Clashing Blades

Location: Ashmore - Cranborne Chase
Type: Environmental Manifestation
Date / Time: 31 October, late 1920s
Further Comments: A member of the Ghost Club and his partner reported being surrounded by the sounds of men fighting, sword clashing with sword, and the moans of the dying. There are also tales of a golden coffin and stolen treasure buried in the area.

Gabbygammies

Location: Ashmore - Washer's Pit
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: These spirits loiter at the village pond where they moved to after their former home, a local barrow, was destroyed.

Arthur's Victory

Location: Badbury - Badbury Rings
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Battle in Sixth Century(?), entities in late twentieth century
Further Comments: This hillfort has been named by some as the location where King Arthur defeated the Saxons. Several phantasmic events also surround the Rings, including the sighting of a ghostly warrior on horseback, a spectral woman wearing a black dress, and an ugly dwarf-like entity which peers into the windows of parked cars.

Irish Wolfhound

Location: Badbury - Road surrounding Badbury Rings
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A large phantom dog that has been reported running along the road is thought to be a Irish Wolfhound looking for his master.

John Daniel

Location: Beaminster - Beaminster School, now part of St Mary's Church
Type: Post-Mortem Manifestation
Date / Time: 1728
Further Comments: Thought to have died from a fit, John Daniel was buried after being found dead in a field near his home. Soon after, his ghost was seen in the school, a coffin by his side as he sat at his former desk. A new examination of the body revealed John had been strangled, though his killer was never found.

Woman with Bright Pink Eyes

Location: Beaminster - Bell Farm
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1998
Further Comments: The farmer here reported seeing two figures, one a young boy and the other a woman wearing a long white dress, standing in a field by his livestock. When he shone his flashlight at the people, he could see that the woman had eerie pink eyes. Filled with fear the farmer did not move until the figures disappeared towards the local graveyard, after which the witness ran home.

Blue Lady

Location: Beaminster - Bridge House, Whitcombe Street (no longer standing)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1900s onwards
Further Comments: This property was haunted by a tall slim lady wearing high heels. Sightings of her were said to be so frequent that she was treated as a normality. Another more violent entity haunted the guest room, keeping visitors awake during the night by removing bed sheets and pushing over the side table.

Bony Guardian

Location: Bettiscombe - Bettiscombe Manor
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Home to the skull of a slave, the object is said to scream if removed from the house. One former owner threw the skull into a pond, only to fish it out two days later after being kept awake at night by supernatural 'sounds'.

Former Soldier

Location: Bettiscombe - Higher Filford Farm, near Bettiscombe
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This insubstantial warrior is said to haunt one of the rooms which was once used to make cheese.

Shadowy Man

Location: Bincombe - Railway tunnel
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Summer 1991
Further Comments: Two train drivers reported hitting a shadowy figure while passing through the tunnel - police investigated the scene of the incident, but could find no evidence of an accident.

Fairy Song

Location: Bincombe Down - Singing Barrows
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Midday (reoccurring)
Further Comments: Local superstition states that if you place your ear to the ground here at midday, you can hear the soft singing of fairy folk.

Doggett

Location: Blandford - Area near Eastbury Park (no longer standing)
Type: Vampire
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A corrupt manservant who stole thousands of pounds from his employer, Doggett finally killed himself, and now drives his phantom horse and carriage along this area. One local story says he returned as a vampire; after his body was exhumed many years after his death it was found to be uncorrupted, with a rosy tint to the cheeks.

Raped Nurse

Location: Blandford - Army Base
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1937
Further Comments: This figure dressed in white is reportedly a nurse who was once raped and killed near the barracks - her shade has been observed floating around the area, her facial features almost blank.

Woman in White

Location: Blandford - Exact location unknown
Type: Crisis Manifestation
Date / Time: 1837
Further Comments: A child told her mother that she had seen a white woman drifting towards the house. Her mother dismissed the claim, until they received word that her father had drowned around the same time as the sighting.

Fred or Mary

Location: Blandford - Royal Signals Museum
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2006
Further Comments: Once known as Fred, the ghost that moves small objects and creates phantom footsteps and cold spots was renamed Mary. It is believed she was a local woman who was due to marry a US serviceman during World War 2, but was murdered just before her wedding day in the area where the museum was constructed.

World War One Soldier

Location: Bournemouth - Bournemouth Town Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 31 October (reoccurring)
Further Comments: This incorporeal soldier appears here once a year to help himself to a drink of water. There are also a few reports of phantom horses and carriages being seen outside the building, while a ghostly cat is also said to haunt several of the town hall rooms.

Figures in Brown

Location: Bournemouth - Branksome Park estate
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Early twentieth century
Further Comments: Seen in a garden on this estate, several little people dressed in brown played in and around the bushes before being scared off.

Smuggler

Location: Bournemouth - Gullivers public house, Kinson
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1980
Further Comments: When this public house was known as The Dolphin, one witness reported waking during the night to the sounds of clinking. Leaving their room to investigate further, they came across the apparition of a man perched on a chest, counting gold coins.

Lillie

Location: Bournemouth - Langtry Manor Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late 1970s
Further Comments: The grey form of Lillie Langtry was spotted several times by the hotel's chef - the building was once her home.

White Lady

Location: Bournemouth - Millhams Lane, Longham area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The area around the bridge is reportedly haunted by a ghostly white woman, who was killed when hit by a horse and trap along the road. One story says she tries to entice men to jump off the bridge.

Emily

Location: Bournemouth - Pavilion theatre
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: An actress who died in the 1930s, Emily is blamed for the disembodied footsteps heard on the empty stage. One member of staff was reputedly chased along a corridor by a ghostly figure wearing a bonnet.

Smugglers in the Tunnels

Location: Bournemouth - St Andrews Church, Millhams Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The graveyard here is said to contain blocked off tunnels once used by the smuggling community to move their contraband away from the coast. The ghosts of these men are still reported to flit around the area.

Shadows

Location: Bournemouth - Talbot Woods
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: A shadowy hound, said to be slightly larger than a Saint Bernard dog, was reported to haunt this area. The creature has never seen directly, but only from the corner of the eye. Scraping sounds resembling claws on concrete can also be heard, always behind the witness.

Puma

Location: Bournemouth - West Cliff Road
Type: ABC
Date / Time: August 2005
Further Comments: Salesman Kevin Hamersley from Wiltshire said he spotted saw a puma along this road, just one of many sightings in the region.

Woman in flowing dress

Location: Bournemouth - West Howe Baptist Church, Anstey Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s (?)
Further Comments: One witness observed a lady in a long white dress that appeared from behind a tree, crossed the path, and then promptly walked through the garden wall.