The Paranormal Database

Hell Hole

Location: Sheffield - Somewhere between Neepsend Bicarage and Rutland Road
Type: Legend - Old Nick
Date / Time: Pre-1880s
Further Comments: An entrance to the lower world was said to be located somewhere in Sheffield.

Waving Figure

Location: Sheffield - St James Church
Type: Other
Date / Time: Circa 1936
Further Comments: The local newspaper reported that an illusion caused by lighting had created the story of a thin, misty, waving figure in the vault.

Gabriel's Hounds

Location: Sheffield - Stannington
Type: Other
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: When these wild phantom hounds were heard above the neighbourhood, a death was sure to follow.

Walk along the Boardwalk

Location: Sheffield - The Boardwalk (now Meltdown Bar), and the Point
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: Phantom footsteps were heard moving along the corridor between the stage and the backstage dressing room of the music venue, and mild poltergeist activity reported.

Horse and Cart

Location: Sheffield - The Crofts public house, Mosborough
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1980s?
Further Comments: This phantom horse and cart would be seen in the car park and were frequently mistaken as being 'real'. When a pond on the grounds was filled in, the apparition never returned.

Sobbing Woman

Location: Sheffield - Three Tuns public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Heard but never seen, this crying woman may also haunt the cellar - it is said that no animal has the courage to have gone down. Patrons have reported being prodded by an unseen finger.

Mary with her Jailor

Location: Sheffield - Turret House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Mary Queen of Scots was held here for many years, and on occasion her ghost is seen looking out from a window. Her male jailor is sometimes seen standing guard on the stairwell.

Boy

Location: Sheffield - Wardsend Cemetery
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A local legend says that the site is haunted by a boy whose body was snatched in 1862. However, the bodysnatching accusations made at the time were later proven false - it is unclear whether the ghost story is a modern creation.

Attacker

Location: Sheffield - Woodseats Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: It is said that this hotel is home is to a violent entity which has been known to attack members of staff. Phantom children's voices have also been heard.

Hooded Figure

Location: Sheffield - Woolley Woods Bottom
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 01 February 2013
Further Comments: Three people in the woods spotted a hooded figure run past. One of the party also spotted a brown tunic with a big gold buckle, moving down a slope, (although there were no limbs or head visible) while the other two witnesses spotted white lights floating around their car.

Dark Figure

Location: Sheffield - Ye Olde Harrow public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: December 1994 - February 2001, and late 1970s
Further Comments: A former tenant reported several strange experiences during their time in this pub, including encountering a dark figure, doors which closed themselves and items which disappeared and reappeared up to a month later. A former occupier of the site remembered the shadow and closing doors from the 1970s.