The Paranormal Database

Woman in Turquoise Jacket

Location: Norwich - Lane between St Stephens Street and Malthouse Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 24 January 2022, 13:00h
Further Comments: Taking a shortcut through this narrow lane, a witness spotted an older woman wearing a 1970s-style turquoise jacket and brown skirt a short distance away. The witness looked away for a second, during which time the older woman vanished - there was nowhere the woman could have gone in such a brief period of time.

Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich.

Black Robed Priest Celebrating Mass

Location: Norwich - Maddermarket Theatre
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1920s
Further Comments: Once a church, the theatre is now known for the infrequent sightings of a spectral priest, though little has been seen or heard from the spirit since the 1920's.

Maid's Head Hotel, Norwich.

Lady in Grey

Location: Norwich - Maid's Head Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: This old woman dressed in grey clothing walks around the hotel, the smell of lavender following her. She is believed to be a former maid at the building. A former mayor of the city walks around the courtyard shaking his head.

Norwich Castle, Norfolk.

Old Lady in a Black Dress

Location: Norwich - Norwich Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1820 onwards
Further Comments: The earliest ghost sighting here dates to 1820 when several prisoners were scared 'half to death' by something indescribable. In 1844 the Devil, dancing away on the walls, was seen by two witnesses. More recently, staff at the castle museum have reported watching an old lady float around the grounds. There are rumours that the hill on which the castle stands conceals the grave of an old king, together with his hoard of silver and gold.

Flying Coach

Location: Norwich - Pockthorpe area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Early eighteenth century
Further Comments: A team of headless horses driven by a headless coachman would be seen flying over the rooftops in this area of the city.

Dark Figures

Location: Norwich - Private residence, Silver Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2007-2008
Further Comments: A former occupier of this house claimed lights would flick on and off, a dark figure could be seen, and covers forcefully removed off the bed. Neighbours reported hearing sounds from the building after the occupier left.

Norwich Railway Station, Norfolk.

Large Rat

Location: Norwich - Railway Station
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This station is home to a frightful entity which takes the form of a rat-like creature with large teeth and obnoxious breath.

Samson and Hercules House, Norwich.

Lady in Grey Again

Location: Norwich - Samson and Hercules House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: The ghost which haunts the nearby Augustine Steward House has also been seen here, her grey form drifting around, the legs fading away just below the knee.

Woman with Dark Hair

Location: Norwich - St John Ambulance Training Centre
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2019
Further Comments: The site is home to a woman with dark black hair wearing a red dress. Her legs are said to be below floor level, suggesting that the current building is higher than the original land.

Footsteps

Location: Norwich - Strangers Club, Elm Hill
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Heard walking on the wooden floorboards upstairs, the owner of these footfalls can never be found when the upper story is investigated.

Phantom Footfalls

Location: Norwich - Tap & Spile, Oak Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Footfalls and poltergeist activity are blamed on the ghost of a former landlord executed for the murder of a prostitute.

The Bridge House pub, Norwich.

Screaming

Location: Norwich - The Bridge House public house (currently the Lollard's Pit), Riverside Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Constructed over sixteenth century holding cells, the screams are assumed to be those of terrified prisoners.

Lady in Grey

Location: Norwich - Tombland
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 18 April 2015, circa 23:15h
Further Comments: A couple walking their dog at night encountered a woman wearing layers of old fashioned grey dresses with a torn white apron. The woman wore an eye mask, which the witnesses believed prevented her from seeing where she was walking.

Wild Man pub, Norwich.

Little Boy

Location: Norwich - Wild Man (aka Wildman) public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century?
Further Comments: A former staff member claimed to have seen a young boy run across the bar area and disappear up the staircase, though no trace of him could be found. He is thought to have died in the cellar in a fire, where heavy barrels are now heard moving across the floor late at night.

Dark Figure

Location: Old Catton - Fifers Lane near Dowding Road junction
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 08 June 2010, 03:00h
Further Comments: The dark figure of a man wearing what appeared to be an airman's peaked cap, with hands in his pockets, crossed the road in front of a witness and disappeared into a garden wall.

White Woman

Location: Old Catton - White Woman Lane, and George Hill
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Doomed to repeat her actions for reasons unknown, the woman in white has been seen on countless occasions in the area. A lad out on his early morning paper round saw her crossing a field, vanishing without warning.

Large Black Dog

Location: Old Costessey - Area around The Heart of Costessy Pub
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: 2005
Further Comments: A strange black dog was reported in this area in 2005.

Gamekeeper

Location: Old Costessey - Wooded area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1980s
Further Comments: A dog walker encountered a middle-aged man dressed in green and brown, wearing a cap and knee length boots, and carrying a rifle, on a folk along a wooded path. The dog walker said 'hello' and the man smiled back. The dog walker turned away for a moment, and when they looked back, the man had vanished. Sharing the encounter with neighbours, the dog walker was told that it was a gamekeeper from the 1920s, and that many people had seen him.

Hunstanton Hall, Norfolk.

Dame Armine le Strange

Location: Old Hunstanton - Hunstanton Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid-1800s
Further Comments: Swearing on her deathbed that if her carpet were removed from the house she would return, Dame Armine held true her promise eighty years later when it was cut up and given away. After several days of haunting the pieces were collected and rejoined. Though it is said that the haunting activity stopped after this, a grey figure has still been reported in the building. Another version of the story says one piece of carpet could not be located; hence Dame Armine still haunts the site.

Lodge Hotel, Old Hunstanton.

Grey Old Lady

Location: Old Hunstanton - Lodge Hotel, and bridge down the road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This figure has been observed passing through solid objects around the hotel and ambling around the area.

King Edmund

Location: Old Hunstanton - St Edmund's Chapel (ruins)
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A local legend claims that King Edmund founded this chapel and learned all the psalms. Upon completing this task, he was crowned King of East Anglia.

The Devil Takes His Due

Location: Ormesby - Exact location unknown
Type: Legend - Old Nick
Date / Time: 15 May (Reoccurring)
Further Comments: The Devil is said to appear and burn down an old mill, containing a miller, his daughter, and a visitor.

Former Master with Hounds

Location: Oulton - High House (now Manor House), Oulton Broad
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Even though this place has been exorcised at least twice, the building still appears to possess several ghosts. One former owner has been seen dressed in traditional hunting gear, with his hounds around his feet. A white lady reportedly climbs the staircase located in the older part of the house, while the sounds associated with an old carriage have been heard coming from outside. Finally, poltergeist like activity, such as unusual electrical interference, has been reported.

Mayfly with Figures Running about Deck

Location: Oulton - Oulton Broad
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 24 or 25 June, around 00.30h (Reoccurring)
Further Comments: The ghostly barge Mayfly relives its final voyage. With the captain of the boat on deck, chasing and murdering a young woman, the boat has been seen with its sails bellowing on calm nights. The captain of the boat was escorting a large sum of money and a woman down the river when he decided to steal the cargo and murder the witness. The woman and Captain killed each other in the fight, and now the boat haunts the waters.

Photographer

Location: Oulton Broad - Boathouse Lane
Type: Post-Mortem Manifestation
Date / Time: 1989, around 18:00h
Further Comments: While walking to tend her horse, a witness stopped for half an hour to chat to a photographer she knew. The following day she mentioned the photographer to a neighbour, who went white and told her the photographer had died the previous day.