Haunted Pub Crawl - North Wales: The Star Inn & The Goat Inn

What happens when centuries of history, tragedy, and human emotion collide in the walls of an old pub?

In this episode of Haunted Pub Crawl, we travel deep into North Wales to investigate two historic inns with chilling reputations — places where locals, staff, and guests have reported encounters that defy easy explanation.

Our first stop is The Star Inn in Ruthin, a 17th-century pub that sits directly opposite the former Ruthin Gaol, a prison that once held and executed criminals. In 1903, a man named William Hughes was hanged there for murder — a documented execution that still echoes through the town’s dark history. But the story took a strange turn when a photograph taken inside the pub appeared to show a swirling ghostly mist forming behind customers at a table. The image quickly made headlines and triggered a paranormal investigation that reported flickering lights, strange equipment readings, and a chilling phrase captured during a spirit-box session.

Then we head into the mountains of Snowdonia, to the village of Beddgelert and the historic Goat Inn, a coaching inn that has welcomed travellers for centuries. Guests here have reported a silent figure standing by the fireplace late at night, footsteps pacing the upstairs corridors, and cold spots that seem to move through the building.

Are these experiences simply the atmosphere of ancient buildings playing tricks on the mind… or could something from the past still linger in these historic Welsh pubs?

Join us as we explore the stories, the history, and the unexplained phenomena surrounding two of North Wales’ most intriguing haunted pubs.

Grab a drink, pull up a chair… and step with us into the shadows of the Haunted Pub Crawl.