SPECTERS
Phantom Coach Said to Climb Staircase at Hatfield House
Among several reported ghosts at the Hertfordshire mansion, one spectral carriage is held to be the strangest of all.
HATFIELD, HERTFORDSHIRE — Hatfield House, in Hertfordshire, is reported to harbour several ghosts, according to a recent article published by the website Spooky Isles. Of these, the author singles out one apparition as stranger than the rest: a phantom coach.
According to the piece, the spectral vehicle is said to enter the house, drive up the staircase and then disappear. The source material supplies no further detail in the passage provided, and it does not say who has witnessed the coach, nor on what occasions.
The account is presented as a matter of reported legend rather than verified occurrence. No mundane explanation is offered in the material, and none is ruled out. Readers wishing to know the particulars of the other reported ghosts are referred to the full article on the Spooky Isles site.
Should any reader be planning a visit, this newspaper can offer only the modest counsel that the staircase be treated with respect, and that one stand well clear of it.