Four Figures
Location: Baginton (West Midlands) - Edge of Coventry Airport
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: May 1982
Further Comments: A group of friends who wanted to find a good viewing spot to watch Pope John Paul II fly in spotted four figures in black carrying weapons run across a field and vanish into the ground. When the group walked over to where the figures vanished, they found an old concrete air raid shelter with no one inside.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2020-08-31
Last updated: 2020-08-31
ID: #13901
A burning manor house.
Burning
Location: Baginton (West Midlands) - Manor House (no longer standing)
Type: Environmental Manifestation
Date / Time: 1900s onwards?
Further Comments: This manor house was consumed by fire around the start of the twentieth century. Ten years after the fire, a witness reported seeing a house burning where the manor had stood, and again another witness reported the same occurrence a few years later.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2008-08-25
Last updated: 2008-08-25
ID: #8806
Grey Lady
Location: Baginton (West Midlands) - Old Mill House hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1950s
Further Comments: This phantom is said to be more likely heard than seen, her voice has been detected in the restaurant. The ghost is reputedly that of a woman murdered by her husband, and remains on this mortal plane looking for her child. Another story says the site became home to the ghost of a man murdered over a debt and would occasionally manifest on the staircase.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2008-08-31
Last updated: 2023-04-07
ID: #8883
Wine Smashing
Location: Birmingham (West Midlands) - Court Oak public house, Harborne
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 31 October (Reoccurring)
Further Comments: Nicknamed Corky by visitors to the Court Oak, this phantom is said to smash bottles of cheap wine in the cellar. Corky is also said to manifest behind the counter, appearing in the form of a male in his sixties.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2011-12-29
Last updated: 2011-12-29
ID: #10645
Overturned Cars
Location: Birmingham (West Midlands) - Drews Lane (between 175 and the corner shop), Ward End
Type: Other
Date / Time: 1970s
Further Comments: Quoted in the Tarmac report on haunted roads, former Drews Lane resident Jackie said 'I used to hear cars that used to roll over while driving. Hundreds of cars have been heard and seen upside down with no reason or rhyme. There were a couple a week sometimes, nothing to explain it. There were never any other cars involved, just that when they came down our road, they would turn over.'
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2006-11-19
Last updated: 2006-11-19
ID: #7041
Vast Shape
Location: Birmingham (West Midlands) - Fountain Close area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s (mass), other unknown
Further Comments: A witness in the area looked out their window and spotted a 'vast luminous mass' in the garden. Another story connected to a 'Fountain Close' in Birmingham, although it is not clear whether it is the same location, says a family of five haunts this area; two boys aged nine and twelve, a seven-year-old girl, and their parents. The mother is said to have died during childbirth, and the rest of the family died mysteriously soon after.
Source:
Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2006-08-27
Last updated: 2026-08-10
ID: #6947
Raining Stones
Location: Birmingham (West Midlands) - General area
Type: Other
Date / Time: 12 June 1858
Further Comments: Hundreds of thousands of little stones rained down on the city, smashing greenhouses and littering the streets.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2003-01-23
Last updated: 2003-01-23
ID: #3688
Strange Antics
Location: Birmingham (West Midlands) - General area of Erdington
Type: Other
Date / Time: November / December 1902
Further Comments: An unknown figure would appear along dark roads around the area (when Erdington was a village in its own right) and perform 'strange antics' before vanishing. The press claimed several witnesses were left in nervous shock and blamed a 'Spring Heeled Jack'. Groups of armed men started to patrol the roads, but it would appear they failed to locate the figure. Some believed the entity was created by a joker using a magic lantern.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2022-02-13
Last updated: 2022-02-13
ID: #14398
Vampire Attacks
Location: Birmingham (West Midlands) - Glen Park Road (Ward End) and Saltley, Small Heath and Alum Rock areas
Type: Vampire
Date / Time: January 2005
Further Comments: A gentleman, described as black and in his twenties, bit another man walking along the street before pouncing on neighbours who came to the victim's aid. One woman present was said to have had a chunk bitten out of her hand. Police, however, stated that they had received no reports of such an incident and dismissed the story as an urban myth.
Source:
Needs Review
First added: 2005-01-27
Last updated: 2005-01-27
ID: #5826
Orange Man
Location: Birmingham (West Midlands) - Gunter Road, Erdington
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Winter 1970, 07:30h
Further Comments: A young lad on his way to school spotted a glowing orange man. The entity's features were not clear, and it remained for around twenty seconds before vanishing. The figure is also said to have appeared along other streets in the area.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2008-08-24
Last updated: 2008-08-24
ID: #8765
Jumping Grey Thing
Location: Birmingham (West Midlands) - Icknield street, Hockley
Type: Other
Date / Time: April 2014
Further Comments: A couple in their car watched as a grey humanoid creature jump across the road, kangaroo-like, although seemingly gaining momentum by swinging its arms. The entity stopped in the road and looked at the car before turning and moving back into the grounds of a cemetery.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2016-01-17
Last updated: 2016-01-17
ID: #12010
Man and his Dog
Location: Birmingham (West Midlands) - Inn (demolished nineteenth century?) near Cathedral
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Early nineteenth century?
