Queen's University, copyright Phil Willis.
Malfunctions
Location: Belfast (County Antrim) - Queen's University
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A room in the Peter Froggatt Centre is notorious for causing equipment to malfunction, only to work perfectly when removed from the area. Stranmillis is home to a graveyard close to which visitors report feeling their clothing being pulled at. One story says the library is home to an older man who walks through the wall.
Source:
Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2024-05-15
Last updated: 2024-05-15
ID: #15398
Dark Figure
Location: Belfast (County Antrim) - Queens Bridge
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The mysterious cloaked dark figure on the bridge who just disappears is thought to have been a suicide victim from over one hundred years ago.
Source:
Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2024-05-14
Last updated: 2024-05-14
ID: #15391
Wind
Location: Belfast (County Antrim) - Raphael Street
Type: Other
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: It was said that even on calm days, a strange wind would pass along this street, blowing items over and along with ease.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2011-05-02
Last updated: 2011-05-02
ID: #10451
Biddy
Location: Belfast (County Antrim) - Smithfield area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Biddy is said to haunt the area where she drank herself to death after inheriting two hundred and fifty pounds. Her ghost is said to wander the area. In addition, Smithfield was also the location of J. J. Herdman's Mill, where in 1900 an accident killed 13 women and girls. Their ghosts were reported for many years after the tragedy.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2011-05-02
Last updated: 2011-05-02
ID: #10450
John Savage
Location: Belfast (County Antrim) - The Brickyard
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Nineteenth century landlord John Savage slit his own throat after suffering what is thought to be a state of depression. His ghost was said to haunt the brickyard.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2012-05-06
Last updated: 2012-05-06
ID: #10864
Helena Blunden
Location: Belfast (County Antrim) - The Irish Linen Mill (currently a print shop)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: N/A
Further Comments: A known hoax which claimed a woman named Helena fell on the basement stairs and was dead before she hit the bottom step.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2005-04-03
Last updated: 2005-04-03
ID: #6057
Figure in Carriage
Location: Belfast (County Antrim) - Ulster Folk and Transport Museum
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: October 2017
Further Comments: The local press published a photograph of a spooky looking figure sitting in a train carriage, although the 'ghost' is most likely accidentally created using a slow shutter speed.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2017-12-08
Last updated: 2017-12-08
ID: #12651
Woman Drinking Coffee
Location: Belfast (County Antrim) - Vicarage Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This female ghost walks down the street carrying a cup of coffee in one hand and a cigarette in her other.
Source:
Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2005-04-13
Last updated: 2005-04-13
ID: #6140
John Herdman
Location: Belfast (County Antrim) - Waterworks
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Shot in 1862, John Herdman is said to haunt the area of the Waterworks.
Source:
Needs Review
First added: 2012-05-06
Last updated: 2012-05-06
ID: #10862
Shadowy Figures
Location: Belfast (County Antrim) - York Road Railway Station
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s - present
Further Comments: A strange person has been reported sitting in the locked canteen at night. This may be the same figure glimpsed in the running sheds - during a bungled robbery, a man was either shot or beaten and subsequently died from his injuries. Night staff have also reported hearing disembodied footsteps in the area and on one occasion, having a fire extinguisher thrown at them.
Source:
Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2005-04-12
Last updated: 2023-05-22
ID: #6112
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