Examining folkloric, paranormal & cryptozoological locations in the UK and beyond
Location: Dunstable (Bedfordshire) - Victoria public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This young lad is thought to haunt the rear of the building where the stables once stood. He lost his job after an injury that prevented him from returning to work.
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Published Media
First added: 2007-08-27
Last updated: 2007-08-27
ID: #7846
Location: Dunstable (Bedfordshire) - White Swan public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: Staff monitoring the security cameras here have seen a figure walk across the bar, even though the area is empty. Video tape has failed to record these occurrences.
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Published Media
First added: 2007-08-27
Last updated: 2007-08-27
ID: #7847
Location: Dunton (Bedfordshire) - March Hare public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 23 June 2008
Further Comments: A ghostly figure of a man, standing around 1.7 metres tall was seen briefly in a doorway before vanishing.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2011-04-30
Last updated: 2011-04-30
ID: #10413
The steps haunted by Judge Geoffreys.
Location: E1 (Greater London) - Steps outside of the Town of Ramsgate public house, Wapping High Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Geoffreys, the infamous Hanging Judge, was arrested on the steps outside this pub that lead down to the Thames; he was dressed as a sailor, trying to flee the country. His spirit remains trapped on the stairs, reportedly seen by river police.
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Published Media
First added: 2002-08-31
Last updated: 2023-03-24
ID: #2375
Location: E1 (Greater London) - Ten Bells public house (was Jack the Ripper), Commercial Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s
Further Comments: The landlord of this pub claimed that Annie Chapman's ghost had taken up residence within the walls. Strange winds were reported, as was mild poltergeist behaviour.
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Published Media
First added: 2009-10-04
Last updated: 2009-10-04
ID: #9715
The Town of Ramsgate public house.
Location: E1 (Greater London) - Town of Ramsgate public house, Wapping High Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Prisoners were once held in the cellar of the Town of Ramsgate, where strange sounds are now said to emerge.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2023-03-24
Last updated: 2023-03-24
ID: #14835
Location: E16 (Greater London) - Connaught Tavern
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The former home of a suicide, the spectre of this semi-mad woman has been seen on at least one occasion - she terrified a staff member as they entered a bedroom, sending them running.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2002-08-14
Last updated: 2002-08-14
ID: #2157
Location: E2 (Greater London) - Gibraltar public house (no longer standing), Bethnal Green
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Landlord John Harris was said not to be an easy man to live with, although he turned his life around after encountering a phantom woman in brown sitting in his pub. The ghost warned him that if he failed to turn his life around, his daughter would come to a violent end. The apparition then vanished. Even though John became a better man, his daughter still ended up being hanged for an unknown crime.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2020-04-22
Last updated: 2020-04-22
ID: #13684
Location: E2 (Greater London) - Nag's Head public house, Hackney Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1968
Further Comments: This aging woman dressed in dark clothing has a grey shawl draped over her bony shoulders, and once haunted the basement. After a series of seances, the ghost disappeared for good.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2002-08-14
Last updated: 2002-08-14
ID: #2159
Location: E3 (Greater London) - Ancient Briton public house, Glaucus Street (now demolished)
Type: Manifestation of the Living
Date / Time: 1975
Further Comments: A worker at the pub reported seeing the ghost of a former landlady, even though she was still alive and living a county away.
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Published Media
First added: 2002-11-12
Last updated: 2002-11-12
ID: #3128
Location: E3 (Greater London) - Black Swan public house, Bow Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: A Zeppelin raid killed many people here during the First World War, and now they sometimes return to continue their pints. Two particularly active ghosts are said to be Cissie and Sylvia Reynolds, daughters of the landlord.
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Published Media
First added: 2002-08-25
Last updated: 2002-08-25
ID: #2287
Location: E3 (Greater London) - Bow Bells public house, 116 Bow Road
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Early 1970s
Further Comments: A 'ghost' was blamed for the haunting in the woman's restroom, with locked doors being opened and the toilets flushing themselves, though recently a former employee at the building has said that the phantom was invented to generate trade.
