went up there last night got some really good pictures and one picture none of us can quite work out going back up there tonight to have another little nose about will let you know how it goes
this place was unbeliveable even though we never made it inside the place we parked up near and left the car lights on the ruiens so we could see where we was going we had are torches but they were mostly all on the windows looking for anyfin inside or something. there were 4 of us lads , we started to walk towards the building seeing the metal fence around it knowing we would have to clim over it we got about 15 feet away from the building when we all hurd a massive ROarrrrrrr , we all bolted striaght back to the car and drove off we went back up 5 mins later and it was silent nothing at all we couldent figure out what it was but the voice we all hurd had passion and anger in its voice it was clearly destubring .. can anyone please tell me if this has happend to them and if they have gone back up there and more has happend ? thanks
Tonight was the craziest night! We were all out for a drive and decided to go up racton, mind you the car i was in he'd never been there before and had only been driving a month. We completly missed the turning, and ended up in Compton. I got out to into the pub to ask if we were anywhere near it but the whole pub just sat still and looked at us (it felt like a horror movie)! They told us, and we started off again. The car in front of us stopped suddenly and we got out to see what was up and they told us they'd hit someone and to drive fast and get out of here. We were like nah dont be harsh but they drove off, we looked around and there was nothing there, then we got a phone call of them saying they were joking! We got to the road that leads to racton, and went to far up, when we finally got there, there was another two cars, one of our cars drove off so we were like, lets go in. I went to climb up it but fell off. Then the other group were telling me that someone died up there like a week ago :| I was like i wanna go :|:| !! We went and met the other car of ours, and they told uss that they saw us right behind them coming down the road from racton, we were like we wern't we were in the tower! They saw a car behind them all the way down, and when they got to the bottem they turnt around to see it again and it was gone. Some scary stuff happens there, but i love it so i go all the time. You should defiantly go there people!!
Me and my Mate went up there last night at about 1.30 in the morning. We drove up, turned around, then switched the engine and lights off. It was Pitch black and deadly silent. The ruins looks incredible, but extremly spooky and eary. Plus the writing on the trees doesnt help!At first we were too scared to get out, the bud making us paranoid! So we opened up the windows fully, and sat there in quiet. Then we heard a voice go woohoo, it was (without a doubt) a human voice. It sounded close, outside the car. We both shat it, started the engine and bombed it down the track. Then we got to the bootom of the track and relaxed again, switched off the engine. We opened up the windows again, and after 10 seconds heard the exact same voice, still as loud and close. This is after we DROVE flat out down the track. Which means whoever, or whatever it was must off sprinted through the bushes, like really fast to keep up with us, as it is a long track. Scetchy place, yet very intriguing, next time will go look around when there are a couple more of us!
creased up lmaoo, nice to no you do the stuff mann :) i went up there when i was with a couple of mates and my mate got dragged down the track and i jjst left her i didnt no what was going on but when she was gone i realsied
Been there a couple of times since the suicide in July and its definitely got creepyer. Taken loads of pictures just email me if you want to see some.
Most notable was last night (30/10/09). After taking a few pics and walking round the ruin we walked back to the car and heard a very loud, clear moan. It sounded very distressed. Unfortunately we had stopped rolling the video camera to catch it but it was extremely loud.
We left pretty quickly but are hoping to return soon.
Ive never really felt much was there but since the suicide things have picked up tremendously. Go and check it out yourselves but remember to pay respect to a man that died there.
Hi have you done anything to the pics above? If not then there are a hell of a lot of spirit orbs floating around. The most I have ever seen! Have you got anymore pics I could look at?
i used to come here about 7 years ago...never experienced anything out of the ordinary...just with a few mates (usually about 4 guys and us 2 girls).
after i grew up a bit and stopped going for joy rides with the lads, i didnt hear of the place for years...until sep 07'
my lil bro an his mates discovered it and used to go up there alot (same reason we all did really...get drunk an have laugh). he decided he was going to climb to the top one evening to take some pics of the views. he got about 3/4 of the way up and lost his footing.....
i was told that he was hanging there for a while, trying to hold on so he didnt fall....but obviously he couldnt and fell.
It was the frantic phone call from his girlf, that made every1 worry so much, saying he had fallen and wasnt moving...
luckily he was just unconsious (after falling about 30ft!) and had bones sticking out his ankle.
But, he was ok.....the ambulance people werent able to move him for ages due to the extent of his shattered leg.
But something there was obviously on his side that day and not against. He was told he was very very lucky to be alive!!
So be careful people....your more than likely to injure yourself than experience anything 'strange'
me and some pals have been here a couple of times and never seen anything odd but when we went last week we saw the flowers for john. Very sad thing to happen. R.I.P.
