Newport. The Church Litten Ghost
A bonnet-wearing ghost sometimes is seen wafting the paths of Church Litten park. A fashion accessory which dates her as a late addition to the old burial ground below.
Nick Hammond
Brading. Old Rectory Mansion Ghost & Other Mysteries
Perhaps the island's oldest town, Brading boasts three very dark events, but from which of these comes the Old Rectory Mansion's notorious ghost?
Ventnor Botanic Garden. A Secret Beneath Paradise
Ventnor's Botanic Garden is one of the Isle of Wight’s most enduring paranormal locations, blending genuine Victorian tragedy with decades of ghost lore. Its hidden memory is the old Royal National Hospital.
Nunwell House's Grey Lady Still Challenges the Living
Whether or not Nunwell House's Grey Lady ghost represents a single historical woman, the legend has become the house's memorial to nine centuries of one family's presence.
Why Does the Isle of Wight Have So Many Ghost Stories?
Few places comparable in size to the Isle of Wight possess such a remarkable concentration of ghost traditions and unsolved mysteries. Why?
Godshill. The Hill That Haunted a Village
Why does one small hill in the centre of the Isle of Wight seem to have attracted faith for thousands of years?
Why Do Places Remember?
Do people impress memory into their surrounding landscapes through the telling of stories and the building of monuments?
Ghost stories are among the most enduring ways memories survive.