The Paranormal Database

Media Site Ghosts, Folklore and Forteana

Studio Spooks

Location: Teddington (Surrey) - Teddington Studios
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Early 2000s
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. A former worker also heard voices that past his door - on investigation he could find no one around.

Sam

Location: Tilbury (location as of 2008) (Essex) - Ross Revenge (home of Radio Caroline)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1983 onwards
Further Comments: This former pirate radio station is reportedly home to 'Sailor Sam', a phantom in yellow oilskins who appears all over the ship.

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 children's voices.

Fleeting Vision

Location: W1 (Greater London) - Radio studio, Wogan House (was Western House)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2020s
Further Comments: Presenter Rylan Clark claimed his studio became home to an entity that could be felt by him and production staff, occasionally being glimpsed out of the corner of an eye.

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.

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.

Blue Mist

Location: Wolverhampton (West Midlands) - Express & Star building
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2010s?
Further Comments: A blue odourless mist was said to have filled an office. Some believe the building to be haunted by a small child who felt to their death in a lift shaft.

Hanged Man

Location: Worcester (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.