The Paranormal Database

Mary's Light

Location: Llangollen (Clwyd) - Pontcysyllte
Type: Other
Date / Time: 22(?) April 1905
Further Comments: Mary Jones, the revivalist often accompanied by strange light phenomena, stayed at Pontcysyllte; a group of around fifty followers maintained vigil until the early hours of the morning, looking for spiritual illumination. A flickering light, which soon disappeared, was spotted across the valley. When another (or possibly the same) light appeared, three people tracked it to an oil lamp within a property.

Source: Published Media
First added: 2026-04-05   Last updated: 2026-10-25   ID: #16505

Sleep Disturber

Location: Castleblayney (County Monaghan) - Castleblayney Workhouse
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: January 1903
Further Comments: Nurses started sleeping in the same room as their patients rather than their own quarters, after seeing and hearing 'something' which convinced them it was haunted. Their actions were mocked by the Guardians of the workhouse, although it was pointed out the nurses would prefer to resign than move back to their room.

Source: Historical Record
First added: 2026-07-16   Last updated: 2026-10-25   ID: #16720

Girl in Sealskin

Location: Dovenby (Cumbria) - Road from the hall to Bridekirk
Type: Crisis Manifestation
Date / Time: Pre-1914
Further Comments: Riding home from the hall, Canon Sutton spotted an orphaned girl he had helped find work. She wore a sealskin coat which he had purchased for her as an engagement present. Knowing she had moved away, Sutton's wife dismissed his story as a dream, although they later discovered the girl had died, while wearing the sealskin, at the time of the sighting.

Source: Historical Record
First added: 2026-07-17   Last updated: 2026-10-25   ID: #16731

Foggy Figure

Location: North Queensferry (Fife) - Ferryhills Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2020s
Further Comments: A driver reported a column of fog about the size of a person that formed in the middle of the road. When the driver first encountered it while travelling home, they almost swerved off the road. The foggy figure has been seen three more times by the driver, and each sighting is accompanied by a sense of intense sadness and cold. The driver had never heard anyone else mention the ghost, until a visiting family member described driving past the same figure.

Source: User Submission
First added: 2026-10-25   Last updated: 2026-10-25   ID: #16848

Old-Fasioned Family

Location: Eastbourne (Sussex) - Steep path leading to the South Downs, just beyond Willingdon Cemetery
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Circa 2010, late afternoon
Further Comments: A worker in the cemetery spotted four figures walking up the hillside in single file. A woman who seemed to lead the group wore a long, old-fashioned brown coat, and the smallest at the rear wore a knitted poncho and bonnet. The worker did not find the sight uneasy, but felt the group did not belong in the present.

Source: User Submission
First added: 2026-10-25   Last updated: 2026-10-25   ID: #16849

Pointing Hand

Location: St Columb Major (Cornwall) - Castle an Dinas
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 20 August 2025
Further Comments: Two people in a group of five at this Iron Age hill fort had the sensation of being followed or watched. One took photographs on their phone and reported the images contained unexplained shapes and a hand pointing towards the way out. As a side note, the site is traditionally considered the hunting lodge of King Arthur.

Source: User Submission
First added: 2026-10-24   Last updated: 2026-10-24   ID: #16845

Banging

Location: Shannon (County Clare) - Private residence, O'Brien Park
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 2009-2010
Further Comments: One former resident recalled hearing bangs and experiencing cold spots, both seemingly without explanation. On one occasion, the witness could see a doll sitting in the corner of a room, although there were no dolls in the house.

Source: User Submission
First added: 2026-10-24   Last updated: 2026-10-24   ID: #16846

Sudden Wind

Location: Stranorlar (County Donegal) - Drumboe Massacre Memorial
Type: Other
Date / Time: July 2025
Further Comments: While visiting the Drumboe Massacre Memorial on a very calm day, a witness read the memorial's inscription and was immediately hit by a sudden, unexpected gust of wind. The witness later read of another person who had the same experience.

Source: User Submission
First added: 2026-10-24   Last updated: 2026-10-24   ID: #16843

Choking Sensation

Location: Cashel (County Tipperary) - Audio visual theatre, Rock of Cashel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 03 October 2026, 13:50h
Further Comments: A visitor reported feeling an oppressive, hostile energy, and being overcome by a choking sensation and a great sense of dread. Despite this, the visitor fought the sensation and watched the presentation.

