Bushy Bearded Man

Location: Abbots Bromley - Royal Oak Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This cloaked, bearded gentleman was seen lurking around the attic and one of the bathrooms. A few unearthly notes from a non-existent music box have been heard in the bar area.

Madam Vernon

Location: Adbaston - The Lea house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Nineteenth century
Further Comments: Madam Vernon's ghost returned soon after death, upset at how her family had split her wealth and land. The spirit caused much trouble, until clergymen banished the entity to a pond under the house.

Young Men

Location: Barton under Needwood - Former RAF Tatenhill, now a business park
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2008 - 2010
Further Comments: A witness who works on the site has reported the smell of old aftershave in the corner of a warehouse which is only detectible at 20:30h, and the sounds of young men in disused buildings.

Woman in White

Location: Bilston - Greyhound and Punchbowl public house, was once Stow Heath Manor House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Prior to becoming a public house, the staircase of the manor house was haunted by a woman in a white gown. The woman may still remain, and now in addition a baby has been heard crying and mild poltergeist activity reported.

Dropped Stones

Location: Bradley - Webb Stone, also known as the Wanderer Stone
Type: Legend - Old Nick
Date / Time: Stones still present
Further Comments: The three stones here were taken from a church by the Devil to extend hell. They proved too heavy, and he dropped them where they now stand. Another legend says that if anyone tried to move the Webb Stone, farmland would become less productive, while a third story says that any girl who baked a cake on All Saint's Eve and left it on the stone would dream of their future husband.

Grave Hound

Location: Bradnop - Road behind Oxhay Farm
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The site where a Jacobite was murdered by a companion is now haunted by a phantom black dog.

Hound with Pointed Ears

Location: Brereton - Coal Pit Lane, and roads leading to Brereton
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: 1972, 1985
Further Comments: This large black dog, with pointed ears and glowing eyes, is said to haunt the area. In 1972, one witness watched a large ball of light crash into the ground, and the hound appeared soon after.

Molly with Pail

Location: Burslem - Town streets
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s?
Further Comments: Feeling so guilty about her own sins committed during life, Molly returned as a ghost; balancing a milk pail on her head, she apologised to anyone she met. This restless spirit was finally exorcised by six holy men, three of whom died in the process. However, a shade wearing black and white was seen racing around near the churchyard in the 1970s, which may indicate Molly's return...

Molly

Location: Burslem - Turk's Head public house and St John's Church
Type: Post-Mortem Manifestation
Date / Time: 1748
Further Comments: A witch during life, Molly Leigh's shade briefly came back from the dead the day she was buried and made its home in the local pub before being exorcised. Her grave is still visible in the churchyard (it faces north to south) and running around it three times is said to summon her spirit.

Former Worker

Location: Burton on Trent - Appleby public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: Investigated by Spirit Team UK, this public house was declared haunted by a former employee dating from when the building was not a pub.

White Figure

Location: Burton on Trent - Branston Bridge
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 19 July 2011
Further Comments: A driver reported seeing a white figure pass over the middle of the bridge. The light from his headlights appeared to go through the figure, and once it reached the far side of the bridge, the figure vanished.

Vanishing Car

Location: Burton on Trent - Bretby Business Park
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: A former security guard reported seeing car headlights coming down an exit road from this site several times, although they would always vanish without trace before reaching the gate. Sounds of running showers and voices were also heard coming from an empty building. One report said that a guard was approached by a young woman wearing a summer dress (even though it was winter) who said she was lost and wanted directions to Stapenhill, which the guard gave. The CCTV caught the guard speaking and gesturing, but of the woman there was no trace.

Running

Location: Burton on Trent - Burton Mail newspaper offices
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1990s
Further Comments: The sound of feet running down the main staircase was said to have been often heard as the building was being locked up at the end of each day's production. One witness also reported seeing the ghost of a printer and hearing doors slam at night.

Mr Dykes

Location: Burton on Trent - Harper Avenue
Type: Post-Mortem Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa 1954
Further Comments: Walking home one afternoon, a teenage lad said hello to Mr Dykes, a neighbour who stood leaning on his gate. The neighbour returned the greeting, addressing the lad by his first name, something which had never happened before. When the teenager reached his house, only two doors away from where the neighbour lived, his mother informed him that Mr Dykes had died that morning.

Rustling Skirts

Location: Burton on Trent - Leopard Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s
Further Comments: The sound of a rustling skirt was reported in several parts of the building, and doors were heard to open and slam shut.

Pretty Girl

Location: Burton on Trent - Market Place
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Unknown - twentieth century?
Further Comments: Two teenage lads watched a pretty girl walk across quiet marketplace. She glanced and smiled at the boys before suddenly vanishing a few metres away.

Footsteps

Location: Burton on Trent - Station Street, on the pavement outside the former Bass site (currently Coors)
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Late 1990s
Further Comments: This witness heard footsteps behind them, similar to someone walking in high heals. When they halted and turned around to see who was following them, the footsteps stopped and no one could be seen.

Man in Grey Rags

Location: Burton upon Trent - Chemist shop, exact location withheld
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Summer 2006
Further Comments: A woman in this chemists 'screamed the shop down' after seeing a man in grey rags and dirty long hair who held his arms out and made guttural sounds which she did not understand. The figure vanished and the witness was given a chair and a glass of water by staff who waited for her to calm down.

Gorilla?

Location: Cannock - Cannock Chase Park
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: Circa July 2008
Further Comments: A group of friends walking through the area in the early hours of the morning spotted a tall dark figure which quickly ducked down - one of the group approached it, only to hear it run off. Walking back towards their car, two of the group heard a roar which they believed sounded like a silver backed gorilla. One person also reported red eyes glaring at them from the bushes.

Shamblers

Location: Cannock - Castle Ring (Iron Age Hill Fort)
Type: Other
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: Strange dark figures that shamble across the mound have been sighted, as has at least one large black cat.

Charlie the Drunkard

Location: Cannock - Four Crosses Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2005
Further Comments: Local psychic Mystic Ed was called to the inn after several strange events, including the smashing of glasses and the fire place igniting itself. Ed claimed that several spirits were at work; a nineteenth century drunk named Charlie, a middle-aged woman, a soldier, and the ghost of a young boy called Scotty.

Sir Hugh de Hatherton

Location: Cannock - Hatherton Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: This former lord of the manor has been named as the tall man dressed in a cloak that has been seen wandering the building, though never by a member of the family. A much older story alleges he once appeared at midnight in full armour, returning to take his skull which, at the time, was being used as a beer mug at a party.

Man with Greasy Black Hair

Location: Cannock - Private house along Laburnam Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970's
Further Comments: The ghost of a thirty year old man appeared dozens of times over a thirty year period, trying to climb into the beds of the teenagers in this house.

Wellington

Location: Cannock - Skies over private area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000, 22:00h
Further Comments: A man sitting in his living room at home heard an old fashioned aircraft approaching. The sound grew louder and louder, finally deafening and items within the house began to shake. The man went out to investigate, and found other people outside trying to spot the aircraft. Despite the weather being clear, no one could see the aircraft, although one old man was convinced that the sound was of a wellington bomber.

Lady Harriet

Location: Cannock Chase - Shugborough Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1980s
Further Comments: The former lady of the house, while never seen, makes her presence known by gently knocking on doors, and rustling her silken dress.