Examining folkloric, paranormal & cryptozoological locations in the UK and beyond
Location: Okehampton (Devon) - Bearslake Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A crying child has been heard in the building after staff have locked up for the night. She is thought to be a young girl named Clare, who died after falling down the staircase.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2007-08-28
Last updated: 2007-08-28
ID: #7902
An old postcard of Okehampton Castle.
Location: Okehampton (Devon) - Between Okehampton Castle and Tavistock
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Midnight (reoccurring)
Further Comments: This large black dog is reportedly the ghost of Lady Howard, who walks from here to Tavistock. Some say the hound is a separate entity, and Lady Howard really travels by a coach made from the bones of her dead husbands. One piece of folklore says the black dog accompanies Howard, and the creature picks a piece of grass from the churchyard - when there is no grass left in Okehampton, Lady Howard can rest.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2002-07-16
Last updated: 2026-09-11
ID: #1768
Location: Okehampton (Devon) - Nine Stones, Belstone
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Still present
Further Comments: This set of nine stones are said to be maidens who were caught dancing on the Sabbath. They sometimes come back to life and continue dancing.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-07-16
Last updated: 2002-07-16
ID: #1767
Location: Okehampton (Devon) - White Hart Hotel
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Named Peter by staff and locals, this entity fulfils the normal noisy spirit behaviour pattern.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-11-12
Last updated: 2002-11-12
ID: #3124
Location: Okehampton (Devon) - Wooded open ground, end of Wonnacotts Road
Type: ABC
Date / Time: Spring 2006
Further Comments: Two children reported seeing a black, puma-like cat while playing in this wooded area.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2006-06-08
Last updated: 2006-06-08
ID: #6877
Location: Ottery St Mary (Devon) - Churchyard
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 26 March (reoccurring)
Further Comments: John Coke was murdered by his own brother on 26 March 1632. On the anniversary of his death, Coke briefly climbs from his tomb and has a quick look around the area to ensure his brother is not lurking in the shadows.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2021-05-06
Last updated: 2021-05-06
ID: #14125
Location: Paignton (Devon) - Blagdon Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: John hanged himself in a nearby barn hundreds of years previous, though his presence is still blamed should anything go wrong in the pub.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2003-12-24
Last updated: 2003-12-24
ID: #4831
Location: Paignton (Devon) - Inn on the Green
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This ghost once haunted a tower before it was demolished - he has since relocated to the basement.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2003-12-24
Last updated: 2003-12-24
ID: #4844
Location: Paignton (Devon) - Olden Ewe antiques shop
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: October 2015
Further Comments: The owner of this shop featured in the local press after claiming that a wardrobe with a carved demonic face was haunted; its doors would unlock and open, and people claimed to have perceived a phantom, invisible child close to the object.
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Published Media
First added: 2015-10-23
Last updated: 2015-10-23
ID: #11941
Location: Paignton (Devon) - Police station
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid 2000s
Further Comments: A phantom policeman was said to have been seen along the first floor of this station.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2011-10-22
Last updated: 2011-10-22
ID: #10610
Location: Paignton (Devon) - Prince Regent Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1976
Further Comments: This hotel was haunted by a ghost which primarily concerned itself with turning lights on and off, though it did appear to the six year old son of the owner, materialising on the foot of the youngster's bed.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2005-07-22
Last updated: 2005-07-22
ID: #6411
An old postcard of Paignton in Devon.
Location: Paignton (Devon) - Skies over the area
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 23 September 2007, between midnight and 02:00h
Further Comments: Several witnesses in different areas of Paignton reported seeing up to one hundred orange, green and red lights in the sky. Witness accounts varied - one person said they moved in formation, while another reported some were moving to the left while others to the right. One person reported a blue light that the other ufos moved towards.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2007-10-01
Last updated: 2007-10-01
ID: #7976
Location: Paignton (Devon) - Yesteryears Antique shop
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa 2015
Further Comments: Cheryl Ramsdall, the owner of this antique shop, featured in local press after reporting hearing strange sounds on the staircase and spotting a strange figure standing behind her.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2015-10-23
Last updated: 2015-10-23
ID: #11942
Location: Penhale (Devon) - Penhale Sands
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A town once stood where the sands are now; it was destroyed and covered for the sins of the population were great...
