Little Man
Location: Birmingham (West Midlands) - Unidentified hotel close to New Street Station
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown, but pre-1965
Further Comments: A visitor to the hotel encountered a phantom short man who emerged from the cupboard in his room. Staff told the witness that the ghost was a former resident who had 'gone mad'.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2026-07-14
Last updated: 2026-07-14
ID: #16695
Faceless Man
Location: Birmingham (West Midlands) - Unidentified house near St Chad's Cathedral
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The shadowy forms of a tall faceless man with a phantom grey hound haunted a property where it was rumoured several murders occurred.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2026-07-14
Last updated: 2026-07-14
ID: #16694
Frilly Woman
Location: Birmingham (West Midlands) - Victoria Road, Aston
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s
Further Comments: This shade dressed in green is reported to just 'appear' in the middle of the road or on the kerb before drifting across the street before vanishing again.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2004-03-03
Last updated: 2004-03-03
ID: #5054
Giant's Stone
Location: Birmingham (West Midlands) - Warstones Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Still present?
Further Comments: A giant who lived at Birmingham castle was killed when the Giant of Dudley threw a stone at him (launched from Dudley!). The rock also demolished the castle. The stone was erected as a memento, and the lane named after the War Stone used as a weapon. The rock is now on a plinth within the cemetery.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2008-10-19
Last updated: 2008-10-19
ID: #9047
White Lady
Location: Birmingham (West Midlands) - Warstones Lane Cemetery
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Though seen wearing several different sets of clothing over the past fifty years, this young girl with blonde hair is thought to be Victorian and has a habit of passing through parked cars.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2004-03-03
Last updated: 2004-03-03
ID: #5055
John Wentworth
Location: Birmingham (West Midlands) - White Swan public house, Harborne
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: John went mad with grief when he found out his secret love had died in a coach accident - he shot his dog before turning the gun on himself. He has been heard moving around the building and has been known to tap people on their shoulder.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2004-09-18
Last updated: 2004-09-18
ID: #5468
Hit and Vanish
Location: Birmingham (West Midlands) - Witton Cemetery, Moor Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1995, and 1974
Further Comments: A driver was convinced that he had run over a figure outside the cemetery (he felt and heard the 'bump' of the body on the car's bonnet), but the 'victim' vanished without trace. A police search of the area also failed to find any evidence of the accident. Twenty years previous, a driver reported seeing a ghostly airman drifting along the road.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-06-11
Last updated: 2025-09-27
ID: #1158
Artist Wayne Lowden's sketch of a female ghost in modern clothing.
Pale Woman
Location: Birmingham (West Midlands) - Witton Lakes Park, Erdington
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1960s / 1970s
Further Comments: This female phantom who lurks at the edge of the lakes is said to dress in modern clothing, though her skin is frighteningly pale in colour.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2004-03-13
Last updated: 2004-03-13
ID: #5069
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