The Paranormal Database

Flying Plates

Location: Wigan (Greater Manchester) - Private flat, Woodford Street, Pemberton (former police station)
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Late 2010 / early 2011
Further Comments: Wigan Today reported that poltergeist activity in this flat ceased after Dead Connections paranormal team exorcised the site. Occupier Holly Taylor had experienced plates flying around, disembodied footsteps and other strange activities. The site also had a reputation of being haunted when it was a police station, with a former officer claiming that bangs and footsteps were heard by staff.

Source: Published Media
First added: 2011-01-09   Last updated: 2011-01-09   ID: #10144

Smart Man

Location: Wigan (Greater Manchester) - The Mount and Premier Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: August 2008
Further Comments: One witness awoke to see a man dressed in a 1960s suit in the room. The man vanished when the witness cried out. A manager at the inn said that a few figures had been seen on the site, as the inn was built on the site of a nunnery.

Source: Published Media
First added: 2017-10-28   Last updated: 2017-10-28   ID: #12595

John Dee, unknown artist.

John Dee

Location: Worsley (Greater Manchester) - Kempnough Hall
Type: Other
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The court philosopher Dee only spent seven years in this building, but the oppressive atmosphere that is sometimes detected is often blamed on him.

Source: Published Media
First added: 2003-12-24   Last updated: 2003-12-24   ID: #4805