The Paranormal Database

Unlucky Cat

Location: E1 (Greater London) - 88 Newark Street, Whitechapel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1950s
Further Comments: The family who lived here for six years reported a suppressive atmosphere and terrible luck. Their children reported a phantom cat, while the mother was too scared to enter certain rooms.

Source: Published Media
First added: 2003-02-06   Last updated: 2003-02-06   ID: #3760

Woman in the Gutter

Location: E1 (Greater London) - Durward Street, Whitechapel (was Bucks Row)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1888 onwards, 2009
Further Comments: The general area is supposedly haunted by the sounds of the victims of Jack the Ripper, though only in Durward Street has an apparition been observed; the glowing woman lays in the gutter, the location where Mary Ann Nichols was discovered (the Ripper's first victim). In 2009, two paranormal investigators at the site recorded EVPs that they believed was Mary saying, 'Help me.'

Source: Historical Record, Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2002-08-14   Last updated: 2002-08-14   ID: #2158

Smell of Death

Location: E1 (Greater London) - Former Bass Sales Office, Cephas Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1980
Further Comments: Workers in this building, constructed on the site of an old Doctor's office, reported cold spots and the smell of embalming fluid.

Source: Published Media
First added: 2009-09-13   Last updated: 2009-09-13   ID: #9685

Hanging Boy

Location: E1 (Greater London) - Former wicker cane warehouse (no longer standing), Durward Street
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: December 1974
Further Comments: A man at the warehouse, which was once a boarding school, encountered a ghostly young boy hanging from a cord attached to a hook on the ceiling.

Source: User Submission
First added: 2009-01-04   Last updated: 2009-01-04   ID: #9110

Annie Chapman

Location: E1 (Greater London) - Hanbury Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1930s, reputed to be more common in the autumn
Further Comments: Annie Chapman was murdered by Jack the Ripper at 29 Hanbury Street, and it was said that she haunted the area where she was killed, her phantom accompanied by a man. On one occasion during the 1930s, a witness could hear her murder, but could see nothing at the site. A phantom, headless body in the area is also said to be Annie. 29 Hanbury Street has since been demolished.

Source: Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2009-10-04   Last updated: 2009-10-04   ID: #9714

Blurred Figure

Location: E1 (Greater London) - London Jewish Hospital (closed 1979 and since demolished)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: February - June 1977
Further Comments: Thought to be a former patient, this male ghost took up residence in a day room used by nurses and would brush past them.

Source: Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2009-09-13   Last updated: 2026-07-15   ID: #9687

Lillian Brown

Location: E1 (Greater London) - Magistrates Court, Aylward Street (?)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s
Further Comments: A former employee at the court, Mrs Brown still walks where she worked.

Source: Historical Record
First added: 2004-02-29   Last updated: 2004-02-29   ID: #5041

Catherine Eddows

Location: E1 (Greater London) - Mitre Square
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown, but said to occur late September
Further Comments: Killed by Jack the Ripper, Catherine's torn body is still occasionally seen laying in the gutter.

Source: Published Media
First added: 2003-12-20   Last updated: 2003-12-20   ID: #4762

Shadows

Location: E1 (Greater London) - Private flat in Shadwell
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2002 onwards
Further Comments: One resident reported hearing strange taps and bangs which occurred in their property over a nine year period. In 2011, other residents reportedly spotted a black shadow wearing a Cavalier-like hat pass by their doors, while a guard had heard disembodied footsteps on the stairwell.

Source: User Submission
First added: 2011-08-21   Last updated: 2011-08-21   ID: #10535

Talking

Location: E1 (Greater London) - Property along Gower's Walk
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2020s
Further Comments: People onsite in the evenings and overnight have reported shadowy figures in the corridors, as well as adult and child voices screaming, talking and laughing.

Source: User Submission
First added: 2024-12-07   Last updated: 2024-12-07   ID: #15715

Grey Lady

Location: E1 (Greater London) - Royal London Hospital
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A spectral grey lady has been reported walking around this London Hospital. There is also a tradition ensuring that the shutters are closed at the hospital - if they are left open overnight, it is widely believed someone unexpectedly dies.

Source: Needs Review
First added: 2005-09-08   Last updated: 2005-09-08   ID: #6535

Mrs Browne

Location: E1 (Greater London) - Stepney Magistrate's Court (now demolished)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1976
Further Comments: A former Matron at the court, Browne was blamed for throwing items around and knocking trays of food from people's hands.

Source: Published Media
First added: 2009-09-13   Last updated: 2009-09-13   ID: #9686

The steps haunted by Judge Geoffreys.

George Geoffreys

Location: E1 (Greater London) - Steps outside of the Town of Ramsgate public house, Wapping High Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Geoffreys, the infamous Hanging Judge, was arrested on the steps outside this pub that lead down to the Thames; he was dressed as a sailor, trying to flee the country. His spirit remains trapped on the stairs, reportedly seen by river police.

