Merseyside Ghosts, Folklore and Forteana
Old Woman
Location: Liverpool - 82 Wimborne Road, Huyton (house no longer standing)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1958
Further Comments: A family living here were terrified by a phantom old lady who stood five-foot tall, bent over with a walking stick. Her face was little more than a shrivelled skull. Builders working close to the site quit once they heard an exorcism had taken place. The house has since been demolished.
First added: 2005-06-09 | Last updated: 2005-06-09 | ID #6344
Small Woman
Location: Liverpool - 9 and 11 South Hunter Street (houses demolished in early 1960s)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa 1953
Further Comments: Seen by a mother and daughter on separate occasions, this phantom was described as a small woman wearing a lace cap and soft shawl. She was semi-transparent and vanished when approached.
First added: 2009-12-29 | Last updated: 2009-12-29 | ID #9759
George
Location: Liverpool - Adelphi Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970
Further Comments: George has been seen several times standing by beds on the fifth floor.
First added: 2002-06-26 | Last updated: 2002-06-26 | ID #1499
Glowing Ball
Location: Liverpool - Allerton Hall, Clarke's Gardens
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2014
Further Comments: The hall is reputedly haunted by former residents and ghost hunts on the site have turned up flashes of light and sightings of glowing balls. An 'orb' caught on camera featured in the press in 2014.
First added: 2022-09-12 | Last updated: 2022-09-12 | ID #14609
The Sarge
Location: Liverpool - Ambulance training centre, Quarry Street, Woolton
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1974
Further Comments: For many years the building was reputedly haunted by an entity known as 'The Sarge' - a former policeman killed when the wheel of his patrol wagon struck a bollard and he was thrown to the ground. Ambulance crews reported phantom footsteps, breaking windows and doors which unlocked and opened themselves.
First added: 2005-03-19 | Last updated: 2005-03-19 | ID #5987
Flag Waver
Location: Liverpool - Area around former Otterspool rail station
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Before closing in 1951, a teenager was saved by a man from being hit by a train, although the rescuer was killed in the process. He is said to wave a red warning flag in the area.
First added: 2011-05-08 | Last updated: 2011-05-08 | ID #10457
Smells and Shadows
Location: Liverpool - Battle of the Atlantic Bunker
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Pre-2020
Further Comments: A visitor to the site could smell perfume where a Wren had fallen to her death, spotted strange shadows, and experienced the sensation of being followed. When the witness returned years later, the location had changed and they experienced nothing untoward, although stories tell of figures in naval uniform who walk through walls.
First added: 2025-11-29 | Last updated: 2025-11-29 | ID #16190
Time Slip
Location: Liverpool - Bold Street
Type: Other
Date / Time: 1999
Further Comments: On various dates, several people (including an off duty policeman) have reported slipping back in time along this road, finding them surrounded by people dressed in clothing of the 1940s, with a cobbled street and old style shops.
First added: 2005-04-13 | Last updated: 2005-04-13 | ID #6185
Spookside
Location: Liverpool - Brookside Close
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: March 2008
Further Comments: It was reported in the local press that the cast of 'The Close', a low budget British horror film being filmed at the former soap opera site, regarded the set as haunted. Lights would flicker out at inopportune moments, items would disappear, and the final scene of the film was constantly cancelled as bad weather would come from nowhere.
First added: 2008-04-01 | Last updated: 2008-04-01 | ID #8380
George
Location: Liverpool - Coach and Horses public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A former landlord, George still returns to keep a watchful eye on his former establishment.
First added: 2003-05-31 | Last updated: 2003-05-31 | ID #4273
Earl of Sefton
Location: Liverpool - Croxteth Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century, camera in April 2009, most recently July 2013
Further Comments: The Sixth Earl of Sefton has been sighted walking through the tearoom and in his former bedroom. An incorporeal young boy was once seen standing by the fireplace in the dining room, while other strange shadows have been reported drifting down various corridors. Footage from a CCTV camera in April 2009 reputedly shows a phantom figure moving across the grounds, though the image is more likely to be a close-up of an insect. Two people exploring the basement in 2013 encountered a short hideous figure in a cloak, before later spotting the figure on the staircase where he vanished.
First added: 2004-06-20 | Last updated: 2004-06-20 | ID #5199
Gin Runner
Location: Liverpool - David Lewis Northern Hospital
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Beaten to death nearby by Customs officers who caught the man trying to bring his illicit goods ashore, the ghost of the smuggler has been reported in the hospital that was built close to the site of his murder.
