Mysterious Britain & Ireland

Country and County: West Midlands

Apparitions / Haunted Pubs / Hauntings

Fountain Inn, Tipton

The Fountain Inn in Tipton is well known locally for being associated with the legendary boxer, William Perry, known as The Tipton Slasher. He is reputed to have used the attic of the pub for training. This may explain the ghostly figure of a man dressed in shorts with a full moustache who has been seen here.

Haunted Pubs / Hauntings / WWI Hauntings / WWII Hauntings

Exchange Vaults

The Exchange Vaults is also known as the Cuban Exchange. The ghosts that haunt this pub have military connections with both the First and Second World Wars. When Captain Roger Tart of The South Staffordshire Regiment left for the front he told regulars to save his seat in the corner of the bar.

Apparitions / Haunted Pubs / Hauntings

The Brittania, Gornal

The Brittania is nicknamed ‘Sallies’ after Sallie Williams who ran the quaint old pub until her death in 1991. Much activity has been experienced here. Dogs seem particularly afraid of the entrance to the cellar and have been known to follow some unseen presence around the lounge. Things often get moved around and sometimes go missing only to turn up in unusual places.

Haunted Pubs / Hauntings

Dudley Arms, Himley

It is no surprise that The Dudley Arms is haunted given the amount of paranormal activity reported in the surrounding area. The pub is said to be haunted by one of the previous landlords who loved the pub so much he simply refuses to leave.

Apparitions / Haunted Pubs / Hauntings

Crooked House, Himley

The Crooked House, as the name suggests, has suffered from mining subsidence which creates some weird effects in the old part of the pub. Marbles appear to roll uphill on the window ledges but this is nothing paranormal, more a mix of subsidence and optical illusion but entertaining none the less.

Apparitions / Haunted Pubs / Hauntings

Bush Inn, Gornal Wood

The Bush Inn dates back to Georgian times and has a long history of strange phenomena. The sounds of barrels being moved and loud bangs have been experienced here together with the sight of an ornamental plate being flung from the wall only to land intact some feet away. The sounds of heavy footsteps coming from the attic have also been heard on occasions.

Apparitions / Haunted Hotels / Haunted Pubs / Hauntings

Beacon Hotel, Sedgley

The Beacon Hotel is a Victorian style pub and home to the Sarah Hughes Brewery. Sarah took over the pub in 1921 but by all accounts still keeps a watchful eye over the pub and not just from her realistic portrait. She was seen by one of the previous managers walking through a wall in the smoke room where there was once a door.

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Hauntings / Interview

An Interview With Dr Jason Braithwaite

We recently caught up with Dr Jason Braithwaite, a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Birmingham with an interest in anomalous experience, hallucinations, and aberrations in self-consciousness. He also has a formidable reputation for being extremely well informed on matters of the brain / mind relationship, and high quality scientific research.

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Apparitions / Black Dogs / Civil War Hauntings / Haunted Battlefields / Haunted Hotels / Haunted Pubs / Haunted Wedding Venue / Hauntings / Poltergiests / Road Ghosts

GhostNav: Black Country Ghosts

The Black Country GhostNav is a new Android smart phone app by Andrew Homer and Nick Williamson for lovers of ghosts and hauntings. Paranormal enthusiasts can use the app to discover haunted locations in and around the Black Country area.