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Published Media
First added: 2009-09-12
Last updated: 2009-09-12
ID: #9674
Location: E3 (Greater London) - Driver's Arms public house?
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1979
Further Comments: A poltergeist outbreak here in the late 1970s was attributed by a medium to a Victorian tenant who disliked women who drank!
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Published Media
First added: 2009-09-13
Last updated: 2009-09-13
ID: #9684
Location: E7 (Greater London) - Traveller's Rest public house, Cemetery Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A cloaked figure is reported to haunt the shadows of the cellar.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2002-08-19
Last updated: 2002-08-19
ID: #2214
Location: Earl Sterndale (Derbyshire) - Quiet Woman public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A former landlord, tired of the 24/7 chattering of his wife, ended up decapitating her. Even though death has kept her silent, her ghostly form remains.
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Published Media
First added: 2007-05-07
Last updated: 2007-05-07
ID: #7449
Location: Earlswoof (Surrey) - Bull's Head public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Local legend says this pub is haunted by a lime kiln worker who died during the seventeenth century.
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Published Media
First added: 2012-04-08
Last updated: 2012-04-08
ID: #10843
Location: Easington (Durham) - Half Moon public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: November - December, and April (reoccurring), last during the 1970s?
Further Comments: The landlady of this pub said Robert would be heard walking around for three months of the year. One story claimed Robert to have been a nineteenth century road sweeper who fell in love with a barmaid; Robert took his own life in the cellar when she married another man. Keys would also disappear and doors open unaided.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2026-09-10
Last updated: 2026-09-10
ID: #16794
Location: East Boldon (Tyne and Wear) - Black Bull public house
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: October 2018
Further Comments: In an interview with local press, manager Kelly Hedley said chairs had moved unaided, darts were known to be thrown by an unseen hand, and glasses would slide and smash. Ghostly children and a sad Cavalier are reputed to haunt the site.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2022-02-17
Last updated: 2022-02-17
ID: #14418
Location: East Grinstead (Sussex) - The Fox public house
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: November 2017
Further Comments: CCTV showed a pint glass shattering while on the bar. Owner Claire Kacy was reported in the national press as saying items had been known to move unaided, including a chair.
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Published Media
First added: 2017-12-09
Last updated: 2017-12-09
ID: #12671
Location: East Ogwell (Devon) - Jolly Sailor public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2015
Further Comments: The landlord of this public house said in the local press that the 'friendly' ghost which haunts the site looks like William Shakespeare.
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Published Media
First added: 2015-01-31
Last updated: 2015-01-31
ID: #11739
Location: East Ruston (Norfolk) - Butchers Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: April 2008
Further Comments: Customers have reported seeing a figure standing by a wine cabinet, while items have thrown themselves off shelves and an unseen hand has poured glasses of wine in the kitchen.
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Published Media
First added: 2008-05-05
Last updated: 2008-05-05
ID: #8460
Location: East Stoke (Nottinghamshire) - Public house (no longer operating)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Early 2000s
Further Comments: A BBC website claimed three entities made their home here - a woman with a dark complexion, a crying baby, and a young boy named Adam who would throw small items around.in the kitchen.
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Published Media
First added: 2024-08-11
Last updated: 2024-08-11
ID: #15593
Location: EC1 (Greater London) - Sutton Arms public house, Carthusian Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1997
Further Comments: This smiling redheaded entity materialises only for a couple of seconds at a time, before vanishing as quickly as he appears. He has been described as elderly, dressed in old fashioned clothing, and wearing a large grin on his face.
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Published Media
First added: 2002-08-24
Last updated: 2002-08-24
ID: #2275
Location: EC1 (Greater London) - Viaduct Tavern
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: One of the ghosts which haunts this pub goes by the name of Robert. He may be responsible for the poltergeist actions that occur within this building.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2010-01-01
Last updated: 2010-01-01
ID: #9787
George and Vulture public house, St Michael's Alley, London.
Location: EC3 (Greater London) - George and Vulture public house, St Michael's Alley
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The upper floor of this established public house is home to a phantom woman who drifts along its corridors.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-08-24
Last updated: 2002-08-24
ID: #2273