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Workman
Location: Birmingham (West Midlands) - Pebble Mill Studios
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s
Further Comments: This man was killed during construction of the studios, and was seen and heard around the sets once they were up and running.
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Baker
Location: Blackburn (Lancashire) - BBC Radio Lancashire studios
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This radio station is haunted by a man who fell down a flour chute and snapped his neck in the days when a bakery once stood on the site.
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Make Up Artist
Location: Borehamwood (Hertfordshire) - Gate Studio
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: This figure committed suicide at the studio, and has subsequently been observed around the cinema screen. A builder who fell to his death on the site has also been reported. It is unclear which ghost was seen dressed in 1920s clothing by two female witnesses.
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Heavyset Man
Location: Bournemouth (Dorset) - Two Counties Radio station, Southcote Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: A presenter working alone in the building reported seeing a man of compact build reflected in the window of the studio he was in. The presenter turned to see who the figure was, but realised that he was actually alone.
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Radio Breakdown
Location: Bristol (Somerset) - BBC Bristol, Whiteladies Road
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1980s
Further Comments: A poltergeist located here is said to be responsible for the high number of electrical breakdowns which occur.
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Housekeeper
Location: Bristol (Somerset) - Oldbury House, St Michael's Hill
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1940 - 1941
Further Comments: A ghostly housekeeper was not the only phantom to haunt this former BBC building, which was used as a hostel for staff during the first part of WW2. A thin man who resembled a monk was spotted, as was a group of five girls. A child's sobs were reported, and frequent banging heard. The BBC eventually moved the residents out.
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Edward Fishpool
Location: Burnley (Lancashire) - Burnley newspaper premises, Bull Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: A former printer at the building, Edward died before completing a piece of work and now walks the area in regret.
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Lulu
Location: Bushey (Hertfordshire) - Location that was once Bushey Film Studio, sound stage
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1950s
Further Comments: The Blue Lady, Lulu (wife of Baron von Herkomer), that haunted the film studio once lived in the building that was demolished in order for it to be built.
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Womaniser
Location: Cambridge (Cambridgeshire) - BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, studio 1a
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2003
Further Comments: The studio is reportedly haunted by an old man who was renown for his womanising ways - he is never seen, though his presence felt.
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Crying
Location: Chichester (Sussex) - Herald Newspaper Offices, Unicorn House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 31 October 2008
Further Comments: During a vigil carried out by staff at this location, a MP3 recorder picked up someone crying (though none of the staff did so). The building is said to have a history of poltergeist-like activity and apparitions.
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Passenger
Location: Cranleigh (Surrey) - Dunsfold Aerodrome
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2006
Further Comments: Workers on the 007 film Casino Royale reported seeing the ghost of a woman moving along the aisles of a 747 they used as a set. It is believed the phantom is of a female passenger who died from a heart attack at least thirty years previous.
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Singing Nuns
Location: Eastbourne (Sussex) - Chapel Studios, Belmore Road
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Jan 2002
Further Comments: A heavy rock group recording in this studio, built on the site of a nunnery, claimed their music provoked ghosts of nuns to sing loudly, in an attempt to drown out the contemporary noise.
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Plague Victims
Location: Exeter (Devon) - Devon Air Radio Studios, St David's Hill
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: Built on an old plague pit, the ghosts of the inhabitants are blamed for the sounds of closing doors (in places the doors are already closed) and other unexplained events.
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Figure
Location: Frinton-on-Sea (Essex) - Radio Mellow 1557, studio B
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: Alleged to have been murdered in a house that was knocked down to make space for the radio station, the figure believed to be male has been seen by various staff around the building.
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Scratcher
Location: Glasgow (Lanarkshire) - Radio Clyde, Studio Three
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: This radio station is home to an entity that has left deep scratch marks on the arms of one guest, and is blamed for any technical failure.
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Man in a Baggy Shirt
Location: Lancaster (Lancashire) - Radio Station, St George's Quay
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: November / December 2003
Further Comments: One radio presenter in the building reported seeing a person in the board room wearing a white baggy shirt. The figure left the room by walking through a wall. Another DJ watched an incredibly heavy door open and close by itself. Phantom coughing has also been heard.
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Matron
Location: Nottingham (Nottinghamshire) - Former Trent FM Radio studio, was once a former hospital, 29/31 Castle Gate
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1990s
Further Comments: The studios where Trent FM broadcast from until January 2007 were said to be haunted by a female apparition that resembled a matron. Another ghostly woman, elderly and dressed in black, has also been reported, as has a man in military uniform. Heavy soundproof doors developed a habit of opening and closing themselves.
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Napoleonic Soldiers
Location: Plymouth (Devon) - TSW studios
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: The bodies of these soldiers were moved to another site during the building's construction, and their ghosts were blamed for the strange goings-on around the studios.
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Studio Spooks
Location: Teddington (Surrey) - Teddington Studios
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twenty first century
Further Comments: Auction World TV reported that many strange things were happening soon after they moved in, including lighting rigs that fell from the sky without warning and doors that locked themselves.
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Voices
Location: W1 (Greater London) - Absolute Radio, No.1 Golden Square
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1990s / 2000s
Further Comments: Reputedly built on a plague victim burial site, this station's basement studio is said to be haunted by childrens' voices.
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Hanged Airman
Location: W5 (Greater London) - Photographer's studio, exact location unknown
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid twentieth century
Further Comments: This building was home to a ghost that could be heard walking about and mumbling to itself. It was thought the airman was executed in the 1940s for killing a child.
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Billie Carleton
Location: WC2 (Greater London) - Former BBC HQ, Savoy Hill
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Carleton died in the former home of the BBC just after their 1918 Victory broadcast, and even now the presence is said to remain.
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Hanged Man
Location: Worchester (Hereford & Worcester) - BBC Hereford and Worcester building
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2005
Further Comments: This BBC building is reported to be haunted by a depressed worker who hanged himself back when the place was a Tannery. An exorcism was conducted live on air.
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