Merseyside Ghosts, Folklore and Forteana
Face at the Windows
Location: Birkenhead - Car park on the corner of Argyle Street and Canning Street opposite the Cheshire Lines building
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: This phantom is said to peer into windows of stationary vehicles in this car park. On the site once stood a factory, reputedly haunted by the ghost of a woman who hanged herself there.
First added: 2007-04-01 | Last updated: 2007-04-01 | ID #7156
Little Old Lady
Location: Birkenhead - Former Cammell Laird site
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2004
Further Comments: Lights turn themselves on and off, doors open and close, and a handful of staff have reported seeing a strange old lady walking around the site. Men in boiler suits have been watched walking past windows only to vanish shortly after.
First added: 2005-01-02 | Last updated: 2005-01-02 | ID #5746
Woman
Location: Birkenhead - Private residence close to the A552
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Pre 2017
Further Comments: Prior to renovation, a ghostly woman would be seen in the house.
First added: 2017-05-11 | Last updated: 2021-11-18 | ID #12463
Edwardian Woman
Location: Birkenhead - Private residence near Borough Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2008 - 2012
Further Comments: A witness reported repeatedly seeing a woman wearing Edwardian clothing in their home, although the encounters were not fearful.
First added: 2025-10-18 | Last updated: 2025-10-18 | ID #16128
Edwardians
Location: Birkenhead - Private residence off A552
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2008-2014
Further Comments: Dressed in Edwardian attire, a man and woman were seen in one top floor bedroom. Both seemed to be gentle with no hint of malice, and interacted with children in the house. Other people in Edwardian clothing would be seen out of the corner of the eye on the top floor.
First added: 2024-11-09 | Last updated: 2024-11-09 | ID #15694
Older Lady
Location: Birkenhead - Woodchurch Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1905
Further Comments: Dressed in black and wearing a bonnet, an older lady would be briefly seen along this road before suddenly vanishing. A newspaper reported cyclists had to break sharply to avoid hitting her. Other witnesses spotted a small ball of fire which quickly disappeared.
First added: 2020-05-19 | Last updated: 2020-05-19 | ID #13783
Heating Required
Location: Birkenhead - 1960s office block on the former Cammell Laird shipyard
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2005
Further Comments: A paranormal investigation group was called into this building after staff reported certain areas as always being cold, and fleeting shapes could be spotted out of the corner of one's eyes.
First added: 2005-06-07 | Last updated: 2005-06-07 | ID #6298
Maid
Location: Birkenhead - Area of former Birkenhead Hall (no longer standing), Pouton Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This pretty maid was murdered by her jealous mistress, who was convinced the maid was having an affair with the master of the hall. It was not the case, and the little maid now haunts the former grounds. The phantom has taken to being mistaken for a hitchhiker along the nearby road.
First added: 2002-12-07 | Last updated: 2002-12-07 | ID #3276
John Bibby
Location: Bootle - Peel Road / Bibby's Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 31 December (reoccurring)
Further Comments: Seen once a year, Bibby rides his coach with his decapitated head in his lap.
First added: 2003-08-09 | Last updated: 2003-08-09 | ID #4455
Grey Lady
Location: Ince Blundell - A565 through Ince Woods
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown, but said to be at midnight on an unstated date
Further Comments: This phantom woman will manifest close to a round house, in front of oncoming traffic and causing vehicles to crash. It is unclear whether the ghost is a continuation of the haunting along Park Wall Road.
First added: 2024-07-07 | Last updated: 2024-07-07 | ID #15463
Grey Lady
Location: Ince Blundell - White cross along Park Wall Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Possibly also known as the Pink Lady, this woman had an affair with a local landowner and took her own life when she fell pregnant.
First added: 2024-07-07 | Last updated: 2024-07-07 | ID #15462
Giant
Location: Knowsley - Unnamed village near Knowsley?
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: July 1925
Further Comments: A figure standing eight feet tall with a black beard and a scowling face would appear at night and declare, 'I am the ghost of the giant of Hale!' before disappearing.
First added: 2026-05-16 | Last updated: 2026-05-16 | ID #16554
Encyclopaedia Moving
Location: Liverpool - Private residence, Hale Road, Speke
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1982-1986
Further Comments: An outbreak of poltergeist tricks occurred in this property, including a set of twenty encyclopaedias moving from a chest of drawers to a table, a toilet flushing itself and bangs and knocks. Shadows of people would also appear on the walls of the living room.
First added: 2011-06-26 | Last updated: 2011-06-26 | ID #10489
Rapping
Location: Liverpool - Private residence, Halewood Road, Gateacre
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Mid twentieth century
Further Comments: The entity in this home could be heard rapping and occasionally tossed items around. The activity ceased after one occupant shouted 'go to hell' after small objects were thrown at him.
