The Paranormal Database

The Banshee bar, Edinburgh.

Rosie

Location: Edinburgh (Lothian) - Banshee public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Rosie was a prostitute who walked in the vaults beneath this pub and is now said to scratch and mark male members of staff. Another phantom, 'Six Finger Bill', sits under tables and grabs customer's ankles.

Hound?

Location: Edinburgh (Lothian) - Beehive Public House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 16 July 2012, around 16:00h
Further Comments: Someone drinking at the pub felt a firm nudge on their left leg, as if a dog had pushed against them, although no canine was present.

Crying Infant

Location: Edinburgh (Lothian) - Corn Exchange public house, Leith
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twenty-first century
Further Comments: Heard by the staff, the spirit of the crying child also creates cold gusts of wind and flickers the lights. It is thought the child spend much of its short life locked away in a cupboard.

Last Drop Tavern, Edinburgh.

Maria

Location: Edinburgh (Lothian) - Last Drop Tavern, Grassmarket
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2007
Further Comments: Identified by visiting psychics, Maria is believed to have been murdered in the eighteenth century. The phantom girl now makes her presence known by poltergeist-like antics; cups move and items fall from shelves, though nothing is ever broken.

Spottiswode

Location: Edinburgh (Lothian) - Mitre Public House, Royal Mile
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Archbishop Spottiswode is reported to haunt the building where he concealed his episcopal chair, even though the haunting takes the form of poltergeist activity.

Chimney Sweep

Location: Edinburgh (Lothian) - Nicol Edwards public house, Niddry Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This young lad managed to trap himself behind the old chimney stacks in the area and suffocated. He has been reported by members of the public not aware of the story or history.

Missing Tools

Location: Edinburgh (Lothian) - Rutland Place church (as of March 2010, being converted into public house)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: March 2010
Further Comments: The local newspaper reported that workmen have refused to work on the site at night because of strange moving shadows, footsteps in empty parts of the building, and disappearing tools.

Tolbooth Tavern, Edinburgh.

Glass Mover

Location: Edinburgh (Lothian) - Tolbooth Tavern, Canongate
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 2007
Further Comments: The entity at work here is most likely to push around bottles and glasses, although the occasional shadowy figure has been spotted.

An old painting of Bonnie Prince Charlie.

Bonnie Prince Charlie

Location: Elgin (Moray) - Thunderton House Public House (former Royal lodging house)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1990s
Further Comments: The Bonnie Prince stayed at this former hunting lodge for a week prior to the battle of Culloden as he recovered from an illness. His ghost has been reported within the walls of the building. Poltergeist behaviour has also been observed in the bar area and the cellar - one member of staff watched as an invisible hand swept the evening's takings from the counting table onto the floor.

Leathery Coit

Location: Elland (West Yorkshire) - Area around The Great House public house, also known as The Fleece Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Murdered inside the public house in the 1700s, the figure known as Leathery Coit now drives his coach towards his place of death. It is said that his blood that was spilt inside the pub has permanently stained the wooden staircase.

Bearded Man

Location: Elstree (Hertfordshire) - Hollybush public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s
Further Comments: Around the time this ghostly figure was seen, phantom footsteps were also reported around the building.

Flying Glasses

Location: Elstree (Hertfordshire) - Waggon & Horses public house, Watling Street
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: There are stories of glasses which are propelled through the air or fall to the ground unaided by human hand, although no one can date these occurrences.

Harry Kirk

Location: Elton (Cambridgeshire) - Black House public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Harry Kirk, former full-time landlord and part-time hangman, was reputed to haunt this pub.

Gus

Location: Elwick (Durham) - McOrville public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2006
Further Comments: A group of mediums who gathered here to investigate the strange goings-on claimed to have contacted a five year old boy named Gus. The young lad died in an accident involving a horse in the 1940s.

Grey Lady

Location: Euxton (Lancashire) - Euxton Mills public house, Wigan Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: The grey lady is only one of several shades reported to walk within the pub.

Emily & Sarah

Location: Eyam (Derbyshire) - Miner's Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: These two playful spirits have been heard playing in the pub, opening and closing doors, and hiding small items. Also haunting the pub is an old woman who dresses completely in black.

Pale Woman

Location: Eynsford (Kent) - Plough and Harrow public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: This ghostly woman was said to haunt the area just outside the pub, while the building itself was home to a poltergeist.

Lady in Grey

Location: Farnham (Surrey) - The Lion & Lamb public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This local pub is reportedly haunted by a lady wearing a large hat. She has been seen in the bar area, and footsteps heard moving around the corridors at night. A woman dressed in maid's clothing has been seen in the courtyard.

Former Landlord

Location: Farnham Common (Berkshire) - Crown Inn public house
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 2008
Further Comments: A former Edwardian landlord was blamed when furniture moved across the floor at night, items fell from walls, and a fire broke out. The building was exorcised on 18 March 2008.

Cleaning Woman

Location: Farnworth (Greater Manchester) - Blighty's public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: This phantom female has been seen wiping down tables, though she vanishes if approached.

Children's Laughter

Location: Farnworth (Greater Manchester) - Shakespeare Hotel (public house)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2016
Further Comments: Glimpses of strange shadows and the sounds of children's laughter are said to be reported by customers at this pub. CCTV footage was said to have shown five different ghostly figures.

Red Eyed Sailor

Location: Faversham (Kent) - Shipwrights Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Weather Dependent: Cold winter nights
Further Comments: Having died in a shipping accident, the phantom sailor now appears on icy nights. His favourite trick is to open the front door and walk in, only to disappear moments later, leaving only a strange, disconcerting odour.

James Martin

Location: Fawley (Hampshire) - Jolly Sailor public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2020s
Further Comments: One employee told the local press that she would hear whispering and spot fleeting shadows when locking up at night. Snacks would occasionally fly off the wall and other items tipped over. Some people named James Martin, a nineteenth century landlord, as the responsible party.

Rocking Lady

Location: Ferndown (Dorset) - Old Thatch public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Seen in this pub on a rocking chair, this phantom elderly lady caused one former landlord to run out of the building in fear.

Flying Coke

Location: Fethard (County Tipperary) - McCarthy's public house
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 2006-2015
Further Comments: A few strange occurrences are said to have occurred here, such as doors which open and close unaided, a Coke bottle which flew through a doorway, and heavy items which move themselves in the kitchen. One barmaid claimed to have seen a man in the bar who had died two weeks previous - he tipped his hat to her before leaving the room.