Hotel Ghosts, Folklore and Forteana
Fallen in Battle
Location: Glin (County Limerick) - Glin Castle (currently an hotel)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1960s
Further Comments: This castle is reputed to be haunted by the souls of those who fell during the many battles on the site. The third floor is said to be home to a poltergeist (encountered by a cook and housekeeper during the 1960s), a ghostly builder named Henry appears on the staircase, and twentieth Earl of Glin still enjoys sitting on a particular armchair.
Boots Hitting the Ground
Location: Godalming (Surrey) - King's Arms Royal Hotel, Guy Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The sound of boots and clothing being removed in a bedroom in the early hours of the morning suggests this spirit is ready to sleep.
Monk
Location: Gosforth (Cumbria) - Gosforth Hall Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Seen drifting along corridors, the monk may also be responsible for the poltergeist outbreak in the kitchen and the strange face occasionally seen peeking in through the windows upstairs.
Woman with Dark Hair
Location: Gosport (Hampshire) - Hotel (name withheld)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa 2003
Further Comments: A witness awoke in the middle of the night and spotted a woman with long dark hair sitting in a chair. After the witness rubbed their eyes for a few seconds, they then watched the woman walked out of the room through a closed door. The witness later discovered that staff reported hearing people in the room even when it was empty.
Young Woman
Location: Gosport (Hampshire) - Hotel (name withheld)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: August 2010
Further Comments: A guest awoke in the middle of the night to see, standing over her sleeping husband, a young woman with brown hair. The guest covered her eyes out of fear. The following morning the guest mentioned the sighting to staff and was told other people had seen the girl.
White Lady
Location: Grantham (Lincolnshire) - Angel & Royal Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Drifting down the corridors of the upper regions of the building, this figure may be responsible for the poltergeist like actions in one of the bedrooms.
Monk
Location: Great Missenden (Buckinghamshire) - Little Abbey Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The monk that once haunted this building was said to have had an affair with a nun - the monk's fate is unknown, but one can assume that it was not pleasant.
Key Hiding Spirit
Location: Great Yarmouth (Norfolk) - The Duke's Head Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 14 Century onwards?
Further Comments: Possibly the spirit of the old local baddie Baron Scarfe, this shade hides various items and plays around with electrical equipment.
Old Ned
Location: Grindleford (Derbyshire) - Stoke Hall (currently a hotel)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Headless woman 1880s, other sightings not known.
Further Comments: Ned hanged himself in a barn close to the hall, though he first tried to tie the rope around the branches of several nearby trees which all broke under his weight. His shade can be seen running around the trees, repeating the search for a suitable hanging location. Author Wayne Anthony says that the hall itself is reputedly haunted by Fair Flora, murdered nearby by persons unknown, and a headless lass who was seen walking down the stairs in the 1880s.
Officer
Location: Guildford (Surrey) - Angel Hotel, High Street
Type: Post-Mortem Manifestation
Date / Time: January 1970
Further Comments: The spirit of a nineteenth century military man was seen looking back at two witnesses as they gazed into a mirror in room 1. Actor Sir Roger Moore claimed to have watched a misty figure moving towards him as he sat in bed. When Moore change position, the figure vanished.
Little Girl
Location: Gunthorpe (Nottinghamshire) - Unicorn Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: A ghostly little girl is said to haunt room number seven, pulling the covers off the bed if she takes a dislike to the occupant.
Ghost or Coat?
Location: Hampton Court (Surrey) - Kings Arms Hotel (public house)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: December 2014
Further Comments: A photograph carried in the tabloids showed what could have been a rather tall phantom, or a coat hanging on the wall, in this public house. The building is also said to be haunted by a mother and child, who both committed suicide on the site.
Nursemaid
Location: Harlech (Gwynedd) - Hotel Maes Y Neuadd
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Haunting one of the bedrooms in this hotel, this nursemaid dressed in mob cap and gown will only appear if one of the guests is unwell. A phantom dog is sometimes seen in the garden, while other phantom figures have been seen elsewhere in the building, though only when reflected in mirrors.
Grey Haired Man
Location: Harrogate (North Yorkshire) - Cavendish Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: November 1988
Further Comments: Seen sitting on the edge of a bed late at night, the short, aging figure rose and walked towards the window, suddenly vanishing into thin air.
Sleeper
Location: Harrogate (North Yorkshire) - Commercial site along Cold Bath Road (was a hotel)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1960s onwards
Further Comments: Although the site has not been an hotel for many years, on one occasion an employee spotted someone in a bed. Another witness has been shoved twice, in a room which is now used for storage, while others have seen a coffee cup move across a desk and an office chair shoot across the floor unaided.
Dragging
Location: Hartlepool (Durham) - Cosmopolitan Public House and Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late 2020
Further Comments: Tables were heard being dragged around the pub, but upon investigation, nothing had been moved (although a picture which had previously gone missing was found on the floor). Three ghosts are said to haunt the site - a former employee, a nun, and a little boy.
Anne of Cleves
Location: Haslemere (Surrey) - Lythe Hill Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The fourth wife of Henry VIII was said to walk through bricked up doorways in the building to which she became banished. In the mid 2000s, the hotel charged a premium to stay in a haunted room, to cover additional insurance and ghost hunting equipment hire.
Old Lady
Location: Haslingden (Lancashire) - Griffin Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: This spook has been known to play with the juke box and to generally create mischief.
Man in Grey Suit
Location: Hastings (Sussex) - Royal Victoria Hotel, St Leonards-on-Sea
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Not seen for many years now, the man in grey is thought to have been a previous manger that died in a fire on site. His dog also died in the blaze and has been seen running about in the corridors.
Dennis
Location: Hay-on-Wye (Powys) - Baskerville Hall Hotel (aka Clyro Court)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Dennis circa October 2005, hound in 1998
Further Comments: Amanda Hyde, writing for the Times Online, documented her less than convincing experiences during a ghost hunt on the site, during which she encountered Dennis (via a medium) and communicated with Edward using a glass. More convincing is the encounter a chef reported in 1998. He reported seeing a shadow the size and shape of a large dog in the kitchen a few minutes before feeling a nip on his right thigh. He cried out, three nearby staff asking what was wrong, although they were disbelieving when he told them what he had seen and felt. The following day a heavily bruised bite mark appeared on his leg.
Hell Stone
Location: Helston (Cornwall) - Angel Hotel, Coinagehall Street
Type: Legend
Date / Time: 08 May (reoccurring)
Further Comments: The Devil dropped his stone while fighting with St Michael here, and is said to return once a year to view it (the rock now forms part of the building). The hotel also has a resident ghost named Nelly.
Screams
Location: Hemel Hempstead (Hertfordshire) - White Hart Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Killed on the stairs while trying to escape an old press gang, this man's screams and cries can still be heard. One report says that when this entity appears, his colours are inverted, rather like a film negative.
Grey Lady
Location: Henley in Arden (Warwickshire) - White Swan hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: This phantom grey lady is likely to be the same entity which has been known to whip off the bedcovers covering sleeping visitors.
Spanish Guest
Location: Holford (Somerset) - Plough Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Murdered in the building in the sixteenth century for a large sum of gold (which was never discovered), the Spaniard still makes his presence felt.
Marching Man
Location: Horley (Surrey) - A23, near the Cambridge Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: March 2007, around 21:00h
Further Comments: A driver braked hard to avoid hitting an elderly man who stepped out in front of him. The man was in his seventies, was slim and walked very upright, as if marching. He wore a flat cap, tweed jacket and petrol blue trousers. The driver thought he had left the braking too late and expected to hit the figure, but when the car stopped, the old man was nowhere to be seen.
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