Source: User Submission
First added: 2026-10-24   Last updated: 2026-10-24   ID: #16844

Nurse

Location: Wickford (Essex) - Memorial Bridge, Memorial Park
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late 1980s
Further Comments: A witness walking toward the bridge battling a strong headwind spotted a woman in a white coat and uniform who was also fighting a strong wind, although hers came from a different direction. The strength of the wind caused the witness to look down, and when they looked back up, the figure had vanished.

Source: User Submission
First added: 2026-10-24   Last updated: 2026-10-24   ID: #16840

Banging

Location: Sudbury (Suffolk) - Pharmacy on Market Hill
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Circa 2022, 04:30h
Further Comments: A lone security guard heard an incredibly loud, violent banging echoing from the corridor and down the stairs, seemingly originating from a secure internal door leading to the stockroom. The door was secured, and it was physically impossible for an intruder or member of the public to have gained access. The deafening banging continued relentlessly for nearly half an hour, severe enough that the guard felt compelled to barricade the staff room for protection until the disturbance finally ceased.

Source: User Submission
First added: 2026-10-24   Last updated: 2026-10-24   ID: #16842

Children

Location: Rothwell (Northamptonshire) - Victorian terraced houses north of town
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2012-2021
Further Comments: Two children, no older than ten, were reported sitting on the staircase of an old house and playing on the landing. Another property a few doors along reported similar events, with the addition of an older woman.

Source: User Submission
First added: 2026-10-24   Last updated: 2026-10-24   ID: #16841

Stabbed Bulldog

Location: Littleport (Cambridgeshire) - Bulldog Bridge, which connects Littleport & Shippea Hill
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Dusk
Further Comments: After saving a local girl from a friar who attempted to rape her, the dog was killed by her attacker. It can now be seen crossing the bridge. Another account says the dog roams the entire fenland, still looking for the friar.

Source: Historical Record
First added: 2000-08-17   Last updated: 2026-10-20   ID: #751

Henrietta Nelson (detail) by William Johnson, circa 1780.

Henrietta Nelson

Location: Barton Turf (Norfolk) - Rectory
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1850s onwards
Further Comments: The ghost of Miss Nelson is reported to accompany her portrait. Once haunting Cobb Hall, Yaxley, the ghost moved to Barton Turf when the painting was bought by the owner. One story says the painting was stolen in 1995, and the ghost vanished with it, although the painting would later return to Yaxley Hall (ID 4986).

Source: Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2000-08-17   Last updated: 2026-10-20   ID: #218

Ethelreda Malte

Location: St Catherine (Somerset) - St Catherine's Court
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late 1996
Further Comments: The (reputed) illegitimate daughter of Henry VIII died here in 1599 and is said to still lurk the site. Thom Yorke claimed to have heard ghosts talk to him whilst recording OK Computer on the site.

Source: Published Media
First added: 2017-06-04   Last updated: 2026-10-20   ID: #12512

Cobbler

Location: Clevedon (Somerset) - Clevedon Court
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Pre-1900
Further Comments: A ghostly cobbler haunted the Oak Room and was thought to be connected to a sealed chamber above it.

Source: Historical Record
First added: 2026-10-20   Last updated: 2026-10-20   ID: #16839

Sarah

Location: Chester (Cheshire) - House of Bewlay Tobacconist (would become Thorntons Chocolate shop), Eastgate Street
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Winter (recurring), last encountered 1970?
Further Comments: Staff would be disturbed by the sound of footsteps and a woman sobbing. Poltergeist activity would also occur; doors opened, a picture fell to the floor, and decorative studwork forcefully removed.

Source: Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2006-03-21   Last updated: 2026-10-19   ID: #6790

Dafydd

Location: Halkyn Mountain (Clwyd) - Ffagnallt Hall Farm (aka Ffagnalt Hall)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The skull of Dafydd, a Welsh prince, can be found here. The last time it was removed from the building, the person responsible was plagued by shadowy figures and screams - these stopped once the skull was returned.

Source: Published Media
First added: 2002-06-15   Last updated: 2026-10-19   ID: #1237

Downed Craft

Location: Llandrillo (Clwyd) - Cader Bronwen hill, east of village
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 23 January 1974
Further Comments: A loud crashing sound was heard by many locals, coming from the nearby hill. They thought it was a light aircraft or military training jet. However, RAF personnel reported finding nothing, though they kept the area closed to the public for several days afterwards. Some now report that a small alien craft crashed there, with the wreckage recovered by the government.

