An InnSpired outlet which has been investigated by the Association for the Scientific Study of the Anomalous & Paranormal has a new face at the helm.
Rob O'Hara was undeterred by the ghostly goings-on and snapped up the lease of the Talbot in Thurcaston, Leicester, off an asking price of £35,000 through Fleurets.
The pub was originally a coaching inn and takes its name from a now extinct breed of dog similar to the bloodhound which was thought to run alongside the coaches and help guard against highwaymen.
Strange sightings at the pub include the figure of a lady with long, flowing hair walking through a false wall late at night.
She was commonly known to the locals as Hairy Mary.
The history of the pub shows one of the former landladies was mother-of-six Mary Dawson.
A shimmering figure was seen by one landlady as she did some gardening by the car park.
It was the height of a small man and moved slightly sending a sudden chill through the terrified woman.
Two separate landlords report seeing a man in the bar wearing an old cape raincoat like those worn during the wars and carrying an old leather purse.
He is said to look in the purse, then turn and walk through a wall, the site of an old entrance before pub alterations.
During a visit by the ASSAP, the chairman reported seeing a man in his 50s walking into the bar area and towards where the skittles table used to stand at 4.30am.
And the group has also heard unexplained noises from the upstairs of the pub during the night as if furniture removal men were at work.
A small boy has also been spotted both by the fire and in the cellar.