Examining folkloric, paranormal & cryptozoological locations in the UK and beyond
Location: Whitby (North Yorkshire) - Prospect Hill
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This male entity has the removed item securely grasped under his arm.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2003-02-08
Last updated: 2003-02-08
ID: #3781
Location: Whitby (North Yorkshire) - Ragwells (exact locations not known)
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Likely pre-nineteenth century
Further Comments: Shirts or other articles of clothing belonging to seriously ill people would be cast into the waters of wells in this area. If the clothing floated, the person would recover. If the item sank, death would soon follow.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2019-07-03
Last updated: 2019-07-03
ID: #13270
An old postcard of Whitby in Yorkshire.
Location: Whitby (North Yorkshire) - Several areas, including abbey, St Peter's Court woods, and surrounding villages
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 2001 onwards
Further Comments: A black panther-like cat has been observed a dozen times over a seven year period, on one occasion the cat was accompanied by a cub.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2008-04-27
Last updated: 2008-04-27
ID: #8435
Location: Whitby (North Yorkshire) - Unidentified road towards a campsite
Type: Other
Date / Time: 05 August 2013
Further Comments: Driving back to a campsite, the passenger of a vehicle spotted a pair of extremely long white male legs, to just above the thigh, quickly bound across the road. The stride was too long and too fast to be human. Despite the passenger crying out 'what's that?', the driver did not see anything.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2013-09-22
Last updated: 2013-09-22
ID: #11418
An old postcard of Whitby Abbey in Yorkshire.
Location: Whitby (North Yorkshire) - Whitby Abbey
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Snakes unknown, St Hilda's ghost during summer months 10:00h - 12:00h
Further Comments: The abbey was besieged by snakes, until St Hilda turned up and drove them all off the edge of the cliff, where they turned to stone on the beach below. Her ghost is also reported to still gaze from the windows of the abbey. A few people have heard a choir singing in the empty building and one local legend says a team of headless horses pulling a hearse was once spotted by a man and boy walking in the area. Finally, treasure hidden in the abbey's grounds is protected by a headless figure in white.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2002-10-13
Last updated: 2002-10-13
ID: #2618
Location: Wigglesworth (North Yorkshire) - Plough Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1945 onwards
Further Comments: Gladys Saxton and her maid Margaret Harrison were killed in a fire at the building in 1945. Since that date, a woman wearing a long black dress has been seen by guests at the building. There is also a report of a phantom highwayman being spotted standing in a doorway.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2006-04-17
Last updated: 2006-04-17
ID: #6853
Location: Wigglesworth (North Yorkshire) - Road leading to Tosside
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Early winter mornings (recurring)
Further Comments: A couple of car accidents that occurred along this road were blamed on a flitting female form which ran out in front of the vehicle before disappearing. Locals say it is a girl who drowned nearby.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2002-10-18
Last updated: 2002-10-18
ID: #2731
Location: Wintringham (North Yorkshire) - Crossroads near Place Newton
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Likely nineteenth century
Further Comments: A murderer who killed a Place Newton caretaker was caught and caged at a crossroads, where he was left to starve to death. A member of the victim's family would visit each day and leave a loaf of bread just out of reach. The site would be avoided at night.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2024-08-04
Last updated: 2024-08-04
ID: #15564
Location: York (North Yorkshire) - St Mary's Church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Walter Calverley was briefly buried in this churchyard, after being executed for murder, before secretly being moved back to the village of Calverley by his friends. His ghost made several appearances around this time.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2007-08-21
Last updated: 2007-08-21
ID: #7796
Location: York (North Yorkshire) - St Mary's Hospital
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The older buildings of this hospital are said to contain the spirit of a former nurse who still tries to look after the sick.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2005-09-13
Last updated: 2005-09-13
ID: #6546
Location: York (North Yorkshire) - St Peter's School
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A local legend states that a grey ghostly woman walks around the road near the school chapel at night, while the chapel itself is haunted by a former pupil.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2005-09-13
Last updated: 2005-09-13
ID: #6549
St William's College, York.
Location: York (North Yorkshire) - St William's College, College Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1978
Further Comments: This elderly lady sits on the steps outside the college and smiles as people pass her by. Another ghost, that of a male, walks the corridors of the college; it is said he died a broken man after turning his brother in for a murder they had both committed.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-07-12
Last updated: 2002-07-12
ID: #1706
Location: York (North Yorkshire) - St. Saviours church
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A ghost hunter once spent the night here, investigating reports of a phantom Viking who had been executed on the site. The following morning, the vicar arrived, only to find the man dead on a high beam - it is said he died of fright!
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2005-09-04
Last updated: 2005-09-04
ID: #6518
Location: York (North Yorkshire) - Tempest Anderson Hall, found in the Museum Gardens
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid 1969
Further Comments: A witness in the hall reported seeing a phantom man dressed in Victorian clothing reaching up to take a book from a shelf located near the stage. The ghostly form turned around and the witness saw that it had no facial features - needless to say, the viewer fled.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2004-07-11
Last updated: 2004-07-11
ID: #5234
The Golden Fleece pub, York.
