Archive briefing
The Darkives lists 54 locations where our community has documented apparitions. They span 6 countries, led by the United Kingdom (46), the United States (4) and the Czech Republic (1), and the most-recorded areas are Derbyshire (4), Greater Manchester (4) and California (2).
They are most often recorded at castles (12), manors & stately homes (7) and churches & chapels (4).
Members have filed 7 first-hand witness reports across 5 of these places; each location page holds its full history, photos and reports.
United Kingdom
46
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 › 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 › 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
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 › 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 › 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 › 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 › 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 › 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 › 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 › 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 › 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 › 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 › ApparitionFarleigh Hungerford Castle
Bath, Somerset
Farleigh Hungerford Castle is an atmospheric 14th century castle ruin with a very dark history.
CastleOpen 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 › 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 › 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 › 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 › 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
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 › 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 › 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
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 › 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 › 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 › 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 › 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 › 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 › 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 › 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 › 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
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 › 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 › 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 › ApparitionThe Auctioneers pub
Northampton, West Northamptonshire
Ghostly links to the Great Fire of Northampton?
Pub / InnOpen 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 › 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 › 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 › 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
United States
4
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 › 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 › Apparition
Mount Washington Hotel
Bretton Woods, New Hampshire
Grand resort with Princess spirit
HotelOpen 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
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