Shadow places: Witch trials at Moosham Castle: Why a 70-year-old from Mauterndorf was released
Many people were once tortured and sentenced to death at Moosham Castle in Lungau. Why the “Infirmary of Mauterndorf” survived imprisonment in the 17th century and whether the property is actually haunted.
A door opens that seemed tightly locked. A cupboard, massive and weighing hundreds of kilograms, wobbles and rattles. A light comes on, although nobody can be seen. There are many ghost stories about Moosham Castle in Unternberg im Lungau. “I can say that much, I’m never alone in the castle,” says the managing director Theresita Wilczek. She got used to these “lock things”, as she calls the inexplicable occurrences that keep coming back here …
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