Isle of Wight Ghost Encounters Royals and Rogues

Science's human origin story, beyond Big Bang locates us somewhere in a Black Hole in maybe a multiverse. White Holes and Wormholes exist. Surprisingly one of which can be found on the Calbourne Road to Carisbrooke.

Ghost-spotters report sighting a candle-lit figure with sad Spaniel eyes gazing out from windows in Newport's Old Grammar School. Some believe it is a trapped royal.

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.

Shanklin Chine is one of the scenic wonders of Wight. Great poets almost oded about it, and probably would have if the ghost of Keats Cottage guest-house hadn't stolen the poet's best lines before he died.

A glum-looking ghost in military uniform is often seen carrying a lantern around the Needles gun battery, down to the searchlight station perched precariously on the cliff. Why so miserable? is a fair question.

Sensitive staff in Cowes' famous Royal Yacht Squadron claim there's a ghost in the basement kitchen. And a second up in the clubhouse room.

Some Cowes residents and members of staff at Osborne House believe the ghost responsible for mysteriously moving things is Eustace Mann, a mean-spirited prankster searching for his lost treasure map.

Some regulars in the cosy Bugle Inn say Yarmouth's ghost is their long dead landlord, artful amateur taxidermist Mr Butler searching for his lost collection of stuffed Isle of Wight birdlife.

Spooky stuff happens at old Quarr Abbey. A ghostly funeral procession appears, escorting a coffin smothered in white flowers. A clue to its occupant's identity, some ghost hunters claim.