Bob Crowther
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne (Tyne and Wear) - Tyne Theatre
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: The ghost that has been felt as it pushes past people is thought to be an actor killed when a stage prop travelling at high velocity landed on him. He also reportedly has a favourite seat, in which he is occasionally seen.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-10-22
Last updated: 2002-10-22
ID: #2801
Prior Olaf
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne (Tyne and Wear) - Tynemouth Priory
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This Viking raider who eventually found God has been seen on the site where so much raping and looting took place. Other phantom monks have been observed on site, several appearing to pray at a stone in the graveyard.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2003-01-16
Last updated: 2003-01-16
ID: #3606
Longhaired Man
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne (Tyne and Wear) - Unnamed public house along Westgate Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1974
Further Comments: This ghostly figure wearing a red coat walked through a barman closing the bar.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2005-03-19
Last updated: 2005-03-19
ID: #5954
William Coulson
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne (Tyne and Wear) - Victoria Tunnel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: April 2018
Further Comments: William was killed in an accident on 16 June 1852 after being hit by a coal wagon. His ghost is reputed to haunt the area and may have been seen by a tour guide in 2018. Other reported manifestations include footsteps, booms and voices.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2018-09-30
Last updated: 2018-09-30
ID: #12986
Heavy Footsteps
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne (Tyne and Wear) - Willington Mill
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1835-1847
Further Comments: Just a small part of the phenomena, the footsteps were heard first. Over a period of weeks, these developed into bangs, whistling, the sounds of machinery, and finally a voice that spoke. Phantom animals were seen around the building. The family finally moved out, though the spirit stayed a little longer (but was much quieter).
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2002-07-04
Last updated: 2002-07-04
ID: #1609
Pterodactyl
Location: Seaton Burn (Tyne and Wear) - Skies over the area
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: Circa 1990
Further Comments: A Pterodactyl-shaped creature with a six metre wingspan flew around six metres over the top of houses. The creature moved at around 30mph and made absolutely no sound.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2018-01-14
Last updated: 2018-01-14
ID: #12703
Giggly Meg
Location: South Shields (Tyne and Wear) - Alum Ale House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Several spooky entities have been reported as haunting this site, including Giggly Meg, a Grey Lady, a Victorian gentleman, and a former barman.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2022-02-17
Last updated: 2022-02-17
ID: #14417
Knocking
Location: South Shields (Tyne and Wear) - Barr Porter / Thai Udon Kitchen (restaurant), Dean Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2020s
Further Comments: Warned by a former owner that the place was haunted, Alex Barr and Lee Porter opened their new restaurant and soon heard strange knocking coming from the upper part of the building. A visiting psychic claimed the site was home to three entities - Margaret, a young boy named James, and a monk. A photograph taken in a venue room purports to show a ghostly figure.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2022-02-17
Last updated: 2022-02-17
ID: #14420
Barmaid
Location: South Shields (Tyne and Wear) - Beacon public house (no longer operating)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Pre 2016
Further Comments: A local newspaper claimed the Beacon was haunted by a barmaid who fell into the cellar.
Source:
Needs Review
First added: 2022-02-17
Last updated: 2022-02-17
ID: #14426
Old Lady with Gold
Location: South Shields (Tyne and Wear) - House along Thrift Street (no longer standing)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown - likely to be pre twentieth century
Further Comments: A maid venturing into the basement at night encountered a phantom elderly lady who instructed her to reach into an opening in the cellar wall. The maid did as instructed and pulled out a bag of gold and the deeds to the house. The maid, unsurprising, retired.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2011-04-25
Last updated: 2011-04-25
ID: #10272
Cloud
Location: South Shields (Tyne and Wear) - Jazz hairdressers, Frederick Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: December 2008
Further Comments: Footsteps, whistling, knocking, and a solid, hovering cloud have all been reported by staff at the salon. Customers have reported seeing people dressed in old fashioned clothing in the upper part of the building. A barman is said to have died falling down the basement stairs when the building was a club during the 1950s.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2009-04-04
Last updated: 2009-04-04
ID: #9156
Roman
Location: South Shields (Tyne and Wear) - Look Out public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A ghostly Roman soldier who reputedly appears in the basement is said to be connected to the nearby Roman Fort.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2022-02-17
Last updated: 2022-02-17
ID: #14419
Jack the Hammer
Location: South Shields (Tyne and Wear) - Riverside, and general area
Type: Crisis Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This figure is said to appear by the river when someone is lost at sea, and sometimes knocks on the door of a family that is due a tragedy.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-10-22
Last updated: 2002-10-22
ID: #2802
Tommy
Location: South Shields (Tyne and Wear) - Scotia public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A local story says the cellar is home to a phantom named Tommy who can be heard moving around using his walking stick.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2022-02-17
Last updated: 2022-02-17
ID: #14416
A ghostly lighthouse keeper.
