Isle of Wight Ghosts, Folklore and Forteana
Musician
Location: Shorwell - Wolverton Manor
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: At one time this building was said to be haunted by a musician who could be heard performing. The entity was said to dislike workmen and other strangers.
First added: 2019-04-25 | Last updated: 2019-04-25 | ID #13168
Fairy Feast
Location: St Catherine's Point - Puckaster Cove
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The little people were once seen eating and having a party at this site.
First added: 2002-07-06 | Last updated: 2002-07-06 | ID #1647
Princess Cicely
Location: Standen - Great East Standen Lodge
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Never seen, but her presence is announced at night when her invisible form is felt sitting on the end of a bed.
First added: 2002-11-14 | Last updated: 2002-11-14 | ID #3189
Smuggler
Location: Totland - Highdown Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The shadowy form of a smuggler is reputed to haunt this inn.
First added: 2019-04-27 | Last updated: 2019-04-27 | ID #13179
Searchlight
Location: Totland - The Needles Old Battery
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A former searchlight tower is said to still beam down a beam of light, even though no light source is contained within. The phantom sounds of a small group of men running down a corridor have also been heard.
First added: 2005-09-18 | Last updated: 2005-09-18 | ID #6585
Vectis Monster
Location: Unknown - Unknown
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 6 January 1940
Further Comments: An early alien big cat encounter from the UK, this creature was said to have the head of a lion, although the body resembled a dog. Deaths were reported in the local livestock population.
First added: 2005-02-16 | Last updated: 2005-02-16 | ID #5860
Consumptive Girl
Location: Ventnor - Botanic Gardens (former TB hospital)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: Once the home of patients with TB, several of these unfortunates are said to remain, including a little girl and an older man who once engaged a worker on site in conversation.
First added: 2004-11-06 | Last updated: 2004-11-06 | ID #5525
Horse and Pedestrian
Location: Ventnor - Old Park Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Pre 1921
Further Comments: One local reported witnessing a phantom horse pass by, closely followed by the sounds of footsteps in pursuit of the creature. During the 1920s, two skeletons were discovered close to the site of the haunting.
First added: 2024-07-15 | Last updated: 2024-07-15 | ID #15501
Green Lady
Location: Ventnor - Royal Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Blamed for the creation of cold spots and disembodied footsteps, the green lady is reputed to haunt this hotel.
First added: 2019-05-02 | Last updated: 2019-05-02 | ID #13191
Painting
Location: Ventnor - Spyglass Inn
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A painting was said to have removed itself several times from a dining room wall.
First added: 2019-04-27 | Last updated: 2019-04-27 | ID #13176
Brewer
Location: Ventnor - Ventnor brewery
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: A former worker whistles and stomps around the place, sometimes stealing the odd flask of ale.
First added: 2004-11-06 | Last updated: 2004-11-06 | ID #5526
Three Wishes
Location: Ventnor - Wishing Well, St Boniface Down
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This wishing well must be approached walking backwards, without turning the head. Once there, a sip of the water ensured three wishes.
First added: 2007-07-16 | Last updated: 2007-07-16 | ID #7663
Pay Out
Location: Wootton Bridge - Sloop Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A fruit machine is said to be haunted in this inn; it has been heard paying out after everyone has left for the night and the power cut off.
First added: 2019-04-23 | Last updated: 2019-04-23 | ID #13162
Mad Monk
Location: Wroxall - Appuldurcombe House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 08 June 2005
Further Comments: Little is known about this figure that has appeared many times over the ages, though the ghost was heard walking around the cellar by a team from Isle of Wight Ghost Investigations in mid-2005.
First added: 2002-05-05 | Last updated: 2002-05-05 | ID #932
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