can also- say there were no quicksand bogs killing anyone in Cumbria as the geology has not altered that much in 400 years. Quicksand can be beside the sea obviously hazardous, but “bogs” inland are rarely deadly. Yes, i know some will mention Dartmoor and so on, I accept those can be very treacherous - like Grimpen Mire but they are not in Cumbria and are not quicksand.
The history I give is just what historians speculate. As far as I know he (Tom Fool) was rumored to have murdered a stable boy with an axe as well. He wasn't an average Jester and was known to have a dark side. Maybe it's not accurate, but none of it came from merely my own hunches or at least via official history. But yeah often history can be inaccurate so who knows. So this is what I found on Wikipedia: "Legend has it that Skelton was enlisted by Wild Will of Whitbeck to behead a carpenter's son, Dick, a servant at the castle, who was an unwanted suitor of his betrothed, Helwise Pennington, the unmarried daughter of Sir Alan Pennington. He is rumoured to have said, "There, I have hid Dick’s head under a heap of shavings; and he will not find that so easily, when he awakes, as he did my shillings." I agree murder is a serious crime but someone with status arranging it and the fact the victim was of a much lower class (class divide was huge in those days), it is believable he could have escaped punishment through his connections to aristocracy.
I thought the same about the quicksand. My father is from Workington and I have spent a lot of time in Cumbria myself and you are right such areas don't exist. At least I have found peat bogs in the fells mind you. But who knows, it's a legend and the idea of people actually sinking and dying in quicksand in reality probably didn't happen. Perhaps they were merely inconvenienced by being sent the wrong way into swampy terrain. Again though this is stuff that I have heard via visiting and reading online. But I am pretty sure some of these stories are relayed by modern staff at the castle themselves. I am not an historian and this is just a casual video. But this is all information you can find by Googling the subject. Take it up with them if you wish..
Being a Pennington in the USA, my father from Pennington Gap,Virginia and doing research I'd love to see the Castle along with the beautiful countryside !!
Interesting, you are related to aristocracy. I also went again not so long ago and there is a good bird display including Falcons and a huge Bald Eagle! The birds of prey sanctuary has been there for a while, I might not have mentioned it much in the video! Cheers.
Very interesting! I'm going here tomorrow . Very excited, will be sure to greet Tom...just in case lol. Great video!!
Awesome, have fun!
Really once everyone understands every home, castle or whatever it may be are haunted it’s not such a big deal. We have had so many beliefs taught to us for years to keep us in fear that keeps our vibrations low and over many thousands of years we have forgotten all the knowledge that we all have. Ghost can be many different things but the one thing let go of fear and if the ghost scare you tell them to go away, it can also be another aspect of ourselves in another life living in another dimension!
Theres a ghost in my bedroom at my parents house, ive had 2 ex girlfriends see him and my dad saw him too one time many years ago, it a little boy ghost , ive never seen him but sensed his presence and my dog has acted all strange and weird in the room sometimes , i just say out loude nicely for him to leave because hes scaring my dog and he goes, its quite frightening even tho i know hes a friendly ghost
Has anyone ever communicated or seen Tom Fool?
I think he died in the 15th century mate :D
@@GVGames1986 I wonder if anyone has seen his ghost?
@@mattk5020 His ghost is said to haunt Muncaster! I've been a few times and I stood on the hall reading his will in person. Sadly I was with my dad who goes round museums and castles like he is late for a train! So I never found out!
You don't want to know that- Pennington of the United states ps yes the one under rushmore
@@ruinleon2639 Yes that aristocratic blood goes a long way (riches).
Have you got another channel called the restore mentore? You kinda sound the same as him
No that isn't me mate!
Im here, after Haunted 🤟 meme😂
Congrats!
Couple of comments.
These internet stories are very interesting, however unlikely to be accurate or Historic.
1. Im not saying that murder did not occur in the 17th century, however it’s extremely unlikely that a court jester murdered a daughter’s suitor by chopping his head off. That’s psychotic behaviour in any century, excessive and wouldn’t require strong spirits to be drunk. People 400 years ago were as protective of human life as we are now and murder was regarded still as an abhorrent crime. Would you truly want your jester to be a person capable of chopping a human head off ? Would you like such a person near you too your children ? So I’m afraid this is just a nonsense made up internet creepy pasta. I will research if he did do anything of this sort and come back, should be easy if the name is known of the carpenter.
2. Tom Fool may well have sent people into muddy paths rather than the high road - for sure that’s a typical 17th century “fool” like behaviour. But where again is all this quicksand ? Doesn’t it seem strange that we dont have such quicksand around these days in Cumbria ? Why do you think that might be ? Did the council come along and fill in all the areas of quicksand ? Again, it’s a story, embellished for the internet. There were dangerous sands around near the sea, there’s a very famous story of many of the Crown Jewels being lost in the wash by king john who got stuck and lost his horses and wagon. However, this is not a quicksand nearby to a castle inland in Cumbria !
So another made up tale to try and paint Tom as a murderous individual as I guess to make the ghost story work he has to be an evil spirit.
I suggest that perhaps some reading of actual history of the times would help give some level of actual historic information to you and help create your critical thinking skills. If you have a basis for some facts from history, then discerning these foolish made up tales from reality is simpler.
I can say with great certainty that tom fool didn’t chop anyone’s head off (he might of course be a murderer) but head chopping didn’t happen and the whole lady of the manor wanting to love a humble carpenter - sounds too much like a folk song plot to me. A famous song called Lord Bateman basically has this plot.
I can also- say there were no quicksand bogs killing anyone in Cumbria as the geology has not altered that much in 400 years. Quicksand can be beside the sea obviously hazardous, but “bogs” inland are rarely deadly. Yes, i know some will mention Dartmoor and so on, I accept those can be very treacherous - like Grimpen Mire but they are not in Cumbria and are not quicksand.
The history I give is just what historians speculate. As far as I know he (Tom Fool) was rumored to have murdered a stable boy with an axe as well. He wasn't an average Jester and was known to have a dark side. Maybe it's not accurate, but none of it came from merely my own hunches or at least via official history. But yeah often history can be inaccurate so who knows. So this is what I found on Wikipedia: "Legend has it that Skelton was enlisted by Wild Will of Whitbeck to behead a carpenter's son, Dick, a servant at the castle, who was an unwanted suitor of his betrothed, Helwise Pennington, the unmarried daughter of Sir Alan Pennington. He is rumoured to have said, "There, I have hid Dick’s head under a heap of shavings; and he will not find that so easily, when he awakes, as he did my shillings." I agree murder is a serious crime but someone with status arranging it and the fact the victim was of a much lower class (class divide was huge in those days), it is believable he could have escaped punishment through his connections to aristocracy.
I thought the same about the quicksand. My father is from Workington and I have spent a lot of time in Cumbria myself and you are right such areas don't exist. At least I have found peat bogs in the fells mind you. But who knows, it's a legend and the idea of people actually sinking and dying in quicksand in reality probably didn't happen. Perhaps they were merely inconvenienced by being sent the wrong way into swampy terrain. Again though this is stuff that I have heard via visiting and reading online.
But I am pretty sure some of these stories are relayed by modern staff at the castle themselves. I am not an historian and this is just a casual video. But this is all information you can find by Googling the subject. Take it up with them if you wish..
Actually the sign at 5:45 at the castle does say quicksand. These are legends though and perhaps the truth is less exciting as is often the case..