The Paranormal Database

Nun

Location: Warwick - 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.

The castle.

Sir Fulke Greville

Location: Warwick - 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.

Cursed Castle

Location: Warwick - 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.

An old postcard of Warwick Castle.

The Dun Cow

Location: Warwick - 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.

Slow Moving Light

Location: Warwick - 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.

Navigator

Location: Wellesbourne - 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.

Sir Guy.

Sir Guy

Location: Weston - 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.

Nurse

Location: Whitacre Heath - 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.

Mr Goddard

Location: Whitestone - 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.

St George with dragon's head (chapbook).

Blood of George

Location: Wixford - 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.

William Somervile

Location: Wootton Wawen - 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.

Lady Agatha?

Location: Wroxall - 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.