Sitting on 150-acres of woodland in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, is a castle built in the 17
th century Norman style, looking rather out of place in the rural countryside here and more like something out of a fairy tale. It was originally built in 1923, by New York advertising executive Bill Beaty, who called it Pharelock Castle and moved in with his wife, Sarah, and four children before it was even completed. At the time it was quite the opulent, ambitious project, and the castle would sport 29 rooms, a slate roof, stained glass, intricate homemade floor tiles, a tower, a great hall and winding staircases, and it was to be Beaty’s dream home, but he sadly died of pneumonia before he ever saw his dream come to fruition, left to go on with construction for a further 5 years while his grieving wife and children lived within its cold walls. During this time, Sarah would claim to see her husband’s spirit lurking about, saying of one occasion where she saw him on the balcony: