06/09/2026
A Ghostly Tale.
The Whit Lady of Berlin Cathedral or the Banshee ???
Beneath the magnificent dome of Berlin Cathedral lies the Hohenzollern Crypt, resting place of generations of Prussian royalty.
But according to an old Hohenzollern legend, death was sometimes preceded by a visitor.
She was known simply as the White Lady.
For centuries, stories claimed that a mysterious woman dressed in white appeared within Hohenzollern castles shortly before a member of the royal family died she never spoke.
She simply appeared watched and vanished.
One winter night, long after Berlin had fallen silent, a cathedral caretaker was making his final rounds.
As he approached the entrance to the crypt, he heard something behind him footsteps, slow, soft coming closer. He turned.
At the far end of the cathedral stood a woman dressed entirely in white.
Her face was pale beneath a long veil.
Thinking a visitor had somehow remained inside, he called out.
The woman didn't answer instead, she slowly raised one hand and pointed toward the crypt. Then the cathedral lights went out for several seconds, the caretaker stood frozen in complete darkness. When the lights returned the woman was gone but the door leading toward the Hohenzollern tombs was standing open.
The caretaker refused to enter and perhaps he was right.
Because according to the old legend, the White Lady does not appear to cause death.
She appears to warn that death is already coming and somewhere beneath Berlin among the silent tombs of the Hohenzollerns perhaps she is still waiting to be seen again.
