The Paranormal Database

Dodechild

Location: Dode - Church, and general area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Every seven years (although exact date of the cycle is unknown)
Further Comments: The Black Death of 1349 decimated the village of Dode. A piece of (likely modern) folklore says a young girl hid in the church while the rest of the village caught the illness, although she would also later die. The girl became known as the Dodechild and would manifest every seven years. A local legend claims a plague pit near the church is also haunted.

Pacing Man

Location: Dover - Castle Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2010, January 2012 (or possibly 2011)
Further Comments: During renovation of the inn, two painters spotted a man walking around the upper part of the building. They investigated but could not find the man, nor any way the figure could have left the area. Around the same time, the landlady reported rustling on the staircase and keys which jangled unaided. In 2012 the only guest in the inn spotted three men in long shabby coats and hats having a meeting in the room next door, yet the room should have been empty.

Laughing

Location: Dover - Cinque Port Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The sounds of laughing are said to be heard in one room here.

Horse

Location: Dover - Common Lane and another unnamed lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: January 1963
Further Comments: Police were called after a riderless horse was spotted cantering in the area. No horse could be found, and in one area the creature had been reported, the snow showed no hoof marks.

Dover Castle, Kent.

Headless Drummer

Location: Dover - Dover Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mostly unknown, soldier seen 02 November 2013
Further Comments: The headless drummer boy is said to date from the Napoleonic period. A lady in red and figure in blue have also been reported, while the tunnels under the castle are haunted by Second World War soldiers and operatives, perhaps escapees from Dunkirk - one figure in khaki and with a blurred face was seen walking purposefully along a corridor in 2013. The Arthurian hero Sir Gawain is reportedly buried here.

Hooded Monk

Location: Dover - Roman lighthouse, near St Mary in Castro Church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Both a ghostly monk in a dark habit and a phantom Roman soldier forever walk the area.

Rushing Horseman

Location: East Malling - Barming Woods
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: January (normally) (reoccurring). Seen last in 1971
Further Comments: This figure has been both seen and heard as he darts around trees and over roads. One witness said the entity charged towards their car, disappearing on impact.

Fred

Location: East Malling - Unidentified council house
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: May 1972 - 1973
Further Comments: Lynda and George Heritage's home became subjected to bangs, creaks, and the sounds of dragging. The family nicknamed their ghost Fred, although a visiting member of a spiritualist church said the entity was actually Eric, who had died after falling out of bed in 1851. The case appeared on BBC's Man Alive documentary series on 21 March 1973.

Sliding Glass

Location: Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey - Shurland Hotel
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 07 October 2011
Further Comments: CCTV caught a glass move across a table and break on the floor, although some speculate that it slipped off. Staff have also reported other paranormal activities, including disembodied footsteps, banging on the walls, and a phantom little girl who manifested briefly at the foot of a bed.

Vicar

Location: Eastry - Eastry church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1956
Further Comments: Photographed in 1956 (see Janet & Colin Bord's Modern Mysteries of Britain, p40, for a good copy of the image), this ghost appears to be that of a former clergyman.

Countless Stones

Location: Eccles - Little (or Lower) Kit's Coty
Type: Legend - Old Nick
Date / Time: Still present
Further Comments: A baker attempted to count the stones here, to prove that it was possible to number the so-called 'countless stones'. The baker placed a loaf of bread on each rock, and when complete, counted each one he took back. The Devil had other plans, however, and consumed several loaves before the baker had finished.

Failing Breaks

Location: Elmsted - Elchin Hill
Type: Other
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Some cars have been said to experience sudden mechanical failure on the hill, normally affecting the brakes and steering.

Unknown

Location: Eltham - Sherard House (demolished 1920)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Pre 1920
Further Comments: Having a haunted reputation, possibly from being empty for a number of years, workmen discovered a secret staircase while demolishing the house.

Headless Monk

Location: Erith - Lesnes Abbey
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 31 October (reoccurring), last seen 1981?
Further Comments: The monk was caught with a woman and killed for his crime. The entity now returns once a year. He may have last been seen in 1981 by a teenager who would search the woods near the abbey for old pots and pipes. After returning home one night from the woods, the teenager reportedly spotted a monk in a brown robe holding a lantern on a hooked pole outside his window. The abbey is also home to phantom horsemen, and Roesia of Dover who is looking for her heart (it was buried here by her father).

White Lady

Location: Eynsford - Castle ruins
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This ghost is likely to be responsible for the cold spot located in the moat.

Pale Woman

Location: Eynsford - Plough and Harrow public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: This ghostly woman was said to haunt the area just outside the pub, while the building itself was home to a poltergeist.

A phantom coach on a country lane.

Horse and Coach

Location: Farningham - Main road through village
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: An old coaching route, some still say that phantom horses and coaches can still be heard passing along the road.

Diana

Location: Faversham - Diana's Walk, Bysing Wood
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The area between Davington and Syndale Manor (now the site of the Judd's Folly Hotel) is reputedly haunted by the headless ghost of Diana, a young girl attacked while courting.

Ringing

Location: Faversham - Fleur de Lis Heritage Centre
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A white lady has been seen at the top of the staircase, and an exhibit telephone has been heard to ring, despite being disconnected.

Footsteps

Location: Faversham - Guildhall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 12 November 1997
Further Comments: Four people in the committee room heard footsteps walking on the staircase and across the council chamber. Believing to be alone, they investigated and could find no one else in the building. When they resumed their meeting, once again they heard the footsteps. A few weeks prior to this, one man said he had heard a woman's voice in the empty building.

Cat

Location: Faversham - Shepherd Neame brewery
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A phantom cat haunts the reception, and a group of monks congregate around one of the old malt kilns. Some employees were once too afraid to enter Annie's Room.

Red Eyed Sailor

Location: Faversham - Shipwrights Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Weather Dependent: Cold winter nights
Further Comments: Having died in a shipping accident, the phantom sailor now appears on icy nights. His favourite trick is to open the front door and walk in, only to disappear moments later, leaving only a strange, disconcerting odour.

Drifting Nun

Location: Fawkham Green - Pennis Lane
Type: Curse
Date / Time: Autumn (reoccurring)
Further Comments: Appearing at dusk, the figure of a nun has been reported floating down this lane. Her skull is housed at Pennis Farm and it is said if the object is ever removed a great curse will befall the valley.

Old lady in White Blouse

Location: Five Oak Green - The Kings Head public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Friendly in nature, this lady in a black dress wears a large cameo broach. Her activities include removing lipsticks and earrings, and locking doors.

Woman on the Staircase

Location: Folkestone - Bingo Hall on Grace Hill
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s
Further Comments: This woman, dressed in clothing from the 1930s, is thought to be the distressed mother of a young lad killed when a fan fell from the ceiling and landed on him.