The White Witch of Jamaica

Rose Hall Great House stands on a hilltop overlooking Montego Bay, beautiful and deadly. Annie Palmer ruled here with voodoo and poison, killing husbands and slaves until they rose against her. Her ghost still commands the plantation she terrorized.

Annie Palmer

The White Witch:

• Born Haiti
• Practiced voodoo
• Married into Rose Hall
• Tiny but terrifying
• Legendary cruelty

Her Background

Origin story:

• Orphaned young
• Raised by nanny
• Learned voodoo
• Black magic
• Brought to Jamaica

The Husbands

Three dead:

• John Palmer first
• Poisoned
• Two more followed
• All murdered
• She inherited all

The Methods

How she killed:

• Poison
• Voodoo curses
• Stabbing
• Various methods
• Ruthless

The Slaves

Her other victims:

• Countless murdered
• Tortured
• Used in rituals
• Buried on grounds
• Mass graves

The Rebellion

How she died:

• Slaves revolted
• 1831 uprising
• Strangled her
• In her bed
• Justice

The Burial

Strange details:

• Buried on grounds
• Not in church
• Rituals performed
• Prevent return?
• Failed

Rose Hall Today

Current status:

• Restored mansion
• Tourist attraction
• Montego Bay
• Night tours
• Famous haunt

The Hauntings

What’s reported:

• Annie appears
• In windows
• On balcony
• Roaming grounds
• Still commanding

Her Appearance

Ghost description:

• Small woman
• White dress
• Dark hair
• Piercing eyes
• Unmistakable

The Bedroom

Most active area:

• Where she died
• Where she killed
• Cold spots
• Apparitions
• Presence felt

Physical Phenomena

What happens:

• Objects move
• Doors slam
• Temperature drops
• Screams heard
• Violence

Visitor Experiences

What guests report:

• Seen her ghost
• Felt touched
• Pushed
• Threatened feelings
• Terror

The Grounds

Outside activity:

• Slave graves
• Other spirits
• Mass haunting
• Not just Annie
• Victims too

Johnny Cash Song

Cultural impact:

• “The Ballad of Annie Palmer”
• Famous song
• Spread legend
• Global fame
• Immortalized

The Tours

Night experience:

• Candlelit tours
• History told
• Paranormal focus
• Frequent activity
• Popular attraction

The Medium

Investigations:

• Psychics visit
• Confirm presence
• Multiple spirits
• Annie dominant
• Powerful

Historical Debate

Truth questions:

• Legend embellished?
• Some fiction
• Some fact
• Murders real?
• Uncertain

What’s Real

Confirmed elements:

• Annie existed
• Husbands died
• Slaves buried
• Haunting reported
• Something there

Caribbean Voodoo

Context:

• Real practice
• Haiti connection
• Jamaica tradition
• Annie studied it
• Used it

Significance

Legendary murderess whose ghost continues to haunt the plantation she terrorized for centuries.

Legacy

Rose Hall proves that extreme cruelty creates lasting haunting—Annie Palmer’s evil was so profound that neither death nor time has diminished her presence.