Archive briefing
The Darkives lists 337 locations where our community has documented ghost and spirit activity. They span 11 countries, led by the United Kingdom (209), the United States (118) and Spain (2), and the most-recorded areas are Scotland (23), Wales (18) and California (14).
They are most often recorded at castles (56), manors & stately homes (54) and hotels (32).
Where members have identified the kind of ghost and spirit activity, the most common are intelligent hauntings (77), apparitions (54) and residual hauntings (46).
Members have filed 17 first-hand witness reports across 11 of these places; each location page holds its full history, photos and reports.
United Kingdom
209
2 reportsGhost › ApparitionStocksbridge Bypass
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
The Stocksbridge Bypass, built in the late 1980s across remote moorland near Sheffield, is infamous for ghostly children, hooded figures, strange…
RoadOpen file
1 reportGhost › Poltergeist30 East Drive
Pontefract, West Yorkshire
30 East Drive in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, is renowned as one of Britain’s most haunted houses. Infamous for the alleged “Black Monk” poltergeist…
Haunted HouseOpen file
1 reportGhost › ApparitionBleaklow B-29 Superfortress Crash Site
Glossop, Derbyshire
High on the moors of Bleaklow lie the haunting remains of a B-29 Superfortress that crashed in 1948. The wreckage still scars the peat, and visitors…
Moorland / HillOpen file
1 reportGhost › PoltergeistBoathouse Hotel
Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey
Welcoming and friendly family run hotel on the coast at Newry, Anglesey.
HotelOpen file
1 reportGhost › ApparitionEdgehill Battlefield
Warwick, Warwickshire
The Battle of Edgehill in Warwickshire, fought in 1642, was the first major battle between King Charles I and Parliament. The bloody clash ended in a…
BattlefieldOpen file
1 reportGhost › ApparitionHall-i'th-Wood Museum
Bolton, Greater Manchester
Hall i’ th’ Wood is an early 16th-century manor house located in Bolton, Greater Manchester. Now a Grade I listed building, it is operated as a…
MuseumOpen file
1 reportGhost › PoltergeistThe Cheltenham Ghost House
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
The Cheltenham Ghost, seen throughout the 1880s in the house once called St Anne’s on Pittville Circus Road, appeared as a tall, veiled woman dressed…
Haunted HouseOpen file
1 reportGhost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryTreasurer's House
York, North Yorkshire
Treasurer’s House in York, a grand medieval residence near York Minster, is one of England’s most famous haunted sites. Beneath its elegant Georgian…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › Poltergeist25 Cock Lane
London, Greater London
In 1762, a London house became notorious for mysterious scratching and knocking attributed to the ghost of a dead woman named Fanny Lynes…
Haunted HouseOpen file
Ghost › Poltergeist284 Green Street
Enfield, England
The Enfield Haunting, centred on a council house in Enfield, North London, between 1977 and 1979, is one of the most famous poltergeist cases in…
Haunted HouseOpen file
Ghost › Intelligent39 De Grey Street
Hull, Kingston upon Hull
Described as one of Britain's most haunted houses, 39 De Grey Street is associated with violent poltergeist activity, child apparitions, unexplained…
Haunted HouseOpen file
Ghost › Poltergeist93 Beverstone Road
Thornton Heath, Greater London
In February 1938, a quiet London home became the scene of an extraordinary alleged poltergeist outbreak. Crockery exploded, furniture overturned and…
Haunted HouseOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionAberglasney House
Carmarthen, Wales
Aberglasney House, near Llangathen in Carmarthenshire, Wales, is one of the country’s finest historic estates — and one of its most haunted. Dating…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › PoltergeistAlbert Hall
Manchester, Greater Manchester
Albert Hall in Manchester, Greater Manchester, is a Grade II listed former Methodist central hall, now a music venue. Its ornate chapel and long…
Theatre / Music VenueOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentAlnwick Castle
Alnwick, Northumberland
Alnwick Castle in Northumberland, England, fuses medieval might with Gothic mystery. Home to the Percy family for over 700 years, it harbors tales of…
CastleOpen file
GhostAncient High House
Stafford, Staffordshire
The Ancient High House in Stafford, England’s largest remaining Elizabethan timber-framed townhouse, is steeped in centuries of history and haunting…
Haunted HouseOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionAncient Rectory Mansion
Sandown, Isle of Wight
The half-timbered Ancient Rectory Mansion on the corner of Quay Lane, Brading, dates back to 1499. Locally remembered for its time as the 'Isle of…
Rectory / VicarageOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryAppleby Castle
Appleby-in-Westmorland, Lancashire
Appleby Castle, a Norman fortress overlooking the River Eden, has stood for nearly a millennium. Once home to Lady Anne Clifford, its halls echo with…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionArdross Castle
Alness, Highland
Famous as the atmospheric setting of television's The Traitors, Ardross Castle has attracted a new kind of attention: paranormal investigation. In…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryAshley Hall
Altrincham, Cheshire East
Ashley Hall is a secluded Elizabethan country house in rural Cheshire, long associated with tragedy, isolation, and an enduring reputation for…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
GhostAthelhampton House
Dorchester, Dorset
Athelhampton House is one of England's finest Tudor manors with a rich history and an abundance of alleged hauntings.