First added: 2003-10-26 | Last updated: 2003-10-26 | ID #4726
Piping
Location: Lydiate - Scotch Piper Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: While phantom piping was mentioned in a 1976 newspaper article, no one seems to agree what, if anything, haunts the site.
First added: 2025-09-28 | Last updated: 2025-09-28 | ID #16109
Pale Figure
Location: Newton le Willows - Castle Hill
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This white figure in a long hanging garment (either a woman in a dress, or a monk or priest) haunts this area of town.
First added: 2003-08-30 | Last updated: 2003-08-30 | ID #4531
Hanging Highlanders
Location: Newton le Willows - Hermitage Green Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: August (reoccurring)
Further Comments: Caught by Cromwellian troops, these Highlanders were immediately hanged on the surrounding trees. The sound of running can be heard around the anniversary of the executions. A couple of people here in January 1990 heard loud drumming which moved down the lane, though nothing could be seen.
First added: 2003-01-03 | Last updated: 2003-01-03 | ID #3427
Old Lady in a White Hat
Location: Newton le Willows - Private residence, Fern Avenue
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: March 1968
Further Comments: A family living at this council house moved in with neighbours after encountering a ghostly older woman wearing a white hat. Bangs, taps, and sounds of breaking glass were also heard.
First added: 2023-05-13 | Last updated: 2023-05-13 | ID #14891
Bride
Location: Newton le Willows - Willow Park (and other meres and woods in the area)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1947, and September 1949
Further Comments: This woman in white is said to be a bride murdered by her husband on their wedding night hundreds of years ago. She may have last been seen by a married couple who spotted a figure with folded arms standing amongst trees. Two years prior to this sighting, two women passing Castle Hill observed the phantom woman in white.
First added: 2013-03-17 | Last updated: 2023-11-19 | ID #11286
Modern Myth?
Location: Sefton - Church and roads in the area
Type: Werewolf
Date / Time: 1970s-1990s
Further Comments: First-hand accounts appear to be rare, but one story says a nurse and her taxi driver both spotted a werewolf in this area.
First added: 2018-03-03 | Last updated: 2018-03-03 | ID #12780
Green Lady
Location: Sefton - Fields by the church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1984, summer, 02:30h
Further Comments: At least four army cadets returning to their HQ observed a green lady wearing an old fashioned dress and cardigan. Although her legs could not be seen, it looked as if the figure floated while crossing the fields and heading towards the church.
First added: 2024-01-07 | Last updated: 2024-01-07 | ID #15219
Presence on the Stairs
Location: Sefton - Private house along Arundel Avenue
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: A witness here heard the front door being opened by key - when she investigated, she saw nothing, though felt an invisible presence pushed past her.
First added: 2003-11-23 | Last updated: 2003-11-23 | ID #4751
Little Boy
Location: Sefton - Private residence, Ford Lane, Litherland
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2010
Further Comments: One man twice spotted a phantom little boy in the living room, while other family members heard strange sounds or felt 'someone' watching them.
First added: 2011-04-26 | Last updated: 2011-04-26 | ID #10303
Karaoke Screaming
Location: Sefton - Private residence, Park Lane area
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1994 to mid-2000s
Further Comments: The poltergeist here would unlock doors, turn lights on and move furniture around. In one instance screaming lasting five minutes emerged from a karaoke machine which had been stored on top of a wardrobe untouched for over a year.
First added: 2012-05-07 | Last updated: 2012-05-07 | ID #10874
Floating Seaman
Location: Sefton - Punch Bowl Inn and nearby churchyard
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1973
Further Comments: Thought to have drowned at sea and his body stored in the inn until burial, this blue clothed sailor has been observed floating around the building. Sometimes only his head and shoulders are visible, protruding from a misty base. The entity was also once seen nearby, appearing to be digging at a grave in the churchyard.
First added: 2003-08-23 | Last updated: 2003-08-23 | ID #4481
Chair of Despair
Location: Southport - Oast House public house
Type: Curse
Date / Time: 2005
Further Comments: A chair in this public house was reported as being cursed, after eight people who had used it died.
First added: 2006-12-10 | Last updated: 2006-12-10 | ID #7063
Face at the Window
Location: Southport - Private residence near Meols Cop Station
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 2012-2016
Further Comments: Lights would turn on and off, small items would be moved or thrown at occupants, and footsteps heard coming down the staircase. A shadowy figure would occasionally be spotted, and the face of an older person appeared at a bedroom window. The activity ceased after a blessing.
First added: 2023-08-28 | Last updated: 2023-08-28 | ID #15047
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