Explore haunted places across the UK and Ireland, from famous castles and historic houses to pubs, hotels, theatres and little-known local hauntings.
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Pakefield Lighthouse
A ghost known as Crazy Mary is associated with the lighthouse, where her apparition and other strange phenomena have been reported.
Palace Cinema, Devizes
Local accounts describe footsteps, sudden cold in the projection room and three male apparitions reported around the former cinema.
Pearce Building, University of Glasgow
Local accounts describe a figure seen in a tower window and reports of a persistently haunted room within the university building.
Pearce Institute
Witnesses describe Lady Dinah Pearce, unexplained organ music, flickering lights and mysterious taps reported inside the institute.
Pen-y-Lan Hall
Staff and visitors report footsteps, disembodied voices, dark shadows and child spirits reported around the historic hall.
Pennard Castle
Witnesses describe the terrifying cry of the Gwrach y Rhibyn, traditionally heard as a warning of death or disaster.
Peveril of the Peak
Glasses reportedly move unaided, chairs scrape by themselves and customers feel phantom nudges, while shadowy figures appear near the cellar.
Phoenix Park
Reports include Jonathan Swift's ghost is traditionally said to haunt the vast Dublin park, with the activity reported around the location over many years.
Plas Teg Hall
Plas Teg is linked to apparitions of adults, children and animals, disembodied screaming and crying, and a candle-bearing Grey Lady.
Poole’s Cavern
Witnesses describe unexplained lights, shadowy figures and sudden temperature drops reported within the limestone cavern.
Portsmouth Cathedral
Local accounts describe a dark, bloodied St Thomas Becket-like apparition at the altar in a famous early twentieth-century ghost story.
Powis House
Local witnesses have described ghostly figures and unexplained encounters around Powis House, adding to the Aberdeen building's haunted reputation.
Priesthill
Staff and visitors report a White Witch and other supernatural traditions, including a phantom train, associated with the Priesthill area.
Prince Rupert Hotel
Staff and visitors report a Cavalier, an old-fashioned chambermaid and telephones reportedly ringing from empty rooms before dawn.
Prospect of Whitby
The old Wapping pub is associated with ghostly figures and unexplained activity drawn from centuries of sailors, smugglers and executions.
Provan Hall House
Local accounts describe the spirits of Reston Mather and a murdered mother and child seen around the old house.
