There have been two gruesome murders in the old quarry area known as The Crumbles (now called Sovereign Harbour), between the town of Eastbourne and Pevensey Bay along the coast, 20 year old Emily Kaye and 17 year old Irene Munro.
Murdered on April 12th 1924, Emily Kaye's (or Emily Bielby in some accounts) ghost, in the form of a white figure, was soon seen near the site of her murder. People walking the area at night would also report a blue/white light. Her married lover, Patrick Mahon, was tried at Lewes Assizes in July and was hanged at Wandsworth Prison on September 2nd, 1924.
Another haunting of typist Irene Munro, was also reported in the area - she, too, was murdered on August 19th 1920. Jack Alfred Field and William Thomas Gray were charged with the murder, and tried at Lewes Assizes in December 1920. Field and Gray were found guilty, and they were hanged at Wandsworth Prison on February 4th, 1921. Neither man made a confession, but each accused the other of the murder.