The Paranormal Database

Soft Footsteps

Location: Hawarden (Clwyd) - Glynne Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: A woman is reported to haunt the site, though she is smelt and heard but never seen. Perfume has been detected though the source remained elusive, and footfalls barely heard also went untraced.

Lily Cove

Location: Haworth (West Yorkshire) - Old White Lion public house, Main Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 10 June (reoccurring)
Further Comments: A local celebrity, Lily fell to her death from a hot air balloon in the early part of the twentieth century, and now returns to the pub on the day she died.

Jolly Fat Man

Location: Hemel Hempstead (Hertfordshire) - Old King's Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: This jovial chap was seen laughing away as he sat on a bed. A white female form has also been reported on site.

Grey Lady

Location: Hemel Hempstead (Hertfordshire) - Rose and Crown public house, High Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Three ghosts are reputed to haunt this site, including a grey lady and a young girl locked up in her room because she was crippled.

Charlie

Location: Hemsworth (South Yorkshire) - Alpha Public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twenty-first century
Further Comments: Staff have spotted movement in their peripheral vision and heard a man coughing when the pub is empty. The ghost, nicknamed Charlie, is said to be non-threatening, although some staff refuse to venture into the cellar alone.

Victorian Lady

Location: Hennock (Devon) - Palk Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Several people over the years are said to have seen a woman in Victorian clothing while in the pub. As with many other public houses, mild poltergeist activity has been experienced by staff, such as a flying glass and closing doors.

Raining Straw

Location: Hepworth (Suffolk) - Area around the Duke of Marlborough public house
Type: Other
Date / Time: 28 July 1992
Further Comments: A rain of barley straw fell in the village, covering one end of the place. A local man watched the straw spinning around in the air below stopping and suddenly falling.

Ruby

Location: Hereford (Hereford & Worcester) - Queen's Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa 1984
Further Comments: A former landlady, Ruby would be seen wearing a black dress around the site. Another phantom, that of a white Anglo-Saxon warrior, was also reported and may have been caught on a photograph.

Sitting Woman

Location: Herne Bay (Kent) - Bun Penny public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This phantom lady reputedly sits on a staircase in the building, though she does like to walk around the building and the garden.

Alfred Potter

Location: Herne Bay (Kent) - Divers Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2006
Further Comments: The Ghost Search UK team reported four entities located here; Alfred Potter (a former banker), a short Victorian woman, and two children.

Woman with Burnt Hands

Location: Herne Common (Kent) - Fox and Hounds public house, Canterbury Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This horrid looking woman has had the skin burnt off her face and hands. She is accompanied by the smell of dead burning flowers, and a drop in temperature.

Shadows

Location: High Wycombe (Buckinghamshire) - King George V public house, London Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: Appearing, fleetingly, on the walls, the shadows have no physical counterpart. Soft voices can be heard when everyone has gone home for the evening.

Hooded Man

Location: Highworth (Wiltshire) - King and Queen public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid twentieth century
Further Comments: A former landlord at the pub reported seeing a cloaked figure that drifted across the yard and vanished through a brick wall. There were also reports of phantom footsteps above the bar, in an area that should have been empty. The landlord took out an insurance policy to protect him against any harm the entity might do to the customers.

Ffolkes Arms, Hillington.

Nanny

Location: Hillington (Norfolk) - Ffolkes Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This pub is reputedly haunted by the ghost of a young nanny who leapt to her death from one of the attic bedrooms during the late nineteenth century.

Polly

Location: Himley (West Midlands) - Crooked House public house (destroyed by fire August 2023)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A serving girl named Polly supposedly haunted this building.

Cellar Sounds

Location: Hoddesdon (Hertfordshire) - George public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Strange noises have been reported from the cellar, and it is said that no animal dares venture down the steps...

Man in Boiler Suit

Location: Hollywater (Hampshire) - Royal Oak public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This pub's cellar was claimed to be home to a ghostly man wearing a blue boiler suit.

Skittle Player

Location: Holmans Clavel (Somerset) - Public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This pub ghost can be heard playing with wooden pins a few hours after closing.

Sounds of Fighting

Location: Holme Hale (Norfolk) - High Street, near the public house
Type: Post-Mortem Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A couple of witnesses reported hearing horses and fighting which moved through the village street and over a field in the early hours of the morning.

Brown Lady

Location: Holmes Chapel (Cheshire) - Olde Red Lion public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The ghost of this phantom woman haunted a once sealed room in the pub, though there have not been any reported sightings as of late.

Grey Woman

Location: Holyport (Berkshire) - White Hart public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid twentieth century
Further Comments: Seen carrying a small baby, this woman dressed in grey was often heard walking about just prior to manifesting. The sounds of a horse passing outside have also been reported.

Self-Powering Light Bulbs

Location: Holywell (Clwyd) - Talaacre Arms public house
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Beer glasses have been known to fill themselves, and a mischievous spirit appears to be able to illuminate lamps and light bulbs when not plugged in to the mains. It is unclear whether the pub saves on electricity bills.

Exploding Light Bulbs

Location: Honey Tye (Suffolk) - Red Lion public house, and all over village
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: December 1983
Further Comments: A poltergeist was held accountable for exploding light bulbs and electrical items that turned themselves on and off - this happened in dozens of homes over the village.

Man in Long Coat

Location: Hooe (Sussex) - Red Lion public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This man dressed in a beige coat is thought to be a member of the smugglers gang that was once based in the public house. A machine once used by the gang to break up tobacco leaves is still on site today and can sometimes be heard in use during the early hours.

Chains

Location: Hook (Hampshire) - Old White Hart public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The sound of someone walking along the upstairs corridor dragging chains was once reported. Some believe this to be a former landlady murdered on site.