A white lady, a grey lady, and an Earl...

I randomly came across a story about the oldest castle in Denmark which also happens to be the "most haunted castle in all of Europe," the Dragsholm Slot.  The word Dragsholm means islet by the drag in which drag refers to the isthmus that connected Odsherred with Zealand before being reclaimed by Lammefjorden.

The Dragsholm Slot was constructed in the Renaissance around 1215 under the direction of the Bishop of Roskilde.  The castle was home to kings and noble families and functioned as a fortress against attacks.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, part of the castle was used to imprison evil-doers from the church and/or noble families with the most famous detainee being unruly Scottish nobleman, James Hepburn, the 4th Earl of Bothwell (third husband of Mary, Queen of Scots).

Hepburn lasted about five years and was only given enough food and water to survive.  He eventually lost his mind and ended up dying in a dungeon in the Dragsholm Castle in 1578.

It is alleged his ghost haunts the entire castle and endless reports of hearing the sounds of his horse and carriage in the courtyard outside the castle.

The castle is also home to at least 100 other ghost including the ghost of the White Lady.

She frequently wanders around the castle.  During a reconstruction project in 1930, builders discovered a female skeleton encased in a wall, and she was wearing white!!

She is said to be Celina the daughter of nobleman Bovles who owned the castle at one time.  Celina was promised to marry another noble but when she turned up pregnant by a commoner who worked at the castle, her father decided the only option was to seal her up behind a wall.  What a nutjob!!

And the third most standout haunter is the Grey Lady.  She is a "good" ghost according those who have interacted with her.  She was a maiden at the castle.

She developed a toothache, and she was given treatment for her tooth pain by the castle owners at the time.  The story goes they took great care of her and even though she did not die there, she comes back every night to make sure everything is in order.

Sadly, today, much like most of the other ghost-filled goldmines, the castle serves as a hotel, a rather luxurious hotel complete with a gourmet restaurant that is said to be one of the finest restaurants in Denmark.  The room prices vary and can cost upwards of $300 so if you can swing it, check out those prices and book a room here.