The Paranormal Database

Sounds of Fighting

Location: Holme Hale (Norfolk) - High Street, near the public house
Type: Post-Mortem Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A couple of witnesses reported hearing horses and fighting which moved through the village street and over a field in the early hours of the morning.

Brown Lady

Location: Holmes Chapel (Cheshire) - Olde Red Lion public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The ghost of this phantom woman haunted a once sealed room in the pub, though there have not been any reported sightings as of late.

Grey Woman

Location: Holyport (Berkshire) - White Hart public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid twentieth century
Further Comments: Seen carrying a small baby, this woman dressed in grey was often heard walking about just prior to manifesting. The sounds of a horse passing outside have also been reported.

Self-Powering Light Bulbs

Location: Holywell (Clwyd) - Talaacre Arms public house
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Beer glasses have been known to fill themselves, and a mischievous spirit appears to be able to illuminate lamps and light bulbs when not plugged into the mains. It is unclear whether the pub saves on electricity bills.

Exploding Light Bulbs

Location: Honey Tye (Suffolk) - Red Lion public house, and all over village
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: December 1983
Further Comments: A poltergeist was held accountable for exploding light bulbs and electrical items that turned themselves on and off - this happened in dozens of homes over the village.

Man in Long Coat

Location: Hooe (Sussex) - Red Lion public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This man dressed in a beige coat is thought to be a member of the smugglers gang that was once based in the public house. A machine once used by the gang to break up tobacco leaves is still on site today and can sometimes be heard in use during the early hours.

Chains

Location: Hook (Hampshire) - Old White Hart public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The sound of someone walking along the upstairs corridor dragging chains was once reported. Some believe this to be a former landlady murdered on site.

Running

Location: Hope Valley (Derbyshire) - Traveller's Rest public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late 2004 - Early 2005
Further Comments: An employee leaving at the pub reported hearing two sets of footsteps running down the corridor, one light and one heavy. The sounds turned into a loud banging sound, as if someone had fallen down the stairs. Over the next few months, only the light footsteps were heard, as were gentle whimpering sounds.

Old Woman

Location: Horndean (Hampshire) - Red Lion public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Seen sitting in the pub, this old woman may have taken her life in a room upstairs. Several people have felt the urge to jump from the window of the 'suicide room'.

Hand

Location: Houghton Conquest (Bedfordshire) - Knife and Cleaver public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A barman's attention was drawn to the bookings diary as the pages began to turn themselves. He quickly left the area after spotting a strange hand that then appeared over his shoulder.

Woman in Black

Location: Houghton-Le-Spring (Tyne and Wear) - Robbie Burns public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: One of three ghosts reportedly haunting this building, the woman in black would be observed disappearing into a wall. A male shadow has been seen darting across the bar area, and finally, a young fair haired boy has also been spotted.

Matilda

Location: Houston (Renfrewshire) - Fox and Hounds public house
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 2010s?
Further Comments: Matilda featured in the press when the pub took on new management. She was described as friendly, would move items around, and created the occasional cold draft as if walking past.

The Blue Anchor pub in Hove.

Door!

Location: Hove (Sussex) - Blue Anchor public house, Boundary Road
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: 1993
Further Comments: While working alone in this pub, in the cellar, a member of staff heard a voice call out 'Door! Door!'. He turned in time to stop the self-locking door from closing itself.

Sailor

Location: Hove (Sussex) - The Ship public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Seen in the cellar under the pub, this ghostly eighteenth century sailor is believed to have been a smuggler.

Servicemen

Location: Hucknall (Nottinghamshire) - Seven Stars public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: A member of staff reported feeling a tap on the shoulder when no one was near here. The public house was investigated by the Ghosts of Nottingham team. They speculated that the building may be haunted by Second World War servicemen who were killed by a bomb while staying next door.

Scared Children

Location: Hucknall (Nottinghamshire) - Yew Tree public house, Nottingham Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2008
Further Comments: The East Midlands Paranormal group reported that the pub is haunted by frightened children and laughter.

Beryl

Location: Hull (East Riding of Yorkshire) - Manchester Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 01 November 2012
Further Comments: Lisa Fowler believed she caught the pub's phantom, nicknamed Beryl, on the CCTV camera, although the 'figure' could be lens flare. The owners have also reported the sensation of someone running fingers through hair and of glimpsing fleeting shadows which vanish.

Drowned Smugglers

Location: Hull (East Riding of Yorkshire) - Ye Old Black Boy public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This pub was once connected to the docks via secret tunnels and was used extensively by smugglers. One stormy day the tunnels were flooded with sea water and several smugglers drowned - they now haunt the pub. Bottles have flown off the shelves, and several people have seen ghostly hands materialise through panels on the wall.

Freda

Location: Hull (East Riding of Yorkshire) - Ye Old White Hart public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Still present
Further Comments: It is said that if the Freda's skull located behind the bar of this pub is moved, the former owner returns and haunts the building until the cranium is replaced.

Man in Grey Coat

Location: Hullbridge (Essex) - Outside Smugglers Den Public House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: February 2019
Further Comments: A visitor to the pub encountered the figure of a man in a grey coat. The man was clearly visible, but suddenly vanished, leaving the witness shaken.

Beyond Last Orders

Location: Huncoat (Lancashire) - Black Bull public house
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Mid twentieth century
Further Comments: Though nothing has been seen here, the bar bells have been heard ringing when the building is empty, and pet dogs refuse to go down into the basement.

Passing Through

Location: Huntingdon (Cambridgeshire) - Falcon public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1960s (door opening)
Further Comments: Oliver Cromwell is said to have used the building as a temporary base, which may explain the Civil War era troops seen here. During the 1960s, one witness watched a door on one side of the room open and close, and after a few seconds, the door on the opposite side of the room did likewise, as if something invisible had walked through the room. Another piece of folklore says a tunnel ran from the building to the site of the old castle (since demolished).

Wife and Child

Location: Hyde (Gloucestershire) - Ragged Cot public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The 1760 landlord of this establishment pushed his wife and baby down the stairs during an argument, killing them both. He tried to conceal the bodies in a chest, but they were discovered by the authorities. The ghostly mother and child were seen by a policeman as they removed the corpses.

Fertility Aid

Location: Ickford (Buckinghamshire) - Rising Sun public house
Type: Other
Date / Time: 2000s?
Further Comments: A stool in this pub is credited with helping 59 women become pregnant, after the popular press gave the seat national coverage when 14 local ladies who had sat upon it became mothers-to-be.

George Gutsell

Location: Icklesham (Sussex) - Queen's Head public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Gutsell unknown, others 1976
Further Comments: A local hero, when Gutsell died his coffin was brought along to the wake in his pub. This may have been a mistake, as ever since then his ghost reportedly sits by the fireplace. Other figures were also said to walk around, and in 1976, the new landlady Pat Davies reported spotting a ghost dog in the main bar. Davies also reported having items disappear and reappear around the property.