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentBamburgh Castle
Bamburgh, Northumberland
Bamburgh Castle, perched above the North Sea on Northumberland’s rugged coast, is a fortress of splendour and haunting. Once a royal stronghold and…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentBannockburn House
Stirling, Scotland
Bannockburn House, a 17th-century mansion near Stirling, Scotland, is steeped in history and mystery. Once visited by Bonnie Prince Charlie during…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentBarden Tower
Skipton, Yorkshire
Barden Tower, a crumbling 15th-century stronghold near Bolton Abbey, stands in lonely splendour above the River Wharfe. Once home to the Clifford…
TowerOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentBarnes Hospital
Cheadle, England
Barnes Hospital, a towering Gothic landmark in Cheadle, opened in 1875 as a convalescent hospital for Manchester’s poor. Abandoned for years after…
Hospital / AsylumOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryBeaumaris Castle
Beaumaris, Wales
Beaumaris Castle, on the Isle of Anglesey, is Edward I’s unfinished masterpiece — a fortress of perfect symmetry and lingering sorrow. Built upon…
CastleOpen file
GhostBerry Pomeroy Castle
Totnes, Devon
Berry Pomeroy Castle, hidden in a Devon valley near Totnes, is a haunting of beauty and sorrow. Once home to the powerful Pomeroy and Seymour…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › PoltergeistBettiscombe Manor
Bridport, Dorset
Hidden in the Dorset countryside, Bettiscombe Manor is home to one of Britain's strangest supernatural legends. For generations, a mysterious human…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionBirmingham Town Hall
Birmingham, West Midlands
Does Charles Dickens haunt the corridors of his greatest triumph? The reading of his book "A Christmas Carol"
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryBlackness Castle
Linlithgow, Scotland
Blackness Castle, perched on the Firth of Forth in Scotland, is a fortress shaped like a ship — “the ship that never sailed.” Built in the 15th…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryBlickling Hall
Norwich, Norfolk
Blickling Hall in Norfolk, one of England’s most beautiful Jacobean mansions, is renowned for its haunting elegance — and its most famous ghost, Anne…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentBodmin Jail
Bodmin, Cornwall
Bodmin Jail, built in 1779 on the edge of Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, is one of Britain’s most haunted prisons. Once notorious for executions and brutal…
Prison / GaolOpen file
GhostBoggart Hole Clough
Manchester, England
Boggart Hole Clough in Blackley, Manchester, is a steep, wooded valley said to be haunted by a mischievous spirit known as the boggart. From…
Woodland / ForestOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentBolling Hall
Bradford, West Yorkshire
Bolling Hall, one of Bradford’s oldest surviving manor houses, carries almost seven centuries of history — and a reputation for haunting. From…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionBolsover Castle
Bolsover, Derbyshire
Bolsover Castle in Derbyshire, a spectacular 17th-century mansion built upon medieval ruins, is famed for its beauty — and its ghosts. Once home to…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryBolton Priory
Skipton, Yorkshire
Bolton Priory, a hauntingly beautiful Augustinian ruin beside the River Wharfe, carries the echoes of six centuries of worship and loss. Ghostly…
Abbey / PrioryOpen file
Ghost › PoltergeistBorley Rectory Site
Sudbury, Essex
Borley Rectory in Essex, once dubbed “the most haunted house in England,” gained worldwide fame for its chilling phenomena. Built in 1862 beside the…
Rectory / VicarageOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentBramhall Hall
Stockport, Cheshire
Bramall Hall, a Tudor masterpiece in Stockport, is famed for its timbered beauty — and its ghosts. Once home to the Davenport family for nearly 500…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentBrodick Castle
Brodick, Scotland
Brodick Castle, set against the dramatic backdrop of Goatfell Mountain on the Isle of Arran, is one of Scotland’s most picturesque — and haunted —…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionBron Y Garth Hospital
Penrhyndeudraeth, Wales
Bron y Garth Hospital, near Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd, began as a 19th-century workhouse before later serving as a hospital and prison. Its long…
Hospital / AsylumOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryBurnden Park, Former Bolton Wanderer's Football Ground
Bolton, England
Burnden Park, the historic home of Bolton Wanderers, saw glory, heartbreak, and tragedy. The 1946 disaster left 33 dead and countless memories…
OtherOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionBurton Agnes Hall
Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire
Burton Agnes Hall is home to one of Yorkshire's most disturbing ghost legends. Following the violent death of Anne Griffith in the early seventeenth…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryCadeby Tunnel
Doncaster, South Yorkshire
The Cadeby Tunnel, remnants of South Yorkshire’s railway and quarrying past, run beneath the quiet fields near Doncaster. Long disused, the tunnels…
TunnelOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentCaerphilly Castle
Caerphilly, Wales
Caerphilly Castle in South Wales, one of Britain’s largest medieval fortresses, is as famous for its vast defences as for its spectral legends. Built…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentCallendar House
Falkirk, Scotland
Callendar House in Falkirk, Scotland, blends grandeur with ghostly legend. Dating to the 14th century and once home to the powerful Livingstone…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryCarnasserie Castle
Lochgilphead, Scotland
Carnasserie Castle, a striking 16th-century ruin near Kilmartin in Argyll, Scotland, is a place of ambition, betrayal, and eerie silence. Once home…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryCastell Coch
Cardiff, Wales
Castell Coch, the “Red Castle” above Cardiff, Wales, combines fairytale beauty with haunted melancholy. Rebuilt in the 19th century upon medieval…
CastleOpen file
GhostCastell Harlech
Harlech, Wales
Edward I castle with phantom soldiers and battle sounds.
CastleOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentChillingham Castle
Alnwick, Northumberland
Chillingham Castle in Northumberland, once a medieval stronghold and battlefield fortress, is renowned as Britain’s most haunted castle. Its…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentChilton Cantelo
Yeovil, Somerset
The small village of Chilton Cantelo is the setting for a 'screaming skull' mystery, involving a 17th century man buried in the local church.
Village / TownOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentChingle Hall
Goosnargh, Lancashire
Chingle Hall, a 13th-century manor hidden near Preston, is steeped in centuries of faith and fear. Once a secret refuge for persecuted Catholics, it…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentCraig-y-Nos Castle
Brecon, Wales
Craig-y-Nos Castle, in the shadow of the Brecon Beacons, Wales, is famed as both a Victorian masterpiece and a restless haunt. Once home to opera…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentCrathes Castle
Banchory, Aberdeenshire
Crathes Castle, near Banchory in Aberdeenshire, is a 16th-century Scottish tower famed for its fairy-tale turrets — and its ghosts. Built by the…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentCrumlin Road Gaol
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Crumlin Road Gaol in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is a foreboding 19th-century prison infamous for its executions and unrest. From condemned cells to…
Prison / GaolOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryCulloden Battlefield
Inverness, Highland
The Battle of Culloden marked the brutal and tragic end of the 1746 Jacobite Rebellion, where the Highland army of Bonnie Prince Charlie was…
BattlefieldOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionCulzean Castle
Maybole, Scotland
Culzean Castle, perched dramatically on the Ayrshire cliffs of Scotland, is as breathtaking as it is haunted. Built in the late 18th century for the…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryDalkeith Palace
Dalkeith, Scotland
Dalkeith Palace, an imposing 17th-century mansion near Edinburgh, was once a royal residence and seat of the Dukes of Buccleuch. Beneath its grandeur…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryDartington Hall
Totnes, Devon
Dartington Hall in Devon, England, is a medieval manor steeped in centuries of art, learning, and lingering spirits. Once home to noble families and…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentDenbigh Asylum
Denbigh, Wales
Denbigh Asylum, or the North Wales Hospital, looms in ruin outside Denbigh, its Gothic towers a chilling monument to Victorian mental health care…
Hospital / AsylumOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionDerby Gaol
Derby, Derbyshire
Derby Gaol, once a Georgian prison and execution site, is one of England’s most haunted buildings. Prisoners were hanged outside its doors and buried…
Prison / GaolOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentDover Castle
Dover, Kent
Dover Castle, towering above the English Channel in Kent, is known as the “Key to England” — and one of its most haunted strongholds. With 2,000…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentDrury Lane Theatre
London, England
London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane, the oldest continually operating theatre in the world, is famed not only for its performances but its ghosts. From…
Theatre / Music VenueOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionDudley Castle
Dudley, West Midlands
Above Dudley in the West Midlands, Dudley Castle preserves the remains of a Norman stronghold, later transformed into a grand residence and broken by…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentDunluce Castle
Bushmills, Northern Ireland
Dunluce Castle, perched perilously on the cliffs of County Antrim, Northern Ireland, is a fortress of haunting beauty and sorrow. Once home to the…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentDunnottar Castle
Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire
Dunnottar Castle, perched on a rugged cliff overlooking the North Sea in Aberdeenshire, is a breathtaking ruin steeped in blood and legend. Once home…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentDunstanburgh Castle
Embleton, Northumberland
Dunstanburgh Castle, its ruins rising starkly above the Northumberland coast, is a fortress of winds and ghosts. Built in the 14th century, it…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentEdinburgh Castle
Edinburgh, Scotland
Edinburgh Castle, looming over the city from Castle Rock, is Scotland’s proudest monument — and its most haunted. From phantom soldiers to a headless…
CastleOpen file
GhostElvaston Castle
Derby, Derbyshire
Elvaston Castle, a Gothic Revival mansion near Derby, England, radiates haunting beauty and sorrow. Its ghostly legend centers on Lady Harrington…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryEndeavour Pub
Whitby, North Yorkshire
The sleeping family saved from a burning pub by a ghost?
