Owner thinks ghost played when pub’s jukebox wasn’t on

For lovers of ghost stories, there are Canterbury pubs worth visiting.

The owner says his historic pub is haunted.

Jeremy Sterling, 62, who runs the Virgins Chapter in Canterbury, said the horrific events in the converted attic had left visitors “terrified”.

He began to believe the property was haunted after guests and employees reported seeing glass flying through the air and jukeboxes turning on by themselves.

Horrifyingly, the song that was playing when the jukebox started up was The Stranglers when it was off the grid.

The key to the locked room was also missing, and the cleaner reported that he suddenly felt cold in the creepy place.

The pub building dates from 1446.

Jeremy said of the apparent paranormal activity: One woman said that while she was lying in bed, glass flew and hit the wall.

“One of our employees said that when he unplugged it, the jukebox started playing music. Golden Brown from The Stranglers.

“There were also two sets of car keys that were in locked rooms and were never accessed by staff.

“Everything needs an explanation, but I can’t.”

Jeremy took over the tenure of the pub six years ago.

At that time, the builders who were repairing the attic said that they had noticed a strange aura: this was the beginning.

According to him, the building is 750 years old. We had a very large empty roof that we converted into a B&B with our own bedroom.

“During the makeover, officials said several men felt a bit uncomfortable in the space.

They couldn’t point a finger at it, but said they didn’t feel it.

Apparently a builder was so scared that he quickly stopped going there and found another job.

After the renovation was completed and it was operated as a B&B, guests noticed strange occurrences in the fourth room of the pub.

he said: I also had 2 sets of car keys that were in a locked room and not accessible to staff and were missing.

“There was no rhyme or reason why the keys disappeared.

A glass of water then exploded next to her as the woman sat in her bedroom watching television.

When I was lying in bed, the glass flew and hit the wall.

A member of the cleaning staff was “a bit taken aback” after suddenly feeling cold in the room even though the central heating was on.

The historical origins of the Grade II listed pub are unknown, but given its age, it is possible someone may have died there.

“It’s over 750 years old, so people must have died in the building over the years, but I don’t know anything about it,” Jeremy said.

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