No Touching the Tankard

Location: Yateley (Hampshire) - White Lion public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: This phantom, thought to be James Rogers (the first licensee) has a particular liking for his tankard. When last moved, the alarm system kicked in during the early hours of the morning until a peace offering was made.

Charlotte

Location: Outer London: Bromley (Greater London) - Queensway Village Bakery (aka Plaxtol Village Bakery), Petts Wood
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: April 2013
Further Comments: This bakery hit the headlines after it was reported to be haunted by a entity named Charlotte. She was said to be harmless, although she was blamed for throwing baking trays and bread, flicking lights on and spelling the first three letters of her name in spilt caster sugar.

Servant ?

Location: Mirfield (Yorkshire) - Hollybank (was Roe Head School)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This phantom is said to be at home behind an attic door, close to the spot where a servant may have fallen to their death.

Black Hound

Location: Cwmbran (Gwent) - The Chapel, St Dials
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A local legend says that this area was home to a large black dog which hunted souls. A local minister faced the hound and banished it after smacking the creature between the eyes with a bible.

Gorilla?

Location: Dorchester (Dorset) - Unnamed Park
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: March 2013
Further Comments: A teenager photographed a strange creature close to her home in parkland, before it ran up a tree and disappeared. The teenager said the creature resembled and moved like a small gorilla, although the nearby Monkey World attraction denied they were missing any of their animals.

Returning Items

Location: Swindon (Wiltshire) - Boundary House public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2013
Further Comments: Manager Dave Howells called in a paranormal investigation team after he noticed items which had vanished turn up again years later. The team claimed to have found five ghosts in total; Catherine and James in the bar, Amy and Tilly in the upper part of the building, and Alf in the basement.

Pagan Help Required

Location: Southampton (Hampshire) - St Mary’s Stadium
Type: Curse
Date / Time: November 2001
Further Comments: Cerridwen Dragonoak Connelly was called in to cleanse this stadium after it was believed the location was cursed or jinxed. After the blessing, the football team went on to their first win at their new home.

Strange Feelings

Location: E17 (Greater London) - Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre public house, Walthamstow
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: 2013
Further Comments: A paranormal team were called in after staff reported feeling ill at ease in the former theatre's dressing room.

George

Location: Workington (Cumbria) - Travellers' Rest public house
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 2010 - 2013
Further Comments: Licence holder Linda Pettit claimed in the local press that the pub had experienced glasses flying off shelving, a vanishing key, and doors which closed or opened themselves. A former occupant of the pub had also reported being pinned down by an unseen force.

Civil War Horse

Location: Towcester (Northamptonshire) - Brave Old Oak public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Several ghosts are said to haunt this pub, including a horse from the Civil War, a child, and something in the cellar.

Footsteps

Location: Edinburgh (Lothian) - Building along Waterloo Place
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa 1997
Further Comments: A heating engineer reported a number of incidents while working on this site, including hearing footsteps after everyone else had left, keys removed from their hooks, cold spots and objects which would disappear and reappear.

Medieval Knight

Location: W4 (Greater London) - Private residence, Turnham Green
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa 1954
Further Comments: A composer and their daughter were said to have lived in a house haunted by a medieval knight.

Bright Ball

Location: Glendale, Isle of Skye (Highland) - Exact location not known
Type: UFO
Date / Time: Winter mid 1990s
Further Comments: Three men watched a bright glowing ball, between four to five feet in diameter pass a few feet over a house and descend into a field where it disappeared in a small flash of light. The following day they went to check where it had vanished, but found nothing. One witness said the ball had a white centre but glowed different colours at the edges.

Shadows

Location: Shotton Colliery (Durham) - Private residence (new build)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2008 - 2009
Further Comments: A former occupier of this property moved out after his dog chased a shadow out of the living room and up the stairs. They also reported hearing horse's hooves and experiencing poltergeist-like behaviour.

Nurse

Location: Kings Hill (Kent) - Private residence
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2009 - 2012
Further Comments: The resident of one of the properties built on a former RAF airfield has said they have seen a nurse in an old fashioned uniform, an airman's head and a shadowy figure moving across their hallway.

Human Shape

Location: York (Yorkshire) - Dun Cow public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 31 August 1977
Further Comments: While on honeymoon, a woman awoke to see the shape of a tall person by the window. The shape appeared to be made up of small pulsating balls of light. The figure suddenly disappeared.

Engineer

Location: Leicester (Leicestershire) - Abbey Pumping Station Museum
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: An engineer fell to his death in the beam engine house. His spirit still lingers, playing with lights and making noises in the basement.

Man in Grey

Location: Wraysbury (Surrey) - Railway Station
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1930s - present
Further Comments: A man dressed in 1930s clothing, a grey overcoat and flat cap is reported walking up and down the platforms here.

Monk

Location: Leominster (Hereford & Worcester) - Priory Churchyard
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s
Further Comments: A hooded figure was observed by one woman. She said that she could not see a face, but his sandals were highly detailed.