Source: Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2003-02-06   Last updated: 2026-10-19   ID: #3764

Treasure Boat

Location: Veryan Beacon (Cornwall) - Barrow
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A golden boat with silver oars was once believed to be buried in the area. The craft was used by the Cornish giant Gerennius. The barrow was opened in 1855, but no treasure was found.

Source: Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2009-05-04   Last updated: 2026-10-19   ID: #9326

Pony with Coffin

Location: Eskdale (Cumbria) - Burnmoor Tarn, path leading from village to Wasdale
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Weather Dependent: Misty conditions
Further Comments: A phantom pony with a coffin strapped to its back is doomed to make the same journey over and over. Both pony and pack were lost during a funeral procession that was caught in either a freak snap snowstorm or heavy mist.

Source: Published Media
First added: 2002-08-31   Last updated: 2026-10-19   ID: #2386

Flying Cigar

Location: Torbay (Devon) - Over area and coast
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 26 May 2004
Further Comments: Dozens of people contacted the local media with reports of a strange flying cigar which passed over the area. One witness managed to take a reasonably clear photograph of the UFO with his mobile phone.

Source: Published Media
First added: 2004-08-08   Last updated: 2026-10-19   ID: #5285

Reverend Hitchcock

Location: Torquay (Devon) - St John's church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1950s
Further Comments: The Reverend Hitchcock died whilst working on a composition - he was later heard playing the unfinished piece on the church organ during the 1950s. After a blessing on his grave in 1959, Hitchcock appears not to have returned. Prior to this, the church had a reputation as being haunted by another organist by the name of Henry Ditton-Newman. Henry could be heard walking around and playing the organ. After a service to move Henry on, a third organ-playing phantom (Francis Crute) would also be named as haunting the site; he would be swiftly dispatched after a blessing over his grave.

Source: Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2003-12-27   Last updated: 2026-10-19   ID: #4917

Headless Woman

Location: Itchen Abbas (Hampshire) - Area near Rectory Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown - pre-1933
Further Comments: A phantom woman holding her decapitated head would walk along the driveway, although villagers questioned the credibility of the two witnesses who had claimed to encounter the entity.

Source: Historical Record
First added: 2023-05-21   Last updated: 2026-10-19   ID: #14906

Henry Trigg

Location: Stevenage (Hertfordshire) - National Westminster Bank, High Street (once Old Castle Inn) and Trigg's barn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1964, and 1970s?
Further Comments: Trigg lived in the building in the early eighteenth century, and requested that after he died, his body be concealed in the loft. This happened, but over the next 250 years, dozens of morbid souvenir hunters removed the bones from the coffin, leaving only a lonely ghost that seeks his remains. During the building's renovation in 1964, Fred Usher claimed to have seen a shabbily dressed man walk through the wall of the barn.

Source: Published Media
First added: 2003-08-10   Last updated: 2026-10-19   ID: #4465

Bleeding Ears Murph

Location: Weeton (Lancashire) - Eagle & Child public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A former highwayman, Murph can sometimes be heard mumbling and moaning at the bar late at night.

Source: Published Media
First added: 2007-12-02   Last updated: 2026-10-19   ID: #8077

Following Dog

Location: Blyborough (Lincolnshire) - Road by village pond, leading to Grayingham and Hemswell
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: These calf-sized dogs patrol the roads connecting the two villages. A woman who encountered one of the hounds is said to have lashed out at it with her umbrella, only for the umbrella to pass straight through the creature.

Source: Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2002-06-19   Last updated: 2026-10-19   ID: #1325

Gaveston

Location: Leek Wootton (Warwickshire) - Blacklow Hill and area around Gaveston's Cross
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Nineteenth century?
Further Comments: Piers Gaveston was murdered / executed on this site in 1312. One story says his execution procession still ascends the hill where he was stabbed with a sword before being beheaded. Another local legend claimed strange sounds filled the air after dark, and that at midnight, bells would be heard moments before a ghostly man riding a horse manifested.

Source: Historical Record
First added: 2021-05-06   Last updated: 2026-10-19   ID: #14117

Grey Man

Location: Hullavington (Wiltshire) - Road near Burton Hill House School
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: January 1967, 06:00h
Further Comments: The driver of a car reported seeing a man in grey coveralls appear in the middle of the road. The driver tried to stop the car but was unable to. The figure in grey turned towards the driver, revealing a pale white face, raised his arm, and then vanished.

