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I thought a thread for local ghost stories, not ULs, but stories that are supposed to be true, might be interesting. These may be not very well known because they have never been published or investigated. While musing to myself about how there are no ghost stories from the area where I live, I suddenly remembered a pretty good one, but it's never been written up in a book or publicized.

There's a road that runs north and south through the town where I work. It heads north out of town into the rural area, and just before the state boarder it goes through the 'wetlands' which is the 90's catchphrase for swamps. ("Preserve the Wetlands for Nature" sells so much better than "Save the Swamp for the Snakes".) Out there, in between two rural intersections is an area haunted by a very disturbing ghost, according to those who've seen her. The ghost of a murder victim whose remains were scattered so as not to be found. But the plan backfired, and remains were found. The murderer was convicted and imprisoned. However the ghost still haunts the strip of road because they only found her extremities. And the rest of her is what floats at the side of the road, or off hovering above the swamp, seeming to wait for someone to follow her somewhere....and put her completely to rest.

Anybody else?
 
Near my home there's a street which suddenly turns into a winding lane leading out of town northwards. A ghost is reputed to cross the lane at night, walking out of the hedge at one side and disappearing into the other hedge at the other. It's been seen for generations, in fact my mother remembers being told about it as a child.

My mate's ex lived up the lane and often saw it as he staggered home from the pub. Didn't scare him- he sometimes offered it a chip!;)
 
I remember when I lived in Haywards Heath, Sussex last year - we lived near a big ex-convent. It had been converted to a block of luxury apartments. Prior to that part of it had been a retirement home and hospice for nuns and such like.

I had friends who bought one of the apartments in what had originally been some sort of chapel and they regularly had visits from an old lady who would walk through the flat and vanish. They felt no hostility or any emotion during these visits.

They subsequently moved on and, by pure chance :)rolleyes:) I got a lift from a cab driver months later who dropped me off near to the old building. I happened to mention the story to him and he confirmed that he had once been the caretaker for the Convent and had lived in a house on the grounds. He noted that the place was renowned for being haunted and that both he and his wife had seen a number of visitors in the gardens both day and night who would simply vanish.

I wasn't impressed as I had to walk past the place every morning at 6.00, down an unlit woodland pathway to reach the station for my long commute into work.

Of course, I never saw anyone nor encountered anyone clutching a bag of chips.

Go figure.
 
Right behind my back garden in New Hartley, Northumberland, are two bricked over mine entrances and this was the scene of a disaster at the turn of the century where a piece of machinery collapsed and covered the openings, trapping the workers underground and eventually killing many people. More on this HERE.

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Unsurprisingly the area where I live is riddled with ghost stories. The memorial park containing the old pit openings is a heck of an unpleasent place to be to the point where kids refuse to play in it and thus it's nearly always empty despite the councils attempts to make it attractive, which it undoubtedly is. My (sadly soon to be late:( ) dog always wants to cross the road when I take her out past the front of the park. And there have been (unfounded) rumours of various apparitions. Our row of houses comprises a long terrace and a detatched house at the end where I love; seemingly totally unhaunted; but the terrace is a different story...a neighbour claims to have a ghost which opens the door for her, for example. And this aint no nutter.;)

We also have Seaton Deleval Hall over the field, but that's listed in most ghost books and is thus not applicable here. But needless to say it's considered an extremely haunted house.
 
the wondefully named Slaymaker Lane, Oakworth, Yorkshire is haunted by a bloke on a horse.

two or three years back a group of people in a car drove right through someone on horseback riding right down the middle of the lane. Of course there was no impact, and on stopping, nothing to be found lying in the road. This as far as i know is the only sighting. The lane is through woodland, and has a high wall on one side. it's a Well Known Fact locally that the woods behind the wall are the haunt of "devil worshippers" .

a couple of years ago a workman repairing a moorland footpath on Rivock Edge about 6 miles away saw "a monk" drift across the path near him. This is on the site of 18th century mineworkings which contains the bodies of several miners killed in an accident.
 
zygmunt said:
...a couple of years ago a workman repairing a moorland footpath on Rivock Edge about 6 miles away saw "a monk" drift across the path near him. This is on the site of 18th century mineworkings which contains the bodies of several miners killed in an accident.
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And the workman's story was lent extra credence, when another slightly embarrassed colleague revealed that he'd seen it too!

That place is a mite weird tho...
(I went to check it out earlier this year; my visit & pics )
 
ah, I'm glad you saw my post David, I knew you'd know the real story!:D
 
At the old City Hospital in Truro there is a story about a night sister who was killed during the war by a bomb that went down a lift shaft.

It was not unusual even 10 years ago to ask "Who is the nurse in the funny uniform?"

When asked to describe the uniform they described ine fro mthe 1940's
 
In the city of Grand Rapids, just before the turn of the century, a man killed his wife by beating her with his wooden leg. (really) He then turned on the gas to kill himself but decided that wasn't quick enough and he slit his own throat instead. (I've just realized how suspicious this is - maybe an unpunished murderer is the reason for the haunting) No one would live in the house after this. It was eventually torn down and replaced by the Michigan Bell Telephone Co. Building. To this day, night shift workers report hearing the sounds of struggle, weaping and pleading on the second floor of the building. This haunting is accepted by everyone as real because so many people know someone who has worked at the Bell building some time in their lives.

