White Lady

Location: Aycliffe - A167 north of town
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century, though sightings go back to eighteen century?
Further Comments: While the clothing of the woman varies (from wearing a raincoat to a wedding dress), the figure is always white. In true 'phantom hitchhiker' style, the woman had been picked up by passing drivers, only to vanish a few miles down the road.

Lady Ann Day

Location: Barnard Castle - Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Tossed into the River Tees by her murderer, the ghost of Day has been seen reliving her deathly plummet.

Death's Scythe

Location: Barnard Castle - St Mary the Virgin's church
Type: Crisis Manifestation
Date / Time: Prior to the death in the family
Further Comments: The stone statue of Death stands above the grave of George, son of Humphrey Hopper. To see Death's scythe wave is an indication that the witness or a close family member will soon die.

Grey Lady

Location: Beamish - Beamish Hall and Beamish Burn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2004
Further Comments: This woman suffocated after hiding in a trunk to avoid a prearranged marriage. Her mournful shade has been seen in both the aforementioned places, most recently by a vet who spent a night in the haunted house to raise money for charity.

Hazy Figure

Location: Bishop Auckland - Four Clock’s Centre (former church), Newgate Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: First half of 2009
Further Comments: CCTV caught a hazy figure on camera, while another witness spotted a woman in a hat. Footsteps have also been heard in an empty room and doors have locked themselves from the inside.

Limbless Worm

Location: Bishop Auckland - Wooded area
Type: Dragon
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This long, hostile worm inhabited an oak wood, attacking man and beast. It was slain by a member of the Pollard family.

Fairy Guardians

Location: Bishopton - Castle Hill
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Though the castle is long gone, the area is still a place where fairies hide - anyone trying to steal earth or soil from the land is warned off by whispering voices.

Emma and Edward

Location: Bowes - Ancient Unicorn Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Emma and Edward were the children of different innkeepers who fell in love - Edward died of fever and Emma pined away soon after. Their ghosts are reputed to be regulars at the Inn, as is a young boy who haunts the cellar.

White Haired Head

Location: Burnopfield - Railway track running through the village
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1932
Further Comments: A floating face was reported by several men along the line. The entity had a twisted face and white hair, and its prior to its materialisation, metallic clanging would be heard. The ghost was eventually named as a platelayer who had died after being hit by a coal wagon in 1879.

Lady Lumley

Location: Chester Le Street - Lumley Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2005
Further Comments: The 'Lily Of Lumley', as the lady is also known, was killed by several monks after refusing to agree with their religious beliefs. When Sir Ralph discovered what had happened to his wife he had the monks executed. The monks are sometimes seen walking in file around the area of the castle, while Lady Lumley walks within the castle's corridors and grounds. An Australian cricket player reported seeing the monks in 2005.

Madam Lambton

Location: Chester le Street - South Biddick Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This shade has been reported drifting around the hall.

Nun

Location: Coatham Mundeville - Hall Garth Golf and Country Club Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Room 2 is reputedly haunted by the ghost of a nun who was bricked up alive within the walls after her affair with a monk was discovered.

Mill Worker

Location: Consett - Spring Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The ghost of a mill worker who mysteriously vanished is seen along this lane.

Ex-smoker

Location: Crook - Unknown private house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1998
Further Comments: A child first reported seeing this ghost, telling her mother that 'a man's come out of the wall and he says he does the shopping in the sky’. Others detected his presence due to the fact that he reeks of cigarette smoke.

Wife with Child

Location: Crossgate - Crossgate Peth
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This woman, holding a small child, is believed to be searching for her husband who was killed in the battle of Neville's Cross in the 1300s. She reportedly seeks a lift to the battlefield.

Lady Gerrard

Location: Darlington - Area around town hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Lady Gerrard had her hand hacked off by two soldiers who took a liking to her ring. She died soon after from blood loss. Her ghost is said to help those in need, though it lacks an arm.

The Tartan Lady

Location: Darlington - Blackwell Grange Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This ghostly Scot came to Blackwell after the Duke of Cumberland stole her portrait and brought it here in 1746. Though the painting has since been destroyed, the Tartan Lady still haunts the building.

Lost Souls

Location: Darlington - Hell's Kettles, along the River Tees
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Kettles still present
Further Comments: Deep pools of water located along the river, the Hell's Kettles are said to contain the souls of sinners. Some report that these people (and animals in some cases) can be seen floating in the pools when they are clear.

Lady Jerratt

Location: Darlington - Manor House constructed by Bishop Pudsey
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Seventeenth century
Further Comments: Murdered in the building, the ghost of Lady Jerratt appeared to only have one arm, as the other had been severed during the attack. A bloody thumb and finger print was said to have remained on the wall, impossible to scrub away or paint over.

Hound Attack

Location: Darlington - Old Darlington and Stockton rail station
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: 5 December 1890
Further Comments: A night watchman reported being attacked by a man and his dog as they came out of the coal house - the watchman defended himself and tried to punch his attacker, only for his fist to pass through the figure and hit the wall behind. The pair of entities then went back into the coal house and vanished.

Mynarski

Location: Darlington - Teesside International Airport
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: Mynarski was awarded the VC for trying to save a rear gunner when the bomber they were in caught fire. His ghost dressed in flying kit has been seen around the airport's hotel.

Pekinese and Pepi

Location: Darlington - The Civic (once the Hippodrome)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid to late twentieth century
Further Comments: The little Pekinese dog was buried within the walls of the theatre, its ghostly presence indicated by lightly padding feet moving across the floors, and soft panting. Pepi, the dog's owner and former manager, is also said to haunt the building, as are several other entities; a stage manager, a female dancer, and a hanging man.

Teenage Tearaway

Location: Durham - Area around the Old Rectory
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Late nineteenth century
Further Comments: A postman spotted a ghostly shrouded child as he walked past the graveyard - he panicked and ran, the ghost in pursuit. Reaching home, the postman ran into his bedroom where both he and his wife barricaded themselves in. The phantom could be heard smashing up the room next door; both people took the opportunity to run away. A local Wise Woman was called and she convinced the ghost to return to the grave.

Lady in Grey

Location: Durham - Crook Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The staircase here is reportedly haunted by a fleeting female in grey, while a beautiful woman in white has been seen in other areas of the building.

Grey Shadow

Location: Durham - Durham Castle, black staircase
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Reportedly the wife of one of the former Prince Bishops of Durham, this figure haunts the black staircase; she fell down it and broke her neck.