Went there last night, before we found out about the VERY recent suicide. There were flowers to 'John'. Then we read this page and found out we were about 26 hours from him being there!
after `reading your comments me and a few friends decided to go check out this place, and oh man its real eery. Myself and one other decided to take some pictures, and after we had taken the pictures we noticed that in the middle section I had an orb floating, took another picture and this thing had gone, My other pal took a picture net to the entrance and he clearly has 2 faces in this. I am wanting to upload these pictures to show you all. once leaving the ruins a friend decided to go back to this place on his own without a torch and by this time it was around 10.30 ish, then he legged it back, however he wanted to go back again so he did. For some unknown reason I was looking up at one of the windows and I sware that I had seen something bobbing in the window ( however my sister seems to think that this was a tree) 10 mins later my fried reappears in a right state he was pelting it down the hill back to our cars. we kept asking him what was wrong and what he had seen however he replied ' I will tell you all when we are home ' the car on the way home was quiet he did not say a word.
Once arriving home we asked him what he had seen, he saw someone hanging in the lower level, and something was walking towards him and someother shit happened.
However when we first arrived at the ruins there were flowers up there with messages from family and loved ones, turns out after reading on the internet that someone had hung themselves on the previous evening.
Myself and my pals will not be going back here, due to the images that we have got and warnings from people.
Please feel free to dsend me your email address and I will quite happily show you the pictures, none of which have been edited nor tampered with!!!!
hello, i read your comment it sounds scary my mates are saying dont go there but i really want to if i give you my email would you be able to send me some pictures you took please
kayleighgoodwin39@yahoo.com coud you please send me the images as I would love to see them. Me and my friends go there all the time in the hope that we will eventually see something paranormal. Thanks
I read yout comment on racton ruins and i'd love to see your pics.
It was a friend of mine who actually foud the taxi driver hanging there on the 17th..............he says he's now experiencing strange things at home.............
this may be a quicker way to reply then waiting for an acceptance, I shall send you the pictures whats the email address??? on one of the images I did not use a flash so the building does look dark however you will need to zoom in as there is a white face in the window, below which appears to be graffiti. these pictures have not been tampered nor edited!!
I know I was up their on the sunday evening and saw a few flowers was very very eerie thats for sure, please by all means send me an email heidijohnston@hotmail.co.uk and I will happily send you the pictures I have 2 orbs, and a white face feature behind a window, however this picture will need to be zoomed in on!!!! as it was taken from a distance with no flash.
It's official! A man was found at Racton Ruins last night.............hung by the neck!
A taxi, with a mini-cab plate, was seen at the bottom of the bridal way heading up to the ruins........
Police were called by a young couple at about 10pm last night, the man was believed to be in his early thirties..........................he had not been there long, perhaps a matter of hours!
This is no bullshit i don't belive in all the story's. me and my girlfriend went there last night and saw a body of a man hanging on the groundfloor tower, were the old tree stump is. We phoned the police who turned up this was no ghost but suicide!!!! the man was in his early 20's and left his taxi in the layby at the bottom. this experiance has scared my girlfriend for life, and we will both never return. wot must have been going through his head to do that in there !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my thoughts go out to his family
This guy was my brothers mate, apparently he had a row with his wife which turned violent. He had a lot of worries and was finding his family commitments very difficult. The pressures of life were just too much for him and after what he did to his beloved wife he couldnt take it anymore. My brother is deverstated as is his poor wife.
Desparation is a terrible thing. Not the best place to die nor the best way.
hey everyone..
just a quick one, weve attempted to drive to racton ruins a few times
but never get there! its really frustrating me now cause i cant find a map
or directions...can anyone explain HOW to get there?
thankaaaaaaayou x
i have been up there twice now and havant seen a thing i dunno if to believe
if this place is hunted i have seen nuffin i dont no what to look for but it was really
eary up there tho it felt as if something wasn't right but i wanna see what everyone
is talkin about and me and my mates want something to talk about, can you help me
notice things that you lot have seen x
Me and sum m8s went up there last night, it wasnt scary at 1st but as i started driving off i saw the ghost of an old lady in the top window smiling, i have never ever drived so fukin fast in my life!
hi all just to settle your minds. Charlie t was a very dear friend of mind, he didnt hang himself there, but he did commit suicide elsewhere. His name has been spraye there as a memory, racton was his favourite chill out place. I often visit there and leave a beer up there for him.
As far as hauntings go there is a whole lot of energy up there, and i too ahve experienced this.
Most importantly enjoy the place its a strange and magical place.
I think a petition to be made to protect the ruins as if it crumbles it would be a waste.
i used to go to raves here too back in 1990!