Further Comments: The married couple who ran this establishment would occasionally murder a vagrant and sell the body to medical students. After the inn closed and was converted into a house, the new occupants encountered a tall faceless figure with a dog standing by the fireplace. Screams and crashing would also be heard at night.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2024-12-22
Last updated: 2024-12-22
ID: #15754
Floating Lolly
Location: Birmingham (West Midlands) - Kang's Discount Store
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: There were supposedly several witnesses who watched as a lollypop floated up and moved itself out of this shop.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2006-04-23
Last updated: 2006-04-23
ID: #6862
Bangs
Location: Birmingham (West Midlands) - Key Hill Cemetery, Icknield Street, Hockley
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2006 onwards
Further Comments: Reported by Birmingham Investigators of the Unknown, activity in this location includes banging or clanking sounds, dark shadows, feelings of heaviness and sickness, and a lantern light moving across the rear of the cemetery.
Source:
Investigation, User Submission
First added: 2009-04-12
Last updated: 2009-04-12
ID: #9169
Shadowy Figure
Location: Birmingham (West Midlands) - Kings Norton Park
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2007
Further Comments: The dark shape of a man has been reported crossing the park. A swing in the playground is also said to rock itself at night, even though there is no wind.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2007-10-02
Last updated: 2007-10-02
ID: #7991
Small Pickup Truck
Location: Birmingham (West Midlands) - M6 near Birmingham
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Author Paul Devereux reported overtaking a phantom pickup truck along this stretch of motorway, apparently with no driver. The truck disappeared once Mr Devereux had finished overtaking.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-06-07
Last updated: 2002-06-07
ID: #1106
Mary Littleton
Location: Birmingham (West Midlands) - Maxstone Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Mary was pushed down the staircase here after a furious argument with her husband - her shade lingers on.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2004-03-03
Last updated: 2004-03-03
ID: #5056
Face
Location: Birmingham (West Midlands) - Nokes'z Hair, Church Road, Northfield
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2009-2013
Further Comments: Several incidents have been reported coming from this business, including the manifestation of a face in the darkness, appliances switching themselves on, objects being thrown, and a black mist forming at the rear of a room.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2013-09-22
Last updated: 2013-09-22
ID: #11425
Misty
Location: Birmingham (West Midlands) - Old Crown public house, Deritend
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 21 August 1999
Further Comments: A couple staying here reported a strange white mist in their room. One witness felt compelled to move towards the window. Two ghosts are said to haunt the inn, though who or what form the second one takes is unknown.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2008-03-02
Last updated: 2008-03-02
ID: #8291
Hazy Figure
Location: Birmingham (West Midlands) - Outside Sarehole Mill
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa 2006, morning
Further Comments: A witness driving past the building in broad daylight one morning spotted the hazy figure of someone walking behind a lady on the street in front of the mill. The transparent figure caused distortion to the street behind it, like a mirage. The witness noted that the shape of the head was round and reminiscent of a helmet.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2023-10-29
Last updated: 2023-10-29
ID: #15160
Baby Killer
Location: Birmingham (West Midlands) - 32 Coxwell Road, Ladywell
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1955
Further Comments: This entity was blamed for killing a month old infant found suffocated. The family's four year old son claimed he witnessed a 'white dog' sitting on the child's face prior to the body being discovered. Soon after the death, the building became plagued by whisperings and unexplained tapings that started promptly every night at 10:20.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2002-10-03
Last updated: 2002-10-03
ID: #2538
Leon Salberg
Location: Birmingham (West Midlands) - Alexandra Theatre
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Having managed the theatre for over twenty five years, Leon died within the building, and is thought to still walk here. The ghost of an unknown woman has also been spotted.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2003-09-13
Last updated: 2003-09-13
ID: #4586
Mrs Holt
Location: Birmingham (West Midlands) - Aston Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Holt and servant boy unknown, green lady in Summer 1991
Further Comments: A former Mrs Holt (or Halte) was suspected by her husband of having an affair - he locked her in the loft where she lived for several years before dying. Another version of the story says Miss Mary Holt became locked in the loft by her father after she tried to elope. Either way, the phantom grey or white lady haunts the upper floor. A ghostly servant boy is said to hang from a beam on the property (he committed suicide after being caught stealing), a phantom cook murdered by Sir Thomas Holte still wanders the house, while finally a green woman, a former housekeeper named either Mrs Whitaker or Walker has been seen in various areas of the site. A member of staff spotted her in the nursery room, briefly mistaking her for a real person before realising the area had been closed off and that the figure wore seventeenth century clothing.
Source:
Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2008-08-25
Last updated: 2008-08-25
ID: #8813
Maroon Woman
Location: Birmingham (West Midlands) - Aston Park
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: 1974
Further Comments: A woman with her hair tied in a bun and wearing a maroon dress could be seen sitting by the tennis court. When approached, the lady vanished.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2007-04-06
Last updated: 2007-04-06
ID: #7182
Footsteps
Location: Birmingham (West Midlands) - Aston Union Workhouse
Type: Other
Date / Time: August 1910
Further Comments: The sound of footsteps and the manifestation of 'dim forms' that some staff attributed to a ghost were blamed on George Ravenhall, caught trespassing on site while being homeless. George also assaulted the night porter and was sentenced to two months' hard labour.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2026-07-16
Last updated: 2026-07-16
ID: #16716
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