Welcome back everyone - if you like hearing scary stories and bad German pronunciations
- you couldn't be watching a better video on the internet.
Seriously.
Youve come to the right place - today we return to Deutschland for some more myths, stories
and generally creepy tales.
Listen up and think about which country you want me to do next - Im Danny Burke and this
is the Top 10 Scary German Urban Legends Part 2.
Starting off at number 10 we have The Resl von Konnersreuth.
This is a mystery surrounding Therese Neaumann, also known as the Resl von Konnersreuth.
She was born in Bavaria in 1898 and lived a life shrouded in mystery and dominated by
naxi persecution.
She also built up a devout Catholic following around her who believed she was connected
to God.
She claimed to have been able to cure herself of ailments on multiple occasions.
At the age of 27 she was said to have cured herself from appendicitis and then later on
she healed herself from blindness.
Then came the stigmata.
Wounds began to appear on her hands and feet in the same places where Jesus would have
been nailed to the cross on.
She also claimed that from the age of 25 onwards, she did not eat or drink anything.
Investigators observed her over 15 days and found that she did not eat anything.
Opinion is divided on the authenticity of her claims, some even believe they happened
but are fearful of it.
To this day though, she still has many adoring fans who are hoping she will one day become
a saint …
Next up at number 9 we have The White Lady.
This one goes back hundreds of years and revolves around a girl named Anna Sydow.
The King of Brandenburg, Joachim the 2nd, took her as his lover despite - even though
he already had two wives.
The two lived happily in the Grunewald, an area just outside of Berlin.
They had two children together.
Sadly, their son died at the age of 9 but their daughter grew up to be Magdalene of
Brandenburg, Countess of Arneburg.
When Joachim succumbed to illness, he requested one of his sons from a previous marriage,
Johann, take care of Anna.
Johann did not keep his promise.
He kept Anna as a prisoner in Spandau Citadel.
He married off Magdalene into a forced marriage.
Anna remained a prisoner in her death, locked up and mistreated - with the knowledge that
her daughters life was a misery.
She died with anger in her heart.
Now, locals say that Anna still wanders the galleries of Spandau Citadel.
Visitors report seeing the ghostly figure of a white lady roaming around, unable to
leave, and seemingly unaware of her surroundings.
A morbin turn to the story came just a few years ago, when restoration workers found
bones in the Citadel believed to be annas.
They gave her a proper burial in the hope of putting her spirit to rest, but if reports
are true, it was to no avail …
Next up at number 8 we have The Childrens Crusade.
This is a creepy story from the 13th century.
Legend says a German boy was visited by Jesus.
Jesus told him to lead a crusade to the Jerusalem and peacefully convert Muslims to Christianity.
He convinced 30,000 followers to join and led them south towards to Mediterranean sea.
He believed the sea would part for them and they would walk along the seafloor toe Jerusalem.
The sea did not part and the children were captured.
Some were sold into slavery, others died in shipwrecks, others simply died from starvation
or exhaustion.
Moving on to number 7 we have Maria.
Maria Reneta Singer was a Bavarian Nun who became famous in Germany in the early 18th
century.
If youre thinking she became famous for being an excellent Nun, well, youve come to the
wrong video.
She was notorious for being a witch.
She became a nun in Bavaria in 1699 at the age of 19.
She rose up the ranks and by 1740 she was appointed Sub Prioress of her convent.
In 1746, one of her nuns, Cecilia, became afflicted with convulsions and claimed to
be possessed by demons and poltergeists.
The attacks started to affect other Nuns too.
One of them died - at that point, people began accusing Maria of being a satanist and a sorcerer.
The Catholic Church then conducted an exorcism during which the nuns rolled on the ground
and, quote, -howled and snapped like mad cats- … the investigators searched the convent
including Marias room.
They found poisons, ointments and strange robes.
They confronted her with the evidence - and she confessed.
Maria admitted she was a satanist and a witch.
She said that at age of seven, she swore herself to Satan.
Age 12, she became a prostitute and learned magic and to mix potions.
In 1694, she was baptized at a black mass and in 1699, she had entered the nunnery to
infiltrate and corrupt them.
Well, it certainly worked.
She was remorseful about what she had done, but the church still found her guilty of sorcery
Next up at number 6 we have the Hinterkaifeck Murder.
