Buried Alive ~Marjorie McCall Lurgan~true tale of buried alive &The Ressurection Men
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ต.ค. 2024
- the true tale of Margorie Mc Call {The Lady with the Ring } ,a lady whom was prematurely buried at the begin [1705?] of the 18th century in Lurgan ,Co Armagh ,she was buried with an expensive ring which the family had unsucessfully tried to remove ,later that evening after her burial -grave robbers had their eyes set upon the same ring ...cutting into Margories'finger she arose from her coffin and eternal rest ..only to return home to the shock of her kin !!...she later bore kids ,one whom got himself ordained in the church ,she was later [permanently ] buried from ...how many souls were prematurely interred back then in the day ??
I love graveyards. When I was in high school I used to skip school and go hang out in a local graveyard and smoke joints and read. I love the serenity.
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What a nightmare, being buried alive! As I sure most people are scared to death about having that done to them? I looked up her story and it is kinda sad but also shows the life these people must of lead! Thank-you for bringing this to light!
I think graveyards are a peaceful place quite and just sitting there listening to the birds. It is a resting place for those whom have gone to the other side, a place where there isn't anymore pain, suffering. I go at times to my dad graveside and sit there for 2 hours from around 7 til 9:15 and take in the air. I feel it is a calming sense for me that is to know that I can talk to my father and I myself feel he is listening to me. And this is in the evening might you not.
Awesome video Brother. Love old cemeteries. We have a few here dating back to the late 1600's
The story Marjorie McCall is nothing more than folklore.
There are 127 “Marjorie’s” throughout Europe the story is recorded 150 years before it arrived in Lurgan.
The story is the same in every country. After succumbing to a fever of some sort, these Marjorie’s were buried.
The Marjorie’s were buried with a valuable ring, which their husbands had been unable to remove due to swelling. This made her an even better target for body snatchers, who could cash in on both the corpse and the ring.
The evening after the Marjorie’s was buried, before the soil had even settled, the grave-robbers showed up and started digging. Unable to pry the ring off the finger, they decided to cut the finger off. As soon as blood was drawn, these Marjorie’s awoke from their coma, sat straight up and screamed.
The fate of the grave-robbers remains unknown in every story. One story says the men dropped dead on the spot, while another claims they fled and never returned to their chosen profession.
All the Marjorie’s climbed out of the hole and made her way back to their home.
In the Lurgan tale, the husband “John”, a doctor, he was at home with the children when he heard a knock at the door. He told the children, “If your mother were still alive, I’d swear that was her knock.”
When he opened the door to find his wife standing there, dressed in her burial clothes, blood dripping from her finger but very much alive, he dropped dead to the floor. He was buried in the plot Marjorie had vacated.”
So is it true? Simple answer NO. It is nothing more than a European folklore tale.
Marjorie is known in several towns in Germany as Richmodis von Aducht. And this was 150 years before the story arrived in Lurgan.
In England she was Marjorie Ellis, Emma Edgcumbe also Annot of Benallay or Katherine Wyndham or Hannah Goodman.
In Scotland she was Marjorie Elphinstone or Marjorie Halcrow or Marjorie Erskine.
A renowned ethnologist determined that there were nineteen cities in Germany that claimed that a version of the Lady of the Ring.
In eleven of the cases, there were sculptures that commemorated the strange ending to the story. None showed death records of the period to prove it.
Shankill Parish records have no Marjorie McCall married to a John McCall in Lurgan.
So where did the headstone come from?
With no record of her burial in Shankill cemetery or for that matter of her existence. A local monumental sculptor by the name of Harkin from William Street was permitted to erect the stone in Shankill cemetery in the 19th century, It was more of a tourist attraction it is the only stone in the cemetery undated.
Versions of the story have been found to exist in almost every European country, including Germany, the Netherlands, France, Scandinavia, Italy, England, Scotland, and Ireland. The story is also told about a former resident of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Yes the exact same story, word for word.