Pub / InnOpen file
Ghost › PoltergeistEpsom Old Rectory
Doncaster, North Lincolnshire
Between December 1716 and January 1717, the Wesley family experienced an extraordinary series of disturbances at their Lincolnshire rectory. Violent…
Rectory / VicarageOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentEttington Park Hotel
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
Ettington Park Hotel, a neo-Gothic mansion near Stratford-upon-Avon, is as elegant as it is haunted. Once home to the Shirley family for over 900…
HotelOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryEyam Village
Hope Valley, Derbyshire
Eyam Village in Derbyshire, known as the “Plague Village,” is steeped in sorrow and spiritual echoes. When the Black Death struck in 1665, its people…
Village / TownOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionFarleigh Hungerford Castle
Bath, Somerset
Farleigh Hungerford Castle is an atmospheric 14th century castle ruin with a very dark history.
CastleOpen file
GhostFormer RAF Castle Comb
Chippenham, Wiltshire
RAF Castle Combe was a Second World War flying-training airfield opened in 1941 and closed in 1948. Thousands of aircrew trained from the site before…
Former RAF BaseOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionFormer RAF Coleby Grange
Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Once a wartime night-fighter station and later a nuclear missile base, RAF Coleby Grange is now largely reclaimed by farmland. Its derelict control…
Former RAF BaseOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentFour Crosses Inn
Cannock, Staffordshire
The Four Crosses Inn, a 17th-century coaching house near Cannock Chase, is famed for its dark history and restless spirits. With tales of murdered…
Pub / InnOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionFyvie Castle
Turriff, Aberdeenshire
Fyvie Castle, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, is one of the nation’s grandest — and most haunted — baronial estates. Dating from the 13th century, it is…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentGlamis Castle
Forfar, Scotland
Glamis Castle, ancestral home of the Earls of Strathmore and the Queen Mother’s childhood home, is Scotland’s most enigmatic haunted castle. Behind…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentGolden Fleece Hotel
York, North Yorkshire
The Golden Fleece Hotel in York, England, dates back to the 16th century and is famed as one of the city’s most haunted inns. Guests encounter…
Pub / InnOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryGrape Lane
Whitby, North Yorkshire
One of numerous locations in Whitby with paranormal links.
Street / CloseOpen file
Ghost › PoltergeistGreyfriars Kirkyard
Edinburgh, Scotland
Greyfriars Kirkyard in Edinburgh, one of Scotland’s most haunted graveyards, is steeped in history and terror. Dating to the 16th century, it’s home…
Cemetery / GraveyardOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentHack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker
Nantwich, Cheshire East
Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker is a former Cold War Regional Government Headquarters designed to coordinate civil defence after a nuclear attack…
BunkerOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentHampton Court Palace
Richmond upon Thames, England
Hampton Court Palace, Henry VIII’s opulent Tudor masterpiece beside the River Thames, is among Britain’s most haunted royal residences. Once home to…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionHazlebadge Hall
Hope Valley, Derbyshire
Hazlebadge Hall is a little-known Tudor house overlooking Bradwell Dale in Derbyshire. Dating from 1549, the surviving building was once part of a…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryHenry Tudo Inn, Wyle Cop
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Haunted location where the ghosts of the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 refuse to enter the room once occupied by the future King Henry VII
Pub / InnOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionHever Castle
Edenbridge, England
Hever Castle in Kent, once home to Anne Boleyn, is steeped in Tudor history and tragic romance. Its moated walls and exquisite gardens conceal…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › PoltergeistHinton Ampner
Alresford, Hampshire
Hinton Ampner is associated with one of England’s better-recorded early haunting cases. During the 18th century, Mary Ricketts described terrifying…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionHirta Village
St. Kilda, Outer Hebrides
Hirta Village, the abandoned heart of St Kilda, lies silent amid the Atlantic winds. Once home to a hardy island community, its empty cottages and…
Abandoned / Ghost VillageOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionHMP Gloucester
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
HMP Gloucester, a former Georgian prison built on medieval foundations, carries a grim legacy of executions, illness, and unrest. From shadow figures…
Prison / GaolOpen file
GhostHurst Castle
Lymington, Hampshire
After splitting from the Catholic Church, Henry VIII, expecting an imminent attack from the powers of Rome, began the construction of fierce…
FortOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentInveraray Jail
Inveraray, Scotland
Inveraray Jail, in Argyll, Scotland, is a 19th-century courthouse and prison steeped in misery and haunting. Behind its grey façade echo the voices…
Prison / GaolOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentInverawe House
Taynuilt, Scotland
Inverawe House, near Taynuilt in Argyll, Scotland, is a stately 18th-century mansion haunted by guilt and prophecy. Its chilling legend tells of…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionIrlam Viaduct
Irlam, Greater Manchester
Irlam Viaduct, spanning the Manchester Ship Canal, blends industrial might with ghostly legend. Locals tell of a White Lady who leaps from its height…
Bridge / ViaductOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryJackson's Boat
Sale, Greater Manchester
Jackson’s Boat, a historic riverside inn on the banks of the River Mersey near Sale, has long been associated with tragedy, ghostly figures, and an…
Pub / InnOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryJackson's Bridge
Sale, Greater Manchester
Jackson’s Bridge, spanning the River Mersey near Sale, stands at a historic crossing long linked to drownings, accidents, and uneasy folklore…
Bridge / ViaductOpen file
GhostJenny Gallows of Flamborough
Flamborough, East Riding of Yorkshire
The story of Jenny Gallows and other stories from the East Yorkshire coast, plus the sea battle of Flamborough and the connection to the American War…
Lake / RiverOpen file
Ghost › PoltergeistJW Lees Greengate Brewery
Manchester, Greater Manchester
JW Lees Greengate Brewery in Middleton, Greater Manchester, is a working family brewery founded in 1828, its history bound to the region’s industrial…
OtherOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryKellie Castle
Anstruther, Scotland
Kellie Castle in Fife, Scotland, exudes timeless charm and lingering mystery. Once home to the Oliphants and later the Erskines, its carved ceilings…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › PoltergeistKelvedon Hatch Nuclear Bunker
Brentwood, Essex
Within the county of Essex stands a very ordinary looking bungalow, yet, underneath this property, is a complex, disused secret Cold War bunker which…
BunkerOpen file
GhostKing's Head Inn, Lichfield
Lichfield, Staffordshire
Two stories from haunted Lichfield, Staffordshire.
Pub / InnOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentKnebworth House
Stevenage, Hertfordshire
Knebworth House in Hertfordshire, England, blends Gothic beauty with spectral mystery. Ancestral home of the Lytton family since the 15th century…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionLangenhoe Church
Colchester, Essex
Once regarded as one of England’s most haunted churches, Langenhoe became notorious through the experiences recorded by its rector, Reverend Ernest…
Church / ChapelOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionLaugharne Castle
Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire
The military ghosts of Laugharne Castle, Carmarthenshire, Wales.
CastleOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryLauriston Castle
Edinburgh, Scotland
Lauriston Castle, overlooking the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh, hides quiet ghosts behind its Jacobean charm. Built in the 16th century and later…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryLennox Castle
Glasgow, Scotland
Locals have reported hearing screams and the cries of previous patients.
CastleOpen file
Ghost › Shadow FigureLion Hotel
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
16 Century Inn that became a Coaching Inn, several resident ghosts documented.
HotelOpen file
GhostLittlecote House
Hungerford, Wiltshire
Littlecote House in Wiltshire, England, carries a chilling legacy of Tudor tragedy and spectral unrest. Once a grand manor for nobility, it’s haunted…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentLittledean Jail
Cinderford, Gloucestershire
Littledean Jail in Gloucestershire, a grim 18th-century prison turned crime museum, is notorious for its dark energy and hauntings. Once housing…
Prison / GaolOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentLlancaiach Fawr Manor
Treharris, Wales
Llancaiach Fawr Manor, near Nelson in South Wales, is a 16th-century house frozen in time — and alive with ghosts. Once a Royalist stronghold during…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentMargam Castle
Port Talbot, Wales
Gothic mansion built on the site of a Cistercian abbey with multiple ghosts.
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryMarston Moor
York, North Yorkshire
Marston Moor, site of the decisive 1644 Civil War battle, lies silent beneath vast skies west of York. Once filled with gunfire and the cries of…
BattlefieldOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentMary King's Close
Edinburgh, Scotland
Beneath Edinburgh’s Royal Mile lies Mary King’s Close — a labyrinth of 17th-century streets entombed beneath the city. Once home to plague victims…
Street / CloseOpen file
Ghost › PoltergeistMeadow Cottage
Chester, Cheshire West and Chester
The Dodleston Poltergeist. The village I grew up in.
CottageOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentMichelham Priory
Hailsham, East Sussex
Michelham Priory, near Hailsham in East Sussex, rests on an island encircled by a medieval moat. Founded in the 13th century, its tranquil beauty…
Abbey / PrioryOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionMidland Hotel
Manchester, Greater Manchester
The Midland Hotel in Manchester, Greater Manchester, is a grand Edwardian railway hotel, opened in 1903 and closely associated with the beginnings of…
HotelOpen file
GhostMinsden Chapel
Hitchin, Hertfordshire
Hidden within the Hertfordshire countryside, ruined Minsden Chapel has accumulated an extraordinary supernatural reputation. Phantom bells and music…
Church / ChapelOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentMuncaster Castle
Ravenglass, Cumbria
Muncaster Castle, perched above the River Esk in Cumbria, is famed for beauty and ghosts alike. Home to the Pennington family since the 13th century…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionNational Emergency Services Museum
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
The National Emergency Services Museum in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, occupies a former combined police, fire and ambulance station opened in 1900…
MuseumOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentNaworth Level Crossing
Naworth, Cumbria
Half a mile from Naworth Castle, beside Miltonrigg Woods near Brampton, Cumbria, lies Naworth Level Crossing — site of a 1926 disaster where a train…
RailwayOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionNewborough Forest
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Isle of Anglesey
Newborough Forest is a large coastal pine forest on Anglesey, planted in the 20th century on the Newborough Warren sand dune system. While strongly…
Woodland / ForestOpen file- Ghost › Apparition
Newbridge
Penzance, Cornwall
Person sat on the edge of the road. They faded out as I got closer.
RoadOpen file
Ghost › PoltergeistNewsham Park Hospital
Liverpool, Merseyside
Newsham Park Hospital in Liverpool, once an orphanage and later a psychiatric hospital, is notorious for its oppressive atmosphere and haunting…
Hospital / AsylumOpen file
Ghost › Shadow FigureNothe Fort
Weymouth, Dorset
Nothe Fort has defended Weymouth's coastline since 1872, however, the 'Whistling Gunner' that haunts it's corridors is thought to date to the Second…
FortOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentNottingham Castle
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Nottingham Castle, standing above the city on Castle Rock, is haunted by centuries of betrayal and bloodshed. Once a royal fortress and Civil War…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionNunney Castle
Frome, Somerset
By day, Nunney Castle is an idyllic, romantic ruin set in the tranquil county of Somerset in England. But, by nightfall, the castle becomes a popular…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryOkehampton Castle
Okehampton, Devon
Okehampton Castle, a dramatic ruin on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon, hides a tale of cruelty and revenge. Once home to the Norman barons of the de…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionOld Wardour Castle
Tisbury, Wiltshire
This striking and atmospheric castle ruin was once a well-loved, luxurious family residence until the English Civil war saw its walls come crashing…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentOrdsall Hall
Salford, Greater Manchester
Ordsall Hall, a 15th-century Tudor manor in Salford, is famed for its timbered beauty and ghostly past. Once home to the Radclyffe family, it’s…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
GhostOxenham Arms
Okehampton, Devon
The Oxenham Arms, a 12th-century inn in South Zeal, Devon, is built around a prehistoric standing stone and steeped in centuries of haunting. Once a…
Pub / InnOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryPendle Heritage Centre
Nelson, Lancashire
Pendle Heritage Centre in Barrowford, Lancashire, lies at the heart of England’s most infamous witch country. Built in the 17th century, the centre…
MuseumOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentPendle Hill
Clitheroe, Lancashire
Pendle Hill in Lancashire is one of Britain’s most haunted landscapes — forever tied to the Pendle Witch Trials of 1612. This brooding moorland is…
Moorland / HillOpen file
GhostPenkridge Railway Station
Stafford, Staffordshire
Haunted Railway Station and Platform, Penkridge, Staffordshire
RailwayOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentPenrhyn Castle
Bangor, Wales
Penrhyn Castle, near Bangor, North Wales, is a monumental Neo-Norman fortress shrouded in grandeur and ghostly legend. Built on older foundations…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentPeterborough Museum
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Peterborough Museum, a grand Georgian mansion built in 1816, conceals a darker legacy beneath its elegant façade. Once a hospital and infirmary, it’s…
MuseumOpen file
GhostPeterhead Prison
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire
Opened in 1888, Peterhead Prison became one of Scotland’s most feared penal institutions, earning the nickname “Scotland’s Alcatraz.” Its history of…
Prison / GaolOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryPigeon Tower
Bolton, Lancashire
Pigeon Tower, perched high above Rivington near Bolton, was built in 1910 by Lord Leverhulme as a romantic retreat and dovecote. Overlooking Winter…
TowerOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentPlas Mawr
Conwy, Wales
Plas Mawr, the “Great Hall,” stands in Conwy, Wales — a stunning Elizabethan townhouse steeped in tragedy. Built in the 16th century by merchant…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
GhostPlas Teg
Mold, Wales
Plas Teg, a grand Jacobean mansion near Mold in North Wales, is famed as one of Britain’s most haunted houses. Built in 1610 by Sir John Trevor I…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
GhostPluckley Village
Ashford, Kent
Pluckley Village in Kent, officially dubbed “Britain’s Most Haunted Village,” is home to over a dozen ghosts and centuries of eerie folklore. From…
Village / TownOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionPontefract Castle
Pontefract, England