Source: Published Media
First added: 2002-08-31   Last updated: 2023-03-24   ID: #2375

Annie Chapman

Location: E1 (Greater London) - Ten Bells public house (was Jack the Ripper), Commercial Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s
Further Comments: The landlord of this pub claimed that Annie Chapman's ghost had taken up residence within the walls. Strange winds were reported, as was mild poltergeist behaviour.

Source: Published Media
First added: 2009-10-04   Last updated: 2009-10-04   ID: #9715

Thames close to where Carron Wharf once stood.

Crying Man

Location: E1 (Greater London) - Thames close to Carron Wharf (closed 1974)
Type: Post-Mortem Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa 1897
Further Comments: After the discovery of a body in this section of river, for three consecutive nights two witnesses heard crying and could see a large man in the water, waving his arms before disappearing.

Source: Historical Record
First added: 2017-05-23   Last updated: 2017-05-23   ID: #12490

Watcher

Location: E1 (Greater London) - The 'Wood Street Compter' - a basement
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The basement is all that remains of a former debtors' prison. Even though access to the basement is now prevented, people walking past report hearing whispers and the feeling that something is watching them.

Source: User Submission
First added: 2007-05-28   Last updated: 2007-05-28   ID: #7477

The Town of Ramsgate public house.

Cellar Noises

Location: E1 (Greater London) - Town of Ramsgate public house, Wapping High Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Prisoners were once held in the cellar of the Town of Ramsgate, where strange sounds are now said to emerge.

Source: User Submission
First added: 2023-03-24   Last updated: 2023-03-24   ID: #14835

Anne's Fetch

Location: E1 (Greater London) - Unknown house, Booth Street (was the eastern part of Princes Street, now Princelet Street)
Type: Crisis Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown, pre-twentieth century
Further Comments: Anne Stephens, while sitting at home one evening, spotted a corpse laying on her floor. As Anne approached the corpse, it vanished. The woman took this as an omen, and she died seven days later.

Source: Historical Record
First added: 2025-08-27   Last updated: 2025-08-27   ID: #16050

Clog Dancer

Location: E1 (Greater London) - Unknown house, Brook Street (now Cable Street)
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Pre twentieth century
Further Comments: A house remained empty for a considerable period, haunted by an unseen entity which would be heard dancing the Sailor's Hornpipe in clogs. Eventually a man named Beesley moved in - whether he encountered the entity is not known, but as a bonus, Beesley lived there rent free.

Source: Historical Record
First added: 2025-09-10   Last updated: 2025-09-10   ID: #16074

Glowing Headstone

Location: E12 (Greater London) - City of London Cemetery, Aldersbrook Road
Type: Other
Date / Time: Mid 1970s
Further Comments: In the western section of the cemetery, many local people reported a gravestone which glowed at night with a bright orange light. People who investigated the stone could not find an external light source to explain the illumination.

Source: User Submission
First added: 2004-11-13   Last updated: 2026-09-06   ID: #5538

Floating Woman

Location: E12 (Greater London) - Little Ilford Park
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid 2000s
Further Comments: Four people in a group of eight watched a woman in Victorian clothing float into bushes before disappearing. She held her hands in front of her, as if begging or tied up, and was heard asking for help.

Source: User Submission
First added: 2014-11-10   Last updated: 2014-11-10   ID: #11639

One Eyed Jack

Location: E12 (Greater London) - Manor Park
Type: Other
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: An urban myth, One Eyed Jack is said to live in empty properties with a large, scruffy dog. Like his name suggests, Jack only has one eye, and sets his dog on unsuspecting people so he can take their own eyes.

Source: User Submission
First added: 2011-06-19   Last updated: 2011-06-19   ID: #10481

Hitchhiking Girl

Location: E14 (Greater London) - Blackwall Tunnel, Tower Hamlets
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1972
Further Comments: Killed in a motorcycle accident in the 1960s, this girl now flags down motorcyclists and asks for a lift to Leigh-on-Sea (in Essex); she always disappears from the back of the bike en route, and once the address is checked, it is discovered she died many years previously. Another variant of the story replaces the girl with the male rider of the crashed motorbike.

Source: Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2002-08-14   Last updated: 2002-08-14   ID: #2155

Black & White Man

Location: E14 (Greater London) - Canary Wharf Underground Station
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: 28 December 2007
Further Comments: A black and white figure appeared on a colour photograph taken at this station. The figure, that of a young man, was not spotted when the photograph was taken, even though he was looking directly at the camera.

Source: User Submission
First added: 2008-03-24   Last updated: 2008-03-24   ID: #8363

White Robe

Location: E14 (Greater London) - Commercial Road and Brunton Place
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa September 1907
Further Comments: A crowd of people chasing a white robed figure that had appeared in Commercial Road followed the figure into Brunton Place and into a house. The only person they found in the house was a woman who stood by a coffin which contained her recently deceased child. The crowd continued to search the area but could not find their ghost.

Source: Historical Record
First added: 2020-05-11   Last updated: 2020-05-11   ID: #13768