Ghost story
The terrified prisoners of the Stable Tower
The little round Tallitorn beside the Short Leg gate once served as a lock-up for petty offenders, and prisoners begged not to be left there after dark. Town records from November 1626 note that the son of burgomaster von Gerten, jailed over a broken engagement, was so frightened of the ghosts that he was allowed to keep his servant with him. By morning both were pale, shaking and had to be moved elsewhere. A later tale adds a sceptical councilman who spent a night in the tower to disprove talk of a glowing skeleton; he was carried out speechless and died days later. The tower stands at the edge of the Danish King's Garden.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Lühikese jala värava kõrval seisvat väikest ümarat Tallitorni kasutati kunagi pisikurjategijate kongina ning vangid anusid, et neid ei jäetaks sinna pimedaks ajaks. Linna 1626. aasta novembri ülestähendused märgivad, et bürgermeister von Gerteni poeg, kes oli kinni pandud kihlusrikkumise pärast, kartis kummitusi nii väga, et tal lubati teener enda juurde võtta. Hommikuks olid mõlemad kahvatud ja värisesid ning nad tuli mujale viia. Hilisem lugu lisab skeptilise raehärra, kes veetis tornis öö, et helendava luukere jutud ümber lükata – ta kanti välja kõnevõimetuna ja suri mõne päeva pärast. Torn seisab Taani kuninga aia serval.
Source: Tallinn town records of November 1626 and later Old Town lore, as told by In Your Pocket. ↗