In 1922, an entire family living at the Hinterkaifeck farm in Germany were killed by blows from
a pick axe.
The parents, widowed daughter, her children and the house keeper were all found dead.
4 of them in the barn and 2 of them in their beds.
Heres the really creepy thing: the murderer continued to live at the farm, with the familys
dead bodies there, for some time afterwards.
Police knew this because the animals were still being fed, neighbours saw smoke coming
from the chimney and when they arrived, the dog was tied up outside the barn.
It gets creepier, before their murders, the family had reported hearing footsteps in the
attic, footsteps in the snow that led from the woods to the house but not the other way,
and claw marks on the door of the tool shed, where they kept the pickaxe that was used
to kill them.
The crime was never solved.
Next up at number 5 we have Lorelei.
According to German folklore, there was once a nymph that lived by the Rhine River.
If you arent familiar with what that is, nymphs are said to be mythological spirits of nature
that usually take the form of a beautiful woman.
Lorelei lived on top of a steep rock.
She was said to dress in white and wore a wreath of stars in her hair.
They said that she was beautiful but that she also sang a song so haunting and hypnotising
that no sailor could resist her auro.
None who were drawn to her ever returned to tell the tale, instead they would be dashed
against the rocks.
Today, a statue marks where Lorelei has been spotted over the years, some take it as a
warning to turn back before its too late …
Moving on to number 4 we have The Rubezahl.
In German folklore, this a mountain spirit - he's also a giant.
He roams the mountains and is known for his love of trickery.
He's friendly to good people and will teach them medicine or even give them presents.
If someone annoys him though, they can expect a harsh trick pulled on them.
The legend of Rubezahl has been around has been around for thousands of years, going
right back to pagan times.
They say he is the fantastic lord of weather and is similar to the legend of the Wild Hunt
that we actually talked about in another video.
He has great powers and can summon lightning and thunder, fog, rain and snow from the mountain
above, even while the sun is shining.
He may take the appearance of a monk and sometimes holds a harp.
How scary is that.
Mad scary.
Moving on to number 3 now we have King Watzmann.
As the story goes, this King once ruled the lands of southern Bavaria.
He was a bloodthirsty leader with no regard for human life.
Locals said he was an evil man - and they had good reason to think so.
Apparently, he and his family enjoyed hunting local peasants.
Thats right - they rode around killing their own people.
One day though, their terrors caught up to them - after slaughtering a whole family,
they were cursed.
The whole family were turned to stone for their sins and entombed in the Berchtesgaden
mountain range.
To this day, locals say the 7 peaks are actually the 7 members of the family, forever encased
in stone …
Next up at number 2 we have The Story of Princess Brunhilde.
In Germanys Harz mountain range lies the Rosstrappe hill.
Its ancient and gnarled, sometimes difficult to climb but those that do are rewarded with
an interesting sight - a hoof print in the rock on the cliffs edge.
Legend has it that this is where princess Brunhilde escaped from a giant named Bodo
who wanted to marry her.
He chased her to the cliff edge, at which point her white stallion jumped across and
reached the other side, while Bodo jumped after her and plunged to his death.
The hoof print in the rock is said to be from the horse launching itself on the cliff.
For the locals, its a dark reminder of the magic that some say exists in that place - and
a bloodthirsty giant that fell to his doom …
And finally at number 1 we have the Sleeping King.
According to official sources, the legendary King Frederick Barbarossa drowned in modern
day Turkey during the 3rd crusade.
According to this legend though - he never died - he is just sleeping.
People say he still sleeps in a hidden chamber underneath the Kyff hauser hills.
They say he sits motionless at a stone table and his beard has kept growing over the centuries.
They say he waits there until his countrys hour of greatest need, where he will awaken
from his slumber and emerge from under the hill.
They say the ravens on the hill is a sign of his presence there and that if they ever
disappear, Barbarossa will be emerging soon.
Some might love that sight, others may be a bit disturbed at the sight of a 900 year
old undead king stumbling towards them …
Ok Germany, I do love you, but its time to go now - where to though?
As I was scripting this, I thought - wait, we havent done Austria!
Not Australia, Austria.
Maybe we should do that next?
You know where to leave your opinion - thanks for watching as always guys, my name is Danny
Burke and Ill see you all in the next video!