Archive briefing
The Darkives lists 21 pubs & inns where our community has documented paranormal phenomena. They span 2 countries, led by the United Kingdom (17) and the United States (4), and the most-recorded areas are Greater Manchester (3), North Yorkshire (3) and Shropshire (2).
The phenomena most often recorded at these pubs & inns are ghost and spirit activity (17), several types of phenomena (2) and demonic activity (1).
United Kingdom
17
DemonicAncient Ram Inn
Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire
The Ancient Ram Inn in Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, is often hailed as England’s most haunted house. Built in 1145 atop a pagan burial ground…
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Ghost › Residual / Stone Tape TheoryEndeavour Pub
Whitby, North Yorkshire
The sleeping family saved from a burning pub by a ghost?
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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…
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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…
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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
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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…
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GhostKing's Head Inn, Lichfield
Lichfield, Staffordshire
Two stories from haunted Lichfield, Staffordshire.
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TricksterNew Inn Pub
Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire
Stephen The Prankster Poltergeist behind the bar.
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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…
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Ghost › ApparitionThe Auctioneers pub
Northampton, West Northamptonshire
Ghostly links to the Great Fire of Northampton?
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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…
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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…
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Multiple Types of Phenomena › Ghosts & CryptidsThe Mill at Leighton, Shropshire
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
The Mill at Leighton, is situated on the road between Ironbridge and Shrewsbury. Strange events and a Time Team excavation are just some of the…
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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…
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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…
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Multiple Types of Phenomena › Ghosts & CryptidsThe White Hart Inn.
Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire
One of the most haunted pubs in Britain (aren't they all?), connected to Dick Turpin and a bear as a doorman (seriously!).
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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…
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United States
4- Ghost
Battlefield Bed & Breakfast Inn
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Civil War hospital site
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Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop
New Orleans, Louisiana
Jean Lafitte's headquarters
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Moon River Brewing Company
Savannah, Georgia
Savannah's most haunted building
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Virginia City, Nevada
Frontier gambling hall
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