Pontefract Castle in West Yorkshire, once known as the “Key to the North,” is a Norman stronghold infamous for sieges, executions, and imprisonment…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentPowis Castle
Welshpool, Wales
Powis Castle, perched above Welshpool in Powys, is a jewel of Welsh heritage — and deeply haunted. Once a medieval stronghold and later home to the…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentPreston Manor
Brighton, East Sussex
Preston Manor in Brighton, a grand Edwardian house with centuries of history, is famed for its elegant charm and chilling hauntings. Once home to the…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionPrimrose Valley Holiday Park (Formerly Butlins Filey, RAF Hunmanby Moor)
Filey, North Yorkshire
On the coast south of Filey, North Yorkshire, Primrose Valley Holiday Park occupies part of a landscape shaped by Butlin’s holiday camp and its…
Former RAF BaseOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionRAF Weston Green
Bicester, Oxfordshire
Beside the A4095 near Bicester, Oxfordshire, RAF Weston-on-the-Green is a military airfield with First World War origins and a continuing association…
Former RAF BaseOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionRaynham Hall
Fakenham, Norfolk
Raynham Hall in Norfolk, a stately home of the Townshend family since the 17th century, is one of Britain’s most legendary haunted houses. It’s…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentRichmond Castle
Richmond, North Yorkshire
Richmond Castle rises above the River Swale, a stark Norman fortress with centuries of war, imprisonment, and sorrow built into its stone. Its…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionRillaton Barrow
Liskeard, Cornwall
On Cornwall's Bodmin Moor, an ancient burial mound conceals a remarkable connection between archaeology and supernatural folklore. Legend tells of a…
Burial BarrowOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentRipley Castle
Harrogate, Yorkshire
Ripley Castle, ancestral home of the Ingilby family for over 700 years, is steeped in history and haunting. Beneath its grandeur linger whispers of…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentRoch Castle
Haverfordwest, Wales
Roch Castle, perched on a rocky outcrop in Pembrokeshire, Wales, is a 12th-century fortress turned luxury retreat — and one of the region’s most…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentRolls-Royce Heritage Trust
Derby, England
The Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust in Derby preserves over a century of aviation and engineering history. Within its workshops and archives, staff and…
MuseumOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentRudston Monolith
Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire
The Rudston Monolith is the tallest standing stone in Britain, erected during the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age. While primarily significant for…
Standing StoneOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryRufford Abbey
Newark, Nottinghamshire
Rufford Abbey, a former 12th-century Cistercian monastery turned stately home, stands today as an evocative ruin in Sherwood Forest. Its cloisters…
Abbey / PrioryOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentRuthin Castle
Ruthin, Wales
Ruthin Castle in Denbighshire, North Wales, blends medieval splendour with centuries of legend and tragedy. Once a royal fortress and later a…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentRyecroft Hall
Audenshaw, Greater Manchester
Ryecroft Hall, a grand Victorian mansion in Audenshaw, has served as a family home, hospital, and civic building — and is said to be haunted by all…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheorySamlesbury Hall
Preston, Lancashire
Samlesbury Hall, a striking 14th-century manor in Lancashire, is famed for its black-and-white timbered façade and tragic ghostly legends. Once home…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryScarborough Castle
Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Scarborough Castle, perched high on a windswept headland overlooking the North Sea, has witnessed over 3,000 years of human history — and countless…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryScone Palace
Perth, Scotland
Scone Palace, near Perth, Scotland, once the crowning place of Scottish kings, carries an air of sacred mystery. Beneath its beauty lies legend and…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentScotney Castle
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Scotney Castle, in Kent, England, blends tranquil beauty with quiet haunting. Its 14th-century moated ruins and Victorian manor whisper of love…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheorySedgemoor Battlefield
Bridgwater, Somerset
The Battle of Sedgemoor, fought on July 6, 1685, near the village of Westonzoyland, marked the brutal end of the Duke of Monmouth's rebellion against…
BattlefieldOpen file
GhostShepton Mallet Prison
Shepton Mallet, Somerset
With a dark history full of untimely deaths and multiple public executions, Shepton Mallet Prison claims to be one of the most haunted prisons in the…
Prison / GaolOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionSkara Brae
Stromness, Scotland
Skara Brae, the 5,000-year-old Neolithic village uncovered by a storm in 1850, stands silent on Orkney’s coast. Its stone homes, hearths, and…
RuinsOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentSmithills Hall
Bolton, Lancashire
Smithills Hall, a Tudor mansion in Bolton, is renowned for its beauty and its ghosts. Once a site of persecution during the Reformation, it is…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionSouth Stack Lighthouse
Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey
Standing on a small island below the cliffs near Holyhead, on the Isle of Anglesey, South Stack Lighthouse has guarded a dangerous Irish Sea passage…
LighthouseOpen file
GhostSpedlin's Tower
Lockerbie, Scotland
Spedlin’s Tower, a 15th-century tower house near Lockerbie, is renowned for the tragic tale of James “Dunty” Porteous, a servant accidentally locked…
TowerOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionSpeke Hall
Liverpool, Merseyside
Speke Hall, a Tudor manor on the banks of the River Mersey near Liverpool, combines architectural splendour with centuries of ghostly lore. Built in…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentSt Andrews Castle
St. Andrews, Scotland
St Andrews Castle, perched on the windswept Fife coast, bears centuries of blood and faith. Once home to powerful bishops, it witnessed murder…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentSt Donat's Castle
Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
St Donat’s Castle, perched on the cliffs of the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, blends medieval grandeur with ghostly legacy. Once home to warriors…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › Shadow FigureSt Julian's Church (AKA Fisherman's Church)
Tenby, Pembrokeshire
The strange sightings in Tenby's Penniless Cove
Church / ChapelOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionSt Nicholas Church
Ashford, Kent
In the Kent village of Pluckley, St Nicholas' Church is associated with an extraordinary collection of ghost stories. A mysterious Red Lady, a White…
Church / ChapelOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentSt Osyth Priory
Clacton-on-Sea, England
St Osyth Priory, a grand medieval estate in Essex, stands on ground sanctified by martyrdom and haunted by tragedy. Named for Saint Osyth, a…
Abbey / PrioryOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheorySt. Georges Hall
Liverpool, Merseyside
St George’s Hall, Liverpool’s immense neoclassical landmark, blends grandeur with a darker underlayer of holding cells and courtrooms. Visitors…
Prison / GaolOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionSt. Mary's Church, Tenby
Tenby, Pembrokeshire
The Weeping Monk of St. Mary's Church, Tenby, South Wales
Church / ChapelOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionSt. Michael's Church
Flixton, Greater Manchester
St Michael’s Church in Flixton has stood since the 12th century, its tower and churchyard watching over centuries of worship and remembrance. Along…
Church / ChapelOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheorySt. Peter's Church, Newborough, Anglesey
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Isle of Anglesey
Is this church haunted?
