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Left:
Close-up of the
anomaly. But what is
it? We lightened the
picture to discover two
people chatting. No
ghosts here! Still with
the orbs and history, is
it haunted? Read the
story of Ann Palmer
and the Rose Hall
Mansion below...
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History of Rose Hall
Rose Hall was the greatest of homes in the West Indian Isles a
couple hundred years ago. Located high above Montego Bay in
Jamaica, it was the home of the Palmer family who made their
fortune in sugar. The wealthy mansion was the host of many a
classy ball, while slaves toiled in the Palmer's fields. Annie Palmer
came to Rose Hall as a teen bride of John Rose Palmer. The
marriage was not to last, as a nurse had taught Annie voodoo and
witchcraft, even though Annie was a native of Ireland. Annie soon
poisoned her husband after she was caught with her slave lover.
Her lover sped up John Palmer's death by smothering him with a
pillow. Assuming control of the Rose Hall plantation, she was
ruthless in her treatment of slave lovers and husbands; all of them
dying early deaths. When she would grow tired of a slave lover, he
would simply disappear. Annie Palmer was also known to gallop
around the plantation whipping slaves who were unfortunate
enough to be in her path.
Annie's cruel reign as plantation mistress ended when the slaves
gained revenge and eventually smothered her with a mattress,
trampling the mattress on top of her body, so the body would have
no marks on it. Soon afterward, ghost stories started popping up of
apparitions appearing on the mansion's staircase. Guests were
disturbed at night, and ghosts were seen on the property and road.
With no one left to take over Rose Hall, it soon became a ruin. The
last caretaker was found dead at the cellar landing. Rose Hall's
ugly history surely would have provided enough trauma for
hauntings to occur there. Mediums have visited Rose Hall to try
and make contact with Annie Palmer over the years, but hopefully
peace returned to the mansion after a wealthy American purchased
and restored it to its former glory in the 1980's.
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