Im 35 now and i love this site, even when i was'nt boshed out of my head i used to go here during the day & night the place has always been surrounded in stories of ghost's but i have never seen one nor have i had much luck in finding a spirit after visiting with a medium friend she told me that it is a sacred site & is steeped in history so because of that there will be a lot of 'spiritual noise' (bit of a cold reading of a building lol) and essentially there was no ghost's but i just love this place it makes you feel that there is something there!
i have managed to climb to the very top in the past (use the missing bricks to get there!) it is a bit nerve wreaking to climb but man the view when you get there is well worth it i used to roll a few joints whilst up there & not share to friends unless they climbed up too (peer pressure is a wicked thing lol)
It is a shame there is nothing in local libraries about this site as i'd love to read some more
for ghost's i'd recommend Waverly Manor that place will freak you out but go there with serious people not those out for kick's & trick's & the ghost's will show themselves.
i think that soo many ppl have said bad stuff about that its got people thinking it isnt bad what the talking about and now everyone is like £ its not scary there just rumours" when some people are adimit what they saw, some may be lies of course but other like the one about people seeing someone on the second floor of the building , and thee is no real explanation why it was built ? , some say it was built because father/mother could see there son comming back from war or see the trading ships which ever ( a watch tower) , and other are saying its a sacrifise building and to me its fits to be be a so called sacrifise building because it lookes sooo medieval and scary when you are up there, and you drive up like a gravel path to a dead end to get there, and have to do a full 3 point turn before you can then get out, so yer lol , i think its realy abit of both ( scary/not scary) it depends on what sort of person you are, but a place like that at night isnt a place to be just left alone by the spirit world so to speak haha
Hmmm , during the day it's very impressive to look at like an ancient monolith that stood witness to the passing of the years and the changes of time. I reminds me of so many ancient ruins depicted in fantasy novels.
But at night I can just imagine how creepy it will look as if you'll expect a ghost to peek out from one of it's openings. Add a full moon , some mist and a wolf howling at a distance and you have a eerie scene unfolding before your eyes.
I really like the angle of you photo shot it really shows us how high the structure it.
This is a really cool old castle. Though I would agree with the general concensus here that it is probably scary at night.
As for the photography aspect of this it would be fun to do a infrared based shoot of this site to see what kind of image you could get.
Been there a few times myself, only live a mile away. And all i can say is some people really need to calm down. Not really sure about the old woman being trapped and burnt but from what ive heard and been told it was built by some guy years ago as a holiday type home from home. Reason its fallen into disrepair is that if you look closely next time your up there the surrounding trees have grown there roots under it, and started to damage all the the foundations thus rendering it unsafe to live in. Just seen an advert on the news about it, and apparently some guy is gonna re-build it or something quite soon. Think he was related to the original owner.
As for Charlie, from the stories that go around apparently he was some guy who hung himself, tho ive only heard this from the local chavs. Though I was told that a lot of climbers used to use it for practice, and charlie was one of the climbers and fell. If you stand in the centre and look up at the back wall you can see peoples names sprayed at the top.
My respects go out to him if he really did die.
Theres another building like it on harting down the opposite side of the road to the car park, but dont be fooled.... the local farmer/land owner had it built in the last decade to look like something historical and ruined, trust me its not its a fake. And beware, its on private ground and every farmer has a shotgun!
well u all have very active imaginations, my parents live very close by and i grew up walking past every day i had 2 to get home diffrent hours day and nite yes it is rather imposing but it is just a very run down building nothing scarey has happened just ppl makin up stuff and other ppl beleivin it im afraid. there were alot of partys there at 1 point and also the bbc filmed a scene from the phenix and the flying carpet there but thats abt it. hopefully soon someone will resore it then my parents wont have 2 put up with vandals and fly tipers anymore
by Antique Wood Carvings (not verified) - 2008-10-14 03:21
all those stories sound really scary.
especially at night with everything happening.
there definitely is a presence there that does not like company.
there are quite a few places like this,
on a tv show the scariest was in an abandoned jail facility.
and there was a camera crew with the host and a group of young adults.
they were scared beyond belief.
i can't imagine doing something like that.
great read, and loved all the stories in the comments.
