White Witch of Rose Hall - Montego Bay, Jamaica

In the early 1800s, John Palmer owned a sugar plantation located just east of Montego Bay, Jamaica.  It was known as the Rose Hall Plantation. In 1820 John married a woman from Haiti named Annie.  Annie Palmer brought a history of death to Rose Hall and it is believed that she haunts the grounds of the estate to this day.

Rose Hall near Montego Bay, Jamaica is said to be haunted by The White Witch

Annie was a beautiful, petite Caucasian woman who to look at her you would never suspect that deep within that innocent looking woman was pure evil.  John Palmer, as well as two subsequent husbands of Annie Palmer died suspiciously.  Many islanders believed that Annie Palmer was a practitioner of voodoo magic and that she was responsible for her husbands' deaths. They called her The White Witch.  It is said that over the years she would mistreat her slaves and also used the good looking ones as lovers.  However, when she grew tired of them, she would kill them.  Eventually growing tired of this and more out of fear for their own protection, Annie's slaves rebelled against her and murdered her in 1831 and set fire to Rose Hall.  They buried her deep under a stone tomb and sealed her fate by conducting a voodoo ritual of their own to prevent  her from rising from her grave.  However, it is said that the ritual was not performed correctly.

The final resting place of Annie Palmer near Montego Bay, Jamaica,  who was known as The White Witch of Rose Hall

Rose Hall has been restored to it's former grandeur and to this day many claim to have seen the ghost of Annie Palmer roaming the grounds of the estate.  Sometimes she is seen riding a black horse wearing a greenish cloak.  Strange events occur in the mansion itself such as footsteps from an unseen source and cries in the night when no one is there.  They say you can still hear her shouting orders to her slaves.

Annie Palmer is said to haunt her former home, Rose Hall near Montego Bay, Jamaica

The Rose Hall Great House is open for tours and today the estate is host to one of the finest golf courses in the Caribbean Islands.  Take a trip to Montego Bay and maybe you will catch a glimpse of The White Witch of Rose Hall.

A view of the Caribbean from the entry of the fully restored Rose Hall Great House

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