The Paranormal Database

Captain

Location: Plymouth - Navy Inn, Barbican
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2010s?
Further Comments: The captain of a boat murdered a little girl and her mother on the site during the nineteenth century. While the captain was said to traditionally haunt the site, one group of people reportedly caught a phantom girl in a photograph.

Tap Turners

Location: Plymouth - Odd Fellows Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: The upper part of this building is said to be haunted by a couple of entities which would turn on the water taps.

Policeman

Location: Plymouth - Old Police House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2010
Further Comments: A phantom police office in an old uniform, complete with handlebar moustache, was spotted here.

Mary

Location: Plymouth - Palace Theatre
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: More often 'felt' than seen, it is believed Mary died in a fire which took several lives in the late nineteenth century.

Shadowy Figure

Location: Plymouth - Plym Valley Trail, viaduct bridge
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 01 February 2020, 21:30h
Further Comments: A couple spotted a male figure wearing contemporary clothing standing completely still in the middle of a viaduct bridge. Concerned for the man's safety, the couple called out 'are you okay?', only to watch him drift to the edge of the bridge and vanish before their eyes.

James Goldsworthy

Location: Plymouth - Private house along Molesworth Road, near Stoke Damerel Church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1990s
Further Comments: A private house, built on top of an old fisherman's track, became haunted by the overpowering smell of fish. A psychic investigator declared the building to be haunted by James, a fish merchant robbed on the site two hundred years previous.

Priest

Location: Plymouth - Private residence near Wyndham Place
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: August 1955
Further Comments: A priest who took his own life in this building took to haunting the site, filling the family who lived here with dread and sadness. The entity would manifest, rattle doors, be heard walking around, create the smell of incense and once called out the name 'Betty'.

Ghostly monk in a park.

Monk

Location: Plymouth - Radford Park, Plymstock
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This park is said to be haunted by a figure wearing a habit near the gates of the lodge, a white lady who drowned in a lake while eloping, and a strange animal with very large eyes.

Woman in White

Location: Plymouth - Reel Cinema
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: It is not known why this phantom woman in white chose to haunt the cinema, in particular Screen Two.

Dock Workers

Location: Plymouth - Royal William Yard
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This Victorian dockyard, now a business hub, is reputedly home to phantom former dock workers who can be heard banging and clanging after dark.

Glowing Seagull-Shape

Location: Plymouth - Sky (east) viewed from Patna Place
Type: UFO
Date / Time: Winter 1992/1993
Further Comments: A witness spotted a very bright white 'star' which turned bright red. As it grew closer, the object's shape resembled a massive glowing seagull. The wings did not flap, and the object glided silently. The air around the object glowed red as though surrounded by fog, even though the sky was extremely clear. The witness found it difficult to gauge the actual size but thought it exceptionally large. After between ten and fifteen minutes, the object disappeared towards Cornwall.

Napoleonic Soldiers

Location: Plymouth - 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.

Coal Throwing

Location: Plymouth - Unnamed residence, Clifton Place
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: April - May 1964
Further Comments: Three flats were subjected to poltergeist damage. One set of occupants slept away from their home after the entity threw coal (even though coal was not stored on the site), while the occupants of the other two flats were served notice because of damage to their properties. Reverand J G Byrnell investigated the case and, after spending time in an empty flat and witnessing pieces of flying coal, urged all occupants to stay.

Young Man

Location: Plymouth - West Hoe Park
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2010s?
Further Comments: Local legend says a ghostly man has been seen walking along a wall in the park.

Man in Uniform

Location: Plymouth - White Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: November 2017
Further Comments: A man dressed in a First World War uniform was watched by a couple as he walked along the lane before vanishing at the end of the road.

Door Slammer

Location: Plymouth - York Street, private house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1800s
Further Comments: This shade would slam and lock doors. It manifested as a pair of eyes when the owner's brother died.

Relocation

Location: Plympton - Church of St Mary's
Type: Legend - Old Nick
Date / Time: Church still present
Further Comments: The villagers were going to build their church at Crownhill Castle, but the Devil created so much havoc during the laying of the foundations the building was relocated to where it now stands.

Weird Figures

Location: Plympton - Plympton Megabowl
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1990s onwards
Further Comments: Local medium Mark Cheetham was asked to hold a 'clairvoyant evening' at this bowling alley in 2007 after staff reported seeing strange figures and experiencing poltergeist like activity.

Bishop Veysey

Location: Polyton - Vicarage
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The bishop is sometimes seen moving quietly around the property. An Elizabethan woman has also been reported in the garden; it may be her boots heard in the building itself.

Hairy Hands of Dartmoor.

Hairy Hands

Location: Postbridge - Area of road between Two Bridges and town, & B3212
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: The Hairy Hands of Dartmoor were blamed for several fatal road traffic accidents, after a motorcyclist who survived a crash reported a large pair of hands that appeared over his own and made him crash. A few years later, a woman reported seeing a large hairy hand crawling over her husband as he lay sleeping in a caravan. A small childlike figure has also been seen standing by the roadside, moving its arms as if trying to flag down passing drivers.

Drunken Dog

Location: Postbridge - Area outside the East Dart Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: After drinking left over beer left outside the pub, the dog swaggered up the nearby hill and howled at the moon - the creature enjoyed the sensation so much, it has yet to quit its actions.

An old sketch of a deer.

Slender White Hound

Location: Postbridge - Cator Common
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: 1940s onwards
Further Comments: This phantom dog is said to resemble an albino wolfhound, though some say the entity is more likely to be a phantom deer.

Cheap Devil

Location: Poundsgate - Tavistock Inn
Type: Legend - Old Nick
Date / Time: Seventeenth century
Further Comments: Old Nick once popped into this public house for a quick pint during a storm. He resembled a normal man, apart from his cloven feet that were spotted by the landlady. While the Devil did pay for his drink, the money turned into old leaves the moment he left.

Black Cat

Location: Powderham - Powderham Castle
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Several spooky occurrences have occurred here (though there are no 'regular' events), including an attack on one guest by 'evil' black cat that materialised in a bedroom, a phantom woman who overlooked a group of tourists before disappearing, and a hand that reached out of a solid wall.

Grey Figure

Location: Powderham - St Clement's church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1939
Further Comments: This entity, clad in a grey cloak, is seen entering the churchyard before vanishing. A white lady has also been reported more recently on the site.