Location: York (North Yorkshire) - The Golden Fleece public house, Pavement Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Towards the end of the Second World War, a drunken Canadian pilot fell from an upstairs window in the building and broke his neck on the pavement below. Since then, this ghost has reportedly haunted the bedroom from which he fell.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-09-10
Last updated: 2002-09-10
ID: #2407
The Olde Starr Inn, York.
Location: York (North Yorkshire) - The Olde Starr Inn, Stonegate
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Another building which once housed injured Civil War troops, the basement is said to be the place where amputations occurred, which explains the sound of cries and screams. Two black cats are also reported to haunt the pub, and an old woman has been seen on the stairs.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-07-12
Last updated: 2002-07-12
ID: #1716
Location: York (North Yorkshire) - The Other Tap & Spile public house, North Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This shadow form has been seen in the building with a cloak or cape draped around its neck.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-11-12
Last updated: 2002-11-12
ID: #3142
Theatre Royal, York.
Location: York (North Yorkshire) - Theatre Royal, St. Leonard's Place
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Music coming from the closed theatre was once heard late at night. A grey figure resembling a nun has also been spotted in the building; she is thought to be the ghost of a nun who was bricked up alive for seeing angels when a hospital existed on the site. It is said to be a good omen for any production currently showing if the grey nun appears. Finally, there are also reports of a wraithy actor who died in a duel nearby.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2002-07-03
Last updated: 2002-07-03
ID: #1585
The Treasurer's House, York.
Location: York (North Yorkshire) - Treasurer's House, Minster Yard
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1953
Further Comments: Harry Martindale was working on a ladder in the cellar of the building when a group of Roman soldiers walked past him along the old Roman Road which ran through the basement. Harry was so shocked that he fell from his ladder, and despite his terror, noted that the figures disappeared into the floor at knee height and was also later able to describe the uniforms and equipment of the Romans. At the time Harry was told that his description of the soldiers was wrong, and the uniforms and equipment did not match that which was used by the invaders, although later local archaeological discoveries resulted in Harry's observations being proved correct. Harry died in 2015 and never changed his story, nor made any money from sharing it. The building also claims to be home to several other ghosts, including a dog, a black cat, George Aislaby (killed in a duel), and Frank Green, the man who converted the interior into what it is today. The Tapestry Room is reputed to have an oppressive atmosphere and is where the wife of a former owner murdered him after he conducted one extra-marital affair too many (so the story goes).
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-06-13
Last updated: 2002-06-13
ID: #1195
Tutor restaurant, York.
Location: York (North Yorkshire) - Tutor restaurant, Goodramgate
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: The upper part of this building is haunted by a seventeen year old disabled teenager who hanged himself many years ago. One witness reported seeing swinging light bulbs and feeling an invisible presence which tried to push them down the stairs.
Source:
Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2002-11-02
Last updated: 2002-11-02
ID: #3010
Location: York (North Yorkshire) - Unnamed shop along Colliergate
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: The female owners of this shop reported being glared at by a strange old man who told them to get out - instead of doing so, one of the proprietors told him to go away, which he promptly did - the man vanished and was never seen again.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2005-09-13
Last updated: 2005-09-13
ID: #6540
Location: York (North Yorkshire) - Unnamed streets 'close to a graveyard within the walls'
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Nineteenth century, but said to appear at midnight on dark nights
Further Comments: A white cat (which sometimes took the form of a white rabbit, or vice versa) would wander the streets at night. If seen, the creature would always outrun the pursuer and disappear among the tombstones of a church. Reports of the entity ceased after the introduction of gaslights.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2024-12-23
Last updated: 2024-12-23
ID: #15768
Location: York (North Yorkshire) - Viking Hotel, North Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: A darkened figure that would appear from nowhere was reported by several staff. One man is said to have resigned after the entity scared him too much.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-12-04
Last updated: 2002-12-04
ID: #3234
Windmill Hotel, York.
Location: York (North Yorkshire) - Windmill Hotel, Blossom Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Footsteps walking across a wooden floor have been heard here, even though the floors were carpeted at the time. A mist has also mysteriously appeared and disappeared at odd times, while bottles have been known to spontaneously shatter.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-07-12
Last updated: 2002-07-12
ID: #1709
Location: York (North Yorkshire) - 18-20 Stonegate (currently Jack Wills)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A local report says that a teenage girl using the changing room looked in the mirror and spotted another young girl. Believing that the girl had accidentally walked into the changing room, the teenager turned and asked the girl to leave. The girl turned and walked through the wall. Staff later found out that a doorway once existed in the wall where the girl disappeared.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2012-07-20
Last updated: 2012-07-20
ID: #11009