Prison
Alcatraz
Alcatraz Island, San Fransisco
The Spirits of the Rock: America's Most Haunted Federal Prison
Alcatraz Island, located 1.25 miles off the coast of San Francisco in the Bay, served multiple purposes throughout its history before becoming the infamous maximum-security federa…
Castle
Abergavenny Castle
Abergavenny, Gwent
Ghosts of the Christmas Massacre
Abergavenny Castle was established around 1087 by Norman lord Hamelin de Balun as a timber and earth motte-and-bailey fortress on the site of a former Roman settlement. The castle…
Pub
The Angel & Blue Pig
Lymington, Hampshire
The Spirits of Smugglers' Haven
The Angel Inn and Blue Pig has been around in one form or another since the 13th Century, though it was first called The George Inn and renamed The Angel in 1756. The old coaching…
House
Banqueting House
London, London
The Headless Apparition of King Charles I
The Banqueting House on Whitehall is the only surviving component of the lost Palace of Whitehall, which was destroyed by a catastrophic fire in 1698. Completed in 1622 for King J…
Museum
Anne of Cleves House Museum
Lewes, East Sussex
The Phantom Visitor and Shadowed Stairs
The Anne of Cleves House in Lewes, East Sussex, is a beautifully preserved Wealden hall house with architectural origins dating back to the late 15th century. Constructed with a t…
Castle
Alloa Tower
Alloa, Clackmannanshire
The Abbot's Curse and the Dungeon's Spectral Guardians
Built in the 14th century as the home of the influential Erskine family, later the Earls of Mar, Alloa Tower is one of Scotland's best-preserved fortified houses. The Erskines wer…
Castle
Appleby Castle
Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria
The Grey Lady of Caesar's Tower
Appleby Castle is a historic Norman fortress with roots stretching back to Roman times, when a fort protected the River Eden crossing. Built in 1092 when William II won Westmorlan…
Hotel
Bagdale Hall Hotel
Whitby, North Yorkshire
The Pirate's Stairs: Browne Bushell's Eternal Watch
Built in the early 16th century (sometimes dated to 1516) for the Conyers family, Bagdale Hall later came into the possession of the Bushell family, with the most notorious owner…
Pub
The Anchor Inn
Warwick, Warwickshire
The Landlord's Damnation
The origins of The Anchor Inn trace back to at least 1813, when the property originally belonged to Thomas Morris and his family. A definitive turning point came in 1853, when the…
Abbey
Bisham Abbey
Marlow, Buckinghamshire
The Hand-Wringing Ghost of Lady Hoby
Bisham Abbey, located in Berkshire, England, is a historic Grade I listed manor house with a rich history dating back to the 12th century. Originally founded around 1137 as a prec…
Castle
Ackergill Tower
Wick, Caithness
The "Green Lady" of Ackergill Tower
Ackergill Tower is a fifteenth- or early sixteenth-century tower house on the Caithness coast near Wick, first recorded in 1538. Associated with the powerful Keith, Sinclair and G…
Hotel
Airth Castle Hotel
Airth, Falkirk
The Fire Victims and the Green Phantom
Airth Castle's origins date back to a simple defensive tower built by Fergus de Erth before 1300, now called Wallace's Tower, commemorating a raid by William Wallace to rescue an…
House
Aberglasney House
Llangathen, Camarthenshire
Flickering Lights of Aberglasney House
Aberglasney House in Llangathen, Carmarthenshire, is a medieval mansion whose surviving Elizabethan features were largely created by Bishop Anthony Rudd and his son around 1600. T…
Castle
Antrim Castle
Antrim, Co. Antrim
The Phantom Coach of Antrim Pond
Antrim Castle, originally built in stages between 1613 and 1662 by Sir Hugh Clotworthy and his son John (later 1st Viscount Massereene), was a fortified mansion standing on the ba…
Lighthouse
Beachy Head Lighthouse
Beachy Head, East Sussex
The Cliff Walkers of Beachy Head
Beachy Head Lighthouse was constructed in 1902 by Trinity House, built at the foot of the chalk cliffs to replace the earlier Belle Tout Lighthouse on the headland above. The stru…
House
Aston Hall
Birmingham, West Midlands
The Locked Tower: Holte Family Torment
Aston Hall was built between 1618 and 1635 by Sir Thomas Holte, a wealthy and influential local landowner who designed the grand estate to reflect his immense status. As one of th…
House
Abbotsford House
Melrose, Scottish Borders
Scott's Ghost and the Phantom Builder
Abbotsford House, built by Sir Walter Scott between 1817 and 1825, sits on the banks of the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders. Scott purchased the original modest farmland in 18…
Park
Ampthill Great Park
Ampthill, Bedfordshire
The Armoured Knight and the Woman in White
Ampthill Great Park originated as a medieval deer park surrounding Ampthill Castle, built in the early 15th century by Sir John Cornwall. The castle became royal property in the 1…
Pub
Affleck Arms
Dalham, Suffolk
The Unknown Grey Lady
The Affleck Arms is an Elizabethan thatched pub that dates to the sixteenth century and has been a central feature of Dalham village since its earliest settlement. The building wa…
Hotel
Alveston Manor Hotel
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
The Edwardian Girl in the Bedchamber
Alveston Manor stands on the northern edge of Stratford-upon-Avon as a predominantly Elizabethan manor house dating to around 1500, though the site's history stretches back centur…
Palace
Addington Palace
Croydon, Surrey
The Archbishop's Echo
Addington Palace is an 18th-century Palladian mansion built in the late 1770s by Alderman Barlow Trecothick, a merchant and Lord Mayor of London. From 1807 to 1897, it served as t…
Hotel
The Bull Hotel
Abergele, Conwy
The Biker and the Woman with no name
The Bull Hotel in Abergele is one of the town’s oldest surviving buildings. The present structure was built around 1861, beside an earlier tavern known as the Bull. Before becomin…
Castle
Baconsthorpe Castle
Baconsthorpe, Norfolk
The Vigilant Sentry's Eternal Guard
Baconsthorpe Castle is the atmospheric ruin of a moated, fortified 15th-century manor house built not for genuine military defence, but as a striking symbol of ambition and social…
Building
Bletchley Park
Bletchley, Buckinghamshire
The Coffee Poltergeist and the Codebreaker Spirits
Bletchley Park was built in 1883 and was home to the wealthy Leon family. At the heart of their estate of 300 acres they built a mansion in a curious mixture of architectural styl…