The White Lady
On 23 September 1954 hundreds of schoolchildren, armed with sticks and penknives, descended on Glasgow’s impressively atmospheric Southern Necropolis determined to hunt down the infamous "Gorbals Vampire", a horrible monster whose iron teeth, they claimed, had - as vampires tend to do - exsanguinated two classmates.
Despite three days of searching and many near misses, the monster eluded them. The hysteria subsided, but the evil bloodsucker was never caught, hence a Halloween stroll in this neck of the woods can be a little spine-tingling, not least when you spot the other graveyard legend, "The White Lady" (www.southernnecropolis.co.uk/page928.html), which is said to be haunted.
The now much weathered memorial was erected by local carpet manufacturer John S. Smith, and dedicated to his wife, Magdalene, who died in a tragic tramcar accident on Queens Drive as she returned home from church on 29th October 1933. Many reliable informers have alleged that the head of the veiled lady on the stone turns to follow you as you walk past, and glows gently at night.
Leica M3 & 1.4/50mm Summilux pre-asph v2
Kodak Tri-X (200)
HC-110 (Dil. B - 7 min)
Vuescan & Plustek 7600i
The White Lady
On 23 September 1954 hundreds of schoolchildren, armed with sticks and penknives, descended on Glasgow’s impressively atmospheric Southern Necropolis determined to hunt down the infamous "Gorbals Vampire", a horrible monster whose iron teeth, they claimed, had - as vampires tend to do - exsanguinated two classmates.
Despite three days of searching and many near misses, the monster eluded them. The hysteria subsided, but the evil bloodsucker was never caught, hence a Halloween stroll in this neck of the woods can be a little spine-tingling, not least when you spot the other graveyard legend, "The White Lady" (www.southernnecropolis.co.uk/page928.html), which is said to be haunted.
The now much weathered memorial was erected by local carpet manufacturer John S. Smith, and dedicated to his wife, Magdalene, who died in a tragic tramcar accident on Queens Drive as she returned home from church on 29th October 1933. Many reliable informers have alleged that the head of the veiled lady on the stone turns to follow you as you walk past, and glows gently at night.
Leica M3 & 1.4/50mm Summilux pre-asph v2
Kodak Tri-X (200)
HC-110 (Dil. B - 7 min)
Vuescan & Plustek 7600i