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Think you’re brave enough to survive a spooky stay where things may go bump in the night?

haunted HOTELS?

Craig Y NoS CaStle, PowYSDubbed the ‘most haunted castle in Wales’, it was home to opera singer Adelina Patti until her death in 1919. She’s said to ‘return’ if the song Home Sweet Home is played. And Adelina isn’t the only apparition. When Living TV’s Most Haunted

visited, the team sensed the spirit of a man in the basement – is it him guests hear crashing about? And medium Derek Acorah said a child had been murdered in the castle…◆ craigynoscastle.com Fame & phantoms

Bride & doom

BallYgallY CaStle, BallYgallY, Co aNtrimFancy meeting a better class of spook? Then book the Ghost Room where for the last 400 years the spirit of Lady Isabella Shaw is believed to appear. Lady Isabella’s death was thought to be at the hands of her husband, who is said to have murdered her once she produced an heir. Lady Isabella roams the grounds searching for her precious son, while guests claim a strange green mist hovers over the castle… ◆ hastingshotels.com/ballygally-castle

JamaiCa iNN, BodmiN moor, CorNwallIf the Most Haunted team say somewhere is ‘one of the spookiest places’ they’ve ever been, then this surely isn’t for the fainthearted. The inn was the location for Daphne du Maurier’s novel, and it was also once a temperance house. Perhaps that’s why hooves can still be heard in the empty courtyard at night. The Ghost Society investigated after several reports of a cloaked man appearing. Allen Jackson, who paid more than

the mermaid iNN, rYe, eaSt SuSSexYour chances of spotting a celeb is possible as this 12th century inn attracts big names such as Johnny Depp and Pierce Brosnan. If you’re booking into The James room, look out for the lady in grey by the freplace. Bottles are said to smash (one barman was so scared he quit!), cold spots create chills and rocking chairs move independently. There’s also a lady who stands over the beds in The Nutcracker room and a gentleman who refuses to move from the bed in The Hawkhurst suite. Oh, we wish it was Johnny! ◆ mermaidinn.com

PriNCe ruPert hotel, ShrewSBurYSpooky goings-on here led to a visit from Michaela Strachen and the Great

British Ghosts team. A jilted bride is said to have hanged herself in the Prince Philip suite, while Room 7 is where a man killed himself after his girlfriend cheated on him. And if that wasn’t enough, a psychic detected the spirit of a maid called Martha – is that why pillows keep disappearing? Some ghost-hunter guests claim to have captured apparitions on camera.◆ princeruperthotel.co.uk

BarCaldiNe CaStle, oBaNVoted ‘number one haunted B&B’, this site has a bloody history after Donald Campbell was killed by Stewart of Appin in the 1600s. Appin evaded capture by sheltering with Campbell’s brother Duncan, who hadn’t heard about his brother’s death. Donald is said to be livid and takes out his frustrations on guests, some who claim they feel unexplained pressure on their backs or legs. After you leave, check your photos – many guests report seeing unexplained blueish outlines on them.◆ barcaldinecastle.co.uk

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£2 million for the inn last year, says, ‘Even some of my own staff won’t go into the museum on their own at night.’◆ jamaicainn.co.uk

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