The book's closing legend says Edward II died in such agony that his screams could be heard miles from Berkeley Castle. It claims the sound returns every 21 September, the anniversary of his death. The story carries the murder account into castle folklore and gives the haunting a precise annual date. The brief ending separates the remembered legend from the earlier political analysis of Edward's deposition.
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Edward II's anniversary scream legend
Berkeley Castle's closing legend claims that Edward II's screams return every 21 September, the anniversary of his death.