We’re officially in spooky season and with Halloween just around the corner, we’ve put together a list of some of the ‘most haunted’ South Tyneside pubs.
The borough is blessed with a large number of historic pubs, some of which have been serving customers for centuries, so it is unsurprising that quite a few of them come with a ghostly tale.
With stories of a giggling Irish prostitute occupying an ale house or a ghostly toddler on the steps of a beer cellar, there is plenty of spooky secrets at venues across South Tyneside.
Whether you believe in ghosts or not, these pubs in the borough are definitely a must try this Halloween.
9. The Wheatsheaf, St Nicholas Road, West Boldon
The pub featured in a TV programme on the Discovery Channel in the 2000s, which saw psychic Suzanne Hadwin claim the building was haunted by a six-year-old girl called Jessica Ann Hargreaves, who was murdered there in 1908 by Joseph Lawrence. | Google Maps
10. The New Lookout, Fort Street, South Shields
There are tales of a Roman soldier appearing in the pub’s cellar, perhaps the ghost of one of the men who stood guard at Arbeia Roman Fort, which sits just across the street from the bar - a ‘look out’ from centuries ago. | Google Maps
11. Vespa Italian Bar & Steakhouse, Primrose Hill, Jarrow
In the time it was The Robin Hood, a spiritual presence was said to periodically hurl a clock from the wall after renovations at the pub. | Google Maps
12. The Jolly Sailor, East Street, Whitburn
Legend has it the pub is haunted by a Green Lady - a lovelorn girl who was dumped by a visiting coachman, and pined herself away. She haunts the upstairs of the pub in her fine green dress, bought to impress her would-be suitor. There are reports of paranormal activity including a nurse called Rachael and the spirit of a man who apparently died of unnatural causes in the pub. | Google Maps