The Paranormal Database

Running

Location: Hope Valley (Derbyshire) - Traveller's Rest public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late 2004 - Early 2005
Further Comments: An employee leaving at the pub reported hearing two sets of footsteps running down the corridor, one light and one heavy. The sounds turned into a loud banging sound, as if someone had fallen down the stairs. Over the next few months, only the light footsteps were heard, as were gentle whimpering sounds.

Old Woman

Location: Horndean (Hampshire) - Red Lion public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Seen sitting in the pub, this old woman may have taken her life in a room upstairs. Several people have felt the urge to jump from the window of the 'suicide room'.

Hand

Location: Houghton Conquest (Bedfordshire) - Knife and Cleaver public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A barman's attention was drawn to the bookings diary as the pages began to turn themselves. He quickly left the area after spotting a strange hand that then appeared over his shoulder.

Woman in Black

Location: Houghton-Le-Spring (Tyne and Wear) - Robbie Burns public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: One of three ghosts reportedly haunting this building, the woman in black would be observed disappearing into a wall. A male shadow has been seen darting across the bar area, and finally, a young fair haired boy has also been spotted.

The Blue Anchor pub in Hove.

Door!

Location: Hove (Sussex) - Blue Anchor public house, Boundary Road
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: 1993
Further Comments: While working alone in this pub, in the cellar, a member of staff heard a voice call out 'Door! Door!'. He turned in time to stop the self-locking door from closing itself.

Sailor

Location: Hove (Sussex) - The Ship public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Seen in the cellar under the pub, this ghostly eighteenth century sailor is believed to have been a smuggler.

Servicemen

Location: Hucknall (Nottinghamshire) - Seven Stars public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: A member of staff reported feeling a tap on the shoulder when no one was near here. The public house was investigated by the Ghosts of Nottingham team. They speculated that the building may be haunted by Second World War servicemen who were killed by a bomb while staying next door.

Scared Children

Location: Hucknall (Nottinghamshire) - Yew Tree public house, Nottingham Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2008
Further Comments: The East Midlands Paranormal group reported that the pub is haunted by frightened children and laughter.

Beryl

Location: Hull (East Riding of Yorkshire) - Manchester Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 01 November 2012
Further Comments: Lisa Fowler believed to have caught the pub's phantom, nicknamed Beryl, on the CCTV camera, although the 'figure' could be lens flare. The owners have also reported the sensation of someone running fingers through hair and of glimpsing fleeting shadows which vanish.

Drowned Smugglers

Location: Hull (East Riding of Yorkshire) - Ye Old Black Boy public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This pub was once connected to the docks via secret tunnels and was used extensively by smugglers. One stormy day the tunnels were flooded with sea water and several smugglers drowned - they now haunt the pub. Bottles have flown off the shelves, and several people have seen ghostly hands materialise through panels on the wall.

Freda

Location: Hull (East Riding of Yorkshire) - Ye Old White Hart public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Still present
Further Comments: It is said that if the Freda's skull located behind the bar of this pub is moved, the former owner returns and haunts the building until the cranium is replaced.

Man in Grey Coat

Location: Hullbridge (Essex) - Outside Smugglers Den Public House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: February 2019
Further Comments: A visitor to the pub encountered the figure of a man in a grey coat. The man was clearly visible, but suddenly vanished, leaving the witness shaken.

Beyond Last Orders

Location: Huncoat (Lancashire) - Black Bull public house
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Mid twentieth century
Further Comments: Though nothing has been seen here, the bar bells have been heard ringing when the building is empty, and pet dogs refuse to go down into the basement.

Passing Through

Location: Huntingdon (Cambridgeshire) - Falcon public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1960s (door opening)
Further Comments: Oliver Cromwell is said to have used the building as a temporary base, which may explain the Civil War era troops seen here. During the 1960s, one witness watched a door on one side of the room open and close, and after a few seconds, the door on the opposite side of the room did likewise, as if something invisible had walked through the room. Another piece of folklore says a tunnel ran from the building to the site of the old castle (since demolished).

Wife and Child

Location: Hyde (Gloucestershire) - Ragged Cot public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The 1760 landlord of this establishment pushed his wife and baby down the stairs during an argument, killing them both. He tried to conceal the bodies in a chest, but they were discovered by the authorities. The ghostly mother and child were seen by a policeman as they removed the corpses.

Fertility Aid

Location: Ickford (Buckinghamshire) - Rising Sun public house
Type: Other
Date / Time: 2000s?
Further Comments: A stool in this pub is credited with helping 59 women become pregnant, after the popular press gave the seat national coverage when 14 local ladies who had sat upon it became mothers-to-be.

Mr Gutsell

Location: Icklesham (Sussex) - Queen's Head public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A local hero, when Gutsell died his coffin was brought along to the wake in his pub. This may have been a mistake, as ever since then his ghost reportedly sits by the fireplace.

Soldier

Location: Icklesham (Sussex) - Village pond, opposite the Robin Hood public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This soldier, wearing a uniform from the First World War, has been seen gliding over the pond.

Doors Open and Close

Location: Ingatestone (Essex) - The Star public house
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1956
Further Comments: Two sisters reportedly left the public house after paying to spend the night, because the lights in their room turned themselves on and off, and the door constantly opened and closed.

Isaacs public house on the docks, Ipswich.

Footsteps

Location: Ipswich (Suffolk) - Isaacs public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 31 December 2017
Further Comments: While alone in the gents' toilets, one man heard the door open and close and heavy booted footsteps approach. Then, after hearing a loud sigh in his ear, the witness turned but to see who had come in, but realised he was alone.

Heartbeat

Location: Ipswich (Suffolk) - McGinty's public house (currently Halberd Inn)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Heart from twentieth century, girl in July 2004
Further Comments: If you place your ear on one of the walls of this Irish theme pub, one can hear the faint beating of a human heart. Maybe it was the same entity which once turned the all the fuses off at a junction box, saving the landlord from electrocution. In 2004 a visitor staying at the pub awoke to see a little girl in the room, even though the only other person there was the publican.

Alfred

Location: Ipswich (Suffolk) - The Rep public house (former theatre)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Frequently seen when this pub was still a theatre, a visit from Alfred was considered by the troupe to be a lucky omen. He would sit in the fourth or fifth row, silently watching performances.

The Woolpack, Ipswich.

Fred Speaking too Loudly

Location: Ipswich (Suffolk) - The Woolpack Public house, Tuddenham Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: Once named Fred by locals, this shade was later identified as Admiral 'Grog' by a local medium. Local folklore says the pub was once an old smuggler's haunt with tunnels running to the dock and other nearby buildings.

Monk

Location: Irchester (Northamptonshire) - Carpenter's Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This pub is reputedly haunted by a monk which manifests in the ladies' toilets and in the upper floors of the building.

Former Landlady

Location: Jaywick (Essex) - Never Say Die public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Promoting a ghost hunt, this pub appeared in the local press claiming to be haunted by a former owner who took the form of a grey lady.