Source: Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2004-08-15   Last updated: 2026-10-19   ID: #5313

Cloaked Figure

Location: Skirlaugh (East Riding of Yorkshire) - Old farmhouse
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000-2006
Further Comments: The family who lived in this old farmhouse reported encountering several phantoms during their time here. A floating cloaked figure was seen at dusk, a young boy wearing old-fashioned clothing was witnessed running around the yard, a young girl wearing a black pinafore spotted from the kitchen window, and a young black male observed scrubbing the wall of a barn.

Source: User Submission
First added: 2011-01-09   Last updated: 2026-10-18   ID: #10153

Exhausted Horses

Location: Totton (Hampshire) - Testwood Mill
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Pre-1935
Further Comments: Every morning the mill horses would be found sweating and exhausted. When someone stayed awake to watch over the site, they reportedly watched the horses being ridden by unseen entities.

Source: Historical Record
First added: 2023-05-21   Last updated: 2026-10-18   ID: #14905

The home of an Ipswich poltergeist.

Plate Smasher

Location: Ipswich (Suffolk) - Olde Tudor Cafe (coffee shop along St Margaret's Street, no longer operational)
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: November 1950
Further Comments: Over the period of a week, eleven members of staff witnessed cups, plates, and a teapot smashed by an unseen hand. On one occasion, a police officer watched a cup roll down the staircase. A C Henning, famed for his involvement in the Borley Rectory case, came to investigate (his conclusion is not known).

Source: Historical Record
First added: 2023-03-14   Last updated: 2026-10-18   ID: #14821

Grey Figure

Location: Leeds (West Yorkshire) - Kirkstall Forge railway station (since relocated)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1904
Further Comments: A station porter spotted a figure wearing a long grey sheet with a streak of red on the platform. The figure vanished, but the following morning the figure reappeared to the porter and he and two other witnesses gave chase, only for the ghost to disappear again. When the figure appeared for a third time, a party was quickly formed with the intent to capture it, with no success.

Source: Historical Record
First added: 2016-03-28   Last updated: 2026-10-18   ID: #12089

Beast of Biddestone

Location: Biddestone (Wiltshire) - General area
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: Another alien big cat hotspot, dozens of witnesses have encountered a large black feline in the region over the twenty-first century. In 2007, a group of off-duty police officers and their families spotted the creature; they described the cat as being the size of a large dog but with a lower profile.

Source: Published Media
First added: 2007-05-29   Last updated: 2026-10-18   ID: #7492

Bell Overboard

Location: Combermere (Cheshire) - Lake area
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: After the nearby abbey fell into ruin, the bells were taken across the lake towards Wrenbury church - one bell fell overboard and can sometimes be heard ringing.

Source: Historical Record
First added: 2007-08-21   Last updated: 2026-10-17   ID: #7799

Maid

Location: Aberdeen (Aberdeenshire) - Arts Centre, 31 King Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: July 2008
Further Comments: The centre is said to be haunted by a maid who still loiters around the old top floor flat and along corridors, while a floating face haunts the Green Room. The Aberdeen Ghost Hunters group investigated the site and recorded electrical interference and EVP (electronic voice phenomena).

Source: User Submission
First added: 2008-10-14   Last updated: 2026-10-03   ID: #9018

Pensioner

Location: Aberdeen (Aberdeenshire) - Constitution Street
Type: SHC
Date / Time: 19 February 1888
Further Comments: The remains of an ageing soldier were discovered in a barn along this road; much of the body had been reduced to ash, though the face could be recognised. The bales of straw surrounding him failed to catch fire.

Source: Published Media
First added: 2002-10-19   Last updated: 2026-10-03   ID: #2734

Banging

Location: Aberdeen (Aberdeenshire) - Gordon Place
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 06 January 1920
Further Comments: The house shook due to unexplained bangs and crashes that emerged from walls and floors. Police on the scene were also unable to track down the source of the sounds. Some blamed the disturbance on the ghost of a blacksmith, who had owned the basement under the house and had taken his own life many years previously, although visiting spiritualists claimed the owner's father, who died a few years earlier, was responsible.

Source: Historical Record
First added: 2023-02-04   Last updated: 2026-10-03   ID: #14774

Silhouette

Location: Aberdeen (Aberdeenshire) - Old Fire Station, King Street (now student accommodation)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: February 2006
Further Comments: A former student who stayed here recalled how a silhouetted figure walked towards him as he stood in the shower - the witness jumped out of the way, injuring his heel. A couple of months later, someone told the student that the building had a haunted reputation. It is said that several firefighters based at the site when operational encountered a figure in Victorian uniform, thought to be a man who died while saving a child.

