The South West of England is known for its eerie tales of the unexplained, including a “shadowy figure” spotted in Plymouth that "drifted to the edge of a bridge and vanished" before onlookers' eyes in 2022. There are also many longstanding tales passed down through the generations, such as the hairy hands of Dartmoor , an upsetting haunting tale from Berry Pomeroy Castle, and "grunting" from Bodmin Jail in Cornwall.

Ghost tales are so plentiful across these two counties that a paranormal database has been listing them. Some of the spine-chilling stories are decades old, but some are very recent.

Berry Pomeroy Castle holds a "haunting" with a horrific tale attached to it; the "ghost" of Margaret now "haunts the area." This case revolves around a story about Margaret being "left t

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