Bell Inn Hotel

Dick Turpin is said to have hidden from the authorities in the hotel for 9 weeks before fleeing. His ghost is said to haunt this inn. A fire has been found in a grate, lit by itself apparently, (one version of this story is that the fire burst into life while apparently being observed - this was in Turpin's old room) and a dark figure has been seen at the bottom of people's beds or on horseback outside the inn. Other incidents include: a lady in "period clothes", a short figure standing by the bed in room 33, shadowy figures in the peripheral vision, and items being reported missing, only to reappear days later. Furthermore, in the 1960s, a landlord's dog would howl after midnight on a wednesday for no reason. In addition, writer Daniel Defoe, who is said to have stayed in the inn between 1697 and 1701 is reputed to return as a ghost. His spectre is said to have been seen sitting by the fireplace in the reception, smoking a clay pipe.

Link: Cambridgeshire Live

Link: Cambridgeshire Live