Examining folkloric, paranormal & cryptozoological locations in the UK and beyond
Location: Shorwell (Isle of Wight) - 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.
Source:
Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2019-04-25
Last updated: 2019-04-25
ID: #13168
Location: St Catherine's Point (Isle of Wight) - Puckaster Cove
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The little people were once seen eating and having a party at this site.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-07-06
Last updated: 2002-07-06
ID: #1647
Location: Standen (Isle of Wight) - 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.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-11-14
Last updated: 2002-11-14
ID: #3189
Location: Totland (Isle of Wight) - Highdown Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The shadowy form of a smuggler is reputed to haunt this inn.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2019-04-27
Last updated: 2019-04-27
ID: #13179
Location: Totland (Isle of Wight) - 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.
Source:
Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2005-09-18
Last updated: 2005-09-18
ID: #6585
Location: Unknown (Isle of Wight) - 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.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2005-02-16
Last updated: 2005-02-16
ID: #5860
Location: Ventnor (Isle of Wight) - 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.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2004-11-06
Last updated: 2004-11-06
ID: #5525
Location: Ventnor (Isle of Wight) - 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.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2024-07-15
Last updated: 2024-07-15
ID: #15501
Location: Ventnor (Isle of Wight) - 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.
Source:
Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2019-05-02
Last updated: 2019-05-02
ID: #13191
Location: Ventnor (Isle of Wight) - Spyglass Inn
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A painting was said to have removed itself several times from a dining room wall.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2019-04-27
Last updated: 2019-04-27
ID: #13176
Location: Ventnor (Isle of Wight) - 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.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2004-11-06
Last updated: 2004-11-06
ID: #5526
Location: Ventnor (Isle of Wight) - 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.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2007-07-16
Last updated: 2007-07-16
ID: #7663
Location: Wootton Bridge (Isle of Wight) - 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.
Source:
Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2019-04-23
Last updated: 2019-04-23
ID: #13162
Location: Wroxall (Isle of Wight) - 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.
Source:
Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2002-05-05
Last updated: 2002-05-05
ID: #932