the chained oak

During a stormy night in 1821, Charles Thomas Talbot, the 15th Earl of Shrewsbury was making his way, via the baraby gutter, to Alton towers (his ancestral seat) in his carriage and was accosted on the way (at the site of the tree) by a beggar woman asking for money. The Earl refused and ordered his servants to drive on, at this the woman placed a curse on the Earl "for every branch that falls from this tree, a member of your family will die". That night the storm worsened and lightening struck the tree causing a branch to fall. Also that night a member of the Earls family suddenly, and inexplicably, died. The next day the Earl sent his workmen to chain up the remaining branches of the tree so that no more should fall and where the chains remain to this day.

i live 15mins away from this its coool

So, what you are saying here M'lady is that curses and black-magic and voodoo and the like are real ?

yup

You certainly are a lady of few words !

If you believe they are real, do you think that they work BECAUSE you think they are real and if you didn't they wouldn't ?

what if a little twig falls?

They break a finger.

more like their spine

*has evil plans*

What if they cut down the whole tree and throw it in a wood chipper?

hmmm.............where did i put my chainsaw i wonder ???

then the whole family would be dead

and

haha.

pfft

🙂

Originally posted by ladygrim
During a stormy night in 1821, Charles Thomas Talbot, the 15th Earl of Shrewsbury was making his way, via the baraby gutter, to Alton towers (his ancestral seat) in his carriage and was accosted on the way (at the site of the tree) by a beggar woman asking for money. The Earl refused and ordered his servants to drive on, at this the woman placed a curse on the Earl "for every branch that falls from this tree, a member of your family will die". That night the storm worsened and lightening struck the tree causing a branch to fall. Also that night a member of the Earls family suddenly, and inexplicably, died. The next day the Earl sent his workmen to chain up the remaining branches of the tree so that no more should fall and where the chains remain to this day.

i live 15mins away from this its coool

That begging b!tch! 😠

i know if she'd a cursed me i do it back to her