At the Six Pence, according to the stories, the spirits mostly bother the staff. Kitchen workers describe pots and pans flying off the counters, as if swept away by an invisible arm. A former manager says he watched an office chair turn in a slow circle and then slide across the floor by itself. Employees also complain of sudden temperature drops, a thermostat that changes on its own, and light bulbs that burst in their sockets.

Ghost City Tours admits that no one knows of a specific ghost story behind the pub. The company's founder, Tim Nealon, has said that when someone pours their life into a place, their spirit sometimes stays. That leads to a gentle theory told on the pub crawl: perhaps Wally or Doris never really left and are still looking after the place they built. Or perhaps it's the regulars of decades past, back for one more pint.