The Paranormal Database

Walker

Location: Westleton - Westleton Walks
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Quite possibly a story invented by smugglers in bygone days, a phantom is said to aimlessly traverse the area.

ID #7998, last updated 2007-10-02

Crop Curse

Location: Wetherden - Field between Wetherden and Woolpit
Type: Curse
Date / Time: Still present?
Further Comments: Robert Rosier was burnt to death in this field in 1556 by a former friend; since that day, no one has been able to raise a successful harvest in that pasture.

ID #6703, last updated 2006-02-19

Yellow Frog Fall

Location: Wetheringsett - General area
Type: Other
Date / Time: 1900
Further Comments: Described as either yellow or dull green, these frogs rained down upon the town.

ID #728, last updated 2000-08-17

Four Sisters

Location: Wherstead - Four Sisters (A14/A137 junction)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1990s?
Further Comments: Local folklore claims that four sisters committed suicide here and have remained ever since.

ID #15703, last updated 2024-11-16

White Shadow

Location: Wickham Market - Deben Court
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: A tale states that children were buried in the walls of the building, and that their shades remain. A taller figure has been seen on the site also.

ID #3987, last updated 2003-03-13

Man in Pointed Hat

Location: Wickham Market - OAP Home
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Staff at the home have reported seeing this figure moving around the building.

ID #3986, last updated 2003-03-13

Black Robed Figure with a Skeletal Face

Location: Wickham Market - Potsford Wood, gibbet marked by plaque
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1980s, 1997
Further Comments: This is the location where the hanging of Jonah Snell occurred, though nothing suggests that he is the ghost in question. In 1997 a couple reported being harassed by a black shapeless object that moaned gently at them late at night when their car broke down near the site, while the 1980's sighting occurred in broad daylight; a truck driver stopped for a call of nature near the plaque, paused to read it while walking into the woods, and felt a tap on his shoulder. Turning, he came face to face with a skeletal form, hooded and dressed in robes. The truck driver ran to his vehicle and drove away. Another piece of folklore says a stone which stood at the base of the gibbet would scream if kicked.

ID #816, last updated 2000-08-27

'Ostrich'

Location: Wickham Market - Railway Line
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: 24 May 2012
Further Comments: A rhea, though referred to as an ostrich in the local press, spotted on the line between Ipswich and Saxmundham forced a train to slow near Wickham Market.

ID #10987, last updated 2012-07-14

Woman Wearing Sackcloth

Location: Wickham Market - The White Hart (currently a collection of shops and flats)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: The ghost is said to be that of one Betty Price, executed for being a witch. The old room 14 of the Inn was also reportedly haunted, by a cat. Only one person has reported spooky occurrences since the pub has been converted, and that relates to an answer machine that switches itself on.

ID #821, last updated 2000-09-02

Mrs Smith

Location: Wickhambrook - General area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: December 1867 - May 1868
Further Comments: Villagers feared venturing out after dark following the death of Mrs Smith, as a phantom female form took to walking the streets and visiting her former home. The haunting appears to have ceased after a butcher pursued what he thought was the ghost, but it transpired to be a local woman. The villagers burnt an effigy of a ghost outside her home.

ID #16498, last updated 2026-04-04

Lady in White

Location: Wickhambrook - The Cloak public house (closed 1989, now a private house)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The pub was said to be haunted by an older lady in white, who would sit in the bar.

ID #16182, last updated 2025-11-23

Dragging Chains

Location: Wissett - Bleach Farm
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The jangling of chains being dragged across the floor could once be heard on the upper floor of this farmhouse.

ID #5719, last updated 2004-12-27

Mr Grey

Location: Wissett - Grey's Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Mr Grey hanged himself from a tree along this lane, and now his ghost is said to sway on the end of a rope from the branches.

ID #5722, last updated 2004-12-27

Bridge Dogs

Location: Wissett - Mill Road
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Two bridges along this stretch of road are the haunt of the black shuck.

ID #5718, last updated 2004-12-27

Grey Lady

Location: Wissett - Paradise Cottage
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This unnamed phantom woman silently leaves the cottage and vanishes beneath the waters of a nearby pond.

ID #5723, last updated 2004-12-27

Horse and Cart

Location: Wissett - Pond near Halleluja Cottage
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This spectral horse and cart continue to retrace the final journey which abruptly ended when the creature fell into the pond and drowned.

ID #5721, last updated 2004-12-27

Strange Woman

Location: Wissett - Rumburgh Road, Cole's Arch
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This spooky figure was seen sitting on the bridge before disappearing.

ID #5724, last updated 2004-12-27

Galley Trot

Location: Woodbridge - General area
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown, but prior to twentieth century
Further Comments: The large demonic dog once reported around Woodbridge was white and as large as a cow. The creature was said to give chase if people fled from it.

ID #11891, last updated 2015-08-10

Tailor carrying Gloves

Location: Woodbridge - High Street
Type: Post-Mortem Manifestation
Date / Time: Seventeenth century
Further Comments: A local story tells of two men walking down the High Street, debating the existence of ghosts. One man warns the other of a ghost walking towards them and jumps to one side, out the way. His friend scoffs in disbelief, only to be knocked down to the ground as the spirit of a recently dead tailor pushed past him!

ID #346, last updated 2001-09-06

The Thing by the Fireplace

Location: Woodbridge - King's Head public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2006
Further Comments: A photograph taken in the pub showed a strange circle of light by the fireplace. A medium in the building at the time claimed to feel the presence of a young child in that area just before the image was taken.

ID #7405, last updated 2007-05-07

White Haired Woman Standing in the Corner

Location: Woodbridge - RAF Woodbridge, Bar and Club
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: The club has a reputation for being haunted by ex-service personnel, but an old woman dressed in a night-shirt has also been seen here, standing in the corner of the bar.

ID #319, last updated 2001-09-06

CE I

Location: Woodbridge - Road out to Martlesham from Woodbridge
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 1980s
Further Comments: A triangular UFO was seen slowly floating towards the ground, several independent witnesses reporting it as a crashed aircraft. No aeroplanes were reported missing, nor any wreckage found.

ID #394, last updated 2000-08-17

Thomas Seckford

Location: Woodbridge - Seckford Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The ghost of Thomas is said to appear dressed all in white, manifesting in protest as the wealth he bequeathed to the poor was spent by wealthy men.

ID #7762, last updated 2007-08-19

Phantom Wolf

Location: Woolpit - Exact location not known
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Seeing what he thought to be a calf stuck in a pit, a local farmer rushed to help it out, only to find the creature to be a large wolf. He ran to fetch his gun, but when he returned, he could find no evidence that the beast had ever existed.

ID #134, last updated 2000-08-17

Green Children

Location: Woolpit - Exact location of discovery unknown
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Two children appeared in the village, both with a strong green pigmentation. They claimed to have been watching their family's sheep in a place called St Martins, when they heard a loud noise, before finding themselves in the strange village. There is still some debate to whether the pair were alien, fairy children, or lost human children.

ID #133, last updated 2000-08-17