Hauntings

The Queen's Arms and "Grasper"

Also known as: Grasper

Newtown, Birmingham

Among Birmingham's collection of small pub hauntings is a Queen's Arms whose staff have nicknamed their own resident disturbance Grasper, after its distinctive habit of apparently pinching people on the arm or shoulder and shifting chairs a few inches whenever the bar is otherwise completely empty.

No history, name, or developed story has ever been attached to the presence beyond this simple nickname itself, and the exact address of the pub referenced in the original listing is not fully specified anywhere, which means this entry is placed only approximately within Birmingham rather than at any precise, confirmed location.

It is a thin, genuinely undocumented story, but a common enough type found throughout this collection: a small, mischievous, unnamed presence blamed for exactly the kind of everyday disturbance that every old pub seems to accumulate naturally over enough years of continuous operation, Grasper's own pinching habit offering little more than a memorable nickname to an otherwise entirely generic haunting.

Working pub, open to the public during trading hours.
Evidence
Dubious
Access
Open ground
Location
52.498, -1.896 (Sited to the village)

Sources: Haunted Hosts, "West Midlands" listing [other]

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