Ghost Stories And Legends Of South Wales - A Tour Of Glamorgan

[@mickymouse3491]

I saw a ghost at Maudlam church ( the church at the start of this video) around 50 years ago. He was walking quite slowly from the front door of the church down the path through the graves to the main gate and back again. He was dressed in a monks long brown gown with a big hood with a white rope around his waist. I was walking through a field 40 metres away on a public footpath and just about to go over the wooden stile (there is a kissing gate there now) I had a very good view because we were at a similar elevation as the road between the field and the graveyard drops down. As he was about 6 metres away from the church door he stopped and looked over at me, there was no face there, just a dark void. I ran like the wind!! I was 10 years old. It had such an impact on me that I still remember every detail. Even today when I walk past the church I still have chills running up and down my spine. It was summertime about 10pm, the light was fading but it was still quite light.

[@gunner678]

I remember the stories as we hiked along Merthyr Mawr from my parents. Great times. A packet of crisps and a shandy in Nottage later, wonderful.

[@leonaheraty3760]

What is a shandy?

[@leonaheraty3760]

What a lovely area. The horses are beautiful. 😊

[@flydriveexplore]

It really is!

[@mariemorgan7759]

I love the ghost stories! Really great presentation, and beautiful countryside! Just subbed to the channel!💕

[@flydriveexplore]

Thanks and welcome

[@leonaheraty3760]

Very spooky. Thank you! 😊👻

[@darcydavies-jones1503]

My mother saw a woman wearing a dark hooded cloak carrying a baby from the direction of Ogmore Castle to the Pelican Pub. The woman looked frightened and looking over her shoulder while running, my mum only realised she was a ghost when they stepped in front of the car and she ran them over., they just passed through the car on impact. Mum did stop the car and get out worried incase she had run people over but there was no-one in the road, no damage on the car but still reported to Police. Despite my research, to this day we still don't know who the ghostly woman with a baby is....

[@wht-rabt-obj]

I love these ghost episodes. They are SO well made! 👍

[@flydriveexplore]

Thanks

[@bobhead6243]

You have a great talent for story telling , very enjoyable series !👍

[@flydriveexplore]

Thanks

[@williammitchell1864]

Bob Head, Only it wasn't a story. He didn't make it up.

[@terrycollett1461]

My wife and I have been visiting Porthcawl for over 60 years,we even honeymooned there on 1965.I have learned more from your videos than ever I did before.

[@flydriveexplore]

Glad you found them interesting.

[@darcydavies-jones1503]

My parents honeymooned in Porthcawl also. I was even conceived at The Seabank Hotel in July 1984

[@eileenpritchard9154]

​@@darcydavies-jones1503 Very good, 🫣🛏️🤫😲😜😆👍

[@jdjones4825]

I always believed the kenfig pool story....nice one 👍

[@flydriveexplore]

The remains of buildings around the pool are quite late, there used to be a boathouse on the northside. It's worth watching the Time Team episode if you haven't seen it when they excavate the actual town near Kenfig Castle.

[@cjhobbyfly8597]

Very good video... there aren't many KZbin vids about ghosts in Wales so this was a pleasant surprise and it was good too, not over the top amateur dramatics and if the history doesn't match the story I like that you've pointed that out too.

[@flydriveexplore]

Thanks, there is a lot of interesting history is well as stories in this area.

[@Nettsinthewoods]

Loving these stories.. really great photography too!

[@flydriveexplore]

Glad you like them 👍

[@markbarrera6807]

perfect mood and concise storytelling, Thank you!

[@flydriveexplore]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ianpearson8567]

This is the first vlog I found looking for Orgmore Castle, and you got me interested.

[@carolgriffin7922]

Thank you for your video's l love them and yes I believe in ghosts I know My house is haunted me and my husband and friends have seen thing's move and things go missing and never come back but I've put up with it for 30 year's now and I know it will come with us lf I moved because it happened in my last home I really think it's a little girl I lost.

[@PeteLewisWoodwork]

I used to love going to Candleston and the dunes and once found a stone tower, long submerged in the sand but also long abandoned and not much left. Fantastic place!

[@flydriveexplore]

I go in search of that tower in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4bXhGp9m7Ogfqc

[@traciewinn8919]

The Maid of Sker and the Made of Cefn Ydfa are so similar, maybe a sign of the times, I love local history, thank you 😊

[@flydriveexplore]

Yes agree, definitely an indication of the attitudes of the time.

[@lorenheard2561]

Your country side is beautiful! Thank you for sharing your stories and some of your childhood adventures.

[@flydriveexplore]

Thanks for the comments, we're lucky to have the beaches and countryside on our doorstep.

[@lorenheard2561]

@@flydriveexplore I just heard about more exasperating lockdowns in Wales,especially Cardiff,and other cities...Hope you will be able to shake off some of the more unreasonable demands of local goverment..It is insane in my book! Winter is coming and warm clothing and boots,shoes,etc..shovels and so on Are Essential!

[@donnadavies4630]

Brill xx you should make more like this xx

[@robertsims7409]

i remeber yrs ago riding over the dunes down near kenfig res going across to the old railway building u done a video on, to this day there was 3 off us and this gentleman just apperead, we carried on to next mound, looked around and he was gone 110% on this it was weird and boy put the shits up us !!! We never rode so fast to the beach !!!!

[@radish6740]

“He died stealing sheep…. Very welsh….” 😆

[@flydriveexplore]

You can't get any more Welsh than that, (apart from he was also singing and carrying a leek).

[@eileenpritchard9154]

​@@flydriveexplore 😝🤪😄😅😃😜

[@elg3eco]

Great video with cool Color Grading....

