Early modern poltergeist phenomenon reported to have taken place in Bealings House, Suffolk in 1834.
Bettiscombe skull
Redirected to Screaming skull.
Black cat
The numerous folk beliefs about black cats, and cats in general, are often contradictory. Superstitions surrounding black cats are almost certainly some of the most prevalent even today, along with the number thirteen and walking under a ladder.
Blue men of the Minch
Mythological creatures who seek out sailors to drown and stricken boats to sink.
Bluecap
Brownie or spirit who worked in the mines of Northern England pushing wagons out of the mines, usually appearing as a blue light.
Boobrie
Shapeshifting entity of the lochs of the west coast of Scotland
Borley Rectory
Reputedly “the most haunted house in England”, described as such by psychic researcher Harry Price. Demolished in 1944.
British Premonitions Bureau
Organisation set up by the psychiatrist John Barker in 1966 in the wake of the Aberfan disaster. Its aim was to collect premonitions from members of the public in the hope of being able to issue warnings about similar tragedies in the future.
Brocken spectre
Optical illusion in which the apparently greatly magnified shadow of an observer, when projected onto a surrounding mist, interferes with the observer's depth perception.
Brown Lady of Raynham Hall
Ghost said to haunt Raynham Hall in Norfolk, and the subject of perhaps the most famous ghost photograph ever taken.