The Paranormal Database

Sir John Radcliffe

Location: Sandbach (Cheshire) - Old Hall Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2004
Further Comments: A sixteenth century owner of the building, Sir John is said to be only one of fourteen entities which have been reported on site, including a lady dressed in a beekeeper's outfit.

An old postcard showing Scarborough's Grand Hotel.

Lady in Red

Location: Scarborough (North Yorkshire) - Grand Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s?
Further Comments: Along with the phantom woman in a red dress, other reports from this old hotel include laughing, singing, and poltergeist-like activities.

Grey Figure

Location: Scunthorpe (Lincolnshire) - Britannia Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A dark grey shape was said to haunt this hotel, as well as the more traditional poltergeist which would turn beer pumps off and on.

Dylan Thomas

Location: SE13 (Greater London) - Bush Theatre (Shepherd's Bush Hotel)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: A former BBC worker, Thomas enjoyed drinking and socialising at this site.

Sarah Hughes

Location: Sedgley (West Midlands) - Beacon Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1990s
Further Comments: Former landlady Sarah may still keep an eye on her former pub; one witness observed a female form walking through a wall, while sounds of movement can be detected emerging from empty rooms. A man in old fashioned clothing has also been observed on the site.

Governess

Location: Seighford (Staffordshire) - Seighford Hall Hotel, Room 8
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown (Governess), 29 March 1785 (Catherine Elde)
Further Comments: A governess based at the hall two centuries ago, the woman killed herself when her love for the master of the property became clear. She manifests to children who stay in room 8. The rustling of her dress may also be heard down the corridors of the building. Mr Eld, a visitor to the hall in 1785, spotted a misty figure which resembled his mother, Catherine Elde, although Mr Eld knew his mother to be alive. Two days later, Mr Eld received word his mother had died at the time of the sighting.

Grey Lady

Location: Shaftesbury (Dorset) - Grosvenor Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: This phantom woman is thought to be a nun who escaped from a nearby Abbey. An ethereal, hooded monk is also reported to haunt the hotel cellar, and some guests have reported having their sheets removed.

Shadowy Woman

Location: Shaftsbury (Dorset) - Grosvenor Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This building has been home to sightings of a phantasmal grey lady and phantom monks. An order of monks once lived here before the building became a public house.

Attacker

Location: Sheffield (South Yorkshire) - Woodseats Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: It is said that this hotel is home to a violent entity which has been known to attack members of staff. Phantom children's voices have also been heard.

Hanging Woman

Location: Shrewsbury (Shropshire) - Prince Rupert Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 22 March 2026
Further Comments: Room Six is said to be home to a phantom woman who has been spotted hanging from the ceiling. Other rooms have much less grisly mild poltergeist activity which result in small objects being moved around. In 2026, a visitor sharing a twin room awoke to see her friend sitting on the end of the bed fiddling with clothing before standing up and walking across the room. The witness then realised her friend was actually still in bed, and that the figure was obviously not her. The witness said the figure's body had a white light around the edge.

Grey Lady

Location: Shrewsbury (Shropshire) - The Lion Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s?
Further Comments: A lady in grey reputedly haunts the Adam Ballroom, and is seen standing on the balcony. The Tudor bar is said to be the home of an old soldier in uniform.

Shannon Passengers

Location: Skegness (Lincolnshire) - The Hildred's (former hotel and pub, demolished in 1987, now shopping centre)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: H Samuels in 2013, others unknown
Further Comments: A sudden storm capsized the pleasure boat Shannon; only three passengers survived and twenty-eight drowned. Twelve bodies were initially recovered and laid out at Hildred's hotel for the coroner to conduct an inquest. The event is blamed for a strange atmosphere found in some parts of the building. Staff at H Samuels Jewellers reported poltergeist activity in 2013. Another ghost, that of Eva May Saxby who died in 1936 after falling through a fanlight, was also said to haunt the site.

Dragging

Location: Skibbereen (County Cork) - Eldon Hotel
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Circa 2015
Further Comments: The spirit of a woman who burnt to death in a fire in Room 28 (or 29) reputedly haunts this site. Cork Supernatural Society, while visiting the site, witnessed a wardrobe door opening with considerable force, and heard loud banging and dragging noises in the corridor.

Blue Lady

Location: Slipton (Northamptonshire) - Samuel Pepys Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s
Further Comments: This woman in a blue dress was seen by a child in the building, while others reported hearing footsteps and seeing poltergeist-like events.

Molly

Location: Southampton (Hampshire) - Dolphin Hotel, High Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A former cleaner at the hotel, the shade of Molly is said to always materialise at two in the morning, drifting a couple of feet above ground level.

Elizabeth Bessie Hewitson

Location: Spennymoor (Durham) - Whitworth Hall County Park Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Dressed in black, Elizabeth is still said to walk around the building even though she died in the 1800s. Another ghost here, this time male, is reported to have died of a broken heart.

An old photograph of the ruined Dryburgh Abbey.

Preacher

Location: St Boswells (Borders) - Dryburgh Abbey Hotel (particularly room 216), and general area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1900s
Further Comments: Dressed in black clothing, this clergyman was seen several times during the early nineteenth century. He was killed after it was discovered that he and the Lady of the Manor were engaged in a questionable relationship, and it is reported that she took her own life after discovering the preacher's death. She now takes the form of a grey lady seen in the hotel. More recently (?), plainchant has been reported from the former abbey.

Green Lady

Location: St Catherine's (Highland) - Loch Fyne Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A barmaid dropped a tray of drinks and ran screaming from the drinks store after hearing heavy breathing down her neck. The room is said to be the location where a former female employee hanged herself while wearing a green dress, and now her emerald form drifts around the hotel creating mischief.

Green Lady Removes Bedcovers

Location: St Ives (Cambridgeshire) - Golden Lion Hotel, Room 13 (or 14, depending on source)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: With a habit of opening and closing doors and removing sheets from beds, the Green Lady has been seen many times in room 13.

Death Eater

Location: Stansted (Essex) - Kings Arms Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: November 2012
Further Comments: A photograph taken on a mobile phone revealed a strange looking entity which the photographer described as resembling a 'Death Eater' from the Harry Potter films, although others believe it is nothing more than the back of someone's hooded top.

Murdered Landlord

Location: Steeple Aston (Oxfordshire) - Hopcroft's Holt Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The shade seen here is thought to be a former landlord murdered on the site, along with his wife. Another story has the highwayman Claude Duval as haunting the site.

Foot Dragging

Location: Storrington (Sussex) - White Horse Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: One of the bedrooms here is haunted by shuffling footsteps and a presence that taps bystanders on the shoulder.

King's Arms hotel, Stow on the Wold.

Victorian Woman

Location: Stow on the Wold (Gloucestershire) - King's Arms hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s?
Further Comments: This old hotel is said to be haunted by a woman in Victorian clothing who looks quite real. Wailing and crying has also been reported from within the property.

The Old Stocks Hotel, Stow on the Wold.

Pianist

Location: Stow on the Wold (Gloucestershire) - Old Stocks Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: The sounds of the piano can sometimes be heard in the building, though the instrument is not present. The ghost of an aged vicar is also reported here.

The Royalist Hotel, Stow on the Wold.

Victorian Children

Location: Stow on the Wold (Gloucestershire) - Royalist Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth / early twenty-first century
Further Comments: Several ghosts are reported to haunt this building. A young man has been seen to vanish near the reception area, two children in Victorian clothing may be responsible for the strange tapping sounds, a pretty woman in a long dress and a cavalier both haunt the staircase, and a knight in black armour has also been observed on site.