Not every ghost needs a building to haunt, and this part of my research follows the ones found out in the open across the United Kingdom, from strange lights and figures on lonely stretches of road to the moors and villages where the same apparition has been reported for generations. Each case is traced through the history of the place itself, so you can judge whether the haunting grew out of real events or out of the landscape.
Nestling in the shelter of the South Downs in West Sussex is a small village surrounded by dense woodlands that harbour …