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Ghost Story

A young Spanish student came to study in Liverpool in the early 1920s. She was remembered as very bright, but withdrawn. This shyness was not helped by her devotion to another student, a rich young woman who appeared to reject her friendship after she became engaged to a male with links to the aristocracy. The Spanish girl became even more insular and eventually was not seen by any of her fellow students and was assumed to have returned to Spain. Then one evening she entered St Lukes in a state of fear, claiming that her friend had arrived to take her with her. The priest told her to wait and he would get some help from a doctor. However, on their return the woman was found at the front of the church apparently frozen in shock, her heart stopped. The doctor could find no obvious explanation for her death. When her flat was searched the body of her friend was found. Her death from a fall appeared to be an accident, but an open verdict was recorded.

Taken from ‘Purgatory’, this is one of five stories about ghosts trapped within the grounds of the St Lukes Church performed as plays in March.

For more information see: www.defnetmedia.com/purgatory
Image: Wayne Blackledge

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