We’re officially in spooky season and with Halloween being just less than two weeks away, we thought we’d share some of the South Tyneside pubs that have ghostly tales behind them.
The borough is not short of eerie drinking spots, with tales of a poltergeist who haunts toilets or an ale house occupied by the spirit of a giggling Irish prostitute.
Whether you believe in ghost stories or not, these South Tyneside pubs are definitely a must try this Halloween.
9. The Jolly Sailor, 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
10. The Lord Nelson, Hebburn
The 1920s pub is home to one of South Tyneside’s more modern ghosts, it seems, with a snazzy spectre wearing modern clothing with an open neck shirt and light-coloured trousers. He has been sighted walking behind the bar, from one end of it to the other. But he seems to be rather more groovy than scary. | Google
11. Vespa Italian Bar & Steakhouse, 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 Wheatsheaf, 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