Lanarkshire Ghosts, Folklore and Forteana
The phantom woman in black.
Black Lady
Location: Larkhall - Broomhill House (ruins), and surrounding land
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: This lady may have been murdered in the late nineteenth century, her dark form having been reported for many years since. Her presence is often indicated by the smell of spices and perfume.
ID #3910, last updated 2003-02-18
Soft Voice
Location: Larkhall - Skelyton Farm area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 16 December 1992
Further Comments: Three power engineers were out chasing a fault in the middle of the countryside when they heard a soft female voice say a few words out loud close to them. All three turned to look at the place they thought they heard the voice, but no one was there. With nowhere for a person to hide, the three quickly left the scene.
ID #5236, last updated 2004-07-11
Norrie Smith
Location: Lennoxtown - Campsie View Hotel
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: While this building has suffered from mild poltergeist activity (such as glasses being moved by an unseen hand), the perpetrator has been named as former owner Norrie.
ID #9886, last updated 2010-04-11
Gold spills out from an old kettle pot.
Katie Neevie's Hoord
Location: Lesmahagow - A very large stone hidden on a farm in the area
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A local rhyme reads 'Between Dillerhill and Crossford, there lies Katie Neevie's hoord'. It is thought that the hoard takes the form of gold concealed within a kettle, a boot and a bull hide.
ID #8249, last updated 2008-02-26
A Former Smoker?
Location: Lesmahagow - Birkwood psychiatric hospital (no longer operational)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Lights would turn themselves on and off, footfalls echoed down empty corridors, and the thick smell of cigar smoke was reported by staff when this former hospital was operational.
ID #4359, last updated 2003-06-22
EVP
Location: Motherwell - Burns Tavern
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: May 2009
Further Comments: This site was investigated by Spirit Finders Scotland in 2009. The group recorded EVP and picked up EMF readings when they asked the entity to flash the lights to answer yes/no questions.
ID #9661, last updated 2009-09-03
Three Ladies
Location: Motherwell - Dalzell House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This property is reputedly haunted three female forms. One is a grey lady, most likely a nurse based here during the First World War, while another is white in colour and said to haunt the peel tower. A green lady, who one witness said had bloodshot eyes, has been reported in the Piper's Gallery.
ID #7936, last updated 2007-09-04
Horse
Location: Motherwell - Raceway
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: While actual sightings of the ghostly horse reputedly to haunt this racetrack are scant, a local newspaper reported an exorcist had been scheduled to record the ghost for an American TV crew in July 1974.
ID #15634, last updated 2024-09-19
Steel Worker
Location: Motherwell - Ravenscraig Steel Works (no longer operational)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid twentieth century
Further Comments: This figure, thought to have been decapitated in a mining accident, was seen several times near a furnace.
ID #4041, last updated 2003-03-20
Oscar
Location: Motherwell - Rex Cinema (was originally the New Century Theatre, but is no longer operational; currently a snooker club?)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid twentieth century
Further Comments: Though Oscar is no longer reported, during his stay here he had a reputation of scaring away usherettes who worked the late shifts.
ID #7937, last updated 2007-09-04
Lucky Venture?
Location: Motherwell - Trotting Stadium
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1974
Further Comments: The stadium was briefly haunted by a horse named Lucky Venture which died on the track. The animal's shade was exorcised by a couple of local university students.
ID #5968, last updated 2005-03-19
Knitting Woman
Location: New Lanark - Flat above unnamed shop in the town
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Early twentieth century
Further Comments: This ghost, dressed in a tartan cape, was seen walking about the premises whilst knitting. She passed through a closed bedroom door.
ID #3917, last updated 2003-02-20
Crying Girl
Location: Quothquan - Shieldhill Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: This woman had her newly born child snatched from her - she died of a broken heart soon after and her ghost is now occasionally seen or heard.
ID #4303, last updated 2003-06-01
Levitating Chihuahua
Location: Rutherglen - Property along Stonelaw Road
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 8-9 August 2016
Further Comments: Police were called to investigate a poltergeist outbreak and reportedly witnessed lights switching off, an oven door opening and closing unaided, and flying clothing. When in the garden, officers found a Chihuahua perched upon a two metre tall hedge. With no crime committed, police contacted a Catholic priest.
ID #12288, last updated 2016-09-24
Bearded Man
Location: Rutherglen - Royale Snooker Club
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1997
Further Comments: A ghostly older man with a beard would be seen on CCTV. The entity would also turn lights on and the beer taps off.
ID #16037, last updated 2025-08-25
Large Eyed Aliens
Location: Tarbrax - A70 between Tarbrax and Balerno
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 17 August 1992
Further Comments: Ambulance mechanic Gary Wood and his friend Andrew encountered a black shiny UFO along the A70 - it had no lights and was silent. After realising that they had lost one and a half hours, they underwent hypnosis where they discovered they had been abducted by frail grey aliens with large eyes.
ID #7043, last updated 2006-11-21
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