Examining folkloric, paranormal & cryptozoological locations in the UK and beyond
Location: Sibson (Leicestershire) - Road close to Cock Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A ghostly highwayman, wearing a tricorn hat with a red coat and identified as Dick Turpin as many phantom highwaymen are, would occasionally be seen at night.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2025-01-26
Last updated: 2025-01-26
ID: #15798
Location: Skeffington (Leicestershire) - Unnamed manor house in the area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A manor house in this area supposedly had a phantom woman who would manifest on the driveway during daylight hours.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2024-04-01
Last updated: 2024-04-01
ID: #15321
Location: Snarestone (Leicestershire) - Snarestone Hall (no longer standing)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Pre-1835
Further Comments: Local folklore claimed the hall to have been demolished in 1835 due to hauntings.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2023-05-29
Last updated: 2023-05-29
ID: #14963
Location: Stanton (Leicestershire) - Exact area not known
Type: UFO
Date / Time: Early 2000s
Further Comments: A low flying circular object was spotted by two friends as it moved across the sky towards them. As it approached, they noticed two small flashing lights on the side of the craft that grew in intensity until the glare became blinding. The witnesses shielded their eyes to avoid the light; as they did so the object made a strange sound and disappeared - no trace could be seen in the sky.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2007-04-03
Last updated: 2007-04-03
ID: #7164
Location: Stoke Golding (Leicestershire) - Three Horseshoes public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s onwards
Further Comments: In the early twentieth century, Esmeralda fell into the well at this pub and drowned. Nothing supernatural occurred until renovations took place in the 1970s, after which poltergeist activity was experienced in the kitchen, footsteps were heard around the site, and occasionally a young woman in a long skirt was seen walking through a wall.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2014-05-18
Last updated: 2014-05-18
ID: #11544
Location: Stoney Stanton (Leicestershire) - General area
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This village was once said to be well known for its fairy rings and fairy dances.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2020-02-11
Last updated: 2020-02-11
ID: #13558
Location: Stoney Stanton (Leicestershire) - Skies over the village
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 01 October 2011, 19:00h
Further Comments: With lights on either side and a flashing one on top, this large saucer shaped object was reported moving slowly across the sky.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2011-10-16
Last updated: 2011-10-16
ID: #10600
Location: Sutton Cheney (Leicestershire) - Hercules Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: Mary McDonnagh had her hands cut off for stealing brandy. She has been reported to be seen wearing a white cap, wandering through the restaurant area. Staff to this day report sightings, and objects have been seen to move from place to place.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2005-08-29
Last updated: 2005-08-29
ID: #6504
Location: Syston (Leicestershire) - Newly built private residence
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 2016
Further Comments: A couple in bed heard a nearby rapping. In the dim light they could see a crucifix, hanging on a wall, moving. The motion was described as if an invisible hand was lifting the bottom of the cross and tapping it against the wall. As soon as the light was turned on, the tapping ceased.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2019-03-30
Last updated: 2019-03-30
ID: #13119
Location: Thornton (Leicestershire) - St Peter's Church, and vicarage
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A vicar here was once forced to exorcise his own home after his wife complained she was being woken during the night by a ghost.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2005-03-19
Last updated: 2005-03-19
ID: #5983
A spectral woman in white.
Location: Thringstone (Leicestershire) - A512, near Grace Dieu Priory
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1961
Further Comments: The pale spectral form of a woman has been reported on the roadside near the ruins of the priory. She was last seen by a police officer in 1961.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2007-04-06
Last updated: 2007-04-06
ID: #7202
Location: Thurlaston (Leicestershire) - Skies over the area
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 19 October 1959, 19:00h
Further Comments: Four men working in a timber yard witnessed a flying saucer, with eight white lights and one red light in the centre, pass slowly over the village. The UFO changed its form several times, transforming from spherical to a more elongated oval shape.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2025-12-28
Last updated: 2025-12-28
ID: #16230
Location: Tilton on the Hill (Leicestershire) - Church
Type: Legend - Old Nick
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The Devil became upset at the building of this church, so during the night would undo the construction work. It is unclear who or what motivated the Devil to cease his actions. Another story says a visitor to the site watched a monk dressed in black walk through the church and vanish at the pulpit.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2023-05-29
Last updated: 2025-03-08
ID: #14955
Location: Tilton on the Hill (Leicestershire) - Old Manor House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Early nineteenth century
Further Comments: A member of the gang who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot, Everard would open doors and throw items around, and could be heard walking around in heavy boots. The local vicar tried to lay the ghost by ringing the church bells and saying prayers.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2023-05-29
Last updated: 2023-05-29
ID: #14957
Location: Wartnaby (Leicestershire) - Unnamed lane near the village
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1920s
Further Comments: Dressed in a white shirt and nightcap, the ghostly rider upon his steed was thought to have belonged to the Quorn Hunt, a group of eighteenth century eccentrics that tore through the local countryside dressed ready for bed.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2024-07-15
Last updated: 2024-07-15
ID: #15502
Location: Wigston (Leicestershire) - Oadby and Wigston Borough Council's offices
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 21 Century
Further Comments: Workers in the building are said to have seen a grey lady and heard a child crying. The building featured in the Channel 4 programme 'Man vs Weird' broadcast June 2014, although nothing paranormal was recorded.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2014-08-03
Last updated: 2014-08-03
ID: #11602
Wistow Hall
Location: Wistow (Leicestershire) - Hall driveway
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown, but Autumn
Further Comments: A piece of folklore says a ghostly horse and carriage were seen to turn into the driveway of the hall.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2025-03-08
Last updated: 2025-03-08
ID: #15815
Location: Wistow (Leicestershire) - Wistow's Grave
Type: Legend
Date / Time: 01 June (reoccurring)
Further Comments: Concealing the heir to the kingdom of Mercia's body, this grave is reported to sprout hair throughout the month of June, starting on the first of the month.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2002-10-30
Last updated: 2002-10-30
ID: #2964
Location: Woodhouse Eaves (Leicestershire) - Beacon Hill
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Escorted by his phantom pooch as he drifts along the hillside, this monk has the grinning face of a skull.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2002-10-30
Last updated: 2002-10-30
ID: #2967