The Paranormal Database

Radiant Boy

Location: Thirsk (North Yorkshire) - Road to the town from Topcliffe, exact location unknown
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Lighting up the night with his brilliance, this lad rode past the witness on horseback, disappearing across a field.

Vanishing Husband

Location: Thoralby (North Yorkshire) - Road where a small body of water, known as the Devil's Hole, could be found two miles out of village
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Nineteenth century
Further Comments: The entity which caused people to avoid this spot after dark was said to change form depending on the witness. One woman thought her husband was standing by the roadside, but the male figure vanished as she approached. When the entity appeared to a servant, it had terrifying eyes, although it did dive into the nearby pool when the servant crossed himself.

Coach

Location: Thorne (South Yorkshire) - Thorne Gyme, (on the site where the roundabout at junction 6 of the M18 now stands)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown, but prior to the construction of the M18
Further Comments: It was said that a stagecoach left the road during a storm, running into the deep hole which had filled with rainwater. The accident drowned driver, passengers and horses. The coach was said to have been seen several times after this, re-enacting the event.

Does the ghost of Tom Otter still linger?

Tom Otter

Location: Thorney (Nottinghamshire) - Lanes in the area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: March 1806 onwards
Further Comments: Tom was hanged after murdering his wife on their wedding night. His phantom is said to still walk or ride around this area.

Two Monks

Location: Thornham Parva (Suffolk) - Road heading towards the village
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1975
Further Comments: A male witness reported cycling home towards the village at one night when he passed by two hooded figures in monks' garb and a white dog. The two figures raised a hand and wished the man goodnight, but when he directly looked at the pair, the witness realised the inside of the hoods were empty - the monks had no heads.

Baker's Van

Location: Thornton (Lancashire) - Unknown road in the area
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: 1939
Further Comments: A phantom baker's van was reported by two people out cycling at dusk shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War.

Bearded Man with Stick and Tall Black Hat in Road

Location: Thorpe-le-Soken (Essex) - Tan Lane turning into Holland Road, Thorpe-le-Soken to Clacton
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Several drivers narrowly avoided running over this man, braking sharply, only to find he has disappeared. A few witnesses have also reported seeing him with a lady, though no one knows who they are.

A spectral woman in white.

Lady in White

Location: Thringstone (Leicestershire) - A512, near Grace Dieu Priory
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1961
Further Comments: The pale spectral form of a woman has been reported on the roadside near the ruins of the priory. She was last seen by a police officer in 1961.

Green Lady

Location: Thundersley (Essex) - Bread and Cheese Hill
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s
Further Comments: This phantom green lady was said to cross the road while travelling up the hill, oblivious to the traffic which would serve to avoid her (by often driving off the road).

Monks

Location: Thurgarton (Nottinghamshire) - Thurgarton Priory and nearby village road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Little remains of the twelfth century priory, other than the phantom monks that have been reported. One driver was convinced he had run over a real person, until the robed figure stood up and faded from view.

Coach

Location: Tickhill (South Yorkshire) - Wong Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: This ghostly coach has been observed dashing down Wong Lane before fading from view.

Monks

Location: Titchfield (Hampshire) - Abbey and A27
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: As well as being observed drifting around the abbey grounds, this phantom monk is said to appear in the backseat of cars driving along the nearby A27, though he quickly vanishes once seen.

Man in Trilby

Location: Tivetshall St Mary (Norfolk) - Road by ruined church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 10 June 2016, around 23:00h
Further Comments: A witness who spotted a ghostly man in an old fashioned suit and trilby hat was later told the entity was a man killed by a car on the spot during the 1950s.

Pallbearers

Location: Todbar (Dorset) - Churchyard and road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1920s?
Further Comments: Walking away from the churchyard, two ghostly men carry a coffin covered over in black cloth.

Foetal Position

Location: Tollesbury Maldon (Essex) - Apprentice Hall Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid-June 2007, 23:45h
Further Comments: A female form laying in a foetal position on the road was encountered by a driver and passenger. The woman looked to be in her early twenties and wore a black dress and high heeled shoes or boots. As the driver stopped his car, the figure lifted her head and raised her hand. The driver moved the car to one side of the road, but when he and his passenger climbed out to help the woman, the entity had vanished.

Snapping and Snarling Black Dog

Location: Tolleshunt D'Arcy (Essex) - B1026 coast road
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: 1960s
Further Comments: A cyclist reported being attacked by a large black dog while travelling down the coast road. Leaping off his bike to scare the animal, it disappeared before his eyes.

Black Dog

Location: Torrington (Devon) - Torrington/Bideford road
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: This wish hound has been seen running along this stretch of road.

Hanged Man

Location: Torrorie (Dumfries and Galloway) - Field once known locally as 'Murder Fall'
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Pre-1890
Further Comments: This ghost, thought to be that of a hanged man, was recognisable due to the handles resembling those from a large pot which sat on his neck.

Lorry

Location: Towcester (Northamptonshire) - Road near area, exact location unknown
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Blamed for a couple of accidents, this phantom vehicle bears down on other road users before vanishing.

Child

Location: Towie, Alford (Aberdeenshire) - Dabrossach - road in the area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown, but pre twentieth century
Further Comments: A farmer returning home watched a small child cross the road ahead of him. As he spoke the words 'poor thing', the child vanished. The farmer was convinced that someone (or something) had tried to cause him harm.

Coach

Location: Trawsfynydd (Gwynedd) - Road through the village
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 30 December 1979
Further Comments: A phantom coach pulled by ghostly horses was spotted as it passed through the village.

Phantom coaches account for much traffic in the area.

Coach

Location: Trellech (Gwent) - Roads heading towards Bigsweir
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A ghostly coach is said to travel between Trellech and the Bigsweir area.

Stagecoach

Location: Trimsaran (Dyfed) - Area of road between Llanelli and Trimsaran, between Farriers Arms and speed camera
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: January 2011
Further Comments: A driver was reported to have seen a ghostly stagecoach moving slowly up the road before disappearing close to a pub.

Figures in Green

Location: Trottiscliffe (Kent) - Road near Coldrum Long Barrow
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 01 May 2001, 04.30h
Further Comments: A pair of witnesses reported seeing a smiling man and woman dressed in ornate green clothing approaching them down this road. The figures in green disappeared on a bend of the road just before both parties should have met.

Red Coach

Location: Truro (Cornwall) - Road between Truro and Mevagissey
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: This large red coach, drawn by four horses, charged at a motorist driving the opposite way down the narrow road - the apparition vanished just before impact.