Hauntings Database
Search ghosts and haunted locations across Britain and Ireland. Hotels, pubs, castles and other haunted places all come from the same Master Places database.
Old Mill Hotel
📍 Mill Hill · CV8 3AH
Local accounts describe a Grey Lady near the river, unexplained sobbing and a traditional warning associated with a mummified cat.
Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret
📍 9a St Thomas Street · SE1 9RY
Tradition says Florence Nightingale's ghost may haunt this surviving surgical theatre, where patients once underwent operations before modern anaesthesia and antisepsis.
Old Police Cells Museum
📍 BN1 1JA
Brighton’s cells reportedly have a tall shadow identified as Chief Constable Henry Solomon, murdered here in 1844. Other accounts describe a monk-like figure on lower levels and a whispering woman.
Old Punch Bowl
📍 101 High Street · RH10 1DD
Witnesses describe a disembodied male voice reportedly calling to staff inside the historic building, with the activity reported around the location over many years.
Old Queen's Head
📍 44 Essex Road · N1 8LN
Spooky Isles records reports of apparitions, unexplained sounds and other ghostly activity associated with Old Queen's Head, Islington, adding to its haunted reputation.
Old Royal Naval College
📍 SE10 9NN
Local accounts describe strange figures, unexplained sounds and eerie sensations at Old Royal Naval College, where ghost stories remain part of the site's folklore.
Old Scotney Castle
📍 Old Scotney Castle, Scotney Castle estate · TN3 8JN
Old Scotney Castle has a tradition of a revenue officer rising from the moat and trying to enter the house. Neil R. Storey connects it with stories about Arthur Darrell. The tale is folklore; access to the old castle varies, so consult current National Trust information.
Old Silent Inn
📍 Hob Lane · BD22 0HW
Ghostly figures, unexplained sounds and other strange incidents are reported at the isolated inn on the moors near Haworth.
Old Smugglers Inn
📍 Le Mont du Ouaisné · JE3 8AW
Jersey’s Old Smugglers Inn is associated with a stern Woman in Black, reportedly seen moving through the building before vanishing. Staff and customers also describe hard-soled footsteps on the staircase when nobody is visible.
Old St John’s Church
📍 Old St John’s churchyard, Moulton Lane · NN2 8RE
The ruined churchyard at Boughton Green has a Christmas Eve legend of a red-haired bride appearing among the graves. Ghost researcher Paul Lee records several versions, including an invitation to kiss the apparition. This is folklore; respect the burial ground and check access before visiting.
Old St Peter's Kirk
📍 Old St Peter's Church and Burial Ground
Local accounts describe strange figures, unexplained sounds and eerie sensations at Old St Peter's Kirk Thurso, where ghost stories remain part of the site's folklore.
Old Wardour Castle
📍 Old Wardour Castle, near Tisbury · SP3 6RR
Traditions place Lady Blanche Arundell's apparition in the ruins, with further reports of voices and battle sounds around the castle and woods.
Old White Swan Inn
📍 80 Goodramgate · YO1 7LF
Stories centre on a fireplace where shadowy laughing figures or a presence have been reported.
Old Wolverton Mill
📍 Stratford Road, Old Wolverton
Ulph Woollard recalled investigating repeated knocks at Old Wolverton Mill in a newspaper report from 1932. He placed the events 30 or 40 years earlier. He and a friend checked outside after hearing the back door, but found nobody. Woollard said the disturbances stopped after a frightened maid left her job.
Oliver Cromwell's House
📍 29 St Mary's Street · CB7 4HF
Oliver Cromwell’s former home in Ely openly describes one bedroom as haunted, and visitors are invited to brave the room as part of the house experience.
Olympia Theatre
📍 72 Dame Street · D02 K135
Staff and visitors report a resident poltergeist rattling doors and windows, phantom footsteps and a dressing room wrecked by an unseen force.
Orbost House
📍 Orbost House, Orbost
The site is associated with the unexplained sound of a horse-drawn carriage approaching the house while nearby companions heard nothing.
Ordsall Hall
📍 322 Ordsall Lane · M5 3AN
Visitors report unexplained footsteps, shadowy figures and sudden cold spots inside Ordsall Hall, where ghost stories remain tied to the property's history.
Ormond Castle
📍 Castle Park, off Castle Street · E32 CX59
Visitors report apparitions, unexplained footsteps and sudden cold spots around Ormond Castle Carrick-on-Suir, where centuries of history have inspired enduring ghost stories.
Osterley Park
📍 Jersey Road, Isleworth · TW7 4RB
Accounts connected with Osterley Park describe ghostly figures, unexplained noises and other unusual phenomena that have contributed to its supernatural reputation.
Our Lady's Hospital, Cork
📍 Sunday's Well
Visitors and staff at Our Lady's Hospital Cork have reported unexplained footsteps, voices and shadowy figures associated with the building's long and often difficult history.
Our Lady's Hospital, Ennis
Reports from Our Lady's Hospital Ennis include apparitions, strange sounds and sudden cold spots in areas linked to the site's former occupants.
Outer Circle
📍 Outer Circle · NW1 4RU
Two friends on the Outer Circle in November 2007 reportedly heard a jogger running past them on a rain-cleared evening, although no runner could be seen.
Over Court
Ghost stories linked to Over Court include unexplained sightings, strange sounds and other experiences reported by visitors, staff or local witnesses.
