East Riding of Yorkshire Ghosts, Folklore and Forteana
Burning Bugs
Location: Hull - Private residence
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1991
Further Comments: A lamp lifted itself up and flew across the living room, shattering above a child's head. On another occasion the occupants returned to their empty home to find a large Bugs Bunny doll burning in their fireplace.
ID #14793, last updated 2023-02-11
Green Eyed Hound
Location: Hull - Private residence
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2014
Further Comments: Two people spotted a dog-like shape with green eyes walk across the upper landing before vanishing into a bedroom. Other phenomenon in the same building included items that moved or were thrown through the air, and a large black shape that, after being observed in the corner of a room, exited through the ceiling.
ID #14792, last updated 2023-02-11
Shaking Wardrobe
Location: Hull - Private residence
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1980 - 2000
Further Comments: Friends and family were reported to have witnessed figures reflected in mirrors and objects that moved unaided by human hand. A wardrobe took to violently shaking and was chained shut by a family member.
ID #14704, last updated 2022-12-22
Presence
Location: Hull - Private residence, Beverley Road
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Circa 1960s
Further Comments: This haunting had a very brief mention in a 1971 newspaper, which stated a man refused to live in his house because of a presence.
ID #15866, last updated 2025-04-18
Electric Train
Location: Hull - Private residence, Princes Avenue
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa 1960s
Further Comments: After the death of a resident, a model railway enthusiast, the following occupants could hear an electric train being used within the building.
ID #15865, last updated 2025-04-18
Stone Throwing
Location: Hull - Private residence, Sykes Street
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1908
Further Comments: After windows were broken by stones thrown by an unseen agency, a police officer visited and witnessed pots, pans and other household items fly across a room. The occupant, whose son had died a few days before, was reported to be in a 'state of great nervous prostration'.
ID #11956, last updated 2015-10-24
Dancing People
Location: Hull - Stonebridge Avenue, playing fields
Type: Other
Date / Time: 09 August 1977, 01:30h
Further Comments: A policeman reported seeing several strangely dressed people dancing around in a circle - they disappeared soon after.
ID #5880, last updated 2005-02-20
Arthur Lucan
Location: Hull - Tax office built on site of the Tivoli Theatre
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Arthur died in his dressing room in the theatre. He was known for his dislike of taxes (and tax men), so it was no surprise that his ghost came back when the Inland Revenue building was placed on top of the theatre. His spirit is dressed as Old Mother Riley, a character he played in fourteen films.
ID #1475, last updated 2002-06-25
Elizabeth Clark
Location: Hull - Trinity Almshouse
Type: SHC
Date / Time: January 1905
Further Comments: Elizabeth Clark spent the night here and was discovered in the morning covered in heinous burns which later claimed her life. No one heard any noises during the night, and although covered in the ash from her nightdress, the bed itself was not scorched.
ID #2444, last updated 2002-09-23
Bumps
Location: Hull - Unidentified house, Exmouth Street
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: January 1964
Further Comments: A brief newspaper report mentioned a house belonging to the Jackson family experienced a poltergeist which created 'bumps in the night'.
ID #15323, last updated 2024-04-01
Shuffling
Location: Hull - White Rose Hairdressing
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s?
Further Comments: This salon was haunted by shuffling feet that could be heard moving around the upper part of the building. Sometimes a dragging sound would accompany the steps.
ID #8232, last updated 2008-02-26
Drowned Smugglers
Location: Hull - Ye Old Black Boy public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This pub was once connected to the docks via secret tunnels and was used extensively by smugglers. One stormy day the tunnels were flooded with sea water and several smugglers drowned - they now haunt the pub. Bottles have flown off the shelves, and several people have seen ghostly hands materialise through panels on the wall.
ID #6755, last updated 2006-02-26
Freda
Location: Hull - Ye Old White Hart public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Still present
Further Comments: It is said that if the Freda's skull located behind the bar of this pub is moved, the former owner returns and haunts the building until the cranium is replaced.
ID #6754, last updated 2006-02-26
Tap Turning
Location: Kingston upon Hull - Whittington & Cat public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The ghost in the cellar turns the gas off, while the occasional vanishing figure is seen in other parts of the pub.
ID #16273, last updated 2026-01-10
Avro 694 Lincoln
Location: Leconfield - Road close to Molescroft Grange Farm
Type: Environmental Manifestation
Date / Time: November 2016 and November 2018, 08:00h to 09:00h
Further Comments: Traveling in the front passenger seat of a car, the same person twice witnessed the aircraft suddenly appear over houses and, in a steep dive, look as if about to crash into fields. The aircraft disappeared before impact. The witness suggested that haunting relates to an AVRO 694 which crashed on 26 November 1951, which killed two and injured thirteen.
ID #16150, last updated 2025-11-02
Lelley Boggle
Location: Lelley - Crossroads in the area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1930s, 1980s
Further Comments: This entity may take the form of a phantom carriage - to gaze into the headlights will bring certain doom. The entity was blamed for setting fire to two cars in a carpark in the 1930s, while in the 1980s it was said the entity caused a driver to become temporarily paralysed.
ID #12796, last updated 2018-03-27
Slapper
Location: Leven - Road near White Cross
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: It is said the area was once haunted by a headless white woman who would hunt down highwaymen and give them a slap. What became of the entity is not known.
ID #7234, last updated 2007-04-07
Figure in Black
Location: Leven - Unnamed brook in the area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Like other ghosts in this area, the ghostly figure in black is headless. The entity was seen squatting by the brook before reaching out and chasing the witness away.
ID #12502, last updated 2017-05-25
Halifax
Location: Lissett - Former Second World War airfield
Type: Crisis Manifestation
Date / Time: 1940s
Further Comments: This phantom bomber only made itself visible to a crew once inside their aircraft, if they were all going to die together.
ID #2716, last updated 2002-10-17
Walled Up Skull
Location: Lund - Manor house
Type: Other
Date / Time: Unknown if still present
Further Comments: Not much is known about the skull and its surrounding legend, other than to prevent the removal of the object, it was bricked up in the attic.
ID #11952, last updated 2015-10-23
Fairy Home
Location: Nafferton Slack - Hill
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The hill was said to be a major home for fairies - they could be heard inside, and several times there have been reports of the little people entering or leaving the place.
ID #1644, last updated 2002-07-06
Black Cat
Location: New Ellerby - Field quarter of a mile outside of village
Type: ABC
Date / Time: May 1992, morning
Further Comments: From around one hundred metres distant, a witness spotted a large black panther-like cat drinking from a ditch at a field edge.
ID #16151, last updated 2025-11-02
Headless Man
Location: North Frodingham - Road between village and Foston on the Wolds
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Possibly nineteenth century
Further Comments: A headless man who walks this area is said to have only been seen the once, many years ago.
ID #11954, last updated 2015-10-23
Burning Spitfire
Location: Pocklington - Airfield
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A phantom burning spitfire was claimed to haunt this airfield. Another ghost reputedly at home here is a pilot who frequents the control tower, although his history is unknown.
ID #10818, last updated 2012-04-08
Hanging Highwayman
Location: Pocklington - Feathers Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This unpleasant footpad murdered a serving girl in the pub and was hanged in the yard for the crime. His shade still ensures he is not forgotten.
ID #5154, last updated 2004-05-30
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