Jersey's Scariest ghost story, is an old one. A familiar tale in essentials, the way it' events are commemorated is the stuff of nightmares for many.
Years ago, a couple were walking down Waterworks Valley in St Lawrence when they heard the peal of bells.
They began to walk faster - then they realised that the bells they could hear were in fact wedding bells.
A bridal procession slowly appeared round the corner - a coach drawn by six white horses, with footmen and a coachman, with white ribbons on his whip. As the coach passed, the couple looked inside at the bride, dressed in her magnificent white wedding dress.
But the bride had no face - under her wedding veil there was just a skull. Scared out of their wits, the couple ran the rest of the way home.
At first, they worried that people would laugh at them, but when they told others about their encounter, they were told about an old legend.
At first, they worried that people would laugh at them, but when they told others about their encounter, they were told about an old legend.
A long time ago, the same bride went to St. Lawrence Church to be married, but her bridegroom never arrived. She was so sad that she killed herself, and now, once a year, her ghost drives down the valley, trying to find her disloyal fiance.
Whether you believe it ghosts or not, I believe it's safe to say, Jersey has it's fair share.
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