Ghost

‘Friendly ghost’ secures The Fleece Inn’s reputation as most haunted pub

30-Oct-2017 By Stuart Stone

A team of paranormal TV investigators, famed for examining cases as far afield as Dracula’s old haunts in Transylvania, came close to being chased out of a West Yorkshire pub by a ghost that bar staff consider “friendly”.

If you have got it, haunt it

20-Oct-2017 By Fiona McLelland

Pubs are among the favourite locations for ghosts across the UK. So much so it seems , that claims are often met with more than a pinch of scepticism. But if research really does point to some supernatural connection at your outlet, then you could be...

Snifter

Snifter: haunted pubs, sloe gin competition and East 17

19-Oct-2016 By Snifter

This week's Snifter features haunted pubs, the Sloe Gin World Champion competition and one pub which celebrated its anniversary with a '90s boy band,

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Money makers: event and promotional ideas for your pub

30-Nov-2014 By Jo Bruce

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Haunted pubs: Where there’s a chill there’s a way

28-Apr-2014 By Andrew Don

The UK is estimated to have more than 1,000 haunted pubs, with many of their licensees making capital out of spirits — and not just the liquid variety. Andrew Don reports.

Bolton pub in high spirits after ghost sighting doubles trade

03-Mar-2014 By Helen Gilbert

A Bolton-based pub has enjoyed a spike in business after footage of a ghostly figure captured by its CCTV system went viral.

Greene King launches Ghostly guide for Halloween

28-Oct-2013 By Helen Gilbert

Greene King has embraced the spirit of Halloween by launching a special guide featuring pubs, inns and hotels famed for their ghostly goings on.

The Publican goes ghost hunting

15-Oct-2008

I'm standing in the first floor staff room of the Viaduct Tavern in Holborn, Central London, holding hands in a circle with 10 strangers and asking...

Ghost hunting in haunted pubs part 1

11-Oct-2007

DICK TURPIN got about a bit, and there was nothing he liked better than a pint in the nearest coaching inn after a hard day's highway robbing. At...

Ghost hunting in haunted pubs part 2

11-Oct-2007

I had already spent several hours in reputedly haunted JW Lees pub the Olde Boar's Head when the team of paranormal investigators accompanying me...

Get into the spirit of a haunted pub

27-Jan-2005

A Lancashire pub that has been the target of "ghost busters" searching for evidence of a haunting is up for grabs. The Sun Inn, set in the village...

TV team raises the spirits at haunted pub

19-Aug-2004

A team of top ghosthunters has descended on a pub in Somerset the hope of flushing out the spirits believed to haunt the premises.It is believed that...