Talk to me. *Voice* What is this guys?
Hey guys, thank you for tuning into Amy's crypt. Today, I have found a very haunted castle in Transylvania.
So I'm going to show you guys around. As you know
I've been visiting a lot of Romania's most haunted places this month and I found an amazing one.
So let's go explore Banffy Castle.
Alright so we just got here we're about to head in and suss it out.
So we're just walking into an exhibit called Lost and Found.
It has a lot of
broken
statues.
So they've got info on the restoration efforts that they're making.
So something that's
very cool about Banffy Castle is a lot of it is in ruins.
They're working to restore it and bring it back to life.
But it kind of adds an extra creepiness factor and I think it looks amazing.
So this room just perfectly illustrates the effort they're going through to restore Banffy Castle
and just how ruined it has been.
So just wanted to share a little bit of information about Banffyy Castle.
It is in the small village of Bonțida which is a very short distance outside of Cluj-Napoca.
It is thought to be one of the most haunted castles in
Transylvania and also rumored to be one of its biggest.
Another cool little fact about it is that there have actually been a lot of secret tunnels and passages
located all throughout the castle and underneath it.
So the room that we're in
Looks awesome. It's also a little bit creepy because you can hear this ceiling. The roof is
Flexing and making banging noises in the wind. It's really cool.
Banffy castle was originally built by the Banffy family construction began in the 1400s and
Continued right through to the 1500s.
Now the Banffy family lived within the castle until the 1940s when German soldiers picked them out
Evacuated them so they could take over Banffy Castle
and it was used as a military hospital throughout World War II. Now it is said that many soldiers
Who were wounded in the war came here and took their final breaths within side Banffy Castle.
There are many ghost stories that center around Banffy Castle.
And since this place was used as a military hospital during the war and saw a lot of death
There are many stories that suggest Banffy Castle is haunted by former soldiers.
There's one ghost story here at Banffy Castle that centers around a young girl who live within the castle grounds. Now she would
Frequently sneak out of the castle to meet with a boy that she liked. It is told that on one occasion
She was caught doing this by a stableman. To protect the secret of her sneaking out
she
Befriended the stableman, or in some tellings, seduced him, before stabbing him and killing him. Ever since there has been many
reports of this stableman haunting specific areas of the castle which include the stables.
We're going to go check out that area, hopefully and see if we can pick up on anything.
Another ghost story here at Banffy Castle centers around a servant who was having an affair with a married woman.
When this woman's husband discovered the affair, he murdered the servant in a fit of rage.
It is said that ever since this murder this servant has been cursed to haunt Banffy Castle.
There are many ghost stories about Banffy castle
But there have also been ghost sightings to back up these claims that the castle is haunted.
So many people have said that they have sighted wounded soldiers.
There's also been others who have seen silhouettes and shadow figures within Banffy Castle and many many people have said that they have seen the
apparitions of Nazi soldiers here.
So in addition to these strange shadows,
There has also been a lot of strange noises. People have claimed to hear
groans and wails as well as disembodied footsteps and voices, which they just cannot explain and
Finally when this place was a local hangout for teens and children,
They had reported being swarmed by massive hoards of bats
even though
bats are not really common in the area. So it's quite a strange occurrence.
So the castle is
Pretty deteriorated. a lot of its rotted away and they've got it protected and sealed off.
Maybe for the structure just to preserve it as much as possible but also for visitors safety.
It's kind of a cool very interesting place so where they're trying to
Restore get modernize it. There's an art cafe and I feel like
this
Light fixture here is kind of a cool
Art piece in itself as well. They also have once a year
It is one of Romania's biggest music festivals held here. It's called Electric Castle and I guess they have
electronic music or whatever,
Which sounds like it'd be pretty cool and a lot of the proceeds from that go towards
Restoration which is very nice as well. But this structure just looks so cool in the state that it is
It's like it could fall down at any minute. I
Don't know if I feel safe standing right underneath.
Is this work bench? OR a torture device?Been in too many torture dungeons lately.
Is this a ceiling? Maybe it is a ceiling to that tunnel we saw earlier?
We've come back to the creepy room with the roof noises. We're going to try a spirit box in here. So if you hear anything
bumping around it was probably just the
natural flexing of what they've used to make the roof out of. I'm going to do my best to
Speak in Romanian to address our spirits on this. I don't speak Romanian. I'm I don't claim to be very very good at it either.
But we'll see how we go.
So I could hear responses come through. It is a little bit frustrating
Trying to conduct investigations
Somewhere where I don't speak the language.
If you do speak Romanian and you noticed any words or phrases in that
I would love to hear what you pulled out in the comments.
Okay guys since we're inside bit a castle I'm going to try a Ghost Tube session.
This is actually an app that Jarrad created and whilst I'm skeptical of ghost hunting apps, and I guess all ghost hunting devices,
I want to give it a try. We'll walk around and see if we can pick up on anything.
So I'm about to hit record and you should see
Some readings come up on screen now.
This app is actually available in the Apple Store at the time of filming.
But we're gonna have a look around see if we can pick up on any strange magnetic readings,
see if we pick any voices up on EVP and it also has a ghost dictionary.
Sorry, if there's certain fluctuations in the environment, it picks out a word. Maybe we can communicate using that.
So
It's recording right? Walking into this room
Everything seems normal. Are there any spirits around with me? That want to talk?
If there's anyone in this room, can you come close to me? Should we maybe be talking Romanian? Probably.
Yeah, well just see how we go. Oh what was that? You just turned that light on.
Not seeing any fluctuations in the magnetic tool.
There is dog poo down there. Oh S***. Literally! Nah, I didn't [step in it] I'm good.
We should go to the other side.
Let's go to the ruined bit.
In the previous clip a small magnetic fluctuation was recorded as I was looking away from my screen
Yeah, all the magnetic ratings I'm getting here are
Very stable. It's fluctuating a little bit, which is normal.
But nothing unusual.
Here I missed another small magnetic fluctuation. Likely nothing paranormal but worth noting.
Let me know your thoughts on these in the comments below.
I think this is the chapel and I think they still use it.
yeah, I
Guess in the chapel. This is one of the rooms in better condition.
Its warm in it, because it's freezing.
So just over here we have a leaning tower. It
Looks like it's just hanging in there.
It's got a big wooden support that's holding it up.
But you can see where it's breaking away from their main building.
And it looks almost like it's been burnt maybe as well.
So I don't really know what I am doing here.
I found a seat so I took it and I'm looking for each of these glass panes
And when I sit perfectly aligned they all look like they go into the same
Sort of shape. But there's so much water. I can't really see what I'm supposed to be looking at.
What do you think? go put your head at the end.
Okay, that doesn't look like anything really.
What is this guy's?
Now Jarrad's giving it a whirl.
Yeah, you can't see anything. So I'm not missing something? Maybe it is an art peice and you're not
supposed to see anything?
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