Pluckley Village: The Most Haunted Place in England

The Guinness Book of World Records credits the village of Pluckley England as being the most haunted place in England. One of the most well-known of ghosts in the village is The Screaming Man. This entity hangs out near the Brickworks and emits the most horrifying screams of anguish.  This is believed to be the spirit of a worker who was smothered to death when a wall of clay fell on him.

The village also has it’s very own “Fright Corner.” This is also known as Pinnock Crossroads. Here you could encounter the ghost of famed highwayman Robert du Bois who would ambush his victims by jumping out of a tree and shouting “Your money or your life!”   He was killed by the villagers and pinned to a tree with several swords.  Many have seen the specter of his lifeless body pinned to the tree.

There has also been a mysterious spectral coach and horses seen at Pinnock crossroads.  Nobody is in the carriage that is pulled by four phantom horses.

Near Pinnock stream in the village there is a ghost called the Watercress Woman. This is an elderly woman who apparently was burned alive when her clothing caught on fire.

Pluckley is also home to a haunted church. The Church of St. Nicholas is home to the soul of Lady Derings who appears as a red or white lady in the graveyard.  Unexplained bangs are often heard in the church and flickering lights are seen in its interior.

Pluckley also has a haunted pub.  The Black Horse Pub was first built in 1430. One spirit is so mischievous that it hides bottles of booze. It has also been known to lock the owner of the pub out of the place. Many ghosts have been seen here including a lady in a red dress.  The lady in the red dress seems to make herself known mainly to children.

There is also a phantom schoolmaster in the village. It is believed opt be the body of Dick Buss who hung himself in the tree in the 1800s. The ghost that roams around wears an old coat and striped trousers.

The hauntings in the village are so bad that the Village of Pluckley as actually banned the celebration of Halloween in an attempt to prevent the ghosts from being conjured up.  Apparently the village in Kent also became fed up with their peaceful town being invaded by hundreds of ghost-hunters every year.