The Paranormal Database

Small Figure

Location: Brandon - Brandon House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: February - October 1965
Further Comments: A teenager on the site spotted a short figure which moved across a room, while strange noises could be heard in other parts of the building. An officer stationed at Lakenheath who lived at the house said the presence as not frightening.

Fanny Clarke

Location: Brantham - Brantham Place, School Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid-to-late-twentieth century
Further Comments: The original house which was haunted by this ghost no longer stands - Fanny was shot and killed outside the building by a jealous lover and had remained earthbound.

Bull Inn, Brantham.

Grey Man

Location: Brantham - Bull Inn
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Members of staff have reported seeing a misty grey man standing behind the bar and hearing the cries of a girl coming from the cellar.

Round Object

Location: Brantham - Slough Road
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 1986, around 22:00h
Further Comments: A brother and sister watched a large round metal looking object with blue and red lights around the sides hovering over the field opposite their home. It was stationery for around three minutes, before disappearing in a flash.

Nun

Location: Bruisyard - Bruisyard Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Little is known about the nun which was once said to haunt the hall.

Bungay castle, Suffolk.

Hugh Bigod

Location: Bungay - Bungay castle
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Humbled after taking part in a failed rebellion against the king, Bigod was forced to pay a great deal of gold to keep his castle. His shade has returned to show his resentment, sometimes taking the form of a black dog.

Bungay castle, Suffolk.

Shuck

Location: Bungay - Bungay castle
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Believed by some to be the headquarters of Old Shuck, the ruined castle is still avoided at night.

Greyfriars Priory, Bungay.

Monk's Chanting

Location: Bungay - Greyfriars Priory
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The sound of plainchant has been heard coming from the ruins of the old priory, accompanied by the ringing of bells that have now been long gone.

Creaking

Location: Bungay - King's Head public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000
Further Comments: It maybe that the ghost from the nearby Three Tuns has relocated, or that the creaks heard within the building are just because it is old...

Horses and Coach

Location: Bungay - Road between Ditchingham and Bungay at Lions Grave
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Reported by at least one driver, a coach with a team of horses haunt the road, seemingly charging at incoming traffic and turning away at the last possible moment. One version of the tale says the coach is either seen or heard, but never both.

St Mary's church, Bungay.

Lightning Dog

Location: Bungay - St Mary's church
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: 04 August 1577
Further Comments: Appearing on 4 August 1577, the same date as the Blythburgh report, a black dog entered the church during a storm and killed several people. Some believe the dog still patrols the area.

The Druid's Stone, Bungay.

The Druid's Stone

Location: Bungay - St Mary's Priory, churchyard
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Believed to be at least a couple of thousand years old, the large, rounded stone is rumoured to have been used by druids. Local legend states you can summon the Devil by dancing around it twelve times.

Ye Olde Three Tuns pub, Bungay.

Rex Bacon and Friends

Location: Bungay - Ye Olde Three Tuns public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1969
Further Comments: An investigation by a medium revealed this building was haunted by 24 ghosts (!), one of whom was Mr Rex Bacon, a highwayman from the eighteenth century whose base of operations was the inn.

Dragon Slaying

Location: Bures - Exact location not known
Type: Dragon
Date / Time: Fifteenth century
Further Comments: The local church gives the account of how a local dragon that was immune to arrows was finally chased into the marshes where it vanished. A virtually identical tale exists from nearby Wormingford.

Hunting Cat

Location: Bures - Field outside village
Type: ABC
Date / Time: February 2009
Further Comments: Two witnesses watched a large cat as it chased two deer across a field. They could see the mud flicking up from the feline's feet as it ran. The witnesses searched the area and found a large paw print, twice the size of their retriever.

White Shuck

Location: Burgh - Bath Slough, a boggy pool near the town
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A white dog the size of a bullock frequented this area.

Old Washer Woman

Location: Burgh - Location near the main road, once known as 'Skeleton Hole' or 'Skellet Hole'
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Nineteenth century
Further Comments: After a heavy rain fall, the sound of a ghostly woman could be heard washing her pots.

White Feet

Location: Burgh - Road (once?) known as Whitefoot Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Nineteenth century?
Further Comments: This lane took its name from the ghost with pale white feet that walked along it.

Four Spheres

Location: Bury St Edmunds - Howard estate, heading towards Fornham St Martin
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 21 April 2007, 09:27h
Further Comments: The Ministry of Defence confirmed that Suffolk Police had handed over a report of four black spheres which one person had seen moving across the sky in formation.

Manor House Museum, Bury St Edmunds.

A Normal Family

Location: Bury St Edmunds - Manor House Museum
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Reportedly resembling a 'normal' family visiting the building, this gang of ghosts disappear without trace... Other figures from the buildings past also frequent the corridors and halls, including a couple of servants and a young child.

The Nutshell, Bury St Edmunds.

Young Child

Location: Bury St Edmunds - Nutshell public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Child and monk unknown, cloaked figure 1990s
Further Comments: A small ghost for one of the smallest pubs in the UK - this young child was murdered in a bedroom on the site, and sometimes comes back. A phantom monk is also said to haunt the building, and sometimes the smell of perfume can be detected in the air, even if no one present is wearing it. Finally, a cloaked figure wearing a tricorn hat was spotted by a customer on the first floor, standing by a window.

Old Bury Gaol, Bury St Edmunds.

Screaming Skull

Location: Bury St Edmunds - Old Bury Gaol (possibly)
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The skull of William Corder, infamous for the Red Barn Murder, was stored in the prison - it was thought to be possessed by evil, and strange sounds and spectral figures were seen around it. The skull was finally removed and buried in an unknown local country graveyard.

Grey Figure

Location: Bury St Edmunds - Private residence along Bishops Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1991
Further Comments: A former occupant of this building reported seeing a grey, misty small or young woman. The entity appeared to have a scarf around her head. The witness eventually moved from the property after hearing a voice screaming 'help me'; other people present were unable to hear these cries.

Chanting

Location: Bury St Edmunds - Private residence, Abbeygate Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1972-1976
Further Comments: While living at this site, a family reported encountering chanting monks at night, as well as witnessing taps turning on and off unaided, chairs being thrown, and balls of light which passed through walls.

Clock

Location: Bury St Edmunds - Private residence, Oakes Road
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1974 - 1975
Further Comments: Over a two-year period, a clock in the sitting room would be found wrapped around and hanging from the curtain. Initially the occupants blamed their six-year-old son, although they changed their minds after the clock moved when he was not at home.