Radiant Boy

Or Blue Boy, a ghost that reputedly haunted Chillingham Castle, in the northern part of Northumberland, England. He supposedly appeared as a blue flash or halo above the beds of guest, accompanied by a loud wailing.

Another Radiant Boy was found at Corby Castle, the seat of one of the branches of the Howard family, lying on the Eden, near Carlisle in Cumbria.

References

Sources

  • Denham, M.A. (1892). The Denham Tracts. Vol. 2. Strand: David Nutt, p. 163.
  • Henderson, W. (1879). Notes on the folk-lore of the northern countries of England and the borders. Covent Garden: W. Satchell, Peyton and Co., p. 267.