It was me, kirsty, Jay & Craig. We Fort we shud take a visit to the racton ruins! at like 2clock in morning.. pitch black we was driving up the 1 way stoney road/path thing. And the headlights shined infront of us and we spoted a car! :| so we turnt round because 1 of us said there up there meaning smack heads = devil worshipers? So we went off speading because we all shite our self! :| and we kept lookin back but we turn round the corner to come out and then my mate said that car is coming down :| and we actually was shitting it! so we speaded off and they was coming down pretty fast but we lost them. But hopefully we go back up there soon but hopefully they wont be there! :)
When we were 16(2003) me n my mates decided it would be fun to go for a drive and see this place at about 7pm, it was dark as it was winter. No body else around watsoever at the ruins. You'll notice carvings in the trees and spray paints of mean faces. This alone would freak anyone out. There were 6 of us in the car, 4 boys 2 girls (me and my best friend) we were driving along and stopped, trying to figure out where on earth to park so we could see the ruins. We were sat there a few minutes discussing a few things, we noticed sudden some smoke and smell of burning, we all looked at the area to the front left of the car... Everyone saw the smoke, which randomly appeared, it then turned into a small flame no larger than on a candle! We all couldn't understand why this fire had started, considering we had been there a few good minutes before hand arguing between us where to park and whos getting out of the car. So why did this fire begin? We certainly didn't do it in the period of time we were there!
The driver lost his nerve at this point and everyone was then like a scene from the blairwitch project everyone started screaming about this fire!!!
The driver put his foot down in reverse (the road is far to narrow to turn) and belted it, I think we did about 30-40mph backwards onto the mainish road, then he floored it all the way untill we got on a proper main road! Thats the scariest thing I've ever been through. We went there later in our lives to see it during daylight! It definately has an atomshpere unknown! I would certainly and strongly suggest not going up there on your own!!!
I can't imagine being stuck at the top of that
monument when you can see a fire working its
way up the building from the bottom. That kind
of death is sure to leave behind a restless spirit
that would tragically be trapped there. This place
looks creepy even during the day!
Apparently a woman built it too look out to see to see when her son was coming back from the war and it had a massive fire , the floors burnt down and she fell through, if you go there you can see the burning makrs we went up with this phycic guy and he couldn't feel any woman atall there.
by Craig & Bliss (not verified) - 2008-04-19 17:48
Ladies and gens,
I am not a 100% believer of this kinda stuff so opted to visit this site today with my partner and her little sister. Having found the bridle path, drove up in my motor.
We drove srtaight passed the monument quite slowly just looking and not really thinking anything, but notice a blue rope hanging down the centre of the main shaft/room.
We drove straight passed and turned in the next wider area of the path.
Pulling out of my turn, (back towards the monument with it on our right hand side) I had to put my foot to the FLOOR to get the car to even rev the slightest - please let me add, I have a Brand New Mondeo TDCI Diesel, with very few miles, and full service history - so I doubt very much this could be a motor fault!
The car would not rev over 2000 RPM, so we were crawling back passed the monument around 5MPH, the monument no longer had the "blue rope" hanging, but AS SOON as the car slowly cleared the building, (foot still to the floor worried sick) the motor just came alive and wheel-spun, nearly causing me to loose control at the next bend.
Two questions - why did my new car simply "loose power" and How on EARTH was a rope hanging when there is no upper floor / room in the cenre shaft of the monument??????
Good-luck if you are to visit this in the night!!!!
by terri claire matt (not verified) - 2008-02-05 21:26
We drove up there (2 girls 1 lad). Managed to get up to the bridal path, parked outside the ruins and straight away see headlights coming up behind us, which seemed to disapear and reapear. although there was no car. We also took a pic and it looks like a person in the top window.
on one of the trees there is RIP C i gues thats charlie as posted earlya ?
Either way this place is seriously huaunted. as we drove of onto the main road, we see 3 bright flashes which looked like lighting, although it was only above the ruins and no where else in the sky. OMG!!! WE SHIT OURSELFS!!! CHECK IT OUT!
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racton ruins
went up there last night got some really good pictures and one picture none of us can quite work out going back up there tonight to have another little nose about will let you know how it goes
racton ruiens
this place was unbeliveable even though we never made it inside the place we parked up near and left the car lights on the ruiens so we could see where we was going we had are torches but they were mostly all on the windows looking for anyfin inside or something. there were 4 of us lads , we started to walk towards the building seeing the metal fence around it knowing we would have to clim over it we got about 15 feet away from the building when we all hurd a massive ROarrrrrrr , we all bolted striaght back to the car and drove off we went back up 5 mins later and it was silent nothing at all we couldent figure out what it was but the voice we all hurd had passion and anger in its voice it was clearly destubring .. can anyone please tell me if this has happend to them and if they have gone back up there and more has happend ? thanks
Tonightt!
