Examining folkloric, paranormal & cryptozoological locations in the UK and beyond
Location: Warwick (Warwickshire) - Doll Museum, Castle Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Heard climbing the stairs of his former property, Oken's popularity with the townsfolk may have something to do with his staying on.
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Published Media
First added: 2003-02-05
Last updated: 2003-02-05
ID: #3742
Location: Warwick (Warwickshire) - Gibbet Hill - University of Warwick Halls of Residence
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: The sounds of someone crying hysterically could occasionally be heard in this modern building. One report claimed that the newer halls of residence were built upon a demolished building which housed the bodies of those executed on the hill.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2005-07-31
Last updated: 2005-07-31
ID: #6447
Location: Warwick (Warwickshire) - Priory Park
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late 1940s?
Further Comments: A man claimed to have seen a nun-like entity rise from the ground and pass through a set of railings before vanishing. The entity glowed and appeared to be missing a hand.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2015-11-08
Last updated: 2015-11-08
ID: #11971
Location: Warwick (Warwickshire) - Warwick Castle
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: After being caught stealing from her customers, an old servant at the castle lost her job. In revenge, she bewitched the place - a large black dog appeared and created havoc. The creature was defeated by quotes from the bible read aloud by a local holy man.
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Published Media
First added: 2002-06-21
Last updated: 2002-06-21
ID: #1370
The castle.
Location: Warwick (Warwickshire) - Warwick Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1973, and March 2009
Further Comments: Murdered by a trusted servant, Sir Fulke is reputed to still spend time in his study, appearing in a misty form. In 1973, a cleaner reported hearing loud scratching sounds coming from a painting of Greville, while in 2009 a site manager working on a 'dungeon' feature encountered a tall slim man wearing a tunic and trousers.
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Published Media
First added: 2002-06-21
Last updated: 2002-06-21
ID: #1369
An old postcard of Warwick Castle.
Location: Warwick (Warwickshire) - Warwick Castle and surrounding area
Type: Crisis Manifestation
Date / Time: Prior to death in the Warwick family
Further Comments: Appearing at least once at the castle prior to a death in the family, the phantom 'Dun Cow of Warwick' appears a few weeks before a death in the family. Way back in history, a member of the Warwick family killed the giant cow when it roamed as a living creature that terrorised people across the land.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2002-07-06
Last updated: 2002-07-06
ID: #1619
Location: Warwick (Warwickshire) - Warwick University, JM3 Building, central corridor, top floor
Type: Other
Date / Time: 1994
Further Comments: A slow moving and completely silent ball of bright light was seen by a couple of witnesses as it floated across one room, through a wall and into the next room.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2007-04-01
Last updated: 2007-04-01
ID: #7153
Location: Wellesbourne (Warwickshire) - Former RAF base
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This member of the RAF ran into the rotating blades of a stationary aircraft - his shade has been seen and heard retracing his final steps.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2004-11-26
Last updated: 2004-11-26
ID: #5666
Sir Guy.
Location: Weston (Warwickshire) - Guy's Cliffe manor house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Mentally changed by exposure to medieval warfare, Sir Guy returned to his castle from the Crusades, only to live as a hermit in his garden. His ghost has been seen in the area.
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Published Media
First added: 2002-12-31
Last updated: 2002-12-31
ID: #3328
Location: Whitacre Heath (Warwickshire) - Halloughton Grange Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1930s and January 2010, around 20:45h
Further Comments: During the 1930s a cyclist heading towards Kingsbury along this road swerved to avoid a nurse as she stepped out in front of him - he failed and passed straight through her. The encounter left him shaken, and when the cyclist finally spoke of the incident, he discovered a nurse had been killed in an accident on the spot several years previous. In 2010 a transparent figure in a cape, seen standing by the roadside where the road forks, once again left witnesses shaken.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2011-03-21
Last updated: 2011-03-21
ID: #10188
Location: Whitestone (Warwickshire) - Private house along Gypsy Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: November (reoccurring)
Further Comments: A former owner of a house along here, Mr Goddard's ghost returned after the division of his garden and a new property built on the site. He makes his presence known by opening locked doors, moving items around rooms, and shorting out electrical items.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2003-12-21
Last updated: 2003-12-21
ID: #4786
St George with dragon's head (chapbook).
Location: Wixford (Warwickshire) - George's Elm Lane, elm tree
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown if tree still present
Further Comments: The tree was said to have grown from a stake driven into the heart of a man buried here named George (some legends say Saint George). The tree would bleed if cut.
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Published Media
First added: 2008-08-25
Last updated: 2008-08-25
ID: #8817
Location: Wootton Wawen (Warwickshire) - Edstone Hall (original building no longer standing)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Between 1742 - 1930
Further Comments: English poet William Somervile died debt-ridden at the home he loved; he still refused to leave after his death.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2023-10-04
Last updated: 2023-10-04
ID: #15092
Location: Wroxall (Warwickshire) - Wroxall Abbey Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The 'haunted' status of this hotel appears mainly to be limited to review websites, with one person providing the name Lady Agatha as the entity.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2018-02-01
Last updated: 2018-02-01
ID: #12723