The Paranormal Database

Steering Wheel Fight

Location: Bromyard - A465 near the town
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twenty-first century
Further Comments: Many of the deaths on the road here are blamed on an entity which grabs the steering wheel and prevents people from turning at corners - the ghost is said to be that of a woman who once died while fighting someone as she sat in the driving seat of a fast moving car.

Where is Anne?

Location: Bromyard - Falcon Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1964
Further Comments: The ghost of a young gentleman who walks around the second floor of the building has been heard asking the question 'Where is Anne?'.

House of the Dead

Location: Callow - Callow Hill
Type: Environmental Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The building which infrequently materialises on the hill was demolished long ago and was the site of several chilling murders.

Sheltering Lady

Location: Callow End - Prior's Court
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This location is reputed to have four ghosts: a woman murdered whilst sheltering from a storm, a Cavalier whose skeleton was discovered hidden up the chimney, a girl who walks from the courtyard to the orchard, and a strangely shaped entity which manifests in a bedroom.

Bert

Location: Claines - The Mug House public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: A typical pub ghost, Bert is thought to be a former drinker at the establishment who died in the 1940s. He can be heard walking around the upper parts of the building.

Ghostly Mission

Location: Clifford - Clifford Castle
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A Welsh gentleman was approached by the ghost of a clergyman. The phantom asked the man to travel to Clifford Castle, before revealing the location to where some money was hidden. This money was to be thrown into a nearby river. The gentleman completed the task, and never encountered the ghost again.

Monks with Body

Location: Colwall - Road near village green known as 'Haunted Lane'
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 01 February 1940, and circa 1975
Further Comments: A woman cycling along the lane during the Second World War encountered a procession of cowled monks carrying the body of a young man draped in black. Pedalling away from the scene, the woman was overtaken by a ghostly horseman also galloping from the monks. Man and horse vanished as they reached the railway bridge in the village. Many years later two children walking home encountered a tall, hooded monk along a country lane. They quickly ran past.

Rotating Stone

Location: Colwall - Stone in the centre of the village
Type: Legend - Old Nick
Date / Time: Every night at midnight (reoccurring)
Further Comments: Old Nick appears at midnight every night to turn the stone around.

Booted Person

Location: Cropthorne - Unknown private house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Nineteenth century
Further Comments: Always heard, never seen, this entity would walk through the house, climb the stairs, and end the trip once reaching the attic.

Black Rain

Location: Crowle - General area
Type: Other
Date / Time: 3 May 1884
Further Comments: This downpour of blackened water was so intense that local streams were still dark 24 hours after it had resided.

An old postcard of Arthur's Stone in Dorstone.

The Hummadruz

Location: Dorstone - Arthur's Stone
Type: Other
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: For many years people have reported hearing a strange humming sound around this area, without apparent cause.

Terrified Woman

Location: Drakes Broughton - Residence along Walcott Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown, but said to be a monthly occurrence
Further Comments: Entering the house from the rear, this phantom is said to vanish after passing the door to the living room. She appears to be running from someone (or something) and looks terrified.

Slams

Location: Droitwich Spa - Friar Tuck Cafe (no longer open)
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1970s
Further Comments: Although most of this haunting was poltergeist in nature (slamming doors, falling pans and violent bumps), on one occasion a ghostly blonde haired woman was spotted on site.

Neighbour

Location: Droitwich Spa - Private residence in Roman Way area
Type: Post-Mortem Manifestation
Date / Time: 1980s
Further Comments: A boy walking home from school briefly spoke to a neighbour before reaching his home. He told his mother about the conversation who then informed him the neighbour had died the night before.

Cavalier

Location: Droitwich Spa - Three unnamed houses on Chawsen estate
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1979
Further Comments: Several residents from houses on this council estate reported seeing a ghostly Cavalier in their respective properties - one man watched the entity walk through a wall.

Horses and Carriage

Location: Droitwich Spa - Unnamed road between Droitwich and Worchester
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A pair of ghostly horses pulling a carriage pass through the gates of an unidentified stately house before setting off along the road.

Drink

Location: Elmley Castle - Bambury (aka Banbury aka Bembury) Stone
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Midnight (reoccurring)
Further Comments: The stone is said to travel down to the nearby River Avon for a quick drink at midnight.

Lynx

Location: Evesham - Area around Unipart site, Shinehill Lane
Type: ABC
Date / Time: Spring 2006
Further Comments: A brown, pointed eared cat was spotted on this site by a security guard, the third such sighting at this location.

Sound of Silver

Location: Evesham - River
Type: Legend
Date / Time: 24 December (reoccurring)
Further Comments: Hidden in the river when the local abbey was closed for business in 1539, the silver bells still ring their song around Christmas.

Colin

Location: Evesham - Spiritus, 85 High Street
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: Named Colin, this shop phantom is said to move furniture and throws items around.

Snuff Box

Location: Garnstone - Unknown pond (may no longer exist) and Field's End
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The ghost of a farmer who committed suicide would manifest in the form of a calf. During an exorcism, the entity was trapped within a snuff box - the container was thrown into a pond, where ghost and box remain.

Witches

Location: Garway - Garway Hill
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A piece of local folklore says, 'There will always be nine witches from the bottom of Orcop to the top of Garway, as long as water flows'. Depending on the story, the witches either helped a man recover his wife who had been kidnapped by fairies, or had brought her back from the dead.

An old postcard of Goodrich Castle.

Drowning Lovers

Location: Goodrich - Goodrich Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Weather dependent: Stormy weather (screaming)
Further Comments: A failed escape from Cromwellian soldiers resulted in a young officer and his lover drowning in the river Wye. Their ghosts, mounted on horseback, have been reported struggling in the river, standing in the ruins of the nearby castle, or heard screaming during storms. In addition, an imprisoned Irish chieftain who died trying to escape is said to haunt the Macbeth tower.

Unlucky Strike

Location: Graveley - Church
Type: Legend - Old Nick
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The Devil tried to throw several lumps of earth at Stevenage - he missed the town, but one of the shots knocked down the steeple at Graveley church.

Friar's Curse

Location: Great Malvern - Ragged Stone Hill
Type: Curse
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Falling insane after penance took its toll, a friar cursed the church and anyone who stood in its shadow. Another tale reports it is the rock summit of Raggedstone Hill that casts the cursed shadow.