Leap Castle has been called Ireland's most haunted home. Given its history, that's not hard to believe.

A priest murdered at the altar. A hidden pit filled with the bones of the forgotten. A creature so disturbing that even those who share the castle with it urge caution.

Seán and Anne Ryan bought the ruins in 1991. They are still there. They have heard things they cannot explain - voices in an old Irish dialect, the sounds of a gathering they cannot locate. They seem at peace with it all.

I visited on a sunny morning in August 2024. The cats were out. Nothing answered when I called. But something is there. And its owner knows it.

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Alanbrooke Hall was a student tower block attached to Queen's University Belfast.

Over several years, a series of students and staff reported experiences they could not explain. A shadow figure radiating pure evil. Violent banging on doors with nothing on the other side. Objects moving of their own accord. A warden living alone in a locked tower, hearing the lifts move in the night.

The witnesses are not ghost hunters. They are a geneticist, a virologist, an engineer. People with professional reputations and no obvious reason to invent any of this.

Something was wrong with that building. But the concrete was reduced to rubble in 2004 - and whatever was in there went unexamined.

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A dark figure standing over your bed. A scream only you can hear. Eyes in the rear-view mirror that shouldn't be there.

This is Ireland After Dark - and this short test episode is your first look at what's coming.

I'm Jonathan, and starting on Midsummer's Eve here in Ireland (23 June), I'll be sharing true ghost stories from across Ireland's 32 counties every week.

Subscribe now so you're ready for episode one, and if you've had an unexplained experience anywhere in Ireland, I want to hear about it. Visit spiritedisle.ie to share your story.

Have a story of your own? I want to hear it. Email content@spiritedisle.ie or visit spiritedisle.ie - home to Ireland's largest database of haunted locations, covering all 32 counties.

If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with someone who appreciates a good Irish ghost story.

Spirited Isle: Ireland After Dark is researched and presented by Jonathan.

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