A haunted chateau.
Malicious injuries by the ghost.
Paris, Wednesday.
For the last fortnight there have been mysterious happenings at the Chateau de Taden, near Dinan, in Brittany. A large party had been invited there for the shooting season. On the night of their arrival the guests were aroused from sleep by strange noises, and when an investigation of the chateau was made it was found that the sofas and armchairs had been ripped up, and the clocks, ornaments and mirros had been smashed to pieces.
Similar occurrences have been taking place nightly ever since, in addition to which quilts and blankets and articles of clothing in the bedrooms have been torn to shreds. Most remarkable of all, the dresses of the lady members of the party are cut and torn on the wearers in broad daylight, and yet no one is seen to approach them.
For the past few days gendarmes have remained on the premises with a view to solving the mystery, but in spite of their presence the guests are still subjected to rough treatment at the hands of their invisible foe.
London ‘Daily Express’.
Cavan Weekly News and General Advertiser, 10th September 1904.
A Haunted Castle.
If anyone should want a genuine haunted castle he can have one in the most romantic and beautiful part of Brittany for a mere song, as its owner declares he will never again set foot in it. Chateau de Taden, near Dinan, is the name of the haunted house, and until a few days ago it was filled with guests who had come to spend the hunting season there. Then one night they were all aroused from their sleep by strange noises, and when the most courageous of the men started out to see what was the matter they found that sofas and chairs had been ripped up, and clocks, mirrors and bric-a-brac smashed to pieces.
Other freaks of destruction have happened nightly ever since, and even quilts and sheets in the bedrooms have been torn to shreds. Even the the dresses of the ladies have been mysteriously cut and torn by unseen hands on the wearers.
Gendarmes are now watching the chateau night and day, but all the guests, as well as the owner, have fled in terror. The ghosts are still there undismayed by the sentinels, several of whom have been subjected to rough treatment.
Manchester Evening News, 4th November 1904.