Lion?
Location: Denshaw (Greater Manchester) - Between the M62 and Denshaw, along the Saddleworth moor
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 19 January 2009
Further Comments: Driver Helen Morris reported to a local newspaper seeing a large cat in the middle of the road. The creature was described as having a tawny coat and long tail, resembling a lioness.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2009-02-07
Last updated: 2009-02-07
ID: #9120
Rustling Woman
Location: Droylsden (Greater Manchester) - Ashton Hill Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This entity drifts along the road and has been reported wearing both dark clothing and white clothing (or, of course, they could be two different shades).
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2003-10-04
Last updated: 2003-10-04
ID: #4630
Boggart
Location: Droylsden (Greater Manchester) - Clayton Old Hall (no longer standing)
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A poltergeist was said once to have frequented this hall, throwing the covers off beds at night, and creating bangs and crashing sounds at night. The entity had to be laid by a member of the church.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2003-09-25
Last updated: 2003-09-25
ID: #4606
Pack of Hounds
Location: Droylsden (Greater Manchester) - General area
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A hunting pack of black dogs are reported to chase the unwary in this area of Lancashire.
Source:
Needs Review
First added: 2003-05-31
Last updated: 2003-05-31
ID: #4279
Grindylow
Location: Droylsden (Greater Manchester) - Pits in the area
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Likely a different name for the entity known as Jenny Greenteeth, this fairy-like creature would wait for passing children before dragging them into the water to drown.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2025-07-14
Last updated: 2025-07-14
ID: #15978
Mummy
Location: Droylsden (Greater Manchester) - Private residence along Chestnut Avenue
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2009
Further Comments: The occupants of this property would hear noises and voices at night, including the word 'mummy' and growling. An entity was also seen hovering over a bed.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2012-02-26
Last updated: 2012-02-26
ID: #10744
Shadows and Coughing
Location: Eccles (Greater Manchester) - Duke of York public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2008
Further Comments: Reported in 2008, shadows were said to pass people who are in the cellar, while coughing was also sometimes heard under the pub. Phantoms of a man, woman and young girl were also reported, and customers said to occasionally feel a presence close by. Ten years prior to these reports, two people staying at the pub were awoken by banging coming from behind a locked door on the third floor.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2011-09-17
Last updated: 2011-09-17
ID: #10576
Father Sharrock
Location: Eccles (Greater Manchester) - Private house along Liverpool Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1930s
Further Comments: This priest was seen several times in the house and took to moving beds around - never waking the sleeping occupants in the process. The entity was exorcised shortly afterwards.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2003-10-26
Last updated: 2003-10-26
ID: #4722
Screaming
Location: Failsworth (Greater Manchester) - Wrigley Head (locally known as White Stuff), Moston Brook
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: December 2013
Further Comments: A witness heard a chilling scream coming from Wrigley Head. They were later informed that the sound was common at night.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2022-10-22
Last updated: 2022-10-22
ID: #14676
Cleaning Woman
Location: Farnworth (Greater Manchester) - Blighty's public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: This phantom female has been seen wiping down tables, though she vanishes if approached.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2003-10-25
Last updated: 2003-10-25
ID: #4710
Shadowy Spiral
Location: Farnworth (Greater Manchester) - Chez Monaco
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1960s
Further Comments: Staff witnessed a shadowy grey spiral which would appear around the building. They believed the shape to be the manifestation of a Victorian woman named Esther, buried in an adjoining graveyard, and who was known for her dislike of drinking and gambling.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2025-04-10
Last updated: 2025-04-10
ID: #15856
Blue Lady
Location: Farnworth (Greater Manchester) - Dixon Green Labour Club
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: This pretty lady with long flowing blonde hair is thought to have been killed during the civil war, and though extremely good looking, her appearance is considered an ill omen.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2003-10-25
Last updated: 2003-10-25
ID: #4711
Children's Laughter
Location: Farnworth (Greater Manchester) - Shakespeare Hotel (public house)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2016
Further Comments: Glimpses of strange shadows and the sounds of children's laughter are said to be reported by customers at this pub. CCTV footage was said to have shown five different ghostly figures.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2016-08-06
