In 1975, Diane and Peter Berthelot along with their 12-year-old son visited the Worstead Church. Peter snapped a picture of his wife praying in silence on one of the church benches. After development, off course, a friend of Mrs. Berthelot was shocked to see a white shadowy figure sitting right behind her and pointed it out. The figure in the photo appears to be wearing light-colored, old-fashioned clothes and a bonnet. The following summer, The Berthelots would return back to the Worstead Church with the photo and inquire about it with Reverend Pettit, who happened to be the church vicar. He told them about the legend of the White Lady who is known to be a healer making an appearance near someone who needed healing. Diane suddenly realized that the time the photograph was taken, she was quite ill and taking strong antibiotics. 

 

The ghost of the White Lady dates back well over 100 years. According to one story, on Christmas Eve of 1830 a man boasted a challenge to the White Lady. He said he would climb to the top of the church’s belfry and kiss her if she would appear. So up he went. When he failed to reappear after a time, however, friends went to search for him. They found him in the belfry, cowering in a corner, terrified. “I’ve seen her,” he told them, “I’ve seen her….” And then he died.