Ghost stories

Could they be true? Sometimes the facts seem to bear out the strange sightings....

Are the palaces haunted?

A grizzly ghost

Legend has it a huge ghostly bear appeared by the Martin Tower.
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Sybil Penn

Dame Sybil, or the ‘Grey Lady’, haunts Hampton Court Palace
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Catherine Howard

She is believed to frequent Hampton Court Palace's Haunted Gallery
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Skeletor

The moniker given to a ghostly figure who appeared on a palace CCTV camera in 2003
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Arbella Stuart

She reputedly resides in the Queen's House, one of the Tower's most 'haunted' buildings.
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Catherine in life

Discover more about Catherine Howard and how she fell from Henry VIII's favour
Find a ghost!

Find out for yourself if ghosts are haunting Hampton Court Palace