#ragged cot inn

Ragged Cot Inn
England

The Ragged Cot is a 17th-century coaching inn and is said to be haunted by a mother and child who died there. The story goes that one night the landlord of the inn decided to hold up a stagecoach. His wife went after him to stop him from carrying out the robbery. Unfortunately, she was holding her baby in her arms as she confronted him. Pushing her aside, both his wife and child fell to their deaths down the stairs. 

Horrified at what he had done, he hid their bodies in a trunk. When the police arrived shortly after to arrest him for the robbery, mysteriously the bodies of his wife and child were found back at the foot of the stairs where they had died. As he was led away by the police it’s said the apparitions of his wife and child were seen walking back up the stairs disappearing into the darkness.

Since that time, guests and staff have reported hearing unexplained noises around the Inn. The sound of a struggle has been heard near the stairs followed by the sound of a body falling. The sounds are believed to be the bodies of Bill Claver’s wife and child tumbling into eternity.