Screams and the wine-drinking monk of the Maiden's Tower

On the edge of Toompea stands the Neitsitorn, the Maiden's Tower, which in the Middle Ages served as a prison for women of the street. It was said to be so haunted that inmates asked to be moved elsewhere, and screams are still said to drift from its walls at night. Café staff working here have reported footsteps climbing the empty stairs and scratching sounds, and a figure like a monk has been glimpsed in the cellar after dark, calmly drinking wine straight from a barrel. Other tellings add a man in black and a young priest. Today the tower is a museum café with a view over the Lower Town.