Mysterious Britain & Ireland

Category: Apparitions

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Apparitions / Hauntings

Private Residential Property, Barnards Green

‘Ordinary homes can be haunted too, apparently. In 2005, Dawn and Andy Bradshaw and their children moved into their house in Barnards Green, Malvern, and sensed “something odd about the place”. The family heard...

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Apparitions / Hauntings

Priory House, Droitwich

Prory House is a timber framed building found on Friar Street. It is said to date from the mid 17th century, though the solar wing is thought to be older. According to Gary Bills-Geddes...

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Apparitions / Hauntings / Road Ghosts

Three Cross Roads, Arbigland

‘The “Three Cross Roads” near Arbigland is the next spot of ghost-lore association, round which there lingers a rather romantic tale. A young lady, a member of the well-known family of Craik (of Arbigland)...

Apparitions / Hauntings

St Peter’s, Rushton

Elliott O’Donnell in his ‘Haunted Churches’ (1939) refers to the following story associated with St Peters Church, Rushton. ‘A church, no longer in existence*, that, according to tradition, was once haunted by at least two ghosts, was St.

Apparitions / Hauntings

St Mary’s Church, Prestbury

The church of St Mary in Prestbury may be as old as the 12th century, though it was largely rebuilt in the 14th century and then went through a period of thorough restoration in the 1860’s. The church is associated with one of Prestbury’s ghosts, the Black Abbot.

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Apparitions / Folklore / Hauntings

Church Lamb, Sweden

‘Another form of spectre animal is the kirk-grim, which is believed to haunt many churches. Sometimes it is a dog, sometimes a pig, sometimes a horse, the haunting spectre being the spirit of an animal buried alive in the churchyard for the purpose of scaring away the sacrilegious.

Apparitions / Hauntings / Road Ghosts

Radiant Boy

‘There is the popular legend of the ‘Radiant Boy’ — a strange boy with a shining face, who has been seen in certain Lincolnshire houses and elsewhere. This ghost was described to Mr. Baring-Gould by a Yorkshire farmer, who, as he was riding one night to Thirsk, suddenly saw pass by him a ‘radiant boy’ on a white horse.

Apparitions / Civil War Hauntings / Haunted Pubs / Hauntings / Photographed Ghosts

Ye Olde White Harte, Hull

Ye Olde White Harte on Silver Street is a Grade II listed building with strong links to the English Civil War and a reputation of being haunted. Built around 1550, the building became a public house in the late 18th century. However, it was in this building, in the "plotting parlour" above the back bar, that on 23 April 1642, a fateful decision was made.