The following extract is taken from an article that has appeared across several websites regarding the Ghost of Robin Hood.

IS ROBIN HOOD'S GHOST REALLY AT REST?
~AN EXTRACT~

"...There is no real evidence to suggest that earlier stories and accounts, about ghostly goings on at Robin Hood's Grave, differ considerably from the usual exaggeration and hypothesis that accompanies many modern ghost stories, although in more recent times, accounts about the 'female spectre' that has for long been said to haunt the gravesite have tended to take on a more sinister perspective. It is asserted nowadays, for example, that this figure is seen to have a 'devilish countenance' and it has also been claimed that it is the ghost of the evil Prioress who bled Robin Hood to death in nearby Kirklees Gatehouse (now a secluded ruin) and who is in fact now a vampire!

Reports of her appearances would certainly seem to take on the characteristics of one; although the 'vampire element' probably came about because Robin was supposedly murdered by being drained of blood. Whatever, this fearsome spectre (a 'banshee-like' wailing sound sometimes accompanying her presence) is said to have piercing red eyes, and is reported to have a poignant effect upon anybody foolish enough to venture near the isolated grave at night.

Having heard these stories and apparently choosing to ignore their consequences, one small group of aspiring 'ghost spotters' claimed to have visited the grave one night in 1990, only to confront the devilish entity. The whole thing was an absolute disaster: the 'demonic hag' gave them such a fright that it caused them to scatter in all different directions, and for one of them to become painfully entangled in a bramble bush as he tried desperately to escape! (Or so they say!)..."