Documented Supernatural Encounters
Meet the 7 documented spirits haunting isle-of-wight's historic hotels. Each ghost has their own tragic tale, from murders and accidents to broken hearts and unfinished business.
Intelligent Haunting
A gentle spirit who interacts with customers at the bar, brushing against them or bumping into them when they are alone, believed to be a former inn lady still tending to guests.
Residual Haunting
A ghostly smuggler who emerges from the massive fireplace and walks across the dining room, believed to be checking on hidden contraband from the inn's smuggling past.
Residual Haunting
Ghostly figures of sailors in old-fashioned maritime attire and customs officers who once pursued smugglers, still patrolling the inn that was once at the heart of their eternal conflict.
Residual Haunting
An elegant Victorian woman in green who appears on the main staircase, accompanied by cold spots and footsteps
Residual Haunting
The spirit of a drowned fisherman who perished in the guide light tragedy, forever tied to The Union Inn where his final journey should have ended safely.
Intelligent Haunting
The tormented spirit of an innkeeper's wife whose fatal oversight led to maritime tragedy, now condemned to an eternal vigil of phantom footsteps.
Residual Haunting
The restless spirit of a mariner lost in the devastating 1836 Clarendon shipwreck, still wandering the top landing of the inn built with his ship's timbers.
Book a stay at one of isle-of-wight's haunted hotels and experience these spirits firsthand. Many guests report paranormal activity during their visits.