The Paranormal Database

Disapproving Lady

Location: Newport (Isle of Wight) - Crown Inn, Walkers Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This female form is said to be friendly, although disapproves of card games.

Fading Monk

Location: Newton Abbot (Devon) - Church House Inn, Tor Bryan
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A monk has been seen in the bar area, quickly fading away. It may be his footfalls that sometimes echo around the building once everyone is tucked in for the night.

Blue Woman

Location: Newton Abbot (Devon) - Old Smuggler's Inn, Coombe Cellars
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1972
Further Comments: This elderly ghost is thought to be a woman robbed and murdered in the hotel in the eighteenth century.

Fireplace Figure

Location: Niton (Isle of Wight) - Buddle Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: One account has an entity manifest in the fireplace and cross the dining room. Other ghosts which have taken up residence here include a smuggler, customs officer and a couple of sailors in old fashioned kit.

A ghostly pub landlord.

Landlord

Location: North Wraxall (Wiltshire) - Old Shoe Inn (was located next to the current building, but demolished in 1938)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Pre-1938
Further Comments: It was believed that the old inn was haunted by a former landlord. The legend said that he had hidden his savings within the inn, but someone had stolen the money without the landlord realising. His ghost remained, searching for the missing loot. Since the old inn was demolished, the ghost has not been seen.

Molly Beale

Location: Northian (Sussex) - Hayes Arms Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1990s
Further Comments: Molly was murdered in one of the bedrooms of this public house. Her ghost has been seen dressed in grey, holding something in her right hand - though no witness has yet been able to identify what it is.

Former Lamb Inn, Norwich.

John Aggas

Location: Norwich (Norfolk) - Henry's (formally the Lamb Inn)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1999
Further Comments: Last seen sitting on a chair by a window, this friendly phantom is thought to be John Aggas, a former landlord murdered by his brother-in-law. The ethereal John would make himself known to children staying at the inn, by perching on the foot of their bed and recounting ghost stories!

Robert Jackson

Location: Nottingham (Nottinghamshire) - Bell Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: The ghost of Robert is said to walk through the restaurant, which is also haunted by two men who are seen sitting at a table before disappearing. The women's toilets are home to a female phantom, while a jester is said to stand outside the front door.

Flying Glasses

Location: Nottingham (Nottinghamshire) - Ferry Inn, Wilford
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1980s
Further Comments: An exorcist was brought in to deal with the poltergeist that slid glasses around on the bar and created loud banging.

Singer

Location: Nottingham (Nottinghamshire) - Old Angel Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Heard crooning when the pub is (or should be) empty, this female shade is also said to enjoy playing the fruit machines.

Shadows

Location: Nottingham (Nottinghamshire) - Pit & Pendulum Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: This horror inspired theme pub would not be complete without an accompanying ghost story or two. Shadowy figures have upset customers sitting downstairs, quiet voices whisper in the men's toilet, and staff have reported something invisible prodding them.

Landlord

Location: Nottingham (Nottinghamshire) - Salutation Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Unable to handle the high pressure role of running the pub, this man took his own life - the shade remains in the building. A highwayman is also suspected of haunting the inn. The caves under the pub are said to be haunted by a young child, a four year old girl.

Cellar Man

Location: Nottingham (Nottinghamshire) - Sir John Borlase Warren Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: This phantom man has been spotted in the cellar but has not been identified. Beer pumps have turned themselves off.

Banished

Location: Nottingham (Nottinghamshire) - Wilford Ferry Inn
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1982
Further Comments: This inn was exorcised in 1982 to remove a troublesome poltergeist.

Lord Hop

Location: Nuneaton (Warwickshire) - Dun Cow Inn (demolished 1957)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1800s
Further Comments: The ghost of Lord Hop found itself exorcised and banished into a bottle, which in turn was thrown into a clay pit. Unfortunately, when the pit dried out, curious locals opened the bottle; Lord Hop returned and took up residence in the Dun Cow Inn.

Waitress

Location: NW3 (Greater London) - Holly Bush Inn, Holly Mount
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: Seen and spoken to several times by customers who have given their orders to her, they later find out that a girl matching that description has never worked for the pub.

Trotting

Location: NW3 (Greater London) - The Spaniards Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Horses reported in the 1930s, other events in 2004
Further Comments: Sounds of a horse moving around this area were frequently reported prior to the Second World War. More recently, one witness reported her dog taking bites at an invisible presence within the public house.

Upstairs Entity

Location: Odell (Bedfordshire) - Bell Inn
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Unknown, but pre-twentieth century
Further Comments: The upper part of the building became home to a noisy ghost, although what happened to the spirit is not known.

Edna

Location: Offord Cluny (Cambridgeshire) - The Swan Inn
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The poltergeist which once took up residence here was given the nickname Edna.

Clare

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.

William Dutton

Location: Old Langho (Lancashire) - The Black Bull Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: This typical pub ghost is blamed for stealing little items, though one story states the shade once stopped a little girl from falling down a set of stairs by catching her as she tripped.

Eliza Jane

Location: Oldham (Greater Manchester) - Old Original Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Eliza was found drowned in a nearby well - no one knew for sure whether she jumped or was pushed. Either way, her ghost is now seen in and around the area of her favourite public house.

Figure in Short Sleeved Shirt

Location: Oldham (Greater Manchester) - Star Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late 1991
Further Comments: Called out to investigate the intruder alarm, the owner of the Star Inn could find no reason why the alarm had been activated. When the security video footage was checked, a ghostly man in a short sleeved shirt, dark trousers and hat could be seen drifting down a corridor and entering the room where the alarm had been tripped.

Woman in Black

Location: Olney (Buckinghamshire) - Castle Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: The landlord's wife and a customer spotted a woman in black eighteenth century clothing and another witness watched a man walk through a sealed door. An exorcism was performed, but a few years later the ghostly woman was seen again. A legend says that a phantom horse and coach pass through the pub once a year, though no-one knows the exact date.

Grey Man

Location: Ormskirk (Lancashire) - Old Ship Inn, aka Abblets shoe shop, Moor street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1980s
Further Comments: This tall male ghost appears quite solid, yet greyish in colour. He stands by the front upstairs window, overlooking the main road. A strong smell of tobacco could also be detected within the building.