The Paranormal Database

A white light moving from a lake.

The White Light of Crom

Location: Enniskillen (County Fermanagh) - Crom Castle
Type: Crisis Manifestation
Date / Time: 1971
Further Comments: This glowing ball of light rolls around the castle lake, normally marking a major event which will affect the whole of Ireland.

Two Chatty Women

Location: Errol (Perth and Kinross) - Megginch Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This pair of old women continue to natter away years after the death of the flesh.

Lady in Green

Location: Ethie Maines (Angus) - Ethie Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A mistress of Cardinal Beaton, both her and her lover can also be heard moving around the castle. The sobs of young children have been reported, as have eerily dragging sounds.

Handless Dr Hudson

Location: Etton (Cambridgeshire) - Woodcroft Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1648 onwards
Further Comments: Killed at the fortification by Cromwell's soldiers in 1648, Doctor Michael Hudson's hands were severed as he tried to climb down the castle walls to escape. His handless ghost now haunts the grounds.

Fairy Fort

Location: Exford (Somerset) - Cow Castle
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Still present
Further Comments: This Iron Age Hillfort was constructed by fairies to protect themselves from earth spirits.

White Lady

Location: Eynsford (Kent) - Castle ruins
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This ghost is likely to be responsible for the cold spot located in the moat.

Cold Spots

Location: Falmouth (Cornwall) - Pendennis Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 17 June 1982
Further Comments: One witness reported encountering cold spots in the armoury, even though it was a bright summer's day. They also felt intense misery in the room, though when they returned the following day, nothing untoward could be detected.

Lady Hungerford

Location: Farleigh Hungerford (Somerset) - Castle ruins, chapel area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This figure reportedly married her first husband for his money - she killed him soon after their wedding. She was soon caught, found guilty of murder, and hanged.

Dancing Girl

Location: Farnham (Surrey) - Farnham Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Though long since removed, the bell that was once housed in the castle tower can still be heard to chime. A shadowy figure haunts the guard room, while the long gallery is home to a phantom monk. A knight in armour appeared in certain rooms, and a lady in white glided along corridors. Lastly, a little dancing girl haunts a staircase, where she collapsed and died. Outside the castle, on the hill where it stands, disembodied footsteps are heard.

An old woodcut of a long snake-like serpent.

Wyrm

Location: Fatfield (Durham) - Lambton Castle and grounds, Worm Hill
Type: Dragon
Date / Time: 1400s?
Further Comments: The Lambton worm, sounding more like a very large snake, took up residence here and terrorised the locals - on returning from the crusades, a young and noble member of the Lambton fought the creature and won; but only by wearing spiked armour that impaled the creature as it wrapped itself around him.

Lady in Green

Location: Featherstone (Northumberland) - Featherstone Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: A female form in a green & brown dress glides along the corridors of the castle. Another ghost, that of Sir Reginald FitzUrse, haunts a tower where he was held prisoner (and starved to death), while sometimes a phantom wedding party is seen in the courtyard.

Soldier

Location: Feenish Island (County Galway) - Area around castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: An unknown amount of gold hidden somewhere in this area is guarded by a ghostly soldier.

Coole Castle.

Gold Protector

Location: Ferbane (County Offaly) - Coole Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The castle is haunted by a spirit that protects a hidden pot of gold. If the treasure is removed from the castle, it is said that the ghost will not rest until it has returned the pot to the hiding place.

Guardian Beast

Location: Fern (Angus) - Castle of Vayne (ruins)
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Protecting a wealth of gold and jewels, this monster tends to remain hidden unless threatened by treasure hunters. Nearby, in a rock comprised of sandstone, there is said to be the imprint of a kelpie's hoof, and the demon horse itself is said to live in a nearby pool.

An old woodcut of a large bear, appearing to exhale smoke.

Final Bear

Location: Fernhurst (Sussex) - Ruins of Verdley Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 25 December (reoccurring)
Further Comments: This is said to be the location where the last wild bear in England was pointlessly killed; the creature's ghost now returns in protest.

Pale Rider

Location: Fillingham (Lincolnshire) - Fillingham Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Passing through the castle park, a tall man riding a white horse has been seen. The castle itself is home to a green lady who is said to have committed suicide after her lover ran away.

Poor Thief

Location: Finavon (Angus) - Finavon Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Caught breaking into the castle grounds to steal food and firewood, this man was hanged and left as a warning for anyone else who would try the same crime. There is also a local rhyme that states when the castle is reduced to dust, the world will end...

Playing Harp

Location: Fintry (Stirling) - Culcreach (or Culcreuch) Castle, Chinese Bird Room
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2004
Further Comments: The one time mistress of a member of the clan Buchanan held her lover here as he died, playing the harp as his soul left the room. On the verge of sleep, people have reportedly heard the harp notes drifting around the room. Other less soothing ghosts have been witnessed - the head of a boar on a plate floats around the battlements, while a grey shadow pushes past people in the corridors. More recently, a ghost has been blamed for turning up the jukebox as the machine plays Robbie William songs!

Norman Soldier

Location: Flamborough (East Riding of Yorkshire) - Tower Field, near remains of Flamborough Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: This phantom figure was observed by someone living nearby - the ghostly soldier was in full uniform, carrying a pike over one shoulder.

Lady Waterford

Location: Ford (Northamptonshire) - Ford Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1946 onwards
Further Comments: Once believed to only appear on the first night that new owners had moved in, the ghostly Lady Waterford would groan while walking the corridors.

Knight in Shining Armour

Location: Forest of Dean (Gloucestershire) - Saint Briavel's castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Woman seen 1998
Further Comments: Seen in the grounds and along corridors of this former castle (now a hostel) a figure in armour has been known to appear. It is not known if he is responsible for the disembodied footsteps along the walkways. A young child has been heard to cry in the King's Hall (where the bones of a baby were once found walled up), and finally a ghostly woman in white was spotted on the staircase in 1998.

Brodie of Brodie

Location: Forres (Moray) - Brodie Castle
Type: Post-Mortem Manifestation
Date / Time: 20 September 1889
Further Comments: The night that Grandfather Brodie died in Switzerland, the sounds of moaning and loud moving noises could be heard coming from his locked office in the castle.

Five Floating Heads

Location: Forres (Moray) - Dunphail Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: These heads belong to a small party who tried to break in and feed the starving besieged defenders of the castle; they were discovered and decapitated by their enemies.

Holy Grail

Location: Fowey (Cornwall) - Castle Dore
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: According to Arthurian legend, the Grail was once housed at this hillfort.

Framlingham Castle, Suffolk.

Children

Location: Framlingham (Suffolk) - Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2010s?
Further Comments: The castle is said to be haunted by the ghosts of children, imprisoned here when the site acted as a poorhouse. Young faces occasionally appear in attic windows and at other times children's voices are heard around the site.