Woman
Location: South Shields (Tyne and Wear) - Souter Lighthouse
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Three phantoms are thought to haunt this locale - an unknown woman, a miner from a nearby pit, and an old lighthouse keeper. One or all of them could be responsible for the bangs and the ghostly footsteps heard around the site.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2008-05-26
Last updated: 2008-05-26
ID: #8632
Sailor
Location: South Shields (Tyne and Wear) - Steamboat public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The resident spook in this pub was identified as a sailor who lost his footing and fell into the cellar.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2022-02-17
Last updated: 2022-02-17
ID: #14422
Tomb Violator
Location: South Shields (Tyne and Wear) - Westoe Cemetery
Type: Other
Date / Time: Early March 1965
Further Comments: After several tombs were violated at the cemetery, a local councillor suggested a black magic group or a poltergeist could have been responsible. A police investigation failed to find those responsible.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2024-05-06
Last updated: 2024-05-06
ID: #15354
Boiler Suited Man
Location: Springwell (Tyne and Wear) - Bowes Railway Museum
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Thought to have been killed in an accident, a phantom man wearing a boiler suit and flat cap is said to lurk in the area. Stones are occasionally thrown by unseen hands.
Source:
Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2022-12-22
Last updated: 2022-12-22
ID: #14709
Ghoul
Location: Sunderland (Tyne and Wear) - Area known as The Swallow, was at the end of Westheath Avenue
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Pre-1945
Further Comments: Local children avoided this old open area of land in fear of encountering the ghoul-like phantom man who haunted the area.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2023-11-19
Last updated: 2023-11-19
ID: #15180
Meeting Place
Location: Sunderland (Tyne and Wear) - Building Hill, Mowbray Park
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Circa 1767
Further Comments: The hill once had an evil reputation, with a belief that evil spirits would gather there after the sun went down.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2023-11-19
Last updated: 2023-11-19
ID: #15182
Hat Removal
Location: Sunderland (Tyne and Wear) - Unknown house, area around Newcastle Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A female phantom in this home would appear every night, removing a hat from the bedroom wardrobe and walking out the front door.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2023-11-19
Last updated: 2023-11-19
ID: #15181
Ada Holmes
Location: Sunderland (Tyne and Wear) - Crowtree public house, Crowtree Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1960s onwards
Further Comments: A very popular landlady, Ada died in 1965, though her ghost wearing a colourful dress has been seen since.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2004-09-17
Last updated: 2004-09-17
ID: #5457
General Beckwith
Location: Sunderland (Tyne and Wear) - Doxford House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2013
Further Comments: The Ghost Hauntings Overnight Surveillance Team claimed to have encountered a couple of phantoms on this site - General Beckwith, a former owner, and a girl named Emily who died in a fire.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2013-07-23
Last updated: 2013-07-23
ID: #11375
Mrs Johnstone
Location: Sunderland (Tyne and Wear) - Empire Theatre
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s
Further Comments: A violinist who died on the site, Johnstone has been seen by the manager, drifting along the dress circle before vanishing. There are also rumours that Sid James haunts the Empire, and that Barbara Windsor (and several others) refused to work there.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2003-08-10
Last updated: 2003-08-10
ID: #4466
Older Woman
Location: Sunderland (Tyne and Wear) - Greggs, Sea Road
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: Staff would hear banging coming from empty parts of the shop, detect the whiff of lavender, and would find electrical items which were switched off turned back on. The activity was blamed on the spirit of a woman who once lived above the shop.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2019-03-11
Last updated: 2019-03-11
ID: #13101
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