Scraping
Location: Rochdale (Greater Manchester) - Private residence, Cavendish Road
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 20 October 1971
Further Comments: Police were summoned to a property after the owner fled having heard strange scraping and footsteps. Officers on the scene reportedly also heard the sounds but were unable to trace the source.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2025-04-18
Last updated: 2025-04-18
ID: #15867
Relocated
Location: Rochdale (Greater Manchester) - St Chads church
Type: Other
Date / Time: Twelfth century
Further Comments: Construction of the church was originally planned on the other side of the river, but supernatural forces (possibly taking the form of 'strange-looking men') had other ideas and the materials were moved to the site the building now stands.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2025-08-03
Last updated: 2025-08-03
ID: #16021
Baum Rabbit
Location: Rochdale (Greater Manchester) - St Mary's Churchyard (no longer present)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Pre-twentieth century?
Further Comments: A ghostly bunny haunted this area for many years and was reportedly shot at least once - the buckshot passing straight through its body. The ghostly figure of a man was also reported at the churchyard, drifting slowly above the ground.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2003-10-04
Last updated: 2003-10-04
ID: #4621
Cavalier
Location: Rochdale (Greater Manchester) - The Rake Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Grinning merrily, mostly likely through copious amounts of beer, this soldier has been mistaken for a real person.
Source:
Historical Record, User Submission
First added: 2003-05-31
Last updated: 2003-05-31
ID: #4275
Thin Outline
Location: Rochdale (Greater Manchester) - Toad Lane, and area around St Mary's Church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s
Further Comments: The shady outline of an unknown man is said to have appeared here several times during the 1970s.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2003-04-30
Last updated: 2003-04-30
ID: #4210
Little Girl
Location: Saddleworth (Greater Manchester) - Cross Keys Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2007
Further Comments: This phantom little girl appeared briefly in one bedroom before vanishing. The sound of horses' hooves and of something being dragged have also been reported.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2008-08-10
Last updated: 2026-09-06
ID: #8723
From 'In Fairyland - A Series of Pictures from the Elf-World'.
Many Fairy
Location: Saddleworth (Greater Manchester) - General area
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown, poem written circa 1824
Further Comments: A nineteenth century poem declared the area home to several fairy related entities, including Old Moss (the fairy queen), Old Pack and Matty Kew (who lived together), Old Hob, Old Baker, Blater of Old Tanme, Thrasher of Slack Cote, New Tame Fiend, Young Grange Bump (and possibly their parent, Bump), Old Delph Will, and Griffon Factory Marr.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2025-07-14
Last updated: 2026-09-06
ID: #15973
Padfeet
Location: Saddleworth (Greater Manchester) - Gorge, was known as Hell Mouth
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A gorge or hillside chasm was home to the neighbourhood's demonic hounds.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2025-07-14
Last updated: 2026-09-06
ID: #15976
Footfalls
Location: Sale (Greater Manchester) - Eyebrow Cottage
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 2006
Further Comments: Staff at this kitchen showroom have reported hearing footsteps in empty rooms, heavy items moving themselves, and doors and drawers opening and closing without human intervention.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2006-10-22
Last updated: 2006-10-22
ID: #6998
Lights On
Location: Sale (Greater Manchester) - Private residence, Brooklands area
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1993-1994
Further Comments: A couple experienced a poltergeist outbreak here, with activities including dimming lights, bell ringing and cracked or moved kitchenware. On one occasion, the couple left the site after the electricity was switched off at the mains - once outside they looked back and all the lights in the residence were switched on.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2016-09-23
Last updated: 2016-09-23
ID: #12262
Footsteps
Location: Salford (Greater Manchester) - Adelphi Building, University of Salford campus
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twenty-first century
Further Comments: A member of the facility said that some security guards would not enter parts of this building because they could hear disembodied footsteps at night.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2019-09-18
Last updated: 2019-09-18
ID: #13350
Flying Coin
Location: Salford (Greater Manchester) - Black Lion Public House, Chapel Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2008 (and ongoing)
Further Comments: Figures of men, women and a child have been reported in this public house, as well as disembodied voices, opening doors, furniture and glasses moving unaided, and a coin which threw itself across an empty room.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2008-03-09
Last updated: 2008-03-09
ID: #8303
A phantom policeman.
Policeman
Location: Salford (Greater Manchester) - Church of Saint Thomas, locally called Pendleton Church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1950s onwards?