Tonight was the craziest night! We were all out for a drive and decided to go up racton, mind you the car i was in he'd never been there before and had only been driving a month. We completly missed the turning, and ended up in Compton. I got out to into the pub to ask if we were anywhere near it but the whole pub just sat still and looked at us (it felt like a horror movie)! They told us, and we started off again. The car in front of us stopped suddenly and we got out to see what was up and they told us they'd hit someone and to drive fast and get out of here. We were like nah dont be harsh but they drove off, we looked around and there was nothing there, then we got a phone call of them saying they were joking! We got to the road that leads to racton, and went to far up, when we finally got there, there was another two cars, one of our cars drove off so we were like, lets go in. I went to climb up it but fell off. Then the other group were telling me that someone died up there like a week ago :| I was like i wanna go :|:| !! We went and met the other car of ours, and they told uss that they saw us right behind them coming down the road from racton, we were like we wern't we were in the tower! They saw a car behind them all the way down, and when they got to the bottem they turnt around to see it again and it was gone. Some scary stuff happens there, but i love it so i go all the time. You should defiantly go there people!!
we r doin a ghost hunt on
we r doin a ghost hunt on saturday 26th september 2009 if your willing to come meet us there from 8pm
Went there last night
Me and my Mate went up there last night at about 1.30 in the morning. We drove up, turned around, then switched the engine and lights off. It was Pitch black and deadly silent. The ruins looks incredible, but extremly spooky and eary. Plus the writing on the trees doesnt help!At first we were too scared to get out, the bud making us paranoid! So we opened up the windows fully, and sat there in quiet. Then we heard a voice go woohoo, it was (without a doubt) a human voice. It sounded close, outside the car. We both shat it, started the engine and bombed it down the track. Then we got to the bootom of the track and relaxed again, switched off the engine. We opened up the windows again, and after 10 seconds heard the exact same voice, still as loud and close. This is after we DROVE flat out down the track. Which means whoever, or whatever it was must off sprinted through the bushes, like really fast to keep up with us, as it is a long track. Scetchy place, yet very intriguing, next time will go look around when there are a couple more of us!
hahah
creased up lmaoo, nice to no you do the stuff mann :) i went up there when i was with a couple of mates and my mate got dragged down the track and i jjst left her i didnt no what was going on but when she was gone i realsied
Loud Moan!
Been there a couple of times since the suicide in July and its definitely got creepyer. Taken loads of pictures just email me if you want to see some.
Most notable was last night (30/10/09). After taking a few pics and walking round the ruin we walked back to the car and heard a very loud, clear moan. It sounded very distressed. Unfortunately we had stopped rolling the video camera to catch it but it was extremely loud.
We left pretty quickly but are hoping to return soon.
Ive never really felt much was there but since the suicide things have picked up tremendously. Go and check it out yourselves but remember to pay respect to a man that died there.
Photo's Of Racton
Hi have you done anything to the pics above? If not then there are a hell of a lot of spirit orbs floating around. The most I have ever seen! Have you got anymore pics I could look at?
Vicki
taliesin@oink.co.uk
my brother fell.....
i used to come here about 7 years ago...never experienced anything out of the ordinary...just with a few mates (usually about 4 guys and us 2 girls).
after i grew up a bit and stopped going for joy rides with the lads, i didnt hear of the place for years...until sep 07'
my lil bro an his mates discovered it and used to go up there alot (same reason we all did really...get drunk an have laugh). he decided he was going to climb to the top one evening to take some pics of the views. he got about 3/4 of the way up and lost his footing.....
i was told that he was hanging there for a while, trying to hold on so he didnt fall....but obviously he couldnt and fell.
It was the frantic phone call from his girlf, that made every1 worry so much, saying he had fallen and wasnt moving...
luckily he was just unconsious (after falling about 30ft!) and had bones sticking out his ankle.
But, he was ok.....the ambulance people werent able to move him for ages due to the extent of his shattered leg.
But something there was obviously on his side that day and not against. He was told he was very very lucky to be alive!!
So be careful people....your more than likely to injure yourself than experience anything 'strange'
me and some pals have been
me and some pals have been here a couple of times and never seen anything odd but when we went last week we saw the flowers for john. Very sad thing to happen. R.I.P.
can anyone e-mail me some
can anyone e-mail me some images conz33@hotmail.co.uk thanksssss
scarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyy
scarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyy
Thought those flowers were fresh
Went there last night, before we found out about the VERY recent suicide. There were flowers to 'John'. Then we read this page and found out we were about 26 hours from him being there!
Anyone know when the most recent was before that?
that was my friend thank and
that was my friend thank and R.I.P JOHN going tomiss you. you didnt have to do this m8 u got to many friends love u man.
Racton Ruins visit 19th July 2009 @ 9.30 pm
Hi guys,
after `reading your comments me and a few friends decided to go check out this place, and oh man its real eery. Myself and one other decided to take some pictures, and after we had taken the pictures we noticed that in the middle section I had an orb floating, took another picture and this thing had gone, My other pal took a picture net to the entrance and he clearly has 2 faces in this. I am wanting to upload these pictures to show you all. once leaving the ruins a friend decided to go back to this place on his own without a torch and by this time it was around 10.30 ish, then he legged it back, however he wanted to go back again so he did. For some unknown reason I was looking up at one of the windows and I sware that I had seen something bobbing in the window ( however my sister seems to think that this was a tree) 10 mins later my fried reappears in a right state he was pelting it down the hill back to our cars. we kept asking him what was wrong and what he had seen however he replied ' I will tell you all when we are home ' the car on the way home was quiet he did not say a word.
