The Paranormal Database

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.

Footsteps

Location: SE6 - Private residence, Farley Road, Lewisham
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1950s - 1960s
Further Comments: Former residents reported footsteps, nighttime noises, and the apparition of a man in a bedroom.

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, a 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!

Location: SE7 - Unidentified property on the riverside
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: September 1949 - 1950
Further Comments: Mrs Jordan suffered a nervous breakdown after almost every breakable item in her house was broken over a ten-month period. Documents were also removed from drawers and torn up. While the activities centred on Mrs Jordan when she was alone in the house, her husband witnessed items breaking as if 'smashed by invisible hands'. An exorcism was performed while the family were away, and the activity ceased (although the Jordans still moved away).

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.

The Devil of Deptford

Location: SE8 - Back Lane (now site of Gilbert House), Deptford
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 25 April - end May, 1699
Further Comments: Over a thousand stones were thrown in and around this home over a five-week period, breaking windows and a wooden shutter. Other objects were also thrown and moved, including pewter plates, china cups and an iron heater which hit the side of a woman's head, drawing blood. The activity appears to be associated with an unidentified visitor to the property - the events started ten days after their arrival and ceased when they departed.

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 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.