The Human Sacrifice of Singraven Manor in Utrecht, The Netherlands

The Singraven country estate is first recorded in 1381 as an agrarian farmstead owned and leased by the Bishop of Utrecht. Over the centuries, Singraven changed ownership several times. The first country house was built in 1415. One source claims the current stately home, a grand neoclassical affair, was built in the second half of the 17th century by the aristocratic Sloet family. In looking at this building, it appears more like an 18th century building. If it was built in the 1600s, it must have been ahead of its time…

As to the paranormal aspect of the manor, for a brief period in the early 1500s, Singraven Manor was the residence of Franciscan nuns. Apparently, a nun was bricked up alive as a building sacrifice.In the not so distant past, human sacrifices were made during the construction of houses, shrines, and other buildings, and in the laying out of villages.

In Japan, this practice was known as Hitobashira (or “human pillar”). The purpose of human sacrifice was to consecrate the ground by establishing the beneficent presence of a sacred order or to banish demonic powers.

After the nun’s gruesome death, misfortune and unhappiness began to plague the property.Owners and their family members died young, suffered serious financial trouble or were victims of fatal accidents.

One of the owners was burned alive after an oil lamp fell over and set him on fire.The last owner, Willem Frederik Jan Laan, donated the estate to a foundation. It is now a museum that displays art and antique collections acquired by Laan.

HOW IT’S SUPERNATURAL:

The spirit of the nun appears to predict disaster and shame.

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