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CCTV footage taken at Ye Olde Man and Scythe in Bolton, Lancs, in 2016 shows an eerie figure at the bar. Built in 1251, the pub is said to be haunted by a woman who hanged herself in the cellar, plus the executed Earl of Derby, who spent his final hours there.
RATED as one of the country’s most terrifying places by TV’s Most Haunted, the 500-yearold Golden Fleece in York is haunted by the spectre of a man in 17th-century clothes who disappears through the walls.
The ghost of a Canadian airman, who fell to his death from one of the inn’s windows, has appeared in bedrooms, too.
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Many historic pubs across the nation can boast tales of spooky goings-on and things that go
IT’S no wonder there are tales of pint glasses flying and spooky forms staring through the windows at the 900-yearold Skirrid Mountain Inn, near Abergavenny in Wales, because it’s reckoned to be haunted by the spirits of convicts once hanged over a beam in its stairwell.
DATING back to the 1600s, the Spaniards Inn, in London’s Hampstead, was mentioned in Bram Stoker’s Dracula and was a haunt of highwayman Dick Turpin.
His spectre is believed to be the source of creepy knocking which comes from an upstairs room. Downstairs, drinkers’ arms are said to be tugged by the ghost of a moneylender who was run over and killed outside. bump in the night. Here, JAMES MOORE reveals some of the best places for a paranormal pint…
LONELY Jamaica Inn on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, was a smugglers’ haunt made famous in Daphne du Maurier’s dark gothic novel.
Hooves on cobbles are heard, a ghostly pirate lurks and the figure of a man, said to have been murdered at the
inn, stares in from a wall.
TERRIFYING antics at the 15th-century Mermaid Inn at Rye, Sussex, include chairs moving, strange orbs of light, icy cold rooms and bottles flying off shelves.
Ghosts include a white lady and a man in historical dress perched on the end of a bed. down the side of a precipice if they put just one foot wrong. During the competition the courageous riders make their way down jagged sandstone ridges, attempting risky flips and jumps to gain points.
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THE Grenadier in London’s Belgravia was the Officer’s Mess for The First Royal Regiment of Foot Guards in the 18th century and is said to be home to the ghost of a soldier killed over a card game. His footsteps are often heard and smoke appears from nowhere.
INFAMOUS 19th-century body snatchers Burke and Hare frequented the White Hart Inn, Edinburgh, luring victims to their doom, which may be why the ghost of a girl in a red dress is seen disappearing down into the cellars. She pulls hair when barrels need changing, too.
A DOLL is always kept in the cellars of Ye Olde Salutation, Nottingham, dating to 1240.
The spirit of a young girl who died outside was said to leave drinkers with scratches, but this stopped after the toy was put there.