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Who doesn't love a good ghost story, and the Stuarts loved them as much as anyone. However, enjoyment can very quickly turn to apprehension when the ghost – far from being a benign nun, a fair Grey Lady or a lost piper – becomes a sinister harbinger of doom. In these accounts of two spooky Stuart tales shared by historian and author Josephine Wilkinson, the ghosts crossed the narrow boundary that separates entertainment from prophecy – but were their dire warnings heeded?