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-07-16
Last updated: 2002-07-16
ID: #1763
Location: Plymouth (Devon) - Admiral MacBride public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: One story, the events of which were said to have occurred hundreds of years ago, has a woman pursued into the cellar where she was murdered. Her spirit remains. It is unknown if she is also the fleeting shadow seen in the kitchen.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2017-12-08
Last updated: 2017-12-08
ID: #12657
Location: Plymouth (Devon) - Albertha ward, Greenbank Hospital (no longer standing)
Type: Crisis Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: The shade of Lady Albertha, who donated the money for the ward to be built, used to appear beside the cots of sick children. When she appeared, the child was sure to recover, regardless of how ill they were.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2005-09-14
Last updated: 2005-09-14
ID: #6555
Location: Plymouth (Devon) - Allendale Road
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 04 April 1996, 00:25h
Further Comments: While studying the lunar eclipse, a witness watched a bright red star-like object rise forty-five degrees from the horizon. The star then split into two, then divided into four, with a final split into either eight or ten evenly sized lights which took a form like Cassiopeia before swiftly crossing westward across the sky. The witness later read that similar objects had been seen over Dorset on the same night, about an hour before their sighting.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2026-01-10
Last updated: 2026-01-10
ID: #16276
Location: Plymouth (Devon) - Annabel's Cabaret and Discotheque
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: During this venue's quieter times, the sound of running feet can be heard, but the source is never found.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2017-12-08
Last updated: 2017-12-08
ID: #12658
An old woodcut showing a coven of witches standing on the edge of a cliff, summoning a storm which is sinking a ship in the distance.
Location: Plymouth (Devon) - Devil's Point (west of docks)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Sir Francis Drake and the rest of his coven stood here and summoned a storm to destroy the Spanish Amanda - their chants can still be heard today.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2003-12-27
Last updated: 2003-12-27
ID: #4880
Location: Plymouth (Devon) - Elizabethan House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A ghostly young girl reputedly looks out of a window in this former sea captain's house.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2017-12-08
Last updated: 2017-12-08
ID: #12654
Location: Plymouth (Devon) - Freedom Fields Hospital (no longer operational)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1976, 1989
Further Comments: A third year student nurse spotted a short man in blue uniform running down a staircase. Phoning security, they reassured the student that the figure was the resident ghost, a Napoleonic prisoner of war. Thirteen years later, poltergeist activity on the site appeared in the press, with staff reporting flickering lights, doors opening and closing, and boxes falling to the floor.
Source:
Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2011-05-08
Last updated: 2026-07-15
ID: #10465
Location: Plymouth (Devon) - General area
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: When the town required a safe and plentiful water supply, Sir Francis Drake rode out to Dartmoor and recited a spell. Water sprung up and followed Drake as he returned to Plymouth.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2016-04-22
Last updated: 2016-04-22
ID: #12128
A ghostly woman in white, illustration by Wayne Lowden.
Location: Plymouth (Devon) - Geriatric wards, Mount Gould Hospital
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Varies
Further Comments: These wards are reputed to be built on the site of a battle and numerous unexplained occurrences are said to have happened. One male staff member reported a white lady who disappeared into a room. On investigation, the room was found empty, but the patient the man was standing beside at the time of the sighting died before morning, even though he was not obviously unwell.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2005-09-14
Last updated: 2005-09-14
ID: #6556
Location: Plymouth (Devon) - Gin Distillery
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Three ghosts, Lucy, Elizabeth, and Charles, are said to haunt the distillery, although their stories and fates are not connected.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2017-12-08
Last updated: 2017-12-08
ID: #12656
Location: Plymouth (Devon) - Minerva public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2015
Further Comments: The Haunted Plymouth team in the local media claimed four entities haunted this pub; a smuggler, a ghostly child and two women.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2016-01-03
Last updated: 2016-01-03
ID: #12001