The Paranormal Database

Charlie

Location: Battle - Corner of Netherfield Road and London Road
Type: Post-Mortem Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A witness saw his gardener standing at this junction, though several hours had passed since the worker had committed suicide.

Floating Cat

Location: Battle - Gatehouse Restaurant
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century?
Further Comments: This small ghostly house cat floats along a corridor in the restaurant before vanishing through a wall.

Little Girl

Location: Battle - Mount Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: Seen in several of the buildings along this road, including the Bayeux Restaurant, a little girl with golden hair has appeared dressed in early twentieth century clothing.

Two Walkers

Location: Beddingham - Asheham House (aka Asham House) (demolished 1994)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1912-1919
Further Comments: The former home of Virginia and Leonard Woolf was reputedly haunted. The sound of two people wandering and whispering around the house at night was said to have inspired Virginia Woolf to write her short story 'The Haunted House'.

Edwardian Gentleman

Location: Bexhill - Police Station
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The police station is said to be haunted by this figure, though his motives for returning here are unknown.

Tall Cloaked Figure

Location: Bexhill-on-Sea - Private residence, Ninfield Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s
Further Comments: Formally a smuggler's cottage, complete with hidden tunnel, the house may be haunted by a tall man who wears a black hat and cloak. A guest at the house left after encountering a figure, initially mistaken for a real person, and a workman refused to work late after a disembodied voice asked him 'what are you going to do now, then?'.

Imprints

Location: Bignor - Bignor hill
Type: Dragon
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A large snake-like creature wrapped itself around Bignor hill and squeezed so tightly that it left imprints of its coils.

Gliding Old Man

Location: Billingshurst - Crossroads known as Buck Barn, between Billingshurst & Hayward's Heath, and Horsham & Worthing. Now a dual carriageway.
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: October 1947, onwards
Further Comments: Said to look like a traditional tramp or hobo, the old man sits on a milestone by crossroads, before gliding in front of incoming traffic. When the vehicle stops, there is no evidence of the figure existing. The reports have trailed off since the road updates.

Anne Starr

Location: Blackboys - Blackboys Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s?
Further Comments: This ghost which has never made a sound is believed to belong to Anne Starr, a woman who died in childbirth within the building.

Lady in Red

Location: Bodiam - Bodiam Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Easter Sunday (singing) (reoccurring), others unknown
Further Comments: This spectre stands on the top of a tower, illuminated by bright moonlight, as if waiting for someone. A child haunts the bridge - the young boy disappears when he reaches the halfway point. More stories tell of phantom singing, music, and words spoken in an unknown tongue.

Dark Lady

Location: Bognor - Unnamed house, constructed in 1860
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1882-1889
Further Comments: A family of eight who moved into this house were subjected to seven years of haunting from a woman in a black dress who carried a white handkerchief. As time went on, sightings of the ghostly figure became rarer, and she was more likely to be heard than spotted. At the end of the haunting period, the ghost had simply vanished.

Elmer

Location: Bognor Regis - Area around Elmer Woods
Type: Legend
Date / Time: 1950s onwards?
Further Comments: A local story points to Elmer being a farmer evicted from his home and who now walks around the area. The same locale is said to be haunted by a large black dog.

Cuthbert

Location: Bognor Regis - Manor House, Flansham
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The sounds associated with a person dragging a body across the floor have been heard by guests here. The phantom has been christened Cuthbert by interested patrons.

Footsteps

Location: Bognor Regis - The Lion Hotel, Nyetimber
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 03:00h (reoccurring)
Further Comments: Moving between rooms 5 and 6, the footfalls could belong to the lady in blue who has been seen on the odd occasion. Her silk dress has also been heard rustling along the corridor.

Smuggler Curse

Location: Bognor Regis - The Old Vicarage, Sudley Road
Type: Curse
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A curse was placed on this building after the vicar attempted to stop local smuggling activities. The building no longer stands, but the area (which now has shops built on top) is still said to be unlucky and haunted by the sounds of footsteps.

Woman in RTA

Location: Bolney - A23 near the Queens Head public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Early 1990s
Further Comments: A woman in a grey dress stepped out in front of a car and was hit - the car then crashed off the road. However, the woman in grey had disappeared once the three people in the car climbed out. Two other witnesses reported that they too had seen the woman in front of the car.

Acting Ghosts Only?

Location: Bolney - Wykehurst Place
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The site doubled as Belasco House in the 1973 film The Legend of Hell House, with one contemporary review claiming the site to be really haunted, although any stories supporting the assertion are lacking.

Underwater Bells

Location: Bosham - Bosham Creak
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: When Danish raiders took the bells from the church, they pushed the Lord too far - he sank their boat, and now the bells can be heard ringing in celebration.

Ogre

Location: Brede - Brede Park
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A child eating ogre that lived in the park was impervious to iron weapons. Growing tired of living with the threat of being eaten, all the children in the area united. They made a large keg of beer and left it outside the ogre's home. The ogre consumed the beverage, and after falling asleep drunk, the children cut him in half with a wooden saw.

Father John

Location: Brede - Brede Place
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: One of several spectres alleged to haunt (or have haunted) this location, this figure is said to be benevolent in nature. A former maid has also been seen onsite (she was hanged for theft), a headless man wanders around, and a woman who looks like she originates from the Elizabethan days. Finally, Sir Goddard has been seen walking around - he was sawn in half by angry villagers when it was discovered he ate babies!

Servant Girl

Location: Brede - Small hill next to Brede Place
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This young lady was hanged from a tree which has since been chopped down, though her presence remains.

Mad Jack

Location: Brightling - Churchyard
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Jack is buried in the large pyramid that dominates the churchyard - he can be raised from the dead by running around his new home seven times. The inside of the pyramid is said to be covered in glass, to prevent the Devil coming to take Jack's body away.

Tall Man in Black

Location: Brightling - Wooded area north of Darvell reservoir
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1996
Further Comments: This spooky figure is reportedly the ghost of a local drug dealer murdered in the middle of the twentieth century.

Brighton Beach.

Large White Dog

Location: Brighton - Beach
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Last dog sighting unknown, tall man seen in Spring 1977
Further Comments: Reportedly the size of a small horse, this phantom dog will follow lonely walkers on the beach for short distances before vanishing. A witness reported seeing a tall man in old fashioned clothing and a tall hat walking along the sidewalk during the night in 1977 - the figure vanished into the mist.

Grey-Haired Man

Location: Brighton - Bears and Friends (no longer present), Meeting House Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1990s
Further Comments: A phantom grey-haired man wearing a knee length coat was said to have made a few appearances here during the 1990s.