Château des Noyers du Tourneur
Coffee Break Story In October 1867, the de Manville family inherited Château des Noyers du Tourneur, which had been built in 1835 from the stones of an earlier medieval castle. The family moved into their beautiful new home with their son Maurice and four employees: their son’s tutor, Emile, their coachman, a gardener named Auguste, and Celina and Amélina, a cook and maid, respectively. For the first three years, the occupants experienced strange noises, doors slamming without cause, and inexplicably moved objects that disconcerted them. In 1870, these strange occurrences just stopped, and the family lived in peace, settling into their home and feeling comfortable. Then, in October 1875, it all started again. Added to the sounds from before was a shouting voice. Words could not be made out, but it was clearly the voice of a person. Mr. de Manville was a no-nonsense sort of man, and he had at first chalked up the noises when they’d first moved in as pranks by his son. But now he was tak...