The central feature of the story is that a woman is buried or entombed while wearing a valuable ring. Shortly after the burial, a grave robber (often a corrupt sexton) disinters the body with the intent of stealing the ring. The robber is unable to slide the ring off the woman's finger, so he prepares to cut off the finger with a knife. However, upon making the initial incision, the woman awakes, surprising the grave robber. The woman had not been dead at all, but had been the victim of premature burial.
And in every story there are a few variations.
The grave robber instantly dies of fright after the woman awakes;
The woman walks a considerable distance from her burial spot to her home;
The woman's husband or other people at her house think that she is a ghost and refuse her entry into the house.
It is nothing more than an entertaining story told throughout Europe.
we know Noel , dont spoil the ' fun ' for the tourists & kids .
gentle reader , as you pass by , as you are now , so once was i , as i am now you soon shall be , so live your life true and free ,one of the best inscriptions ive ever read .....
Great Stuff! Apparently there was a huge amount of soldiers buried during the 1st world war. When the graves were exhumed there was a very large % (from memory i think it was something like 1 in 3) were buried alive. They could tell by the scratch marks on the inside of the coffins lids.
Anyway thanks, very informative. Love it..
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I know for a fact this is a true story. Thank you for sharing this and I hope you don't mind but I put this on my Favorites.
Cheers.
hard to believe So many hundreds of thousands of souls ended up throughout the ages in this small plot of land , pre famine , during the famine and post until today Shankil [from the old irish -old church ] parishs 'most famous Marjorie McCall , buried alive and grave robbers unite in a classic and claimed true ghastly tale worthy of any penny dreadful !! #urbanlegend #buriedalive #graverobbers #lurgan #ghoststory #irishfolklore #ireland #countyarmagh #paranormal
Can you immagine how large Heaven (skies) is to collect thousands and thousands of souls throughout all centuries?! P.S. I loooooove old cemeteries! I'll visit it oneday ;)
peaceful...i call it an outdoor library.
scary stuff you would need more than a pint of the black stuff after a tale like that
MrBlacknail hope you are well , let me hear from you , greets !
@SuperSoylent2 ,just so indeed ! ,glad u enjoyed .
aHA! There IS life after death! Wonderful history here, thank you for sharing :D
Oh, and I've decided it would only be proper to have a guinness in Margorie's memory.
@southernraven1969 lookin forward to seeing it soon ...i,ve always had a thing for graveyards ??! and some of the tales on the headstones can really bring you back to the distant past even if its just for a moment ...one of my favourite Headstones said ..gentle passerby spare a while come sit with me- as you are now ,so once was i ,and you shall be as it is with me but to live in the hearts we leave behind is Not to die .just ...love and be ...
a Story from the past of #buriedalive and the ressurection men aka grave robbers from #lurgan s past . #coarmagh
i visited that grave with my school
Umm what is that at 1:22 ?
At the gate at 1:22 there is a flash what is that please?I couldn't get past that flash spent 5 min going over it trying to figure it out!
you,re one of the first to notice , i found it remarkable also , ghost hunters etc would say i captured a spirit perhaps .....i didnt notice it at all when filming this tbh ....but there are literally thousands buried under these upper graves ...when they ran out of room burying the famine dead along the 'wall 'boundry of lord Lurgan at the poor house , which many were buried in basket caskets woven by the folk from the lough shore , some buried 3 to a grave , this was one of the villages oldest sites as the name itself denotes in old Irish shan -kill aka Old church . but sharp of you to notice with your keen eye . ty for the comments , jSO
its actually a grave protected by a surrounding railing ...as alas as you can see so many of these very old gravestones suffered the indignity of being desecrated and broken during the troubles of the 70s , fortunately those that were repairable have been put back together , such a shame these souls buried hundreds of years before the sectarian divide had to undergo such disrespect , thanks for the comments
some suggested a door/portal opening , i cant recall observing it tbh