The Paranormal Database

Large Black Dog

Location: Great Wakering (Essex) - Star Lane
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This area lays claim to be one of the many places in East Anglia where the shuck has visited.

Three Men

Location: Great Waldingfield (Suffolk) - Road to Sudbury, close to the public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2012
Further Comments: Three men wearing long coats and large boots were spotted on the road by a driver. Convincing they were going to hit one of the men, the driver slammed on their brakes; the figures vanished, leaving the witness quite shocked. The witness was later told that the area was once a US air base during the Second World War, and that other people had encountered phantom airmen and even heard old aircraft in the area.

Will' o'the Wisp

Location: Great Yarmouth (Norfolk) - Cemetery Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1859
Further Comments: The ghostly entity which briefly appeared at this site was said to have startled several people along the road during this year.

Running Dog

Location: Great Yarmouth (Norfolk) - Suffield Road, near the police station
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: 2006
Further Comments: An animal resembling a dog with long legs was seen running along the path, vanishing within seconds of being spotted. The same entity was also observed along the High Street by the same witness, though years previous.

Old Man with Stick

Location: Greenfield (Clwyd) - Road connecting Meliden and Greenfield, just into Greenfield
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: 1961
Further Comments: A male driver reported while returning from dropping his girlfriend home, he glanced at the passenger seat of his car and found an old man sitting in the seat, wearing a cap and holding a walking cane. The witness braked sharply, jumped out of the car, and ran partly down the road. Once he recovered from the shock a few minutes later, he returned to the car and found the old man had gone.

Silver Vauxhall

Location: Grendon Underwood (Buckinghamshire) - Road linking Grendon Underwood and the A41
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: 28 August 2008, 07:45
Further Comments: A driver reported a slow moving Silver Vauxhall in front of him at this junction. The Vauxhall indicated left, but turned right, and its driver turned to look at the witness. The witness took his eyes off the Vauxhall for a couple of seconds, and then realised that the car had completely vanished; there were no other turnings the car could have taken.

White Car

Location: Gresley (Derbyshire) - Cadley Hill roundabout
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Winter 2011, between 22:00h-23:00h
Further Comments: A motorcyclist spotted a white 1970s car heading in the opposite direction, turning on the roundabout. The rider turned his head to have a better look at the old car and see which direction it had gone, only to watch the vehicle vanish.

Middle Aged Couple

Location: Gretna (Dumfries and Galloway) - Sark Bridge road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1957
Further Comments: A truck driver narrowly missed hitting a middle aged couple who stepped out in the road ahead of him. He stopped and jumped out of his cab to shout at their stupidity, only to find they had vanished without trace. It is unknown whether they are connected to the ghostly car that has also been seen in the vicinity.

White Figure

Location: Guildford (Surrey) - Heading towards town on Crocknorth Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 14 January 2018, 02:10h
Further Comments: Three out of four occupants of a vehicle watched a white figure cross the road ahead, the driver hitting the brakes believing someone had cross the road. As the occupants looked back, no one could be seen.

Monk

Location: Guisborough (Yorkshire) - Road just outside of town, by moors
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1985
Further Comments: Four people travelling by car along a dark road spotted a figure in the middle of the road ahead, illuminated by the headlights. The driver swerved, certain that they would hit the figure which, as the occupants passed, was a monk with a hood covering his bend head.

Earl of Shaftesbury

Location: Gussage All Saints (Dorset) - Lanes in the area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This Earl of Shaftesbury, who died in 1683, is said to drive his coach around the lanes in the area, looking for souls to take.

Noble Edden

Location: Haddenham (Buckinghamshire) - Road between village and Aylesbury
Type: Crisis Manifestation
Date / Time: Prelude to misfortune
Further Comments: Noble Edden was murdered by a couple of sheep stealers after he witnessed them removing animals from another farmer's flock. Edden's wife had a vision of the crime while at home, that included a good look at the killers, though this was not accepted as evidence at their trial. The phantom now appears at a corner along this stretch of road to warn of encroaching danger.

