Mr Jenkins

Location: Poole - 71 High Street (original shop no longer stands)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1964 and 1976
Further Comments: Since the old shop was replaced by a new building, the phantom of Mr Jenkins has not been seen. He was regarded as a rude ghost, pushing past people as he descended the staircase. Witnesses who spotted him said Jenkins was a young man wearing a suit with a high white collar.

George

Location: Poole - 91 Mossley Avenue
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1950s or 1960s
Further Comments: A poltergeist that the family christened George was deemed by investigators to be nothing more than rain water running under the house and expanding air pockets caused by opening and closing doors.

Oppression

Location: Poole - Byngley House, Market Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid twentieth century
Further Comments: Some visitors to the building has reported a strange repressive feeling or the sensation of being suffocated in one upstairs bedroom.

Cat Calls

Location: Poole - Canford Heath
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 20 August 2005
Further Comments: A woman with her elderly mother crossing the heath heard a growling noise followed by a loud roar from behind bushes. As they ran off, the roar has heard again.

Screaming Children

Location: Poole - Crown Hotel, Market Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Two children were once locked up in this building by a parent who was too embarrassed to let them run around and play in front of other people. They now let their protests be heard in the form of crying and yelling. The tinkling of a piano has also been heard in the hotel, as has the sound of a body being dragged around in the upper part of the structure.

Slamming

Location: Poole - Former mill and forge on the quay
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: This old building is thought to have once been used for smuggling, and a hidden tunnel exists connecting it to St James Church. The strange sounds and the opening and closing of doors late at night may relate to the illegal activities that once occurred here.

Clerk

Location: Poole - Guildhall Museum
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: A clerk who hanged himself during a state of depression in the museum is thought to linger on, and is sometimes heard walking around the upper regions of the building.

Captain Jolliffe

Location: Poole - Jolliffe House, West Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2001
Further Comments: This ghostly presence is said to tease the cleaning staff by leaving handprints in places just polished, and turning equipment on and off. Footsteps have been heard in empty parts of the building.

Young Woman

Location: Poole - King Charles Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1984
Further Comments: Disembodied footsteps have been heard by staff and customer alike, and a young female voice heard by one person. Items have also been known to disappear and electrical equipment malfunction.

Woman in White

Location: Poole - Outside West Howe Baptist Church, on the corner of Holloway Avenue and Anstey Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1979
Further Comments: A lady dressed in a white gown floated across the road before disappearing through a wall which led to a garden.

Mover

Location: Poole - Private house along King's Avenue
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1960s - present
Further Comments: This property was believed by local residents to be haunted for many years. When finally sold to a woman who did not know the area, she reported finding ornaments and other small items that she placed on shelves to be on the floor the following morning.

Agnes Beard

Location: Poole - Scalpen’s Court
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The maid Agnes and her mistress were both murdered and robbed in the late 1500s, their killer being found not guilty (according to one story). Agnes still protests the miscarriage of justice. A lone male figure also haunts the building, though is said to be non-hostile.

Lamps

Location: Poole - United Reformed Church, Skinner Street
Type: Environmental Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: It has been said that sometimes one can see box pews and brass lamps within the church, even though the items were removed in the nineteenth century.