Murder, Ghosts & Things in the Dark
Deaths, warnings and old beliefs attached to real places on Sark.
A widow carved a warning above Havre Gosselin. Other island stories put an apparition in La Seigneurie, a black dog on La Coupee and small headless people beside ancient stones. These articles separate what happened, what witnesses recorded and what generations of Sark people believed.
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The warning above Havre Gosselin
The Pilcher Monument above Havre Gosselin remembers five men lost from Sark in 1868 and the widow's final warning to those who came after.
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The woman at the foot of the bed
An old Sark story tells of a woman who appeared in locked bedrooms at La Seigneurie and was linked to the Seigneur's drowning in 1839.
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The black dog that followed people after dark
In Sark folklore a headless black dog called the Tchico ran La Coupee at night, pursuing people who were about to die. The landscape explains why.
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The cave beneath Little Sark that seemed to cry
La Caverne des Lamentes beneath Little Sark became linked with drowned sailors and cries in a gale. The story shows how landscape shaped the folklore.
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Sark's fairies carried their heads under their arms
Sark's fairy folk were said to carry their heads under their arms and live beneath standing stones, as much a story about the island as its fairies.
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Two deaths on Sark in 1933
Two deaths on Sark in 1933. Beatrice Britter and Leslie Bradley travelled together and were found dead. The evidence does not establish what happened.
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