This Photo is of the Rose Hall Great House. The house is located about 6 miles from Montego Bay, Jamaica. This magnificent structure was built/rebuilt/restored somewhere in the mid 1700's to mid 1800's. It was owned by the then Custos of St. Thomas John Palmer. It is entwined in stories of witchcraft, sexual exploits and murder and is a popular destination for tourists local and foreign.

Little is known of the early days of Rose Hall Great House but it's story changes with the occupancy of the house by John and his new wife Annie whose marriage is listed in 1820. It is said that Annie was bored and "tortured" with her life in Jamaica, having been accustomed to the fast life in France. She was known as a hard slave owner and puts her at the instigator of many public beatings for slaves who disobeyed her.

It is said that she became involved in witchcraft and often sought the pleasures of young slaves on the plantation who she would toy with for a while and then disposed of them. Any slave she chose could safely assume that his days were numbered. She was said to have murdered John and her two subsequent husbands at the house along with several slaves who she desired. The lawless times prevented any action against her by the authorities.

Annie was said to have been killed by her own plantation overseer when she proportedly killed his intended son in law. He determined that the madness must stop. Her body was buried in a special grave on the plantation but folklore has it that the grave was not properly built and because of her involvement in witchcraft her ghost was able to escape the grave site. It is said that her ghost still roams the Great House.

Fact or Fiction? Your guess is as good as mine.

Have a great day all.