First added: 2025-04-10 | Last updated: 2025-04-10 | ID #15859
Floating Shadow
Location: Liverpool - Private residence, Holt Street
Type: Crisis Manifestation
Date / Time: 1956
Further Comments: A mother of two awoke in the early hours of the morning to see a shadow glide past her bed and move towards her daughter's room. As it moved, the entity turned its head to the woman, as if watching her. It vanished through the wall to the child's room. The woman was convinced that the shadow was a message that one of her children would die, and within a week, her daughter passed away.
First added: 2018-12-27 | Last updated: 2018-12-27 | ID #13064
Smoker
Location: Liverpool - Private residence, Huyton area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2005
Further Comments: Lights would turn themselves on and the smell of tobacco would fill the air. One visitor to the site reported seeing a black figure pass a bedroom door. The haunting was blamed on a former chain-smoking occupant who had died prior to the new owners moving in.
First added: 2018-12-29 | Last updated: 2018-12-29 | ID #13078
Tall Woman
Location: Liverpool - Private residence, Norris Green
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1971
Further Comments: Despite living in their home undisturbed for 32 years, the Morgan family moved away after experiencing a poltergeist outbreak which tapped on their bedside table, flicked lights on and off, and held both occupants down on their bed. On one occasion, Mr Morgan watched a tall ghostly woman wearing a poke bonnet manifest; Mr Morgan fled the room. Although the family moved to Runcorn, the entity followed them.
First added: 2025-04-26 | Last updated: 2025-04-26 | ID #15884
Pushing
Location: Liverpool - Private residence, Old Swan area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970
Further Comments: A property here was said to contain something that would try to push occupants down the stairs and generate a bad smell.
First added: 2017-04-08 | Last updated: 2017-04-08 | ID #12358
Victorian Woman
Location: Liverpool - Private residence, Old Swan area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late 1980s
Further Comments: A witness staying at this property watched as a woman in Victorian clothing manifested close to him. The woman was grey and transparent, and moved in a weird, juddering way. The witness threw his bedcovers over his head in panic, waking his girlfriend who, after turning on the light, asked, 'you've seen her, haven't you?'. The witness only ever spotted the Victorian woman once.
First added: 2020-11-09 | Last updated: 2020-11-09 | ID #13988
Bouncing Ball
Location: Liverpool - Private residence, Old Swan area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: Over a three year period, the five occupants of this detected house would hear a bouncing ball the source of which could never be discovered. The bouncing was originally heard coming from the attic but eventually spread to the entire house and would occasionally wake the occupants late at night.
First added: 2021-05-03 | Last updated: 2021-05-03 | ID #14092
Pusher
Location: Liverpool - Private residence, Throne Road
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: June 1977
Further Comments: A family left their home after a presence pushed a teenager, and a woman felt herself held down on a chair by an unseen force. Residents said they would feel something clinging to their clothing.
First added: 2026-03-01 | Last updated: 2026-03-01 | ID #16403
Water Water Everywhere
Location: Liverpool - Private residence, Walton
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1980s-2010s
Further Comments: This property has been subjected to dozens of water-related occurrences, including a leaking roof (although six roofers could not find a leak), water pouring through open windows, and an unexplained flood in the basement, where the water disappeared as quickly as it came.
First added: 2014-01-06 | Last updated: 2014-01-06 | ID #11486
Strange Man
Location: Liverpool - Private residence, Woolfall area, Huyton
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: October 1977
Further Comments: Soon after a child in the house complained about the strange man standing by the toy box, various bumps and footsteps began to be heard in the house. A heavy chest of drawers tipped over, taking two people to lift it back into position. A local priest blessed the property.
First added: 2026-04-05 | Last updated: 2026-04-05 | ID #16510
Swishing
Location: Liverpool - Private residences, Edge Hill area
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1986/87
Further Comments: Footsteps which shook the bedroom were felt by two witnesses at different times, while a 'swishing' was heard as if someone were walking toward the kitchen and brushing the wall with clothing on several occasions. Large metal objects such as baking tins and colanders mysteriously disappeared and were never found. Another house on the same road reported poltergeist activity with heavy furniture being moved across the door in an empty bedroom, trousers flying around the room and people being awoken by loud clapping sounds.
First added: 2020-02-25 | Last updated: 2020-02-25 | ID #13596
Lady in Red
Location: Liverpool - Royal Court Theatre
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1990s (lady), 1970s (Cavalier)
Further Comments: One member of staff witnessed a ghostly older lady wearing a red cardigan in the bar area, while a few years earlier two stagehands watched a ghostly Cavalier emerge from a wall who turned to face the men before disappearing through the same wall. The site is also reputed to be haunted by a former caretaker.
First added: 2024-01-27 | Last updated: 2024-01-27 | ID #15243
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