Church / ChapelOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentStirling Castle
Stirling, Scotland
Stirling Castle, perched high above the River Forth, has witnessed centuries of Scottish triumph and tragedy. Once home to kings and queens, its…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentStrangeways Prison (HMP Manchester)
Manchester, England
Strangeways Prison, Manchester’s towering Victorian fortress, has held murderers, martyrs, and madmen since 1868. Built on punishment and sorrow, it…
Prison / GaolOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentTamworth Castle
Tamworth, England
Tamworth Castle, overlooking the River Tame in Staffordshire, has stood since Norman times and is steeped in legend. Ghostly knights, spectral…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentTantallon Castle
North Berwick, Scotland
Tantallon Castle, standing on the cliffs east of North Berwick, Scotland, is a ruined fortress haunted by war and legend. Once home to the powerful…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionThe Auctioneers pub
Northampton, West Northamptonshire
Ghostly links to the Great Fire of Northampton?
Pub / InnOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryThe Church Inn
Manchester, Greater Manchester
The Church Inn in Flixton is widely believed to date back to 1731 and stands beside St Michael’s Church on one of the village’s oldest historic…
Pub / InnOpen file
Ghost › PoltergeistThe Devil of Glenluce
Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway
Between 1654 and 1656, the household of Scottish weaver Gilbert Campbell was allegedly tormented by an unseen entity that hurled stones, shredded…
Haunted HouseOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionThe Flannan Isles Lighthouse
Isle of Lewis, Na h-Eileanan Siar
In December 1900, three lighthouse keepers vanished from a remote Scottish island. When their relief vessel arrived, the lighthouse stood deserted…
LighthouseOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentThe Galleries of Justice
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
The Galleries of Justice in Nottingham — a former courthouse, prison, and place of execution — is steeped in misery and haunting. For centuries…
MuseumOpen file
Ghost › PoltergeistThe Jamaica Inn
Launceston, Cornwall
The Jamaica Inn, perched high on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, is infamous for its ghostly legends and smuggling past. Dating to the 1750s, it hosted…
Pub / InnOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentThe Langham Hotel
London, Greater London
The Langham Hotel, London’s grandest 19th-century hotel, has hosted royalty, writers, and ghosts alike. From spectral Victorian gentlemen to the…
HotelOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryThe Old Operating Theatre
London, England
Hidden in the roof of St Thomas’ Church, Southwark, London, the Old Operating Theatre is a preserved 19th-century surgical chamber. Once filled with…
MuseumOpen file
GhostThe Parade, former Royal Salop Infirmary
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Former Royal Salop Infirmary
Hospital / AsylumOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionThe Screaming Woods (Dering Woods)
Ashford, Kent
Dering Woods, better known as the Screaming Woods, lie between Pluckley and Smarden in the Ashford district of Kent. Closely associated with…
Woodland / ForestOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentThe Skirrid Mountain Inn
Abergavenny, Wales
The Skirrid Mountain Inn in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, is said to be Wales’s oldest and most haunted pub. Once serving as a courtroom and place of…
Pub / InnOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentThe Snickelway Inn
York, North Yorkshire
The Snickelway Inn, hidden on Goodramgate in York, dates back to the 15th century and brims with ghostly energy. Once an alehouse for weary…
Pub / InnOpen file
GhostThe Vicarage
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
The Vicarage on Busker Lane is a traditional clerical residence associated with the local parish in rural West Yorkshire. While occasionally…
Rectory / VicarageOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentTintagel Castle
Tintagel, Cornwall
Tintagel Castle, clinging to the wild Cornish cliffs, is a place of legend and lingering ghosts. Linked to King Arthur’s birth and centuries of…
CastleOpen file
GhostTower of London
London, England
The Tower of London, Britain’s most infamous fortress, is steeped in blood, legend, and ghostly lore. From Anne Boleyn’s spectral wanderings to the…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionTownley Hall
Burnley, Lancashire
Townley Hall in Burnley is a striking Georgian manor set within expansive parkland. Built in the late 18th century, it blends historic architecture…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryTrafford General Hospital
Flixton, Greater Manchester
Trafford General Hospital, Davyhulme, carries quiet gravitas with its NHS legacy. Some local whispers speak of phantom footsteps in empty corridors…
Hospital / AsylumOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryTraquair House
Innerleithen, Scotland
Traquair House, nestled in the Scottish Borders near Innerleithen, is Scotland’s oldest inhabited home — a haven of kings, priests, and ghosts. Once…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentTutbury Castle
Tutbury, Staffordshire
Tutbury Castle in Staffordshire, a Norman fortress steeped in royal intrigue, has seen centuries of imprisonment, rebellion, and death. Once the…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryTŵr Bach (Small Tower) lighthouse on Ynys Llanddwyn (Llanddwyn Island), Newborough
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Isle of Anglesey
Tŵr Bach (Small Tower) lighthouse on Ynys Llanddwyn (Llanddwyn Island), rumoured to be haunted by the ghost of a former lighthouse keeper.
TowerOpen file
GhostTyneham Village
Wareham, Dorset
Ghost village evacuated in WWII, never repopulated, with phantom residents. Tyneham Village in Dorset is a ghost town frozen in time. Evacuated…
Abandoned / Ghost VillageOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionTynemouth Priory
Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear
Tynemouth Priory, perched dramatically above the North Sea on England’s northeast coast, is a place of sacred history and spectral unrest. Once a…
Abbey / PrioryOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryUnderley Hall
Carnforth, Lancashire
Underley Hall, a grand Jacobean-style mansion near Kirkby Lonsdale, was built in the 1820s and later expanded for the Earl of Bective. Once a…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentWardley Hall
Worsley, Greater Manchester
Wardley Hall, a moated medieval manor in Worsley, is famed for its preserved skull — said to be that of St Ambrose Barlow, executed in 1641. The…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › PoltergeistWarwick Castle
Warwick, Warwickshire
Warwick Castle, standing proudly on the River Avon, is a fortress alive with ghosts. Founded by William the Conqueror and shaped by centuries of…
CastleOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryWhitby Abbey
Whitby, North Yorkshire
Whitby Abbey, the haunting clifftop ruin overlooking the North Sea in North Yorkshire, is famed for inspiring Bram Stoker’s Dracula and steeped in…
Abbey / PrioryOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryWiay Cave (Cave of the Dead)
Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides
Wiay, the lonely island in Loch Bracadale off Skye’s western coast, is steeped in haunting folklore. Once home to crofters and fishermen, it now lies…
CaveOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentWollaton Hall
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Wollaton Hall in Nottingham, a grand Elizabethan mansion built in 1588, is famed for both its striking architecture and its hauntings. Once home to…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentWoodchester Mansion
Stroud, Gloucestershire
Woodchester Mansion, hidden in Gloucestershire’s wooded valley, is a Gothic masterpiece frozen in time — construction halted mid-19th century and…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file- Ghost › Shadow Figure
Woolston Haunting
Southampton
have a hooded figure in my basement which is in kitchen. we have lived 34 years here . got a solider in one bedroom knocking of doors .