[@flydriveexplore]

Thanks, I also tried to film early and in the evening to help with the colours as well.

[@hodderpaul]

I've fished Sker Point many times at night. I say to this day that I once heard voices crying out. My fishing partner heard nothing.

[@maggiejb4367]

I liked it very much. I'd totally visit some day

[@flydriveexplore]

You should if you get the chance

[@dscobellusa]

Fascinating stories and video of an ancestral country I will never see in person. Thanks so much!

[@flydriveexplore]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@sanjitpatel9193]

*great channel ❤️*

[@WizardofOzarks]

Great job. Thank you very much for your videos.

[@flydriveexplore]

Hi, thanks for the positive comment.

[@terrycollett1461]

This is my second viewing of this video,my wife is sat opposite me listening to it all.Very interesting and well presented,We.re trying to decide if Alfred Hitchcock was a relative of yours.Your voice goes well with the story.

[@flydriveexplore]

Thanks for watching again. I'm surprised I'm not as big as Hitchock after what I've been eating during the lockdown.

[@ilovegreen0150]

Thanks from Australia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@flydriveexplore]

Thanks for commenting and hello Australia

[@nicholasjones7353]

I love a good GHOST story. We have one in Bargoed, a property that may have a link to Llancaiach Fawr.

[@GavMurphy]

LOVE this video.

[@flydriveexplore]

Thank you

[@trixxwazex2467]

I am canadian and i love your chanel!

[@flydriveexplore]

Cheers, I have two aunts and many cousins in Canada.

[@michellebruce5092]

Great video. I enjoyed the ghosts stories. Have you ever been to the haunted sudeley castle in England? Or haunted fyvie castle in Scotland?. I heard it's a great place to visit. Can't wait to see more of your live videos. Greetings from Canada 😀 your videos are always great to watch 😀

[@flydriveexplore]

No I haven't visited those places. At the moment we are soaking up some sun for a few days in Madeira but hopefully will make some more local legends and ghost story vids as autumn and winter gets closer.

[@MadderMel]

I'm from Bristol , I worked at Kenfig industrial estate for a while !

[@sanjitpatel9193]

*we will all be a ghost one day*

[@Sludgepump]

Terrific! Thanks!

[@vearkenstone2670]

I love this stuff. Very well done. thanks.

[@flydriveexplore]

Thanks

[@YesMeistres]

I love your channel. I will watch every one of your videos. There is a haunting song by the Welsh band Gene Loves Jezebel called "Maid of Sker" after this ghost story. Very lovely. Thanks everyone for sharing more stories in the comment section.

[@flydriveexplore]

Gene Loves Jezebel are from the area, only a few miles from Sker

[@YesMeistres]

@@flydriveexplore They were twins from Porthcawl. Yes. Jay Aston moved to London decades ago and Michael moved to Los Angeles. Twins that grew to hate each other but were so talented together. So sad.

[@KellyLB-d2s]

Interesting thank you :)

[@shaneiptv7644]

Brilliant

[@flydriveexplore]

Thanks for watching.

[@tobyphilpott9686]

Mae yna lawer o straeon a chwedlau am ardal Merthyr Mawr. Dywedwyd wrth lawer ohonynt yn Gymraeg ac mae llawer wedi eu colli. Un stori o'r fath oedd meudwy Wig Fach. Pwy oedd y meudwy hwn? Dywed rhai ei fod yn llofrudd ond efallai mai clecs pobl ddifeddwl yn ansensitif i gyflwr hen ddyn sy'n byw ar ei ben ei hun yw hyn.

[@antonius_006]

Nice place ! Is there any South Wales Exorcist Prayer ?

[@flydriveexplore]

It is a nice place - we haven't bumped into any Exorcists lately.

[@allisonkerry-cooper6513]

Damn I love in South Wales need the exocist as we be building property's else where with the old ones I'm sure we all live with spirits just r. I. P. Ghosts

[@antonius_006]

@Chris Wings It Improvised exorcist prayer: True God Holy Spirit Purify the environment Enrich the environment Thank You

[@louiseowen8495]

My Grandpa was a Rural Dean and an Exorcist. He was born in the 1800s and died in the 1980s. I miss him.

[@erinsuzy613]

So the inn keeper was a serial killer?

[@flydriveexplore]

Yes, it sounds like it. Even Travelodge don't murder you and bury you in their grounds.

[@kushcloud420]

Can you go to cearphilly my hometown and do some ghost stories there please

[@flydriveexplore]

Thanks for the idea, maybe in the future.

[@ellis1667]

llantwit major church at the start ??

[@flydriveexplore]

Good guess but it's actually Maudlam church near Kenfig.

[@robertsims7409]

no joking stealing sheep was very serious offence in wales and being executed was the norm..

[@flydriveexplore]

Lots of sheep stealing still goes on today although I think they stopped the executions in the 1800s

[@robertsims7409]

@@flydriveexplore yes sheep rustling still applys today. Im not sure but i think the last exeuction was down at the skirrid inn by judge jeffries i might be wrong mind..

[@sarahstrong7174]

@@robertsims7409 I have seen a lorry in a gateway loading sheep at 11.30 at night. Did wonder.

[@louiseowen8495]

What is worse is that some of the sheep stealers are butchering them in the fields and just taking the meat. They are leaving the butchered ewe carcasses next to the lambs who are crying for their mothers. The farmers who find this the next morning are devastated. If you see anything suspicious, phone the police please. Don't approach the rustlers, they are organised gangs and are dangerous.

[@connordennis1881]

I found out this a few years apparently when you die your spiritual body stays on earth and gets addicted to a place they live