Sunday, July 19, 2009

Ghostly encounters at Morpeth

Morpeth Ghost and History Tours conducted by Troy Murphie.
Through his painstaking research on the town’s history before launching the business, Mr. Murphie says he believes a particularly brilliant white orb in the grounds of St James Church is the spirit of Bishop Tyrell, and a blue orb in the backyard of Campbell’s Store is 10-year-old Thomas Cantwell, drowned in a long-buried well.

Information from an article by Briony Sneddon, Maitland Mercury, 6/07/2009.