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Grenoble Road’s The Priory haunted

October 2, 2009 by Andrew Leave a Comment

The Oxford pub, The Priory, is one of the growing number of pubs to step forward with tales of haunting for the press.

Writing for the Oxford Mail, Emily Allen documents everything from a headless horseman to the slightly more usual scratching and tappings.

The Priory was once home to an order of Benedictine nuns but is now run by Tim Rackley as a local watering hole.

In 2004 and 2005 archaeologists found the skeletal remains of several children. Mr Rackley admits it was a bad year for the pub, not only did his dog Snoop keep on bringing bones into the pub but the number of incidents was higher than usual.

Sir Patrick Stewart sees the ghost at the Theatre Royal Haymarket

August 25, 2009 by Andrew 1 Comment

Sir Patrick Stewart the actor famous for his appearances in StarTrek and X-Men as well as his sterling performances in Shakespeare plays has said he saw a ghost while performing Waiting for Godot.

Sir Patrick has been performing the play with fellow X-Men star Sir Ian MacKellen and being followed by a film crew from Sky Arts.

Sir Ian asks Stewart, “What happened, what threw you?” after the two actors go offstage for the interval.

“I just saw a ghost. On stage, during Act One,” Patrick Stewart replies. The Sky camera man didn’t record the image but the actor describes the ghostly figure as wearing a beige coat and twill trousers.

Is the Yarborough Hotel in Grimsby haunted?

August 3, 2009 by Andrew 4 Comments

The Yarborough Hotel in Grimsby was built in 1851 by the Earl of Yarborough. The Earl was the chairman of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company who recognised there would an increase in trade in Grimsby when the new railway linked it into the growing network.

The hotel, now a J.D. Wetherspoons pub, is perhaps best known as the location of the Yarborough Riot. During the political riots it is through that voters were kidnapped and held in the hotel.

P.P. Paranormal, a team of experienced paranormal investigators based in North Lincolnshire, contacted the Yarborough Hotel manager Nathan Gregory with a request to investigate the hotel as they believed it was haunted.

Ghost expels 18 school girls from school

August 2, 2009 by Andrew 1 Comment

Image via Wikipedia In Balasore, India, 18 school girls were taken ill after morning prayers. The girls are now refusing to return to Hidigaon Panchayat High School claiming that it is haunted. The Times of India has the story and they report that the incident began with one student – known as Mansai to the […]

Norwich ghost caught on camera?

July 28, 2009 by Andrew Leave a Comment

The Norwich Evening News has published a photograph taken by Andrew Kitt. Could this be the Cinema City Ghost?

Cinema City Ghost / Norwich Evening News
Cinema City Ghost / Norwich Evening News

The photographer admits he felt chills down his spine has he processed the pictures he took at Norwich’s Cinema City complex.

He told press, “It’s not a hoax. Nothing has been done to that image,” and “The hairs on the back of my neck went up when I first saw it. I’m keeping an open mind. I’m not saying it’s a ghost or anything, but it is certainly strange.”

Superstitious grandfather burns baby to expel evil ghosts

July 22, 2009 by Andrew Leave a Comment

The Chongqing Business Daily is reporting an unpleasant story of a Chinese man applying burning cotton to his granddaughter’s body in order to exercise her of evil ghosts.

The girl had been turning gradually yellow after she was born on July the 5th. The condition, however, was typical neonatal jaundice and not uncommon.

The ritual involved inserting burning cotton threads into the girl’s nose and laying them over her stomach. She was admitted to hospital and released on the 21st.

Hartlepool ghost attacks teenager and throws him out on to the street

July 10, 2009 by Andrew 4 Comments

A family in Hartlepool rushed to St Paul’s Church after their 13 year old son was found huddled outside their locked front door.

Daniel Wilkins claims that he was alone in the house, listening to music when he was pulled upright, dragged across the living room before being thrown out onto the street.

The teenage said the ordeal lasted for five minutes during which time the entity – which wasn’t seen but who’s heavy breathing made it sound male – first tried to get the boy into the kitchen.

Beverley Wilkins found her son outside the locked front door after returning from collecting her 5 year old son from school. They tried to re-enter the house but where chased out by constant banging and knocking.

The ghost of the Duchess of Lauderdale photographed at Ham House?

June 30, 2009 by Andrew Leave a Comment

In June of 2009 Elaine Della Camera and boyfriend Colin Iles visited the historic building and heard a growl while they were touring the lower floor. Although she could see nothing out of the ordinary at the time, Elaine turned around and took a picture.

The picture shows a ghostly shape. Iles believes his girlfriend has captured evidence that the ghosts of the Duchess of Lauderdale and her dog are roaming the mansion.

Photograph of Kent’s Cavern Ghost

June 18, 2009 by Andrew 1 Comment

A tourist visiting the most ancient inhabited site in the United Kingdom may have captured the image of a ghost on camera. Simon Howard’s photograph at Kent’s Cavern in Torquay, Devon, shows what looks to be a face formed from an eerie mist up against the side of cave paintings. Archaeologists have been working in […]

The haunted Ship Inn and other ghosts of Acaster Malbis

June 14, 2009 by Andrew 3 Comments

Acaster Malbis is a village less than ten miles away from the historic city of York. It is thought that the village’s name may come from a Roman settlement. The word ‘castra’ means ‘camp’ in Latin and perhaps Malbis relates to the land-owning Malbis family who lived there.

The Ship Inn

The new owners of The Shop Inn by the River Ouse have reported a number of ghostly incidents. It is thought that the pub is haunted by Bob the Stoker, a regular of the inn until his death. The fire in the pub has been reported as lighting itself – despite having four pints of water poured on it. The nickname “Bob the Stocker” was give to Bob, who died 50 years ago, because he would sit and constantly stoke the same fire.

The new pub manager, Alan Deans, told local press that a lamp has also been known to fly off its shelf in the bar.

The Ship Inn’s owner, Carol Temple, has also admitted to press that she has had her own ghostly encounter, “I had bent down to get something out of a cupboard and I felt a cold shiver, so I stood up and turned around and I saw a grey figure coming past me – it was only about a foot away from me.

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