Last updated: 2016-08-06
ID: #12224
Chair Thrower
Location: Farnworth (Greater Manchester) - Snack bar, exact location not known (no longer present)
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1957 / 1958
Further Comments: Two members of a family living here experienced a horrible presence which manifested at night.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2015-10-02
Last updated: 2015-10-02
ID: #11916
Farmer with Children
Location: Healey Dell (Greater Manchester) - Prickshaw housing development
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: The family were killed in a fire while living in the last terrace house. Their ghosts were reportedly caught on film by a photographer taking a picture of a woman on horseback outside the building.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-11-07
Last updated: 2002-11-07
ID: #3032
Boy in Old Fashioned Clothing
Location: Horwich (Greater Manchester) - Private residence along Wallsuches Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1995-1996
Further Comments: Observed in the middle bedroom, this ghostly figure with blonde hair lay under a radiator staring into the room.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2004-11-18
Last updated: 2026-07-16
ID: #5590
Horseman
Location: Horwich (Greater Manchester) - Surrounding moors
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A wild horseman travels the desolate moors, looking for souls to take.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2003-10-06
Last updated: 2026-07-16
ID: #4653
Christopher Riley
Location: Horwich (Greater Manchester) - Unidentified house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: May 1888
Further Comments: For two weeks after his death from blood poisoning, the ghost of Mr Riley returned to his home. One witness heard falling crockery and heavy boots, while another refused to spend a second night in the building. The Reverend Oldfield was called to deal with the haunting, but it is not clear whether he succeeded.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2026-07-16
Last updated: 2026-07-16
ID: #16724
Fire Starter
Location: Kearsley (Greater Manchester) - Unidentified house, Primrose Street (area since redeveloped)
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Circa April 1906
Further Comments: Smoke was spotted emerging from a closed dresser drawer and the smell of burning detected, but when the drawer was opened, no fire could be found. The following night, the dresser moved forward with ornaments thrown off.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2022-02-17
Last updated: 2022-02-17
ID: #14414
Covered Figure
Location: Leigh (Greater Manchester) - Fir Tree Flash, off Wigan Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 30 May 2010, 08:30h
Further Comments: While walking her dogs, this witness spotted a nun-like figure standing over the pond. The witness looked briefly away to regain control of her dogs, and when she looked back the figure had gone.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2010-08-29
Last updated: 2010-08-29
ID: #10028
A ghostly soldier.
Drowned Soldier
Location: Leigh (Greater Manchester) - Hooten Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Returning to the area where he inhaled too much pond water, this ghostly figure deliberately creeps up to unsuspecting passers-by to scare them.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2003-03-05
Last updated: 2003-03-05
ID: #3957
Laughing
Location: Leigh (Greater Manchester) - Leigh College, gym
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This shade, which moves the climbing rope when in use, has been heard laughing and telling people to 'get off my foot'.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-08-14
Last updated: 2002-08-14
ID: #2152
Laughing and Crying
Location: Leigh (Greater Manchester) - Leigh Spinners Mill, Park Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2010s
Further Comments: A former cotton spinning mill, the site is now home to mysterious whistles which have been caught on EVP in the Engine House and the Heritage Room. Disembodied footsteps, children laughing, and crying have also been heard and icy cold blasts of air experienced.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2019-12-27
Last updated: 2019-12-27
ID: #13474
A sketch of a pair of eyes by Wayne Lowden.
Eyes
Location: Leigh (Greater Manchester) - Platt Lane, Pretoria Pit colliery area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1980s
Further Comments: It was reported that dozens of pairs of eyes would look out of bushes along this lane, and that they belonged to the 368 people who died in an accident at Pretoria Pit. Prior to this disaster, miners on route to work would sometimes encounter the sound of an invisible horse which ran past them.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2006-11-12
Last updated: 2006-11-12
ID: #7022
Box Van
Location: M67 (Greater Manchester) - Sheffield direction
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Between 11:00h-11:30h, 17 December 2025
Further Comments: Travelling towards Sheffield, one driver watched a box van moving erratically in the two left lanes for five minutes before it vanished.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2025-12-21
Last updated: 2025-12-21
ID: #16200
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