She disappeared one winter during a celebration in the castle grounds and her body was found floating face downwards in a river the following spring. The manager said: "I would say a few years back there was certain a few odd or unexplainable happenings. Last, but by no means least is the ghost of a hooded monk who is believed to have perished in a fire at The Red Lion Hotel several hundred years ago.

As he sat up he saw a rocking chair in the corner begin to move and a woman slowly appeared in the chair. Keys disappearing have been blamed on a poltergeist, as have other strange phenomena, like beer taps being turned off and the smell of cheap perfume being detected. The same child has been seen at a private house on Ashburnham Road, which are yards away from Gordon Road.

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Visitors to the fort have often reported strange mists and ghostly apparitions being seen in the tunnels as well as voices and the mysterious sound of footsteps.Built during the 1860s, the Coalhouse Fort was utilised during World War One and World War Two before being used for storage before it was eventually sold to Thurrock Council in 1962. The castle is the largest Norman Keep in Europe and by day, it is an enormously popular tourist attraction known for its heritage and Roman history. In the 1990s there was a report of a ghostly cavalier marching all the way down East Street and then vanishing into thin air outside of The Old Siege House! The fort was initially built during the 1860s and was utilised during World War One and World War Two before being used for storage (all noble uses). Henry, the first Lord Marney, who died before the building was completed, is said to have been seen here.