Sussex Ghosts, Folklore and Forteana
The Dyke Tavern in Brighton.
Woman in Grey
Location: Brighton - Dyke Tavern, Dyke Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1996
Further Comments: A worker spotted a woman dressed in a grey dress standing by the fireplace in the empty bar. The figure also had a grey face. She faded away.
ID #10978, last updated 2012-07-08
The Easy Bar in Brighton.
Tall Man
Location: Brighton - Easy Bar, Cranbourne Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A tall phantom man is said to sit in the corner of the bar watching people during busy periods.
ID #10847, last updated 2012-04-22
A Brighton Eatery along Old Steine.
Young Girl
Location: Brighton - Eatery along Old Steine
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: The basement of this building is said to be haunted by the phantom of a young girl who died in a fire on the site. The ghost is also reported to haunt the building which backs onto this location.
ID #10195, last updated 2011-03-24
Evening Argus Offices, Brighton.
Darkroom Presence
Location: Brighton - Evening Argus Offices, North Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1980s
Further Comments: The photographic darkroom was said to be home to a paranormal presence which climbed upon the back on a man while he worked. Another member of staff spotted a man in a tricorn hat in one of the offices.
ID #10916, last updated 2012-06-10
The Regency Hotel in Brighton.
Disabled Girl
Location: Brighton - First floor rooms, Regency Hotel, Regency Square
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This young girl jumped from one of the upstairs windows - her ghost mirrors her actions, though it now vanishes as it leaps into a wall, as the window was bricked up many years ago. Another female shade that totters around the building is the Victorian landlady.
ID #1850, last updated 2002-07-21
The Fishbowl pub in Brighton.
Young Girl
Location: Brighton - Fishbowl public house, East Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1992
Further Comments: Seen by a Mr Dutton in 1992, a phantom young girl is said to haunt the cellar. Another witness felt a presence push past while working alone - looking up, the witness briefly spotted the shadowy figure of a tall, twenty-something woman before the entity vanished.
ID #10905, last updated 2012-06-09
The Fisherman's Rest pub in Brighton.
Shapes
Location: Brighton - Fisherman's Rest public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: The landlord was reported to have caught ghostly activity on CCTV in this public house. Strange shapes are said to have been seen, and draughts rise and fall without apparent reason.
ID #10571, last updated 2011-09-17
A flat along Western Road, Brighton.
Breathing
Location: Brighton - Flat along Western Road
Type: Other
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A man was said to have problems breathing as he lay down to sleep at night, as if something was pushing down on his chest. There were no health related problems, although the case does sound like Old Hag Syndrome, aka Sleep Paralysis.
ID #10848, last updated 2012-04-22
The Font pub in Brighton.
Grey Woman
Location: Brighton - Font public house, Union Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1995 onwards
Further Comments: Seen peering through the window of this converted church, the phantom woman wears a grey shawl over her head. One witness said the woman looked in her thirties and wore a matching grey dress.
ID #10910, last updated 2012-06-09
The old ABC Cinema in Brighton.
Steam
Location: Brighton - Former ABC Cinema, King's Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This cinema operated from the site of an old Turkish bathhouse. Cinema staff would report the sound of running water and clouds of steam which appeared from nowhere.
ID #10460, last updated 2011-05-08
Brighton's former Debenhams store.
Nun
Location: Brighton - Former Debenhams store, Western Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Said to have been spotted by staff and customers, the phantom nun wearing a white habit and black cloak would vanish up a stairwell. The east end of the building was a convent.
ID #11002, last updated 2012-07-20
The Franklin Tavern in Brighton.
Shadow
Location: Brighton - Franklin Tavern, Lewes Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1990s
Further Comments: A former barmaid claimed to have seen a shadowy figure on three different occasions behind the bar while working here. Whether this sighting relates to the rumour the site is haunted by a former owner and his wife is unknown.
ID #11037, last updated 2012-07-28
The Friends Meeting House in Brighton.