Haunted HouseOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentYe Olde Man & Scythe
Bolton, Greater Manchester
Ye Olde Man & Scythe is one of England’s oldest public houses and one of Bolton’s most historically significant buildings. Strongly associated with…
Pub / InnOpen file
United States
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3 reportsGhostDevil's Backbone
San Antonio, Texas
Haunted highway
RoadOpen file
3 reportsGhostEastern State Penitentiary
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Historic prison with reports of shadowy figures and eerie sounds
Prison / GaolOpen file
2 reportsGhost › ApparitionHollywood Sign
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County
Above Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, the Hollywood Sign stands on Mount Lee as a monumental emblem of the film industry. Created as a property…
OtherOpen file- Ghost
13 Bends Cemetery
Dover, Tennessee
Cursed road with vanishing hitchhiker
Cemetery / GraveyardOpen file - Ghost
Alcatraz Island
San Francisco, California
Infamous island prison with dark history
Prison / GaolOpen file - Ghost
Bachelor's Grove Cemetery
Midlothian, Illinois
Abandoned cemetery with phantom farmhouse
Cemetery / GraveyardOpen file - Ghost
Battlefield Bed & Breakfast Inn
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Civil War hospital site
Pub / InnOpen file - Ghost › Poltergeist
Bell Witch Cave
Adams, Tennessee
Site of famous poltergeist case
CaveOpen file - Ghost
Biltmore Estate
Asheville, North Carolina
America's largest home with ghostly residents
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file - Ghost
Birdcage Theatre
Tombstone, Arizona
Wild West theater and brothel
Theatre / Music VenueOpen file - Ghost
Bonaventure Cemetery
Savannah, Georgia
Historic garden cemetery
Cemetery / GraveyardOpen file - Ghost
Bridgeport Ballerinas
Chicago, Illinois
Urban legend of dancing ghosts
Industrial Site / MineOpen file - Ghost
Bulow Plantation Ruins
Flagler Beach, Florida
Destroyed sugar plantation
RuinsOpen file - Ghost
Calumet Copper Mine
Calumet, Michigan
Historic copper mining site
Industrial Site / MineOpen file - Ghost
Cambria County Jail
Ebensburg, Pennsylvania
Victorian-era jail
Prison / GaolOpen file - Ghost
Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery
Columbus, Ohio
Civil War prison cemetery
Cemetery / GraveyardOpen file - Ghost
Carnton Plantation
Franklin, Tennessee
Civil War field hospital
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file - Ghost
Castillo de San Marcos
St. Augustine, Florida
Spanish colonial fort
FortOpen file
GhostCopper Queen Hotel
Bisbee, Arizona
Mining town hotel
HotelOpen file- Ghost
Crescent Hotel Morgue
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
Basement morgue of cancer hospital
Hospital / AsylumOpen file - Ghost
Edgar Allan Poe House
Baltimore, Maryland
Poe's residence
Haunted HouseOpen file - Ghost
Eldridge Hotel
Lawrence, Kansas
Hotel burned by Quantrill's Raiders
HotelOpen file - Ghost
Farrar Elementary School
Maxwell, Iowa
Abandoned school with tragic past
OtherOpen file - Ghost
Fort Delaware
Delaware City, Delaware
Civil War prison fort
FortOpen file - Ghost
Fort Mifflin
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Revolutionary War fort
FortOpen file - Ghost
Fort Niagara
Youngstown, New York
French castle fort
FortOpen file - Ghost
Gettysburg Battlefield
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Site of the bloodiest Civil War battle
BattlefieldOpen file - Ghost
Glore Psychiatric Museum
St. Joseph, Missouri
Mental health museum in former asylum
MuseumOpen file - Ghost
Grey Man of Pawleys Island
Pawleys Island, South Carolina
Harbinger ghost warns of hurricanes
Coast / BeachOpen file - Ghost
Hanging Rock Battlefield
Heath Springs, South Carolina
Revolutionary War site
BattlefieldOpen file - Ghost
Hardee's Restaurant
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Restaurant on battle site
OtherOpen file - Ghost
Highland Manor Apartments
Anderson, Indiana
Former school and orphanage
OtherOpen file - Ghost
Hollenberg Pony Express Station
Hanover, Kansas
Last original Pony Express station
OtherOpen file - Ghost
Holly Hotel
Holly, Michigan
Victorian hotel restaurant
HotelOpen file - Ghost
Hotel del Coronado
Coronado, California
Victorian beach resort with tragic past
HotelOpen file - Ghost
Hotel Monteleone
New Orleans, Louisiana
Historic French Quarter hotel
HotelOpen file - Ghost
Jerome Grand Hotel
Jerome, Arizona
Former hospital turned haunted hotel
HotelOpen file - Ghost
Kate Morgan's Room
Coronado, California
Room where Kate died
HotelOpen file - Ghost
Keg and Case Market
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Former Schmidt Brewery
Industrial Site / MineOpen file - Ghost
Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop
New Orleans, Louisiana
Jean Lafitte's headquarters
Pub / InnOpen file - Ghost
LaLaurie Mansion
New Orleans, Louisiana
Site of horrific torture chamber
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file - Ghost
Lemp Mansion
St. Louis, Missouri
Brewing family's cursed mansion
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionLinda Vista Hospital
Los Angeles, California
Linda Vista Community Hospital, originally built for railroad employees in the early 20th century, later closed under troubled circumstances and…
Hospital / AsylumOpen file- Ghost
Lizzie Borden House
Fall River, Massachusetts
Site of infamous 1892 axe murders
Haunted HouseOpen file
GhostLos Coches Adobe
Lakeside, California
Spanish colonial adobe home
Haunted HouseOpen file- Ghost
Mammoth Cave
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
World's longest cave system
CaveOpen file - Ghost
Mark Twain Cave
Hannibal, Missouri
Historic Missouri cave
CaveOpen file - Ghost
McInteer Villa
Atchison, Kansas
Victorian mansion
Haunted HouseOpen file - Ghost
McPike Mansion
Alton, Illinois
Italianate mansion
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file - Ghost
Menger Hotel
San Antonio, Texas
Historic Alamo-adjacent hotel
HotelOpen file - Ghost
Mineral Springs Hotel
Alton, Illinois
Hotel on former Civil War hospital
HotelOpen file - Ghost
Mineral Springs Hotel Pool
Alton, Illinois
Indoor pool area
HotelOpen file - Ghost
Mission San Antonio de Padua
Jolon, California
Franciscan mission
Church / ChapelOpen file - Ghost
Mizpah Hotel
Tonopah, Nevada
Mining boomtown hotel
HotelOpen file - Ghost
Moon River Brewing Company
Savannah, Georgia
Savannah's most haunted building
Pub / InnOpen file - Ghost
Moundsville Penitentiary
Moundsville, West Virginia
Gothic prison with execution history
Prison / GaolOpen file - Ghost › Apparition
Mount Washington Hotel
Bretton Woods, New Hampshire
Grand resort with Princess spirit
HotelOpen file - Ghost
Myrtle Hill Cemetery
Rome, Georgia
Victorian cemetery
Cemetery / GraveyardOpen file - Ghost
Myrtles Mirror
St. Francisville, Louisiana
Haunted mirror at Myrtles
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file - Ghost
Occidental Hotel
Buffalo, Wyoming
Wild West hotel
HotelOpen file - Ghost
Occidental Hotel Bordello
Buffalo, Wyoming
Third floor brothel
HotelOpen file - Ghost
Ocean Born Mary House
