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The grey lady and black lady of Toom-Kooli 13

This Toompea mansion once belonged to the von Uexküll family, and two women are said to walk it. The grey lady was a maid the lord forced into an affair; when he tired of her, he had her walled up in the cellar. She smells of death, cackles, and claws at young men with long nails, and an English officer who spent a night with her after the First World War reportedly ended up in an asylum. The black lady was a country girl engaged to the lord's son, who vanished on the wedding morning, believed murdered and buried beneath the house. She still searches the halls for her bridegroom. The building now houses the Canadian embassy.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

Eesti keeles

See Toompea härrastemaja kuulus kunagi von Uexküllide suguvõsale ja seal kõnnivad väidetavalt kaks naist. Hall daam oli teenijatüdruk, kelle mõisnik sundis suhtesse; kui härra temast tüdines, laskis ta neiu keldrisse kinni müürida. Ta lõhnab surma järele, naerab kriiskavalt ja kraabib pikkade küüntega noori mehi – üks inglise ohvitser, kes veetis temaga öö pärast Esimest maailmasõda, sattus väidetavalt hullumajja. Must daam oli maatüdruk, kes oli kihlatud mõisniku pojaga ja kadus pulmahommikul; arvatakse, et ta tapeti ja maeti maja alla. Ta otsib siiani saalidest oma peigmeest. Hoones asub täna Kanada saatkond.

Map of the area around The grey lady and black lady of Toom-Kooli 13
59.43667° N, 24.73733° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Toompea legend summarised by Ling App and Radisson Hotels' Tallinn ghost guide. ↗

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