The Paranormal Database

Scissors

Location: Marown (Isle of Man) - Highlander public house (closed 2012), Douglas to Peel
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Pre-2012
Further Comments: The scissors which were used by Timothy Clucas, the tailor who defeated the buggane at St Trinian's Church, were said to be on display at this pub before it closed. The scissors current whereabouts are unknown.

Overpopulated

Location: Marsden (Tyne and Wear) - Marsden Grotto public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: A team of investigators claimed that this was the most haunted public house in England, with seven ghosts being 'detected' by their electro-magnetic apparatus. One of the shades is reportedly the ghost of a smuggler who tried to inform the authorities of his gang's actions - they found out and locked him away, allowing him to starve to death. A secret tunnel is said to run to another nearby haunted pub, the Jolly Sailor.

Pilot

Location: Martlesham (Suffolk) - Red Lion public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Post-Second World War
Further Comments: This pub is said to be haunted by the ghost of a pilot who crashed en route back to his airbase located at Martlesham.

Crying Child

Location: Mauchline (Ayrshire) - Poosie Nansie's public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa 2008 / 2009
Further Comments: A young girl has been heard crying on the site, and owner Marion Young felt someone walk into her office, even though no physical person was actually there. Other people have felt a tap on their shoulder, while sometimes glasses fall to the floor for no explainable reason.

The Horse and Groom pub, Melton.

Large Black Tomcat

Location: Melton (Suffolk) - The Horse and Groom Public House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s
Further Comments: The pub (particularly room number 3) has been home to a ghostly cat. The phantom feline has a habit of laying across the throat of people sleeping, only to jump off and vanish once they awake.

Small Man

Location: Menai Bridge (Powys) - Anglesey Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The pub is reputed to be haunted by a short older man.

Headless Man

Location: Meopham (Kent) - Route between public house and church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Walking the route, this ghostly figure has been observed with no head.

Cavalier

Location: Middleton (Greater Manchester) - Ring O'Bells public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: The remains of several bodies were found under the floor of the basement, dating back to the civil war. The forlorn ghost seen lurking about the site is believed to be the spiritual echo of one of the corpses. A more contemporary shade is one of a man in a grey suit, of whom little is known.

Long Snake

Location: Milford Haven (Dyfed) - Off coast, viable from the Shipwright public house
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: 06 March 2003
Further Comments: A small group at the pub watched a snake-like creature, between 10 - 15 metres in length, a short distance off the shoreline.

Dragging Sounds

Location: Millom (Cumbria) - Commodore public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The sound of heavy dragging likened to that of furniture being moved has been reported here.

Fertility Tree

Location: Milton Keynes (Buckinghamshire) - Elm tree near the Swan public house
Type: Legend
Date / Time: New tree now present
Further Comments: Tradition said that if this elm tree died, no one would give birth in the village. When the tree caught Dutch Elm Disease in 1974 it was cut down to a stump and then, in 1989, a car crash destroyed the remains. The following year a resident planted a replacement elm.

Rolling Barrels

Location: Milton Keynes (Buckinghamshire) - Old Bull public house, Fenny Stratford
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: A former landlord who would enter the cellar and find barrels and other stored items moved around decided to sprinkle powder across the floor - the barrels continued to be moved, but no footsteps were left.

Grey Lady

Location: Minster Lovell (Oxfordshire) - Mill and Old Swan public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Grey Lady unknown, other activities 2008 - 2011
Further Comments: The grey lady is said to be a former landlady who finds it hard to leave. Another woman haunts this site, after hiding in a chest and remaining undiscovered for several years (a la Thomas Haynes Bayly's The Mistletoe Bough). Staff have also reported a knife flying across the restaurant, footsteps and bangs from a locked room, and a man who stood by the bar after closing time who then vanished. Just outside the pub a black figure with no features other than white eyes was spotted.

Rosalind

Location: Minster Lovell (Oxfordshire) - White Hart public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A Victorian lady, it is believed that Rosalind took her own life, hanging herself from the staircase. She now sheds tears, though her face is covered by a veil, in remorse for her rash course of action.

Prioress of Kirklees

Location: Mirfield (West Yorkshire) - Three Nuns public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1985 onwards, investigated by GCUK in 2013
Further Comments: Doors have opened unaided and shadowy figures spotted in this building. Ghost Chasers UK reported that the building was haunted by two spirits; a nun named Katherine Grice who killed herself on site, and the Prioress of Kirklees, who bled Robin Hood to death.

The Waggon & Horses pub, Mistley.

Face in the Window

Location: Mistley (Essex) - Waggon & Horses public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1921
Further Comments: A photograph taken in 1921 shows a strange face in one of the pub's windows.

Misty Shape

Location: Mold (Clwyd) - Boar's Head public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late 1990s
Further Comments: A photograph taken by the Cheshire Paranormal Society purports to show a misty figure standing in the bar area, though some argue that the image shows nothing more than lens flare.

Grey Lady

Location: Moneyrow Green (Berkshire) - White Hart public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This phantom woman is sometimes seen along with her young child. The road outside the pub is haunted by a racehorse which occasionally gallops by, more often heard than seen.

Echoing Footfalls

Location: Monkton Farleigh (Wiltshire) - King's Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: These footsteps, associated with long dead feet, have been reported moving around the building. One group of people in the bar heard the swooping of wings close above them, though no birds could be seen. The pub is also haunted by the sounds of a wailing woman, said to cry on the anniversary of her death, caused when her runaway coach smashed into a wall of the building.

The Press-Ganged

Location: Morecambe (Lancashire) - Golden Ball public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This site is said to have been a popular place to press-gang sailors and is still home to phantoms who object to being forced to sea.

Sword

Location: Morecombelake (Dorset) - Five Bells public house
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Still present?
Further Comments: A sword hanging in the cupboard here was said to prevent a haunting - if the sword were removed, the ghost or ghosts would return.

Horse & Cart

Location: Mosbrough (South Yorkshire) - The Crofts public house, road leading to
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1980s
Further Comments: Patrons of this pub reported seeing a ghostly cart being pulled by a horse, in turn being led by a farmer. The apparition would disappear at a nearby pond.

EVP

Location: Motherwell (Lanarkshire) - Burns Tavern
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: May 2009
Further Comments: This site was investigated by Spirit Finders Scotland in 2009. The group recorded EVP and picked up EMF readings when they asked the entity to flash the lights to answer yes/no questions.

Lavina

Location: Mulbarton (Norfolk) - World's End public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Lavina, a former barmaid, was said to have been murdered after refusing his advances. Even though the crime happened over two hundred years ago, the room where the murder occurred remains sealed.

Moving Items

Location: Mundy Bois (Kent) - Rose & Crown public house
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1975 - 1978
Further Comments: Publican Mrs Motley wrote to a local paper to say while she did not think they had a poltergeist, small items would be constantly moved without reason around the site.