Henniker, New Hampshire
Colonial home
Haunted HouseOpen file - Ghost
Ohio State Reformatory
Mansfield, Ohio
Imposing Gothic prison featured in The Shawshank Redemption
Prison / GaolOpen file - Ghost
Old Cahawba
Orrville, Alabama
Ghost town and Civil War prison
Abandoned / Ghost VillageOpen file - Ghost
Old Idaho Penitentiary
Boise, Idaho
Western frontier prison
Prison / GaolOpen file - Ghost
Old Montana State Prison
Deer Lodge, Montana
Maximum security prison
Prison / GaolOpen file - Ghost
Old Phelps Dodge Hospital
Ajo, Arizona
Abandoned copper mining hospital
Hospital / AsylumOpen file - Ghost
Old Tooele Hospital
Tooele, Utah
Abandoned hospital
Hospital / AsylumOpen file - Ghost
Palmer House Hotel
Sauk Centre, Minnesota
Renovated historic hotel
HotelOpen file - Ghost
Pennhurst Asylum
Spring City, Pennsylvania
Notorious asylum with abuse history
Hospital / AsylumOpen file - Ghost
Phelps-Hathaway House
Suffield, Connecticut
Georgian mansion
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file - Ghost
Poinsett Bridge
Landrum, South Carolina
Gothic stone bridge
Bridge / ViaductOpen file - Ghost
Portsmouth Harbour
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Historic seaport
Coast / BeachOpen file
GhostProspect Place
Trinway, Ohio
Underground Railroad station
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
GhostProvidence Athenaeum
Providence, Rhode Island
Historic library
OtherOpen file- Ghost
Pythian Castle
Springfield, Missouri
Castle-like building
OtherOpen file - Ghost
Randolph County Asylum
Winchester, Indiana
Abandoned infirmary
Hospital / AsylumOpen file - Ghost
Resurrection Cemetery
Justice, Illinois
Home of Resurrection Mary
Cemetery / GraveyardOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionRMS Queen Mary
Long Beach, California
The RMS Queen Mary, once a grand transatlantic ocean liner and wartime troopship, now permanently docks in Long Beach as a hotel-museum. Renowned for…
HotelOpen file- Ghost
Shiloh Battlefield
Shiloh, Tennessee
Bloodiest Civil War battle site
BattlefieldOpen file - Ghost
Six Flags New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
Abandoned theme park
OtherOpen file - Ghost
Sloss Furnaces
Birmingham, Alabama
Industrial site with brutal history
Industrial Site / MineOpen file - Ghost
Sorrel-Weed House
Savannah, Georgia
Greek Revival mansion with dark past
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file - Ghost
St. Augustine Lighthouse
St. Augustine, Florida
Haunted lighthouse with tragic history
TowerOpen file - Ghost
St. Francis Seminary
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Historic Catholic seminary
OtherOpen file - Ghost
St. James Hotel
Cimarron, New Mexico
Old West hotel
HotelOpen file - Ghost
St. Louis Cemetery No. 1
New Orleans, Louisiana
Historic above-ground cemetery
Cemetery / GraveyardOpen file - Ghost
St. Louis Cemetery No. 2
New Orleans, Louisiana
Voodoo tomb cemetery
Cemetery / GraveyardOpen file - Ghost
The Baker Hotel
Mineral Wells, Texas
Art Deco hotel and spa
HotelOpen file - Ghost
The Crescent Hotel
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
America's most haunted hotel
HotelOpen file - Ghost
The Driskill Hotel
Austin, Texas
Victorian hotel with tragic brides
HotelOpen file - Ghost
The Knickerbocker Hotel
Hollywood, California
Golden age Hollywood hotel
HotelOpen file - Ghost
The Myrtles Plantation
St. Francisville, Louisiana
One of America's most haunted homes
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file - Ghost
The Pfister Hotel
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Luxurious hotel with permanent guest
HotelOpen file - Ghost
The Ridges (Athens Lunatic Asylum)
Athens, Ohio
Kirkbride asylum with permanent stain
Hospital / AsylumOpen file - Ghost
The Shanley Hotel
Napanoch, New York
Small hotel with big haunting
HotelOpen file - Ghost
The Skirvin Hotel
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Haunted by Effie the maid
HotelOpen file - Ghost
The Stanley Hotel
Estes Park, Colorado
Inspiration for Stephen King's The Shining
HotelOpen file
Ghost › IntelligentThe White House
Washington, District of Columbia
The White House, seat of the U.S. presidency since 1800, is said to host more than history. From Abraham Lincoln’s restless spirit to the laughter of…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file- Ghost
Thorne Hall
Los Angeles, California
Haunted college dormitory
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file - Ghost
Thornhaven Manor
New Castle, Indiana
Former TB hospital and poor farm
Hospital / AsylumOpen file - Ghost
Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
Weston, West Virginia
Massive Gothic asylum with violent history
Hospital / AsylumOpen file - Ghost
Union Cemetery
Easton, Connecticut
Ed and Lorraine Warren case
Cemetery / GraveyardOpen file - Ghost
Union Hotel
Benicia, California
Historic hotel and restaurant
HotelOpen file - Ghost
USS Constellation
Baltimore, Maryland
Sloop-of-war warship
OtherOpen file - Ghost
USS Hornet Museum
Alameda, California
Aircraft carrier with high death count
MuseumOpen file - Ghost
USS Lexington Museum
Corpus Christi, Texas
WWII aircraft carrier
MuseumOpen file - Ghost
USS North Carolina
Wilmington, North Carolina
WWII battleship museum
MuseumOpen file - Ghost
USS Yorktown
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Fighting Lady aircraft carrier
MuseumOpen file - Ghost
Villisca Axe Murder House
Villisca, Iowa
Site of unsolved 1912 mass murder
Haunted HouseOpen file - Ghost
Washoe Club
Virginia City, Nevada
Frontier gambling hall
Pub / InnOpen file - Ghost
Waverly Hills Body Chute
Louisville, Kentucky
Underground tunnel for bodies
TunnelOpen file - Ghost
Waverly Hills Sanatorium
Louisville, Kentucky
Former tuberculosis hospital known for its dark history and paranormal activity
Hospital / AsylumOpen file - Ghost
West Virginia State Penitentiary
Moundsville, West Virginia
Maximum security prison
Prison / GaolOpen file - Ghost
Whaley House
San Diego, California
Most haunted house in America
Haunted HouseOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryWinchester Mystery House
San Jose, California
The Winchester Mystery House is a sprawling Victorian mansion built by widow Sarah Winchester, heiress to the Winchester rifle fortune. With 160…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file- Ghost
Wolfe Manor
Clovis, California
Former TB sanatorium
Hospital / AsylumOpen file - Ghost
Woodruff-Fontaine House
Memphis, Tennessee
Victorian mansion museum
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Spain
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Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryBelmez Faces
Bélmez de la Moraleda
Possible hoax but interesting place. Faces appeared on the concrete floor which owner María Gómez Cámara reported was the faces of those possibly…
Haunted HouseOpen file
Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryGhost Town of Belchite
Belchite
Literally a ghost town. Locals report hearing cries and screams at night across the abandoned ruins.
Abandoned / Ghost VillageOpen file
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