Haunted Hosts

The ghost of a dedicated hotel manager who perished in a fire continues his eternal rounds through the Royal Victoria Hotel. Dressed in his grey suit, he maintains his watch over the establishment he loved.

A faithful dog who perished alongside his master in a hotel fire continues to run through the corridors. This loyal spirit maintains its eternal watch, forever searching for its beloved owner.

Room 15 at The Mermaid Inn, known as Dr Syn's Bedchamber, has produced unexplained light phenomena captured on film equipment and a seance that reportedly made contact with an entity accompanied by a dog.

Two men in doublets and hose fight with rapiers through the rooms of The Mermaid Inn before one kills the other and throws the body down a secret passage into an oubliette below.

A bank manager and his wife watched a man walk through the bathroom wall of Room 10 at The Mermaid Inn, cross the room, and pass through the opposite wall.

The residual energy of the Hawkhurst Gang's violent occupation of The Mermaid Inn manifests as poltergeist activity, light anomalies and a pervasive atmosphere of menace in the bar and cellar areas.

An American guest in Room 19 at The Mermaid Inn woke to find a gentleman in old-fashioned clothing sitting calmly on her bed. A clairvoyant later sensed a strong personal connection between the room's furnishings and the owner's family.

Room 17 at The Mermaid Inn, named Kingsmill after the Hawkhurst Gang leader, produces sudden temperature drops, a rocking chair that moves on its own, and photographic anomalies that have left chambermaids refusing to work alone.

A spectral woman in white has been seen in at least two rooms at The Mermaid Inn. In Room 5 she walks through the room and stoops at the foot of the bed. In Room 1 she sits quietly by the fireplace.