Once arriving home we asked him what he had seen, he saw someone hanging in the lower level, and something was walking towards him and someother shit happened.
However when we first arrived at the ruins there were flowers up there with messages from family and loved ones, turns out after reading on the internet that someone had hung themselves on the previous evening.
Myself and my pals will not be going back here, due to the images that we have got and warnings from people.
Please feel free to dsend me your email address and I will quite happily show you the pictures, none of which have been edited nor tampered with!!!!
hey
hello, i read your comment it sounds scary my mates are saying dont go there but i really want to if i give you my email would you be able to send me some pictures you took please
pamdprincess@hotmail.com
thanks x
kayleighgoodwin39@yahoo.com
kayleighgoodwin39@yahoo.com coud you please send me the images as I would love to see them. Me and my friends go there all the time in the hope that we will eventually see something paranormal. Thanks
hi
hi there my name is stacey and i was just wondering if u could send my the pictures u have taken many thanx mckennastacey@hotmail.co.uk
racton pics
can you send them to me plz
pictures
could you send me the pictures you have please we where up there last night still loads of flowers too.
charj_84@hotmail.com
thank you
Racton Ruins
Hey,
I read yout comment on racton ruins and i'd love to see your pics.
It was a friend of mine who actually foud the taxi driver hanging there on the 17th..............he says he's now experiencing strange things at home.............
Scary huh?
Ant
Pictures
Hi ya,
this may be a quicker way to reply then waiting for an acceptance, I shall send you the pictures whats the email address??? on one of the images I did not use a flash so the building does look dark however you will need to zoom in as there is a white face in the window, below which appears to be graffiti. these pictures have not been tampered nor edited!!
Heidi
Hi Heidi
You can send them to webmaster_AT_kiloalphatango_DOT_com or upload them to ImageShack and put a link in the comment.
Kat.
Pictures
Hey Ant,
I know I was up their on the sunday evening and saw a few flowers was very very eerie thats for sure, please by all means send me an email heidijohnston@hotmail.co.uk and I will happily send you the pictures I have 2 orbs, and a white face feature behind a window, however this picture will need to be zoomed in on!!!! as it was taken from a distance with no flash.
Heidi
I look forward to herarng from you
Photos
Heidi.
I would love to see your pictures if you wouldn't mind mailing them to slsster@aol.com
Not a great fan of the place myself, I've always had a really bad feeling about it but enjoy hearing other peoples' experiences.
Thanks in advance.
Cathy.
Photos
Hi ya Cathy
Yeah I am currently at work at the moment, however when I get home this evening I will send them to you via email,
I shall send you the ones taken before and after, one of the pictures you will need to zoom in on, but I will inform you of which one
Heidi
Suicide At Racton Ruins! (17/7/09)
It's official! A man was found at Racton Ruins last night.............hung by the neck!
A taxi, with a mini-cab plate, was seen at the bottom of the bridal way heading up to the ruins........
Police were called by a young couple at about 10pm last night, the man was believed to be in his early thirties..........................he had not been there long, perhaps a matter of hours!
It'll be in the papers soon enough!
Another suicide In Racton
This is no bullshit i don't belive in all the story's. me and my girlfriend went there last night and saw a body of a man hanging on the groundfloor tower, were the old tree stump is. We phoned the police who turned up this was no ghost but suicide!!!! the man was in his early 20's and left his taxi in the layby at the bottom. this experiance has scared my girlfriend for life, and we will both never return. wot must have been going through his head to do that in there !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my thoughts go out to his family
Suicide at Racton
This guy was my brothers mate, apparently he had a row with his wife which turned violent. He had a lot of worries and was finding his family commitments very difficult. The pressures of life were just too much for him and after what he did to his beloved wife he couldnt take it anymore. My brother is deverstated as is his poor wife.
Desparation is a terrible thing. Not the best place to die nor the best way.
H
racton ruins
hey everyone..
just a quick one, weve attempted to drive to racton ruins a few times
but never get there! its really frustrating me now cause i cant find a map
or directions...can anyone explain HOW to get there?
thankaaaaaaayou x
where u from if ur local
where u from if ur local meet us somewhere and follow us all we r doin a ghost hunt this saturday 26th sept 2009
i dont get it !
i have been up there twice now and havant seen a thing i dunno if to believe
if this place is hunted i have seen nuffin i dont no what to look for but it was really
eary up there tho it felt as if something wasn't right but i wanna see what everyone
is talkin about and me and my mates want something to talk about, can you help me
notice things that you lot have seen x
F**K THAT!
