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Thu 20 Jan, 2005 08:52 pm
Polish woman jailed for 'haunting' owner of an Austrian castle
at 14:46 on January 15, 2005, EST.
INNSBRUCK, Austria (AP) - A Polish woman who harboured a grudge against her husband's employer has been sentenced to four months' imprisonment for terrorizing the boss by making ghostly sounds at his castle-like estate.
The 42-year-old woman, whose name was not released, was convicted Friday on nuisance charges after she allegedly spent weeks masquerading as a ghost and making mysterious noises, Austrian television reported.
Police captured the woman on videotape after the jittery owner, who employed the suspect's husband, begged authorities in the alpine province of South Tyrol to solve the mystery.
The haunted owner had complained of hearing footsteps in the hallways and slamming doors late at night at the estate near Austria's southern border with Italy.
It was unclear why the Polish woman had become angry.
Here's an oldy, but goody that I'm dusting off for you guys to read... :wink:
That's more than funny, it's hilarious. It kinda makes you think about all of those ghost stories you hear...
Yeah, I liked it!
It was one of my first posts on this board.
Reyn--
Even in the beginning, you were building your rep.
It sounds like a case Mystery Inc. would have solved.
"I would have gotten away with it too if it weren't for those meddling kids!"
But we know, of course, that she didn't have a ghost of a chance of fooling the authorities.
Merry Andrew wrote:But we know, of course, that she didn't have a ghost of a chance of fooling the authorities.
Andy made a funny....hehe!
Reyn wrote:Here's an oldy, but goody that I'm dusting off for you guys to read... :wink:
Dusting it off again for this year.
That's fine, Reyn, but you're a little early. Hallowee's not until next month.
Whadya mean, early? C'mon, the stores will be putting in their Christmas crap anytime now. Hey, you read that other story.
One can never be too early, y'know.
I'm haunted by the fear of the upcoming fancy-dress ninsense. I may have to resort to imbibing some spirits.
Merry Andrew wrote:ninsense
[Reyn pulls out dictionary]
Ha, another typo for Andy!
I've just gotta stop wearing these mittens while typing.
What kind of polish does she use?
That will be the eternal mystery, Edgar. The article didn't deem that important enough to list.
I think we are poles apart in this conversation.
But, now that Edgar has brought it up, I do wonder why the original newspaper article makes such a big deal in mentioning that the woman was Polish. I mean, would the tale have a different slant or import if she had been, say, Russian or French or German? Is that bit of meaningless identification a hint of latent xenophobia in the writer?
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