Victorian Child
Location: Brighton - Friends Meeting House, Prince Albert Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Spring, 2009
Further Comments: Said to be around three years of age, this young girl dressed in Victorian clothing was spotted on the back steps of this building.
ID #10912, last updated 2012-06-10
The Gardner Arts Centre in Brighton.
Grey Smoke
Location: Brighton - Gardner Arts Centre
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1979
Further Comments: A grey mist accompanied by clanking and a drop in temperature was reportedly seen on stage by cleaning staff at this theatre.
ID #10976, last updated 2012-07-08
Brighton's George Beard pub.
Female Jailor
Location: Brighton - George Beard public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This woman has been seen on the steps leading down to the cellar, though locals say she has not recently appeared.
ID #2027, last updated 2002-08-07
The Brighton pub and theatre Marlborough Tavern.
Pale Woman
Location: Brighton - Marlborough Tavern (theatre), Princes Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2007
Further Comments: The phantom woman observed in this tavern is thought to be the murdered wife of a former landlord - he tried to kill her by pushing the woman down the stairs, and when that failed, left her in the cellar mortally wounded. When last seen, the woman was floating across the stage area.
ID #10965, last updated 2012-06-30
The Mash Tun pub in Brighton.
Martha
Location: Brighton - Mash Tun public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Early twentieth century onwards
Further Comments: This pub is said to be haunted by the landlady who managed the site during the First World War. Her footsteps have been reported from the building, and a former landlord watched several articles of clothing being thrown down the staircase by an unseen force. Glasses have been observed moving across a table and falling to the floor.
ID #10771, last updated 2012-03-18
Meeting House Lane, Brighton.
Monk
Location: Brighton - Meeting House Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Killed for having a love affair with a local lass, this medieval monk has been observed vanishing though a brick wall.
ID #5115, last updated 2004-05-03
Brighton's Metropole Hotel.
Swinging Beads
Location: Brighton - Metropole Hotel
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Late twentieth century (?) and 2000
Further Comments: A cleaner and the night manager watched glass beads hanging from wall lamps swing for no apparent reason. The sound of a baby crying has also been reported on occasion, although no infant can be found when the sounds are investigated. In 2000, a member of staff encountered an old man in the building and engaged him in conversation; he later the old man discovered had died years previously.
ID #10895, last updated 2012-06-03
Older Man
Location: Brighton - Montague House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid 1980s (or mid 1990s)
Further Comments: An older man was seen by several witnesses as he materialised in a chair.
ID #12987, last updated 2018-09-30
Moulsecoomb Rail Station in Brighton.
Heavy Breathing
Location: Brighton - Moulsecoomb Rail Station
Type: Other
Date / Time: Animal in 1986, phantom train in 2013
Further Comments: Two women reported hearing animal grunts, snarls, and feeling the breath of an animal close to their faces, although nothing could be seen. A phantom steam train was also heard at the station, and older man who vanished suddenly. It is said some locals have voiced concern about using the station after dark.
ID #10513, last updated 2011-07-17
Elderly Man
Location: Brighton - NHS site (exact location withheld)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1980s
Further Comments: A ghostly older man was said to occasionally manifest sitting in a chair at this site.
ID #12953, last updated 2018-08-02
Brighton's Nightingale Theatre.
Emily Coalthorpe
Location: Brighton - Nightingale Theatre
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Fourteen year old Emily died here in the late nineteenth century when this building was an hotel. Her ghost is supposed to haunt a staircase.
ID #10975, last updated 2012-07-08
Nile Street in Brighton.
Hooded Man
Location: Brighton - Nile Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Thought to be a monk from the small chapel of St Bartholomew which stood here before being destroyed in 1514, a hooded figure is reputed to haunt the street.
ID #10664, last updated 2012-01-01
Footsteps
Location: Brighton - Northern Lights (no longer open)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: Disembodied footsteps were once heard in the bar by the former owners.
ID #12956, last updated 2018-08-02
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