Incredible supernatural phenomena occur in the historic library. (Image source: Adobe Stock)
The Newcastle upon Tyne Literary and Philosophical Society (Lit & Phil) is the UK’s largest independent society outside London.libraryit was built more than half a century earlier than the London Library. The association was founded in 1793 by the Reverend William Turner and others.
this historylongThe library was founded in 1825 as a 19th-century Grade II listed building in Bolbec Gardens. This library was a gathering place for many intellectuals in the first two centuries. French, German, Latin and Spanish can be seen in this library. It is an international library. In 1879, inventor Sir Joseph Wilson Swann demonstrated his development of an early incandescent light bulb here, making the library the first public building to use this type of lighting. In the history of nearly two hundred years, countless people have come and gone here, reading knowledge and communicating with each other. However, what remains here is not only various cultural relics and exhibits, but also many invisible people. Staying here, there are even staff members from nearly a hundred years ago who are still working in the library and continuing their duties during his lifetime.
Steve Watson, a paranormal investigator who once investigated the Lit & Phil Library, said there were more than sixteen ghosts in the library, where books would automatically fall off the shelves. There have been cases of falling, and even fire doors opening automatically. In the basement of the library there is the spirit of a woman, who is said to be a worker responsible for moving shelves. Many people say they have heard her voice and footsteps in there. Not only is the ghost of a woman active in the basement, there is also a noisy spirit, and from time to time you can hear the noise he makes by banging on metal pipes.
In the Lit & Phil Library, someone once encountered the soul of a little girl, and someone else saw a hooded black figure lingering in the balcony area of the library. In addition, it is said that the ghost of a wizard appeared in the library. Watson said that it may be a witch hunter who lived in the seventeenth century and sentenced fifteen Newcastle witches to death in 1649. This theory has been questioned, and the reason why a witch hunter’s spirit would appear patrolling a library centuries later is unknown.
From about 1893 to 1930, there was an associate librarian here named TH Marr. His soul still remains in the Lit & Phil Library after his death, in a room whose name is remembered. ghost. A guard said that he once heard the sound of turning pages from a cubicle in the reading room. He walked over to see who was inside, but the cubicle was empty. One night, when the library staff was about to close the library, he noticed that something was wrong with his assistant. The other person was obviously frightened and said that there was something strange in the assistant’s report room. At that time, the employee wanted to reassure the assistant, so they went in to check it out together. When they passed the reading room, they both felt a presence, and there was a conspicuous shadow lingering in the space. Vanessa Histon said the phenomena may be Mal’s ghost telling visitors to be quiet if they speak too loudly.
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