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Haunted Hotels
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Lonely Child
Location: Bridport (Dorset) - Bull Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: More often than not heard in the ladies toilets, the faint sounds of a child are investigated by members of the public and staff, but no toddler is ever found. A ghostly woman in tweed is also said to sit in the reception area.
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Seventh Floor
Location: Brighton (Sussex) - Grand Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: The seventh floor of this hotel is said to be home to a phantom, although details are fleeting.
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Swinging Beads
Location: Brighton (Sussex) - Metropole Hotel
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Late twentieth century?
Further Comments: Cleaner Mr Kenny and the night manager watched glass beads hanging from wall lamps swing for no apparent reason. The sound of a baby crying has also been reported on occasion, although no infant can be found when the sounds are investigated.
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Disabled Girl
Location: Brighton (Sussex) - First floor rooms, Regency Hotel, Regency Square
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This young girl jumped from one of the upstairs windows - her ghost mirrors her actions, though it now vanishes as it leaps into a wall, as the window was bricked up many years ago. Another female shade that totters around the building is the Victorian landlady.
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Man behind the Bed
Location: Brighton (Sussex) - Royal Albion Hotel, Old Steine
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: 2010
Further Comments: One witness staying in this flat watched a male figure pass behind the bed and cross the room. The hotel is said to be haunted by Sir Harry Preston.
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Pregnant Nun
Location: Bristol (Somerset) - Arno's Manor Hotel, Room 160 and other areas
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1977
Further Comments: This nun took her own life and, for varying reasons, her sisters bricked her body up in an alcove. The haunting is said to have started during WWII, when workmen came across her skeleton and to avoid any delay to their work, just hid the bones elsewhere. Since then, a figure in brown has periodically been reported, and some people have heard a soft female voice calling them by name.
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Charlie
Location: Bristol (Somerset) - Greyhound Hotel (no longer standing - replaced by the Galleries Shopping Centre)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The hotel which once stood here was said to be haunted by a ghost named Charlie. It is not known whether the spook now frequents the new building on site, the Galleries Shopping Centre.
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One for Dinner
Location: Brixham (Devon) - Smugglers Haunt Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: This lonely shade was sitting by itself at a dinner table, but could only be seen when it was looked at through a mirror.
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White Lady
Location: Broad Haven (Dyfed) - Haven Fort Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A local legend once claimed that the grounds of the hotel were haunted by a white lady.
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Mist
Location: Broadford, Isle of Skye (Highland) - Broadford Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Mist like figures have been reported here in the past, as have a former housemaid, although the hotel now appears quiet.
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Grey Lady
Location: Brodick (Ayrshire) - Killmichael County House Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Little is known about the smoky female shade which haunts the hotel.
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Where is Anne?
Location: Bromyard (Hereford & Worcester) - Falcon Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1964
Further Comments: The ghost of a young gentleman that walks around the second floor of the building has been heard asking the question 'Where is Anne?'.
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Shadowy Figure
Location: Burnley (Lancashire) - Rosehill House Hotel, Rosehill Avenue
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Early 2000s
Further Comments: Though most of the hotel dates back many years, this figure was seen sitting on the end of a bed in a new extension to the roof - the occupant insisted on changing his room. The entity was also seen on the staircase.
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Elizabeth
Location: Carrickfergus (County Antrim) - Dobbin's Inn Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Elizabeth, wife of former owner Hugh Dobbins, had an affair with an soldier stationed at the castle. When Hugh discovered the relationship, he murdered the couple. Elizabeth, also known as Maud, now contents herself by stroking people's faces as they sleep or by making fleeting appearances in the reception area.
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Violinist
Location: Castle Green (Somerset) - Castle Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century?
Further Comments: Wearing an evening dress, sightings of this female violinist have slowly petered out as time has gone by, and the only recent reports of her say she can only be heard playing the instrument she carried.
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Bride in White
Location: Castleton (Derbyshire) - Castle Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Left standing at the alter, this bride who never was now haunts the place where her reception should have been. A maid who saw her ran screaming from the building, while another witness said the ghost was cut off at the knee. A more recent ghost is that of a man in a blue pinstripe suit, seen by two different proprietors.
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Sidney Godolphin
Location: Chagford (Devon) - Three Crowns Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1980
Further Comments: A Royalist officer, Sidney died on doorstep of the hotel - he was last seen standing in full uniform at the door of the dining room, by a surprised chef.
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Knight
Location: Chard (Somerset) - Chough Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A knight in full armour has been reported in the hotel - he may be connected to the tomb stone that stands behind the fireplace, said to be impossible to photograph. If not, maybe the hotel's other ghost, an old woman, can claim it as hers.
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Old Man
Location: Charford (Devon) - Charford Manor Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1980s
Further Comments: Spotted drifting around the dining room, the ghost of an elderly man is also thought to haunt the cellar where he moves bottles and creates footsteps.
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Bar Woman
Location: Cheddar (Somerset) - Cox's Mill hotel, The Cliffs
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2008
Further Comments: As well as the phantom woman who sits by the bar, small items have been known to move themselves to new locations.
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Nanny
Location: Cheltenham (Gloucestershire) - Hotel de la Bere (former girl's school)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A nanny who worked for the school hanged herself in her bedroom, and now walks along the corridors checking rooms to ensure her charges are asleep.
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Roman
Location: Chester (Cheshire) - George & Dragon Hotel, 1 Liverpool Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: These phantom footfalls can be heard as they take a path that now leads through several partitioned walls - it is believed to be a Roman centurion on guard duty.
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The Hanging Judge
Location: Chilcompton (Somerset) - Court Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Eternally busy, Judge Jeffreys' has been seen at this establishment, where he once pronounced judgement on criminals and rebels.
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There's Something About Mary
Location: Chingford (Essex) - Royal Forest Hotel, Rangers Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: Killed in a fire in 1912, Mary's shade returned to the building once it was rebuilt - she sits on a bed on the upper part of the building when not spooking the dogs.
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Lady in Grey
Location: Chippenham (Wiltshire) - The Bear public house (currently a hotel)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1965
Further Comments: A barman was disturbed by loud voices which he thought was unoccupied. When he checked, he realised that he was right - no one could be found. A maid outside the building spotted a figure in grey drawing a curtain inside a bedroom. When she investigated, she found the room unused and empty.
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