The Paranormal Database

Witch and Wardrobe pub, Lincoln.

Icy

Location: Lincoln (Lincolnshire) - Witch and Wardrobe public house
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 20 February 2010
Further Comments: Stories say that pumps have been known to activate themselves, and ice is thrown around by an invisible hand. PIPS (Paranormal Investigators Parker/Sherwood) investigated this location in 2010 and recorded EVP and high EMF fields.

Old Man in the Corner

Location: Linton (Cambridgeshire) - Dog and Duck public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: November 1999
Further Comments: This ghost, sometimes seen sitting in the corner of the pub, has often moved around the chairs in the bar during the night, and is said to tap people on the shoulders when something annoys him.

Legless Man

Location: Linton (Cambridgeshire) - The Bell public house (no longer open)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Cut off at the knees, this Elizabethan gentleman was said to be not an uncommon visitor to the pub. During a period of renovation, it was discovered the old floor of the public house was fifty centimetres lower than it currently was.

Highwayman

Location: Little Marlow (Buckinghamshire) - Crooked Billet public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The phantom highwayman reputedly haunting this pub was hanged from a nearby tree.

Brother Freddie

Location: Littlehempston (Devon) - Pig and Whistle public house, Newton Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This randy monk would frequently rendezvous with a local farmer's daughter in this pub, which is thought to have a secret tunnel leading to the nearby chapel. He now waits in his favourite bedroom for his lover to return.

George

Location: Liverpool (Merseyside) - Coach and Horses public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A former landlord, George still returns to keep a watchful eye on his former establishment.

Flying Glasses

Location: Liverpool (Merseyside) - Head of Steam public house, Lime Street
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 2000s?
Further Comments: Glasses are said to be thrown from shelves and people feel something following them upstairs.

Lady in Blue

Location: Liverpool (Merseyside) - Jessie Appleton's public house (aka The Dingle) (no longer operating), Park Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1994
Further Comments: Vicky Lee appeared in the press claiming her pub was haunted, having experienced footsteps in locked areas and unexplained breezes across the neck. Vicky's son encountered an older woman wearing a blue dress who vanished from a room.

Cellar Dwellers

Location: Liverpool (Merseyside) - Slaughterhouse public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2004
Further Comments: Liverpool's oldest pub, the Slaughterhouse is reported to be haunted by a couple of shades who tend to enjoy lurking in the basement and making fleeting appearances in the bar.

Breaking Glass

Location: Llanarthney (Dyfed) - Emlyn Arms public house
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Circa 1910
Further Comments: A poltergeist is reported to have caused much distress and damage in this pub over several days, including throwing hot stones around and creating disembodied footsteps in empty rooms. A police officer who attended reported narrowly avoiding being hit by a polished rock which launched itself off a mantelpiece.

Sir John Plumley

Location: Locking (Somerset) - Manor House, and Coach House public house (was once the manor house's stables)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Hanged for his part in the Monmouth revolt, Sir John and his dog are now seen on his former property. His wife also puts in the occasional appearance - she killed herself after her husband's execution.

Partying

Location: Long Lawford (Warwickshire) - Lawford Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A guest staying at the pub was awoken by the sounds of partying in the bar - he decided to go and join the festivities, but upon opening the bar door found the area empty and once again silent.

Victorian

Location: Longcroft (South Yorkshire) - Brewery Arms public house, formerly the Masons Arms
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1990s
Further Comments: Former landlord of this pub, John Mitchell, reported seeing a phantom woman in Victorian clothing. She would often appear at midnight, so to avoid the ghost, he would lock up at quarter past twelve.

The Anchor pub, Lowestoft.

Monk-Like Figure & Cold Blast of Air

Location: Lowestoft (Suffolk) - The Anchor public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1976
Further Comments: A figure dressed in monk's garb has been seen in the bedrooms of this building, accompanied by a drop in temperature and gusts of cold air.

The Officer of the Tower

Location: Ludlow (Shropshire) - Blue Boar public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1950s onwards
Further Comments: This phantom is connected to the nearby castle and is named as a former Officer of the Tower. When last seen in the 1950s, he wore a blue tunic with shiny silver buttons. Other phantoms said to be residing here include a cavalier, an aging Victorian woman, a pipe-smoking man, and a teenage girl.

Ann

Location: Luton (Bedfordshire) - Cock and Bull public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A white figure glimpsed here is thought to be the ghost of Ann, murdered in the pub so long ago that the date has been forgotten. She has been known to talk to visitors who are unaware she is a phantom. The figure may be the same entity which has been seen on the street outside, moving from the pub towards nearby shops.

Missing Corner

Location: Lyme Regis (Dorset) - Old Black Dog Hotel (was the Black Dog public house)
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Corner incident unknown, phantom last seen 1959
Further Comments: The shuck which lives here is reported to have knocked off the corner of the pub while passing by one night. The shuck was last seen in 1959 and was described as the size of a calf with glowing red eyes.

Coachman

Location: Lymington (Hampshire) - The Angel public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: The kitchen of the pub is reportedly haunted by this former coach driver, but it is unsure whether the same entity is responsible for playing a phantom piano in other parts of the building. A ghostly sailor has also been spotted, and a phantom blonde woman haunts the second floor.

Henry Card

Location: Lymington (Hampshire) - Waggon and Horses public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1893 onwards
Further Comments: Local gamekeeper Card accidently shot himself in the head with a shotgun he thought was empty, while in the tap room of the pub. His quiet ghost was last seen floating through a wall.

Beryl

Location: Lymm (Cheshire) - Green Dragon public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1990s
Further Comments: Thoughtfully nicknamed by staff and visitors, this old lady was seen in the pub.

Richard and Friends

Location: Macclesfield (Cheshire) - Bate Hall public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2016
Further Comments: Landlord Sean Hutchinson claimed in the local press that fourteen entities haunt this pub, including Richard, a little boy who plays hide and seek, a grey lady, and something which likes to scream.

Murdered Landlady

Location: Maesteg (Mid Glamorgan) - Castle public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Thought to have been murdered by her husband in Room 5, which is always said to be cold, a female form has been seen lurking downstairs. It may be the same entity responsible for the whistling that occurs after hours.

Card Player

Location: Maesteg (Mid Glamorgan) - Unnamed public house
Type: Other
Date / Time: Likely pre-twentieth century
Further Comments: Playing cards in the back room of a pub, a group of people fled in terror after a short, dark figure manifested and started to dance on their table.

Bob

Location: Maidenhead (Berkshire) - Hobgoblin Public House
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Late twentieth century?
Further Comments: As well as the normal polt tricks, Bob is sometimes heard walking around the building when it is almost empty.

Calling for a Cat

Location: Maidstone (Kent) - White Rabbit public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2006
Further Comments: A phantom little girl has been seen in Room Eight and may be the source of the disembodied voice heard calling out for her cat. The door to Room Eight will bang open and closed, while in the bar lights will turn themselves on and chalkboards will move unaided.