Legless Man

Location: Salford (Bedfordshire) - Road between Marston Moretaine and Milton Keynes
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: July 2009, around 23:00h
Further Comments: A driver retuning his girlfriend home had to brake sharply after turning a corner and finding a figure standing in the road. The figure had a featureless face and no legs. It wore a scarlet jacket and a white / cream bloodstained tunic and black Cavalier-like hair. The entity moved across the road and vanished into bushes.

Chatting

Location: Manchester (Lancashire) - Private residence, Greenmount, Bury
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1980s - 1990s
Further Comments: Voices of two people chatting (and shouting) at each other could be heard in this property. It was also reported that small objects would move unaided and that footsteps could be heard moving around upstairs.

Figure in a Top Hat

Location: Tilshead (Wiltshire) - St Thomas a Becket Church
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: 26 March 2012, morning
Further Comments: A ten year old girl became upset and left this church after she spotted a semi-transparent figure with grey hair and a top hat sitting in the box pews. When she started to return back inside the church, she saw the figure once again, sitting closer to the door.

White Woman

Location: Macclesfield (Cheshire) - Kendel Road (area known locally as the Birdy)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2012
Further Comments: This area is reputed to be haunted by a white woman with no feet.

Smoking Train

Location: Shipton-on-Cherwell (Oxfordshire) - Body of water near a railway bridge
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 22 December 2009, 21:30h
Further Comments: While fishing next to a railway bridge, a witness watched a steam train pass by which came from 'out of nowhere'. The train did not make a sound and disappeared further down the track. The witness said that the carriages looked liked they were on fire with black smoke pouring out of the windows. The witness later discovered there was an accident on 24 December 1874; a train derailed on the bridge killing 34 and injuring 69.

Ripper

Location: Ebbw Vale (Gwent) - Farmhouse overlooking Ebbw Vale, exact location not known
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1936
Further Comments: A family who lived here were said to be plagued by an entity which ripped their clothes and attacked them. They fled.

Photographer

Location: Oulton Broad (Norfolk) - Boathouse Lane
Type: Post-Mortem Manifestation
Date / Time: 1989, around 18:00h
Further Comments: While walking to tend her horse, a witness stopped for half an hour to chat to a photographer she knew. The following day she mentioned the photographer to a neighbour, who went white and told her the photographer had died the previous day.

Whistling

Location: WC2 (Greater London) - Halfway 2 Heaven public house (was the Golden Cross), Duncannon Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2013
Further Comments: Whistling and other noises have been reported in this 300 year old pub after it has closed.

Horse Drawn Carriage

Location: Burnley (Lancashire) - From Hufling Hall, via Hufling Lane, to Towneley Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Travelling in a horse drawn carriage, a ghostly woman is said to leave Hufling Hall and head to Towneley Hall. It is said that you are more likely to hear the horses when it is quiet then see anything.

Black Cat

Location: Anglesey (Bedfordshire) - Road towards Wylfa
Type: ABC
Date / Time: October 2011
Further Comments: While driving to the power station, this witness spotted a black cat larger than an Alsatian. The creature had a long bushy tail and sat in a crouched position. The witness watched the creature for three or four seconds and was slightly unnerved by it.

Headlights

Location: Isle of Skye (Highland) - Road, but exact area not known
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1950s
Further Comments: Passing through the area in a car, the driver and other occupants spotted the headlights of another vehicle approaching them. They pulled into a layby to let the oncoming vehicle pass, but nothing came. They were in a remote area with no turning which the other vehicle could have taken.

Sharp Turner

Location: Glendale, Isle of Skye (Highland) - Skies in the area
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 31 December 1998
Further Comments: Two men walking dogs along the shore at dusk spotted a bright star-like light at high altitude. One witness said that he would have passed it off as a military jet, but it made an instant 140 degree turn before disappearing into clouds.

Figure in Wide Brimmed Hat

Location: Isle of Eigg (Highland) - Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late 1990s
Further Comments: Two people walking up the hill spotted a figure behind them. The figure was taking long strides, and wearing dark clothing with a wide brimmed hat, not unlike puritan style, but bowl shaped. As the two people reached the top of the hill, they looked back and the figure had gone - it was impossible to leave the road due to a gully either side.

Hooded Figure

Location: Sheffield (Yorkshire) - Woolley Woods Bottom
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 01 February 2013
Further Comments: Three people in the woods spotted a hooded figure run by them. One of the party also spotted a brown tunic with a big gold buckle, moving down a slope, (although there were no limbs or head visible) while the other two witnesses spotted white lights floating around their car.

Slim Lady

Location: Brighton (Sussex) - Private flat (exact location withheld)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: November 2008
Further Comments: After signing a six month tenancy agreement, the occupier spent very little time in this flat. They reported feeling drained of energy every time they entered, and on one occasion, awoke and spotted a blonde slim woman in her 20s, wearing jeans and a tight top, standing by the door. The occupier screamed and the figure vanished.

