The Paranormal Database

Headless Worker

Location: SE19 - Tunnel between Crystal Palace and Gipsey Hill
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This poor rail worker lost his head in an accident while working on a section of track here - the ghost remains on the material plane searching for the lost item.

Girl in the Basement

Location: SE19 - White Hart public house, Crystal Palace
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2009 (story reported in national press, but no sighting details)
Further Comments: A little room in the basement, its constructed purpose unknown, is said to be the haunt of a little girl.

Princess Alice

Location: SE2 - Thames River, Thamesmead
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: September (reoccurring)
Further Comments: When a collier rammed a pleasure boat (the Princess Alice) here in 1878, over 600 people died - many of them being poisoned by the outflow of London's sewage which emerged from a pipe by the accident site. Their pitiful cries for help can sometimes be heard around the time of the accident.

Beast of Sydenham

Location: SE21 - Dulwich Wood
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 2009
Further Comments: The press claimed a jogger had reported being chased by a large black cat through this wooded area.

Dancer

Location: SE23 - One Tree Hill, Honor Oak Park, Dulwich
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: 1948
Further Comments: A female dancer was seen performing perfect complex ballet moves on the hill late at night, without making a sound on the debris ridden ground.

Rail Worker

Location: SE24 - Tulse Hill Station, platform one
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Killed as he walked on the tracks, the worker's footfalls are sometimes heard echoing through the station late at night.

Nun

Location: SE26 - Sydenham High School for Girls
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Once the site of a convent, this phantom nun is the only thing that remains. She is blamed for the mild poltergeist activity which occurs here.

Mirror Turner

Location: SE27 - Private residence (no longer standing), Langmead Street, West Norwood
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: July - August 1951
Further Comments: People in the house experienced scratching sounds, glowing lights, and items that moved unaided. Mirrors would be turned around and an occupant became terrified by something white spotted on the staircase. Police performed a vigil in an attempt to solve the mystery but did not experience anything out of the ordinary.

RAF Pilot

Location: SE28 - Abbey Road and Tavy Bridge (former Erith Marshes), Thamesmead
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: This pilot died when his spitfire crashed into the marshes during the Second World War. This tall, dark uniformed man has been reported in several buildings along the road. Some also report that the sound of a German aircraft crashing into the marshes here can still be heard.

No Biting

Location: SE3 - Unidentified residence, Blackheath
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid 1895
Further Comments: A team of eight spiritualists visited this house to rid it of the presence that prevented children from sleeping. Even though one spiritualist became possessed and tried to bite the ears off the landlady, the remaining seven contacted four lost spirits (a murdered woman, two men who had killed her, and a female conspirator) and convinced them to leave.

Dead Dog

Location: SE3 - Blackheath, exact location unknown
Type: Crisis Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A woman from Bath saw a vision of her dog here, at the exact moment her pet died at home.

Victorian Lady

Location: SE3 - Hare and Billet Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s
Further Comments: This ghostly figure tragically hanged herself from a tree on the heathland when she discovered her lover had run off. She still patrols the area seeking him.

Screams

Location: SE3 - Kidbroke Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late 1800s
Further Comments: The screams of a murder victim could be heard here for years after the crime committed.

Elsie Marshall

Location: SE3 - St John's public library, Blackheath
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: A former missionary killed in China, Elsie has appeared to have returned to her former home, gently pushing past people if they stand in the way of the invisible entity.

Footfalls

Location: SE4 - 85 Breakspear Road, Brockley
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1935-1955
Further Comments: The phantom footsteps once reported at this property would ascend and descend the staircase several times in succession. Towards the end of the haunting, the invisible entity would knock down ornaments and shake windows.

Man in the Chimneypot Hat

Location: SE4 - Private residence, Brockley Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa 1900
Further Comments: The occupants of this property claimed to have seen a figure behind the front door - he vanished when the door was opened. Disembodied footsteps that ran up the staircase were also reported.

Suffocation

Location: SE4 - Unknown residence, Brockley
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: December 1920
Further Comments: A few weeks after moving in, the Trent family experienced shaking beds, flashing light bulbs, and an invisible entity which tried to suffocate Mrs Trent with a pillow. After several more nights of smashing mirrors and ornaments, and the manifestation of a figure made of black smoke, the family moved out.

Lion Tamer

Location: SE5 - The Palace music hall (no longer standing)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Torn apart when his act went slightly wrong, the failed lion tamer often returned to the stage where the accident occurred.

Alice Grant

Location: SE6 - Bromley Road & Southend Lane, Bellingham
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Knocked from her bike and killed at this junction, Grant has since been seen at the location, dressed in black Victorian clothing.

Maid Carrying Dead Baby

Location: SE7 - Charlton House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: The maid was watched as she drifted down a corridor, dead child cradled in her arms. Another spook, Sir William Langhorne, also haunts the building - he is said to be waiting for the perfect woman to discover him!

Woman in Hat

Location: SE8 - 34 Albury Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa September 1950
Further Comments: A phantom woman wearing a wide brimmed hat and a cloak was seen several times in this property. Footsteps would also be heard travelling up and down the staircase, and sash windows would open themselves.

Mouldy Smell

Location: SE8 - Private house, Watergate Street, Deptford
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1993 / 1994
Further Comments: Footfalls, the horrible smell of decay, and a young blonde haired girl were the components of this haunting, which was ended after the visitation of a London medium.

Victorian Woman

Location: SE9 - Avery Hill area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: A phantom woman wearing Victorian clothing is reputed to walk this region of London.

Jane Maria Clousen

Location: SE9 - Kidbrooke Lane, Well Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Nineteenth century
Further Comments: Jane was found dead along the lane in 1871, killed after someone took a hammer to her head. Since her death, people have reported screams and cries from the area, and the occasional sighting of a nonmaterial girl.

Crypt Dweller

Location: SE9 - MacDonald's restaurant
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: Built on the site of an old United reformed church, this fast food establishment is said to have a haunted basement which was once a crypt. Some staff have reported encountering an entity, though what it is has not been disclosed.