Hospital Ghosts, Folklore and Forteana
Mask-Like Face
Location: SW6 (Greater London) - Western Hospital (no longer standing), Fulham
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: March 1912
Further Comments: Bird-like whistling, screams of laughter and tapping would be heard at night from the isolation wards. A masked face would also be seen looking through a window. The medical superintendent declared a trespasser to be responsible, although sentries and a guard were unable to find the culprit.
First added: 2026-07-15 | Last updated: 2026-07-15 | ID #16703
Olga
Location: Swansea (West Glamorgan) - Psychiatric hospital
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Olga suffered from paranoid schizophrenia who managed to kill herself while at the hospital. She has since made several appearances; a small woman with large green eyes and long ginger hair, she often sings and interacts with witnesses, who do not realise she is a ghost until later.
First added: 2006-02-26 | Last updated: 2006-02-26 | ID #6753
Consumptive Girl
Location: Ventnor (Isle of Wight) - Botanic Gardens (former TB hospital)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: Once the home of patients with TB, several of these unfortunates are said to remain, including a little girl and an older man who once engaged a worker on site in conversation.
First added: 2004-11-06 | Last updated: 2004-11-06 | ID #5525
Grey Lady
Location: W1 (Greater London) - St George's Hospital, Hyde Park Corner
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid to late 1960s
Further Comments: This phantom grey lady was thought to be a former nurse. While anyone could hear her footsteps echoing down corridors, she was said to only appear to the very ill, some of whom claimed to have spoken to her.
First added: 2008-04-29 | Last updated: 2008-04-29 | ID #8450
Victorian Nurse
Location: W2 (Greater London) - St Mary's Hospital
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Victorian nurse unknown, Sister Thistlewaite 1970s
Further Comments: A Victorian nurse is said to occasionally appear and reassure patients that an experienced nurse will tend to them soon. A different tale from the 1970s states that a phantom known as Sister Thistlewaite would helpfully move bedpans and drop empty IV bags.
First added: 2022-09-25 | Last updated: 2022-09-25 | ID #14651
Rebecca
Location: W5 (Greater London) - Maudsley Hospital
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: When the Hospital of the Star of Bethlehem moved and merged with Maudsley hospital in the 1920s, the ghost of Rebecca is said to have come along as well, still looking for her missing coin. A witness reported seeing a man in a brown coat vanish along a corridor with no possible exit.
First added: 2002-10-21 | Last updated: 2002-10-21 | ID #2780
Grey Lady
Location: Warrington (Cheshire) - Hollins Park House (aka Winwick Hall, former hospital)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Pre-2005?
Further Comments: This part of the old hospital site was said to be haunted by a grey lady and the sounds of children running and shouting. Other parts of the hospital, since demolished and replaced with a housing estate, were home to a phantom nun reputed to walk into one room here and take a seat before disappearing. She was said to be only visible from the knees up. Other phantoms included an American GI, white ladies, and former members of staff.
First added: 2006-08-13 | Last updated: 2006-08-13 | ID #6939
Nurse
Location: Waterford (County Waterford) - Hospital (no longer operational)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Pre 1987
Further Comments: After the nun/nurse who set up the operating room died, the room continued to be found tidy and in order at the start of the day.
First added: 2023-02-11 | Last updated: 2023-08-08 | ID #14798
Soldier Inspecting
Location: Wath upon Dearne (South Yorkshire) - Wath Wood Hospital
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: When this building was a general hospital, it was believed that a Roman Soldier would appear at night and inspect every new admission as they slept.
First added: 2004-08-29 | Last updated: 2004-08-29 | ID #5406
Marcus Beck
Location: WC1 (Greater London) - University College Hospital
Type: Curse
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Before being stolen in January 2001, the portrait of Beck was considered cursed. People who fell asleep under the painting quickly became ill, and in some cases died. It was also said that if the shutters were not closed on the painting at night, a patient would unexpectedly die.
First added: 2005-04-13 | Last updated: 2005-04-13 | ID #6182
Lizzie Church
Location: WC1 (Greater London) - University College Hospital, Gower Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Lizzie accidentally killed her lover with a morphine overdose when he was admitted as a patient. Years later, her ghost would appear prior to morphine injections as a reminder to be careful. Two buildings along Gower Street itself reported the ghost of a man with a heavily bandaged head.
First added: 2002-08-14 | Last updated: 2002-08-14 | ID #2181
Human Foot
Location: WC2 (Greater London) - Christ's Hospital (no longer standing)
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Pre-1902
Further Comments: A human footprint was once visible in the stonework of this hospital. It was said to have been created when a ghostly beadle's wife stamped her foot in response to a disrespectful human.
First added: 2020-02-19 | Last updated: 2020-02-19 | ID #13574
Man in Black
Location: Weston-super-Mere (Somerset) - Weston General Hospital
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: 1998
Further Comments: The top two floors of this hospital contain wards that are exact copies of each other. One night in 1998, nurses attending to a sick patient were followed by an elderly man in a black suit. He disappeared, and it was found that the female patient on the ward below had died. It was believed that black-dressed gentleman was her deceased husband who came to collect her, but he arrived on the wrong floor. The figure has not been seen since.
First added: 2007-08-28 | Last updated: 2007-08-28 | ID #7887
Glider
Location: Whittingham (Lancashire) - Fourth Lancashire County Asylum (later Whittingham Hospital, closed 1995)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa (and including) 28 October 1927
Further Comments: The press reported that a nurse who had met a phantom in the grounds on 28 October fainted as it reached out to her. Prior to the encounter, a figure had been seen gliding over rooftops, A cordon of the area failed to intercept the figure.
First added: 2026-07-15 | Last updated: 2026-07-15 | ID #16714
Sooty Cat
Location: Winestead (East Riding of Yorkshire) - Area around the former mental hospital
Type: ABC
Date / Time: January 2000
Further Comments: The police were called after three people watched a large black cat padding around a field around fifteen metres from their location.
First added: 2002-11-07 | Last updated: 2002-11-07 | ID #3033
Sister
Location: York (North Yorkshire) - St Mary's Hospital
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The older buildings of this hospital are said to contain the spirit of a former nurse who still tries to look after the sick.
First added: 2005-09-13 | Last updated: 2005-09-13 | ID #6546
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