Haunted Durham

Haunted Durham gathers reported ghost stories from the city and surrounding area, bringing together accounts linked to Durham Castle, Jimmy Allen’s public house and North Bailey. The stories include poltergeists, hooded apparitions, headless horses, phantoms and séances, alongside tales connected with individual buildings and local places.

Darren W. Ritson draws on historical and contemporary sources, while also recording his own experiences of overnight surveillance in Durham. The book includes accounts presented as hauntings, as well as cases in which alleged supernatural events were exposed as hoaxes. Among the more distinctive reports are the crooked spectre said to appear on North Bailey and a ghostly encounter involving a barmaid.