brighton ghost stories
I went on a ghost tour/walk around Brighton last month, here are the bits i remember:
Brighton Town hall used to be police station, the constable was murdered by fire poker by henry soloman who was hung in horsham. Crowd touched his dead hand for good luck.
There is a ghost called the 'Grey lady', who walks up and down meeting house lane, she was bricked up alive in old flint wall.
The Cricketers, Black lion street is an old coaching inn. Where Jack the ripper used to frequent before travelling to London. Upstairs is the "Jack the Ripper' room, free to enter and view local history on this, just ask.
St Nichols Church, Brighton - Every 17th may from the graveyard if you look out to the horizon of the sea, a ghost ship can be seen. Martha gunn, phoebe hesler are all buried at st nicholas church, oldest in brighton.
Catacombs under Brighthelm centre, took 6 years to clear over 800 skeletons including 378 babies. Moved to brighton cemetery. The Brighthelm before this dicovery in 1982 was band practice room for punks..
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