Mrs Edden sees Murder

Location: Haddenham (Buckinghamshire) - Roads near the village
Type: Crisis Manifestation
Date / Time: 1828
Further Comments: Mrs Edden, in a 'vision' while at home, witnessed her husband's murder just outside the village. She was later able to identify the two men who did the deed. The ghost of her husband has since been seen along the roads near the village and is considered to act as a warning of danger.

Mary Miller

Location: Hadleigh (Suffolk) - Road between Hadleigh and Layham (B1070), near Holbecks park
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The grave of Mary lies somewhere along this road - she was a suicide, and her ghost haunts the area.

Headless Airman wanting Lift

Location: Hadstock (Essex) - The B1052 leading into Hadstock
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: After losing his head in a flying accident, the apparition of an American pilot has been seen thumbing a lift on the roadside.

Victorian Girl

Location: Halesowen (West Midlands) - Oldnall Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: A young Victorian girl, said to be aged around five, has been blamed for several accidents and near misses along this road.

Murdered Man

Location: Halkyn Mountain (Clwyd) - Off the A55 road, heading towards Halkyn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The ghostly figure that sometimes makes his presence known is thought to have been murdered while delivering wages to the silver miners who worked here.

An old postcard of Hambleden village.

Mary Blandy

Location: Hambleden (Buckinghamshire) - Roads within the village
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Hanged for poisoning her father to prevent him from objecting to her marriage, Mary regretfully walks the area where she once lived.

Abigail

Location: Hambleton (Yorkshire) - A170 through Sutton Bank
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Abigail was suspected of witchcraft and died leaping from a cliff trying to escape irate folk with their hounds. She was named in one local paper as the ghost which has taken to haunting the A170, wearing period dress or a dark hooded cloak.

The A23 road between Handcross and Crawley.

Woman in Red Coat

Location: Handcross (Sussex) - A23 between Handcross and Crawley, near motorway junction
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century?
Further Comments: Waiting for a lift, this ghost vanishes if anyone pulls over to help her. A phantom male figure has also been reported in the area, also standing by the roadside.

White Child

Location: Handley (Derbyshire) - Road running through village
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 14 March, 1960s or early 1970s
Further Comments: Four friends driving through the village all saw an off-white, child sized entity with no head. The apparition was waving its arms in such a way that one of the witnesses said it had no joints. Frightened, they drove off but returned thirty minutes later, by which time the phantom had gone.

A nun haunts roads in the area.

Nun

Location: Hanham Abbots (Somerset) - General area, but mainly around the church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: The roads of this small village are reportedly haunted by the shade of a nun. A white woman also stalks the area, though this may be the same entity.

Coach Sounds

Location: Hankerton (Wiltshire) - Road through the area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: An invisible, phantom coach is driven through the area by a team of horses.

Mr Hawkley

Location: Hankham (Sussex) - Mill Hill
Type: Post-Mortem Manifestation
Date / Time: 9 November 1976
Further Comments: Mr Hawkley became eccentric after his wife's death and was frequently seen walking the roads of the village at night wearing his dressing gown and slippers. One girl returning home after two months away thought little of it as she drove past Mr Hawkley at night, walking towards his home wearing pyjamas, until she arrived home and mentioned it to her mother who told her Mr Hawkley had died three weeks previous.

The phantom Elizabeth on the roadside.

Elizabeth 'Bessie' Shepherd

Location: Harlow Wood (Nottinghamshire) - Road from Mansfield to Nottingham passing by the area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This young lady was robbed and murdered along the road two hundred years ago - her killer (Charles Rotherham) was caught after he tried to sell her shoes. Her ghost appears if anyone touches the small stone memorial which marks the spot she was killed. According to some reports, Bessie's surname is spelt Sheperd or Sheppard.