Me and sum m8s went up there last night, it wasnt scary at 1st but as i started driving off i saw the ghost of an old lady in the top window smiling, i have never ever drived so fukin fast in my life!
charlie t
hi all just to settle your minds. Charlie t was a very dear friend of mind, he didnt hang himself there, but he did commit suicide elsewhere. His name has been spraye there as a memory, racton was his favourite chill out place. I often visit there and leave a beer up there for him.
As far as hauntings go there is a whole lot of energy up there, and i too ahve experienced this.
Most importantly enjoy the place its a strange and magical place.
I think a petition to be made to protect the ruins as if it crumbles it would be a waste.
louise x
been there too
great picture.
i used to go to raves here too back in 1990!
Im 35 now and i love this site, even when i was'nt boshed out of my head i used to go here during the day & night the place has always been surrounded in stories of ghost's but i have never seen one nor have i had much luck in finding a spirit after visiting with a medium friend she told me that it is a sacred site & is steeped in history so because of that there will be a lot of 'spiritual noise' (bit of a cold reading of a building lol) and essentially there was no ghost's but i just love this place it makes you feel that there is something there!
i have managed to climb to the very top in the past (use the missing bricks to get there!) it is a bit nerve wreaking to climb but man the view when you get there is well worth it i used to roll a few joints whilst up there & not share to friends unless they climbed up too (peer pressure is a wicked thing lol)
It is a shame there is nothing in local libraries about this site as i'd love to read some more
for ghost's i'd recommend Waverly Manor that place will freak you out but go there with serious people not those out for kick's & trick's & the ghost's will show themselves.
i think that soo many ppl
i think that soo many ppl have said bad stuff about that its got people thinking it isnt bad what the talking about and now everyone is like £ its not scary there just rumours" when some people are adimit what they saw, some may be lies of course but other like the one about people seeing someone on the second floor of the building , and thee is no real explanation why it was built ? , some say it was built because father/mother could see there son comming back from war or see the trading ships which ever ( a watch tower) , and other are saying its a sacrifise building and to me its fits to be be a so called sacrifise building because it lookes sooo medieval and scary when you are up there, and you drive up like a gravel path to a dead end to get there, and have to do a full 3 point turn before you can then get out, so yer lol , i think its realy abit of both ( scary/not scary) it depends on what sort of person you are, but a place like that at night isnt a place to be just left alone by the spirit world so to speak haha
Like something out of a fantasy novel
Hmmm , during the day it's very impressive to look at like an ancient monolith that stood witness to the passing of the years and the changes of time. I reminds me of so many ancient ruins depicted in fantasy novels.
But at night I can just imagine how creepy it will look as if you'll expect a ghost to peek out from one of it's openings. Add a full moon , some mist and a wolf howling at a distance and you have a eerie scene unfolding before your eyes.
I really like the angle of you photo shot it really shows us how high the structure it.
This is a really cool old
This is a really cool old castle. Though I would agree with the general concensus here that it is probably scary at night.
As for the photography aspect of this it would be fun to do a infrared based shoot of this site to see what kind of image you could get.
overactive imagination...
Been there a few times myself, only live a mile away. And all i can say is some people really need to calm down. Not really sure about the old woman being trapped and burnt but from what ive heard and been told it was built by some guy years ago as a holiday type home from home. Reason its fallen into disrepair is that if you look closely next time your up there the surrounding trees have grown there roots under it, and started to damage all the the foundations thus rendering it unsafe to live in. Just seen an advert on the news about it, and apparently some guy is gonna re-build it or something quite soon. Think he was related to the original owner.
As for Charlie, from the stories that go around apparently he was some guy who hung himself, tho ive only heard this from the local chavs. Though I was told that a lot of climbers used to use it for practice, and charlie was one of the climbers and fell. If you stand in the centre and look up at the back wall you can see peoples names sprayed at the top.
My respects go out to him if he really did die.
Theres another building like it on harting down the opposite side of the road to the car park, but dont be fooled.... the local farmer/land owner had it built in the last decade to look like something historical and ruined, trust me its not its a fake. And beware, its on private ground and every farmer has a shotgun!
racton folly
well u all have very active imaginations, my parents live very close by and i grew up walking past every day i had 2 to get home diffrent hours day and nite yes it is rather imposing but it is just a very run down building nothing scarey has happened just ppl makin up stuff and other ppl beleivin it im afraid. there were alot of partys there at 1 point and also the bbc filmed a scene from the phenix and the flying carpet there but thats abt it. hopefully soon someone will resore it then my parents wont have 2 put up with vandals and fly tipers anymore
Scaryyyy.
all those stories sound really scary.
especially at night with everything happening.
there definitely is a presence there that does not like company.
there are quite a few places like this,
on a tv show the scariest was in an abandoned jail facility.
and there was a camera crew with the host and a group of young adults.
they were scared beyond belief.
i can't imagine doing something like that.
great read, and loved all the stories in the comments.
