Pumpkin lantern (Photo by BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images)Pumpkin lantern (Photo by BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images)
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Halloween 2023: Aylesbury's most haunted buildings and areas uncovered

By James Lowson
Published 31st Oct 2023, 00:01 BST
We have researched some of the scariest tales associated with Aylesbury and its surrounding villages and towns

Halloween offers the perfect chance to relive some of the most chilling stories associated with the Bucks town.

This year The Bucks Herald has trawled the internet and its archives to reveal some of the scariest stories associated with Aylesbury.

Click through the below gallery to find out more about some of the spookiest sightings and incidents to occur in the market town:

Click through the below gallery to find out more about some of the spookiest sightings and incidents to occur in the market town:

Pumpkin lantern (Photo by BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images)

. A pumpkin carved with the shape of the sun is displayed at the Great Jack OLantern Blaze, where thousands of hand-carved pumpkins are displayed, at Van Cortlandt Manor on October 8, 2022 in Croton-on-Hudson, ahead of Halloween. (Photo by Bryan R. Smith / AFP) (Photo by BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images)

Pumpkin lantern (Photo by BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images) Photo: BRYAN R. SMITH

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Staff have regularly reported spooky goings on at Aylesbury's oldest pub. Sightings include a tall figure appearing inside the locked pub wearing a black hat and black coat, and a tendency for clocks and watches to stop on the stroke of midnight in the Great Hall – the oldest part of the building. The National Trust organised a team of advisors to investigate back in 2004.

. The King's Head

Staff have regularly reported spooky goings on at Aylesbury's oldest pub. Sightings include a tall figure appearing inside the locked pub wearing a black hat and black coat, and a tendency for clocks and watches to stop on the stroke of midnight in the Great Hall – the oldest part of the building. The National Trust organised a team of advisors to investigate back in 2004. Photo: Google

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Dinton Folly is said to be haunted by King Charles I’s executioner. John Mayne was the King’s executioner in 1649 and is said to still haunt the Saxon burial ground.

5. The Dinton Folly

Dinton Folly is said to be haunted by King Charles I’s executioner. John Mayne was the King’s executioner in 1649 and is said to still haunt the Saxon burial ground. Photo: Google

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A pub that is lost to the sands of time, there were regular reports of hauntings at the place. George is thought to have been a local man; the haunting of this pub started shortly after his death. Tables and chairs are moved around by invisible hands at night, and unidentifiable banging has been heard.

6. The Saracens Head Aylesbury

A pub that is lost to the sands of time, there were regular reports of hauntings at the place. George is thought to have been a local man; the haunting of this pub started shortly after his death. Tables and chairs are moved around by invisible hands at night, and unidentifiable banging has been heard. Photo: Google

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In 2000, there were reports of a crying child and a female organ player seen at the Partridge Arms in Aston Clinton. There are reportedly several ghosts that haunt this pub.

7. The Partridge Arms in Aston Clinton

In 2000, there were reports of a crying child and a female organ player seen at the Partridge Arms in Aston Clinton. There are reportedly several ghosts that haunt this pub. Photo: Google

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