Young Girl

Location: Ben Alder (Highland) - Below the mountain, en route for Loch Ossian
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: April / May 2011
Further Comments: Having traversed old drover track on western shoulder of Ben Alder, a walker was looking for a suitable spot to cross a stream. The walker noticed the image of a smiling young girl, dressed in blue/green watery outfit, sitting on a slab of rock amidst the fast moving water. She was pointing to the water, enticing the walker to cross. The walker panicked and moved further downstream, crossing at a point where the water was calmer.

Black Dick of the North

Location: Dewsbury (Yorkshire) - The Temple, aka Black Dick's Tower
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 05 July (reoccurring)
Further Comments: Known locally as Black Dick's Tower, this building is said to be the home of a phantom highwayman once a year.

Highwayman

Location: Dewsbury (Yorkshire) - Cow field, Thornhill Edge
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 26 December 1982
Further Comments: Two friends out sledging spotted a figure on horseback, resembling a highwayman in tutor style clothing, staring at them. The friends were terrified and left the area. They returned the following day and although their sledge marks were visible in the snow, there was no sign of any horse tracks. The area is said to be haunted by Black Dick of the North (aka Sir Richard Beaumont).

Figure in Long Coat

Location: Charley (Leicestershire) - Abbey Road, by Mount St Bernard's Abbey
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1997, Autumn
Further Comments: A passenger in a car driving along in the direction of Shepshed noticed a figure walking towards the car on a grass verge. As they drew nearer the witness could see the figure was wearing a long coat with the hood up. The figure looked up, showing the witness that it had no face and stepped out in front of the car. The witness shouted 'stop!' and braced for impact, to which the driver slammed on the brakes. The driver had not seen the figure, and a quick look outside of the car showed nothing untoward.

Former Wife of a Caretaker

Location: Glasgow (Lanarkshire) - Hutchesons' Hall, Ingram Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s-2005
Further Comments: A former worker at this site said it was haunted by a grey lady, who could have been the wife of a caretaker or a cleaner. The entity would open and close doors, and would be seen looking out of a window from the street. Footsteps would also be heard on the site.

Footsteps

Location: Lisburn (County Antrim) - Army Base, Packard Road (no longer standing)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1996 - 2000
Further Comments: It was reported that this base was haunted by disembodied footsteps and moaning. Items would also be found moved or thrown around.

Talking Faces

Location: Broseley (Shropshire) - Private residence
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1986, 1988
Further Comments: One person at this property watched two faces which spoke appear in a wall .Others reported seeing a servant girl manifest on the end of a bed. A couple of years later, witnesses outside spotted a man standing by a window, although the property was empty. Disembodied footsteps were also reported.

Bright Woman

Location: Outer London: Bexley (Greater London) - Foots Cray Meadows
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This bright white female form is reported to walk the meadows scattering flowers for her husband who died during wartime. She is said to have killed herself soon after hearing the news in the same area.

Pauline Kelly

Location: Willenhall (West Midlands) - Rough Wood Chase Local Nature Reserve
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Local stories tell of three phantoms said to haunt this area - a mad nun, a suicide, and a white woman. Although not much is known about the first two, the white woman is said to be Pauline Kelly, who vanished in the mid nineteenth century along with her daughter. Her shade is supposed to appear if 'white lady, white lady, I'm the one who killed your baby' is spoken.

Bride

Location: Newton le Willows (Lancashire) - Willow Park
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This woman in white is said to be a bride who was murdered by her husband on their wedding night.

Hunting for the Child

Location: Darwen (Lancashire) - Old cemetery
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A woman in white is said to haunt the old cemetery, looking for her child. She either died in childbirth or was murdered by men who then stole her baby. A local myth says that by speaking the words 'white lady, white lady, I stole your black baby' she will appear.

Man in Tweed

Location: Crieff (Perth and Kinross) - Rosebank Hotel (no longer operational)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1992
Further Comments: While waiting alone in the bar, a witness watched a man in a tweed jacket walk through the wall and, after taking a couple more steps, vanish just as the landlady entered. The witness told the woman what he had seen, and she said that she too had seen the figure. The wall he had passed through where the original bar door was before refurbishments.

Talking

Location: Blaenavon (Gwent) - Former nursing home
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2013?
Further Comments: While checking out this site, investigators heard a piano and children playing in an empty area.

Annabella

Location: Manchester (Lancashire) - Old Mill, Milesplatting (now converted)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown, story around during the 1970s
Further Comments: One person recalled that they were told that this abandoned site was haunted by Annabella, although there is a possibility the story was started to keep children away from the site.

Jogger?

Location: Bristol (Somerset) - A38, Bedminster Down
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: December 2012, 06:50h
Further Comments: Whilst driving to work this witness spotted a smiling woman in a red top and black jogging bottoms running towards them in the middle of the road. After they passed each other the woman could not be seen in the rear view mirrors.

Zigzagging Lights

Location: West Bromwich (West Midlands) - Sky over Hateley Heath
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 25 July 1997
Further Comments: This witness observed between ten and twenty slow moving lights zigzagging across the sky in formation. Each light was semi-transparent, yellow with a red centre and moved silently from the south east, heading towards Walsall.