Got Chased :|
It was me, kirsty, Jay & Craig. We Fort we shud take a visit to the racton ruins! at like 2clock in morning.. pitch black we was driving up the 1 way stoney road/path thing. And the headlights shined infront of us and we spoted a car! :| so we turnt round because 1 of us said there up there meaning smack heads = devil worshipers? So we went off speading because we all shite our self! :| and we kept lookin back but we turn round the corner to come out and then my mate said that car is coming down :| and we actually was shitting it! so we speaded off and they was coming down pretty fast but we lost them. But hopefully we go back up there soon but hopefully they wont be there! :)
From Jessica and kirsty! x
We went
When we were 16(2003) me n my mates decided it would be fun to go for a drive and see this place at about 7pm, it was dark as it was winter. No body else around watsoever at the ruins. You'll notice carvings in the trees and spray paints of mean faces. This alone would freak anyone out. There were 6 of us in the car, 4 boys 2 girls (me and my best friend) we were driving along and stopped, trying to figure out where on earth to park so we could see the ruins. We were sat there a few minutes discussing a few things, we noticed sudden some smoke and smell of burning, we all looked at the area to the front left of the car... Everyone saw the smoke, which randomly appeared, it then turned into a small flame no larger than on a candle! We all couldn't understand why this fire had started, considering we had been there a few good minutes before hand arguing between us where to park and whos getting out of the car. So why did this fire begin? We certainly didn't do it in the period of time we were there!
The driver lost his nerve at this point and everyone was then like a scene from the blairwitch project everyone started screaming about this fire!!!
The driver put his foot down in reverse (the road is far to narrow to turn) and belted it, I think we did about 30-40mph backwards onto the mainish road, then he floored it all the way untill we got on a proper main road! Thats the scariest thing I've ever been through. We went there later in our lives to see it during daylight! It definately has an atomshpere unknown! I would certainly and strongly suggest not going up there on your own!!!
Creepy
I can't imagine being stuck at the top of that
monument when you can see a fire working its
way up the building from the bottom. That kind
of death is sure to leave behind a restless spirit
that would tragically be trapped there. This place
looks creepy even during the day!
Thanks
Mia
Haunted?
How come everthing that starts decaying (everthing will eventually) gets deemed "haunted"?
go there n see for yourself
go there n see for yourself
phycic
Apparently a woman built it too look out to see to see when her son was coming back from the war and it had a massive fire , the floors burnt down and she fell through, if you go there you can see the burning makrs we went up with this phycic guy and he couldn't feel any woman atall there.
Monument
Great site.
I like your style.
I will be checking back very often.
Keep up the good work!
Racton Ruins Visit - 19th April 2008
Ladies and gens,
I am not a 100% believer of this kinda stuff so opted to visit this site today with my partner and her little sister. Having found the bridle path, drove up in my motor.
We drove srtaight passed the monument quite slowly just looking and not really thinking anything, but notice a blue rope hanging down the centre of the main shaft/room.
We drove straight passed and turned in the next wider area of the path.
Pulling out of my turn, (back towards the monument with it on our right hand side) I had to put my foot to the FLOOR to get the car to even rev the slightest - please let me add, I have a Brand New Mondeo TDCI Diesel, with very few miles, and full service history - so I doubt very much this could be a motor fault!
The car would not rev over 2000 RPM, so we were crawling back passed the monument around 5MPH, the monument no longer had the "blue rope" hanging, but AS SOON as the car slowly cleared the building, (foot still to the floor worried sick) the motor just came alive and wheel-spun, nearly causing me to loose control at the next bend.
Two questions - why did my new car simply "loose power" and How on EARTH was a rope hanging when there is no upper floor / room in the cenre shaft of the monument??????
Good-luck if you are to visit this in the night!!!!
LIGHTS
We drove up there (2 girls 1 lad). Managed to get up to the bridal path, parked outside the ruins and straight away see headlights coming up behind us, which seemed to disapear and reapear. although there was no car. We also took a pic and it looks like a person in the top window.
on one of the trees there is RIP C i gues thats charlie as posted earlya ?
Either way this place is seriously huaunted. as we drove of onto the main road, we see 3 bright flashes which looked like lighting, although it was only above the ruins and no where else in the sky. OMG!!! WE SHIT OURSELFS!!! CHECK IT OUT!