The Paranormal Database

Edward Howard, 9th Duke of Norfolk.

Duke of Norfolk

Location: Dorking (Surrey) - White Horse Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The ninth duke of Norfolk remains in the inn, apparently too drunk to depart this plain of existence.

Woman

Location: Douglas (Isle of Man) - Douglas Head Hotel (no longer operational)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa 1975
Further Comments: The phantom woman reputed to haunt this site was very active, generating poltergeist-like effects (moving chairs and ashtrays, and opening doors) and manifesting on the second floor.

Falling Soldier

Location: Douglas (Isle of Man) - Falcan Cliff Hotel (no longer operational and converted into offices)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A German soldier who jumped off the tower was once occasionally seen repeating his fall. It was also said that animals disliked entering the tower.

An old postcard showing the Shelbourne hotel in Dublin.

Mary Masters

Location: Dublin (County Dublin) - Shelbourne hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century onwards
Further Comments: Medium Sybil Leek said that she had met this young girl in Room 526, and that the youngster was looking for someone named Sophie. In 2015, the hotel claimed that guests would flee one particular room in terror.

Shuffling Feet

Location: Dublin (County Dublin) - Clontarf Castle Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: September 2010
Further Comments: One guest at the hotel claimed to hear footsteps in his room at night. The man also said that his shower had turned itself on and his TV flicked channels over at will...

Banging

Location: Dudley (West Midlands) - Spare Room Cafe (was the Crown Hotel), corner of Wolverhampton Street and Priory Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth / early twenty-first century
Further Comments: An icy cold chill and mysterious bangs and crashes from empty rooms are all blamed on an unknown entity which has found home in the cafe. A fish and chip shop based in the building also reported strange events and a string of bad luck.

Murdered Servant

Location: Dudley (West Midlands) - Station Hotel, Trindle Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: Room 217 (or 214, depending on the source), and the rooms nearby, are reportedly haunted by a maid murdered in the building. Furniture has been heard moving around the empty room.

Haunted by Prince Charles?

Bonnie Prince Charlie

Location: Dumfries (Dumfries and Galloway) - County Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1936
Further Comments: Looking concerned, this ghost seen near Prince Charlie's room has been named as the man himself, though others say it is more likely to be another Jacobite.

Victorian Lady

Location: Dumfries (Dumfries and Galloway) - King's Arms Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Strangely out of place, this woman in Victorian clothing was seen watching the television in the lounge.

Gentleman with Rapier

Location: Dunfermline (Fife) - Hotel, (demolished nineteenth century)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Nineteenth century
Further Comments: A guest staying at the hotel watched an old gentleman armed with a rapier enter his bedroom and open a storage chest. The gentleman searched the chest but seemingly not finding anything of interest, left the room. The guest returned to the same room twice more over the next couple of months, and the same event occurred. On the final occasion, the guest tried to talk to the figure, but failed.

Mistimed

Location: Dursley (Gloucestershire) - Old Bell Hotel, Long Street
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: One witness described being woken by a voice calling out 'Its eight o'clock!', even though it was three in the morning. A phantom monk and a figure resembling a chambermaid have also been spotted within the walls.

Sliding Glass

Location: Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey (Kent) - Shurland Hotel
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 07 October 2011
Further Comments: CCTV caught a glass move across a table and break on the floor, although some speculate that it slipped off. Staff have also reported other paranormal activities, including disembodied footsteps, banging on the walls, and a phantom little girl who manifested briefly at the foot of a bed.

Rocking Figure

Location: Eddleston (Borders) - Barony Castle Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A former owner has been seen in a rocking chair, accompanied by the scent of brandy and cigars. A faceless woman in a blue dress has also been seen rushing through the corridors, while one room is said to be haunted by a lady who stands at the bottom of the bed.

Whistler

Location: Edinburgh (Lothian) - Learmouth Hotel
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Door opening and closing are the trademarks of this spirit, though it is also known to whistle down the corridors.

Elizabeth Dundas

Location: Edinburgh (Lothian) - Melville Castle Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1990s
Further Comments: While the site was being renovated, one witness spotted this phantom walk through a wall.

Woman in White

Location: Edinburgh (Lothian) - Royal Circus Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Early 1970s
Further Comments: At least three night porters reported seeing this tall, beautiful woman in white with long black hair move quickly down the corridors. Workers demanded to work in pairs until the ghost had been exorcised.

Alice

Location: Edinburgh (Lothian) - The Howard Hotel, 34 Great King Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Alice is named as a very kind spirit, and any visitation has left people feeling calm.

The Scotsman Hotel, Edinburgh.

Printer

Location: Edinburgh (Lothian) - The Scotsman's News Building (currently the Scotsman Hotel), North Bridge
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: November 2004
Further Comments: A phantom man wearing an apron and carrying a tray of metal blocks was spotted in the basement by a member of staff. Another phantom, this time of a woman wearing black, was said to haunt the former reception area.

An old woodcut of bagpipes.

Bagpiper

Location: Elgin (Moray) - Red Lion Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: This phantom piper has been heard playing his music on the second floor.

Queenie

Location: Emo (County Laois) - Gandon Inn Hotel & Restaurant
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: More often felt rather than seen, the ghost here picked up the nickname Queenie.

Strange Staircase

Location: Ennis (County Clare) - Old Ground Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Part of the hotel includes the former town hall which contained a jail, the staircase of which had been reported as haunted. The hotel retains a reputation as being home to some kind of phantom, although exact details are fleeting.

Black Hound

Location: Ennistymon (aka Ennistimon) (County Clare) - Ennistymon House (now Falls Hotel)
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The grounds around this house were said to be home to a black dog, which despite its size, was quite harmless.

Top Half of Victorian Lady

Location: Escrick (North Yorkshire) - Parsonage Country House Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1998
Further Comments: This female ghost only makes itself known to male guests and staff at the hotel, and even then, only the upper part of her body is visible.

Girl in the Cupboard

Location: Esher (Surrey) - Marquis of Granby hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The young woman was locked in the cupboard and left to die; now, years later, her spirit is trapped inside the small room by a large family bible propped against the door.

Two Ladies

Location: Ettington (Warwickshire) - Ettington Park Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 14/15 March 2005
Further Comments: Two female figures haunt the grounds of this hotel; a lady in grey walks near the staircase where she was killed, and the other (dressed in white) walks the terrace. Two children can be seen and heard crying, standing by the river that runs through the grounds. In March of 2000, a man staying at the hotel reported seeing and feeling a strange concretion of 'baleful' energy in his room, while in a photograph taken in October 2014, an amorphous shape appeared above someone's head. As a side note, the building was used in the original film of 'The Haunting'.