Source: User Submission
First added: 2007-08-19   Last updated: 2026-10-03   ID: #7773

Orange Lights

Location: Aberdeen (Aberdeenshire) - Over city
Type: UFO
Date / Time: July 2006, April 2010
Further Comments: A handful of reports concerning strange lights were recorded during 2006. One family observed six orange lights hovering in the sky before appearing to disintegrate. Four years later, witnesses watched between four and six orange orbs over the city, with one witness watching them head off in three different directions.

Source: Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2006-08-13   Last updated: 2026-10-03   ID: #6936

Naked Man

Location: Aberdeen (Aberdeenshire) - Palace Hotel
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Early twentieth century
Further Comments: This unclothed ghost hammered at the windows of the hotel for a week. When finally spotted and approached, he floated away leaving no footprints in freshly laid snow.

Source: Published Media
First added: 2003-04-26   Last updated: 2026-10-03   ID: #4195

Madonna

Location: Aberdeen (Aberdeenshire) - Primary school, Kincorth
Type: Other
Date / Time: 1959-1960
Further Comments: When lit by a streetlight, a cloakroom window revealed an image of the Madonna (although children referred to the pareidolia as 'the Ghost of Kirkhill'). A photograph published in the local press suggests the illusion to have been more striking in real life.

Source: Historical Record
First added: 2026-10-03   Last updated: 2026-10-03   ID: #16837

Friendly Presence

Location: Aberdeen (Aberdeenshire) - Private residence, Chaplains' Court, Chanonry
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970 - 1994
Further Comments: Author Agnes Short claimed to have seen a ghostly woman in her home, both gliding along a corridor, and sitting sewing. A small group of phantom men were also spotted sitting around a table. Later owners said they could feel a friendly presence in their home but never encountered a ghost.

Source: Published Media
First added: 2023-05-01   Last updated: 2026-10-03   ID: #14873

Large Purple Fingers

Location: Aberdeen (Aberdeenshire) - St Machar Cathedral
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: 1970s
Further Comments: Three schoolchildren reported seeing three strange purple fingers, with unnaturally long black nails, emerging from the cathedral door. They ran.

Source: Published Media
First added: 2002-10-03   Last updated: 2026-10-03   ID: #2527

Piper

Location: Ardo (Aberdeenshire) - Gight Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: What is it with inquisitive pipers and tunnels? Playing his pipes while investigating this secret passageway, a man vanished without trace (though, of course, he is now heard).

Source: Published Media
First added: 2003-02-18   Last updated: 2026-10-03   ID: #3885

Marching

Location: Ballater (Aberdeenshire) - Gairnshiel Lodge
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The ghostly sound of long dead English soldiers, marching past this building while searching for Jacobites, could once be heard.

Source: Historical Record
First added: 2023-03-19   Last updated: 2026-10-03   ID: #14832

Bertha

Location: Banchory (Aberdeenshire) - Loch of Lees Castle (no longer standing?)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Annually (exact date unknown)
Further Comments: Bertha died after being poisoned by her lover's mother, who was unimpressed with her son's choice of woman. Bertha had her revenge; she appeared post-mortem and scared her murderer to death. Bertha now returns to the scene of the crime once a year, though no one knows the exact date. Another version of the story places the ghost at Crathes Castle, rather than Lees.

Source: Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2003-05-25   Last updated: 2026-10-03   ID: #4242

Raging Battle

Location: Banff (Aberdeenshire) - Hill known as Manderlee, four miles from town
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa 1643
Further Comments: A phantom battle looked so real that many people were said to have buried their personal belongings to prevent them falling into the victorious soldiers' hands.

Source: Historical Record
First added: 2013-01-06   Last updated: 2026-10-03   ID: #11260

Lord Banff

Location: Banff (Aberdeenshire) - Inchdrewer Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Banff's servants murdered their master and then set the castle alight to conceal their crime. The ghost of Banff is said to have returned, though no one is sure how it manifests.

Source: Published Media
First added: 2003-05-25   Last updated: 2026-10-03   ID: #4238

Braemar Castle, circa 1900.

Newly Wed Bride

Location: Braemar (Aberdeenshire) - Braemar Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1980s
Further Comments: Convinced she had been a bad wife after waking up and finding her new husband gone, this bride leapt off the battlements to her death - unfortunately, her husband had only gone hunting without informing her. She now appears to others, not wanting them to make the same mistake.

Source: Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2003-02-18   Last updated: 2026-10-03   ID: #3880