Further Comments: This church is reputedly haunted by a policeman who died ringing the bells on the Queen's coronation.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2007-08-19
Last updated: 2007-08-19
ID: #7767
Scratching
Location: Salford (Greater Manchester) - Flat along Lower Broughton Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1977
Further Comments: This flat was haunted by a scratching sound from the floor, walls and ceiling - one former resident described it as 'a dog slipping on lino'. Sheets would be pulled off the bed, and the sensation of hands or paws would be felt moving up the body when lying down in the bedroom.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2007-04-15
Last updated: 2007-04-15
ID: #7289
Blurred Figure
Location: Salford (Greater Manchester) - Irwell Castle Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: This dark figure has been seen at the back of the hotel, seemingly slightly out of focus with the rest of his surroundings.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2003-10-25
Last updated: 2003-10-25
ID: #4712
Grey Monk
Location: Salford (Greater Manchester) - Kersal Cell
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 24 December (reoccurring)
Further Comments: The misty shade of a monk appears but once a year.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2003-08-09
Last updated: 2003-08-09
ID: #4461
William Douglas
Location: Salford (Greater Manchester) - Old factory behind Cromwell Bridge on Littleton Road (factory no longer stands)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: A phantom figure in a cloak glided silently from a balcony into the maze of factory machinery below. The entity is said to have been seen by a few staff in the building, and one night guard fled after encountering a ghostly face staring at him through a window. A local story says that the ghost is of William Douglas (also known as Black Bill) who owned a workhouse on the site and exploited child labour.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2010-08-28
Last updated: 2024-01-13
ID: #10022
White Lady
Location: Salford (Greater Manchester) - Ordsall Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: Some people believe that this phantom figure is Margaret Radclyffe, Queen Elizabeth's favourite Maid of Honour. She died of a broken heart in 1559 shortly after the death of her brother.
Source:
Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2004-07-11
Last updated: 2004-07-11
ID: #5237
Dark Figure
Location: Salford (Greater Manchester) - Private residence along Eccles New Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1999-2007
Further Comments: As well as a shadowy figure spotted in the hallway, there have been minor poltergeist-like activity, such as items moving and rapping.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2008-05-12
Last updated: 2008-05-12
ID: #8601
Coded Knocks
Location: Salford (Greater Manchester) - Private residence along Tully Street
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 24 December 1959 - February 1960
Further Comments: For a two month period a family living here were plagued by knocking which would carry on throughout the nights. Psychical researchers realised that the knocks were spelling out messages for neighbour Mrs Roberts, and they appeared to be from her recently deceased father-in-law. After a special service was conducted in the house the knocking ceased.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2007-04-08
Last updated: 2007-04-08
ID: #7243
Black Bill
Location: Salford (Greater Manchester) - River Irwell
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1950s / 1960s
Further Comments: Local villain William Douglas, aka Black Bill, is said to be the figure clad in black upon a black horse who rides along the river bank before vanishing.
Source:
Historical Record, User Submission
First added: 2024-01-13
Last updated: 2024-01-13
ID: #15226
Dwarf Attack
Location: Stockport (Greater Manchester) - Abney Hall, Cheadle
Type: Other
Date / Time: 1998
Further Comments: A small group of students reported being attacked by a dwarf-like alien wearing martial arts clothing. Some believed that the entity was trying to drain their life-force.
Source:
Needs Review
First added: 2008-10-14
Last updated: 2008-10-14
ID: #9040
Scarlet Rider
Location: Stockport (Greater Manchester) - Bramall (also known as Bramhall) Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 31 December (reoccurring)
Further Comments: This figure on horseback, dressed in an unmistakable red, appears once a year - in 1630 he is said to have taken the life of the owner of the hall.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2003-03-05
Last updated: 2003-03-05
ID: #3956
Feelings
Location: Stockport (Greater Manchester) - Duke of Clarence public house (demolished 1979)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Pre 1979
Further Comments: After the discovery of an old skeleton in the basement during demolition work, the former landlord recalled 'sensing' he was not alone in the pub. A cleaner had also claimed to feel something touch her shoulder when alone in the bar.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2026-05-25
Last updated: 2026-05-25
ID: #16621
Drummer
Location: Stockport (Greater Manchester) - Dukinfield Chapel
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1646
Further Comments: During a service in the chapel, an invisible entity moved around the church, drumming so loud the sound drove all the congregation away.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2003-08-30
Last updated: 2003-08-30
ID: #4534
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