The Paranormal Database

Winchester's Castle Hall.

Man in Three Corner Hat

Location: Winchester (Hampshire) - Castle Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1973
Further Comments: Seen by a prisoner in the building, this ghost disappeared as it walked through a wall. As a side point, the hall is also home to King Arthur's round table, though it is likely to be a fake.

An old postcard showing Windsor Castle.

Four Royals and a Hunt

Location: Windsor (Berkshire) - Windsor Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 26 June (Charles) (reoccurring), other entities various
Further Comments: Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth, Charles I & George III have all reportedly been seen here after their natural lives ended. Elizabeth frequents the library, Charles the Canon's House (traditionally walking on the night of 26 June), while George haunts the rooms in which he was bound after being declared mad. Henry VIII can only be heard, moving slowly down the corridors, dragging his bad leg. The great park attached to the castle is home to Herne the Hunter, who together with his devil dogs, stalk the woodlands. In 1906 a guard was investigated after he fired five rounds at a white figure - he claimed the bullets passed straight through the figure. Finally (for the time being), the park is also haunted by the ghost of a Grenadier Guard who killed himself while on duty.

Romans

Location: Winterborne St Martin (Dorset) - Maiden Castle (hill fort)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1980s?
Further Comments: Phantom soldiers have been reported in this area, while legend says this Iron Age hillfort was built by a race of giants.

Clifford Tower, York.

Blood of the Jews

Location: York (North Yorkshire) - Clifford Tower
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Blood unknown, paper in March 1686 or 1687
Further Comments: Many Jews committed suicide in the tower rather than surrender to the rioting anti-Semitic mobs tearing up the town. The ground of the tower is said to be stained red, even after being dug up and replaced. Sir John Reresby wrote that one of his men on watch at the tower observed a piece of paper blowing in the wind that changed into a monkey before transforming into a turkey-cock. The entity wandered around for a bit before vanishing.

The old Debtors Prison in York.

Mary Bateman

Location: York (North Yorkshire) - Debtors Prison
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The ghost of Mary Bateman would appear during the witching hour and could have been the entity that became well known for playing pranks on prisoners.

Jephson's Rat

Location: Youghal (County Cork) - The old Desmond Castle (north of town)
Type: Crisis Manifestation
Date / Time: Sixteenth century
Further Comments: Sir John Jephson, on the verge on bankruptcy, struck a deal with a stranger for all debts to be paid. In return, Jephson had to adopt a white rat and ensure the creature sat alongside him during every meal. Believing the creature would soon die, Jephson agreed. Seven years later, the creature still lived, so Jephson had his staff remove the rat. Within a few hours, the stranger returned and threw Jephson from an upstairs window. The white rat is said to occasionally appear to foreshadow a death in the Jephson family.