In Ada, there's the Ada Witch which isn't a witch at all. The back story also takes place around the turn of the century. The story is that a married woman snuck out to meet her lover in the woods in the early morning hours. The husband came upon the lovers while he was out hunting. The husband attacked his wife and killed her, a knife fight ensued between the two men and both later died of their injuries. People out at night can see her white figure walking down the road and if in the right place, can hear the sound of the struggle. Although this story is accepted there is no record of a murder in local records, however many people have seen the Ada Witch. This makes me think she is one of those White Lady apparitions and there is no telling who or what she really is.
 
We have a sad story in our neighborhood.

The local bar / restaurant was popular. The manager was young, attractive and had many friends. One night, he threw out 3 young men who were making trouble. They broke in after hours, allegedly to rob the bar, but the manager was still in his office doing paperwork. They shot and killed the manager, were later caught and sent to prison.

Because the manager was so well liked, a real feeling of tragedy settled over the place. It wasn't as popular. Rumors also started that the office, and whole downstairs of the building, were being haunted. This increased the feeling of tragedy that this nice young man wasn't able to let go of the promise that this life offered him. Staff were hard to keep and people stopped going to the bar.

Now the bar / restaurant is owned by a man named "Franco". A real character who hopefully will bring popularity and prosperity back to the local bar. I hope, too, that the manager has moved on.
 
Cannonball House Ghosts

(posted this before if somebody wants to erase the old message and just leave this version here):

Just had a friend who visited this anntebelleam house, famous for a single cannon ball that was fired in the Civil & the only shot fired at Macon. Apparently, the shot is still there!

But this friend took the tour, and was told an interesting two ghost stories by the tour guide. One was that a previous staff member had seen the ghost of a woman looking at her petticoat using the weird low mirror devices used by women of the time who could bend over to see if she was showing too much.

At first the staff member thought somebody had broken in so she went outside for other staff to arrive, only to not find the woman in the building or any sign of forced entry. The woman apparently resigned her post immediately.

The other story, more sensationalistic but interesting if true, was that the only man to work the museam for tours was gay, and was killed in the house by a gay serial killer, and his ghost still haunts the house. In particular, the man had a habit for a while of answering the phone and giving out information of the house that was not updated from the time he was murdered, so people would show up only to find that they got the time wrong. If they asked who it was who gave the information and they said it was a guy, they'd know it was the ghost since there wasn't a man on staff at the time of his greatest activity.

And according to the person telling my friends the story, she actually heard the voice of the dead man - he was apparently recorded due to a mishap with their answering machine!

This is all apocrypha unless I find proof (like a murder that would fit the description, or can find somebody with the recording), but I thought it was interesting nevertheless.

Here is the official site for the place:

http://www.cannonballhouse.org

Does anybody have any info on a murder that occured in the house?

http://www.forteantimes.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10006
 
To MichaelH

Very interesting to read about your ghostly experiences of New Hartley.

We will be moving to Seaton Delaval (just down the road) soon and I would be intrigued to hear of any ghost stories concerning this area.

We have family who live in Seaton Sluice and frequently drive down "The Avenue" past Seaton Delaval Hall, usually late at night!

It's always struck me as being a spooky road and I usually try to get down it as quickly as I can. The fact there are no street lights and a line of trees on either side of the road probably don't help.

What spooks me out the most is if I glance in my rear view mirror. You just can't see anything, just a black void. I keep thinking that one time I'm going to look in my mirror and a ghost will be grinning back. (shudders!!)

How people walk along that road in the pitch dark I will never know. It's scary enough at 60 miles an hour, but most nights we always pass somebody walking along the footpath.

So don't forget, if you know of any other spooky stories in this area, I would love to hear them.
 
I live six miles away from Brighton which of course is crammed to capacity full of ghosts what with The Lanes, The Pavilion etc. I must admit I have only ever walked around The Lanes once on my own when it was dark and it was very very spooky. There is one pub (The Font and Firkin) which used to be a church which I find particularly eery and when I purchased a book about Brighton and Hove's ghostly population it was mentioned for numerous disturbances that have frightened staff and customers alike.

I also find the stairs in the Theatre Royal creepy for some reason and I am sure that there are legends of ghosts there too.

One of the creepiest places I have ever been was on Brownie Pack Hoilday (dont laugh) to Loxwood. I cant even remember why it was creepy or what the legends were. Can anyone else remind me? I think Brownies and Cubs probably still go there now. I think it was probably just 30 girls all together using their imagination rather than actuall ghosts.
 
Sam Stringer said:
I also find the stairs in the Theatre Royal creepy for some reason and I am sure that there are legends of ghosts there too.
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Yep they've a grey lady apparently:-

In fact Ellen Nye Chart didn't ever really leave the Theatre she is the Grey Lady, our Theatre ghost. A guardian spirit who watches over the Theatre, she is said to be a very benign and friendly presence and there have been numerous sightings of her.
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http://www.theambassadors.com/theatreroyal/info/
 
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