The Paranormal Database

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 to see who had come in, but realised he was alone.

Halberd Inn, Ipswich

Heartbeat

Location: Ipswich (Suffolk) - McGinty's public house (now 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 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. The faint outline of a bricked-up entrance to a tunnel can be seen in the cellar and is said to be part of an underground network of passageways which run beneath the town connecting various manor houses and the docks.

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.

White Lady

Location: Kegworth (Leicestershire) - Red Lion public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The temperature is said to drop sharply as the phantom white lady materialises. One workman fled the site after encountering her.

Rusty

Location: Keighley (West Yorkshire) - Bracken Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: September 2008
Further Comments: Paranormal investigation groups reported recording a laugh and a phantom dog barking after the landlady called them in. Locals named the dog as 'Rusty', a Jack Russell who died seventeen years previous.

Man in Flat Cap

Location: Keighley (West Yorkshire) - Cricketers Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2006 onwards
Further Comments: Landlord John Mitchell reported seeing a man wearing a flat cap just outside the front of the pub, while a member of the cleaning staff spotted the ghost sitting at a table with a bicycle next to him.

Pig Farmer

Location: Keighley (West Yorkshire) - Dog and Gun public house
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: A pig farmer hit by a coach close by was brought to the site and died upstairs. Her ghost is said to move items around.

John Nowell

Location: Kendal (Cumbria) - Prince of Wales Feathers public house (no longer open)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2009
Further Comments: Landlady Jen Bowman claimed to have encountered a grey-haired apparition who resembled an old photograph of former John Nowell. The entity passed through locked doors and could be seen near the gambling machine. Mild poltergeist activity was also reported.

Pint Pusher

Location: Kendal (Cumbria) - Ring O'Bells public house
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 2020s
Further Comments: One of the only pubs in England constructed on hallowed ground, the poltergeist at home here can be heard walking or banging and occasionally pushes pints off tables. Voices have been heard, a phantom girl spotted, and the cellar home to a teenage boy who drowned.

Agnes

Location: Kendal (Cumbria) - Romneys public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This building is reputedly haunted by Agnes Romney, cousin of the portrait artist George Romney and distant relative of US presidential candidate Mitt Romney (according to the local newspaper). Staff have heard footsteps moving around and spotted an old woman's reflection in a window.

Organ Music

Location: Kenfig (Mid Glamorgan) - Prince of Wales public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1980s
Further Comments: After the landlord reported hearing phantom music and voices in his pub, John Marke and Allan Jenkins used the building to experiment with their 'stone wall' theory. While they recorded some sounds, it could be debated that there was a rational source to the sounds.

Former Landlord

Location: Kennford (Devon) - Gissons Arms public house
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 2012, evenings
Further Comments: A former landlord is reputedly to blame for turning lights on, opening doors and playing music. A burning smell has also been detected in the bar, disappearing after a minute or two, and the face of a small blonde girl was reported looking out of the window towards the car park.

Little Boy

Location: Kettering (Northamptonshire) - The Swan public house, currently Sawyers Venue
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: May 2009
Further Comments: Several entities are said to haunt this location, including a little boy whose reflection is seen in a mirror. A white mist has also been reported in the bar area, while whispers can be heard in empty rooms late at night.

First Landlady

Location: Kidderminster (Worcestershire) - Black Horse public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1960s
Further Comments: One story said the site to be haunted by the first landlady to run the pub, killed by her husband as he discovered both her and her secret lover embraced on the steps outside the building. Her footsteps could be heard along the corridors. A 1967 newspaper article reported the tale to have been an invention of owner Jack Wilding, who believed ghost stories to be good for business.

Cutlery Thrower

Location: Kidsgrove (Staffordshire) - Harecastle public house
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Early 2000s
Further Comments: A poltergeist was said to inhabit an upper room of this old building. People had objects, including cutlery, thrown at them, and the room was sealed off because of the activity. By 2013 the activity had reduced to windows being opened.

Not Dame Alice Kyteler

Location: Kilkenny (County Kilkenny) - Kyteler's Inn public house, Kieran Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Alice Kyteler was accused of witchcraft after the death of her fourth husband in 1325. As the mob approached Kyteler's home, she fled. The angry crowd grabbed Kyteler's maid and executed her instead, possibly unaware of their mistake. The maid is now thought to haunt the site.

Thomas

Location: Kilmersdon (Somerset) - Jolliffe Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: May 2009
Further Comments: A team of ghost hunters reported detecting the ghost of a young boy named Thomas whose father starved him to death in the attic. A phantom woman is also reputed to haunt the site.

White Hart pub, King's Lynn.

Lost Monk

Location: King's Lynn (Norfolk) - White Hart public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The phantom which haunts this pub is thought by most to be a monk from the church across the road - the church and public house were once connected by a now bricked up tunnel.

Jenny

Location: Kings Langley (Hertfordshire) - King's Lodge public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1981
Further Comments: Visiting mediums told the landlady of this pub that the strange occurrences (lights being turned on and off, unexplained tapping) here were caused by a woman named Jenny, who is buried somewhere within the walls.

Old Woman

Location: Kingston (Dorset) - Scott Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The pub is thought to be the haunt of an elderly female character.