| With its colorful and turbulent history,
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| | after death, the family simply couldn't
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| it's no surprise that tales of the
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| | get along. The crypt still remains
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| supernatural abound in the Caribbean.
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| | empty.While no one knows exactly what
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| Some believe that Blackbeard's ghost
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| | happened at the Chase crypt, there's no
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| haunts the former Old Fort Nassau in the
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| | dispute about what's haunting Rose Hall
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| Bahamas; others report strange incidents
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| | Plantation in Montego Bay. It's Annie
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| at the Stirrup Cay Lighthouse. Some
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| | Palmer, the plantation's former mistress,
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| countries are home to a long tradition of
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| | and her victims. Still known as the White
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| supernatural occurrences, such Haiti's
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| | Witch of Jamaica, Annie earned her
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| well-known apparitions of corpses that
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| | nickname by practicing voodoo, murdering
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| are said to appear in Port-au-Prince's
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| | several of her rich husbands, and
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| City Cemetery.But one of the most famous
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| | treating her slaves harshly. Meting out
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| hauntings in the Caribbean, and perhaps
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| | torture or death for minor infractions
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| the world, occurred at the Chase crypt in
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| | was commonplace for her. Then she found a
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| Christchurch, Barbados. Owned by a
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| | new way to entertain herself, by enticing
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| wealthy sugar plantation owner, its first
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| | slaves to be her lovers and killing them
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| confirmed occupant was Thomasina Goddard,
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| | when she got bored.Her slaves
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| placed there in 1807. Ownership soon
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| | understandably weren't fond of her.
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| passed to another plantation family, the
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| | Legend has it that, unbeknownst to her,
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| Chases. Col. Thomas Chase, the head of
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| | one of her slaves was a powerful voodoo
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| the family, was reputedly cruel to both
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| | master. Deciding to take care of her for
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| his family and his slaves. Two of his
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| | good, he performed a voodoo ritual,
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| young daughters died (in 1808 and 1812),
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| | creating a grave for her. When he
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| and their lead coffins were also put in
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| | finished, he confronted her in her home.
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| the crypt.A month after his second
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| | They battled to both of their deaths.
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| daughter, Dorcas' death, Col. Chase
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| | Afterward, other slaves who knew of his
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| himself died. At his funeral, when the
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| | plan buried her in the specially-prepared
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| pallbearers opened the crypt, they were
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| | grave. While this story may be
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| shocked to see that the coffins looked as
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| | embellished, there's no doubt that Annie
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| though they had been thrown around the
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| | Palmer met a murderous end.A Ritz-Carlton
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| small room. They rearranged the coffins,
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| | now stands on part of the old plantation
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| including the new addition of Col. Chase,
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| | grounds, and its developer restored the
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| and replaced the heavy slab at the
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| | decaying Rose Hall great house to its
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| crypt's entrance. Rumors spread that
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| | former glory. During its renovation,
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| Dorcas had starved herself to death,
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| | workers experienced numerous eerie
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| driving Chase to commit suicide. Over the
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| | occurrences. For instance, the day after
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| next few years, every time the crypt was
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| | refinishing floors, they'd appear to be
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| opened, the coffins had moved, apparently
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| | damaged by old blood stains.Now a museum
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| with violent force. Thomasina Goddard's
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| | offering guided tours , the house's
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| wooden coffin even splintered into
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| | visitors report plenty of supernatural
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| bits.At first, people suspected vandals
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| | phenomenon, too. Whispers in the dungeon,
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| because Mr. Chase had plenty of enemies,
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| | old music, footsteps, and the sound of
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| particularly among his slaves. However,
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| | crying babies have all been heard.
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| on two occasions the crypt was mortared
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| | Photographs showing an original mirror
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| shut, even including an impression of the
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| | and various rooms of the house often
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| Governor's seal; the mortar was never
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| | contain figures of people who weren't
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| tampered with. Similarly, sand spread on
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| | there when the pictures were taken.Of
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| the floor of the crypt showed no signs of
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| | course, these are just a few of the
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| disturbance, even with the coffins in
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| | ghostly spots in the Caribbean. If you're
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| complete disarray. A thorough examination
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| | ever lucky enough to visit the islands
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| of the crypt for secret passageways,
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| | yourself, keep your eyes and ears open.
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| cracks, or other explanations yielded no
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| | You just might see a phantom ship sailing
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| answers. In 1820, the family removed all
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| | on the horizon, or hear the raucous
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| the coffins and reburied them elsewhere.
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| | laughter of pirates in an old
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| Although several natural theories have
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| | saloon.Karen Joslin writes for and
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| been proposed, such as flooding or
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| | other Segisys travel Web sites.
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| seismic activity, many believe that even
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