The Ghosts of Crown Hotel, Wells
There has been a catalogue of incidents at this city centre hotel (The Crown Hotel, Wells) – some more strange than others. Figures have been seen walking along corridors, heard banging around in rooms and caught disrupting the dining room. Several members of staff saw a dark figure in the hotel’s front bar on camera...
North-East High Spirits
In the North-East of England there are hundreds of public houses, but only a minority claim to be haunted. The Old Silent Inn, Stanbury, West Yorkshire Near the Bronte’s village of Haworth, nestled snugly in a valley is the Old Silent Inn. Standing just outside of the village of Stanbury, the inn gave shelter to...
101 British Ghosts and Hauntings
1 Leeds Castle in Kent is haunted by a phantom dog who brings bad luck to visitors. 2 Broadcasting house in London’s Regent Street, is home to the BBC and the ghost of a limping butler. 3 Castle Rising, Norfolk reverberates to the mad laughter of Queen Isabella, who was held captive there after plotting...
Haunts of the ghosts of Bolton
Spooks, ghouls and things that go bump in the night, whether good or bad, can be seen and heard haunting the nooks and crannies of Bolton. Old halls, pubs, farms and theatres – all have tales of blood curdling spectres making their presence known. And if you want to know where to go for a...
Repton: Saints, Giants and Churchyard Ghosts
Despite their macabre associations churchyards are not normally more liable to ghosts than anywhere else for in normal circumstances churchyards are simply resting places which should not contain any restless spirits or echoes of a troubled past. Repton village churchyard however, has certain distinctive features which make such echoes slightly more possible. The Church of...
The Ghosts of Dudley Castle
By Anne Bradford and Barrie Roberts Dudley Castle stands over the town on a great limestone hill, one of the highest points in the West Midlands. It is now a ruin, partly because some of its owners over the centuries rebelled against the Crown. In the Civil War however, the castle was a Royalist stronghold...
A Haunting Corner of Derbyshire
By Derek Lyons At dead of night the haunting beauty of Derbyshire takes on a darker mantle. Some of those souls who made the county’s history seemingly have yet to find eternal rest. Many of Derbyshire’s famous homes are said to be haunted and it is not difficult to find people with first-hand accounts of...
Ghosts of Highwaymen
Todwick is a small village approximately eight miles from Sheffield, and was once the site of an English civil war squirmish. Our tale today deals not with the dead of that battle but the ghost of the…. Todwick Highwayman One night before Christmas in the late 1980’s Vinty was driving home from an office Christmas...
The Haunting Hands
By Martin Jeffrey Many roads in Devon are haunted, by a phantom either visible or audible to some. Often there is a vague atmosphere of tragedy or evil. One road, Carter’s Road, from Moretonhampsted to Princetown certainly has a haunted history incorporating the story of the “Haunted Hands”. Ghost Horse and Rider The tale of...
St Cuthbert’s Ghost
By Martin Jeffrey The romantic castle of Lindisfarne may attract many tourists per year, but in its long history, no ghosts have been reported. Maybe its history isn’t bloody enough or that a killing hasn’t taken place there? But Holy Island, has its ghost, St Cuthbert, the founder of the monastry. During low tides on...
Herne the Hunter – Windsor’s Ghost
By R. Cavendish There is an old tale goes, that Herne the hunter, Sometimes a keeper here in Windsor Forest, Doth all the wintertime, at still midnight, Walk round about an oak, with great ragg’d horns; The curiously persistent legend of Herne the Hunter has been associated with Windsor Forest for at least four centuries,...
The Haunted Inn of Welwyn Garden City
By Martin Jeffrey In Britain a huge amount of ghost sightings take place in one of our favourite places – the local pub. For years people have read about Haunted Inns and Hotels up and down the country. Bruce Piggott, an amateur historian from Welwyn Garden City has uncovered something spooky at his local pub,...
