Post by Loucifer on Jun 10, 2008 2:02:41 GMT 10
Are there any relatively famous ghost stories from where you are?
I recently found out about these ones:
www.unsolvedmysteries.com/usm393830.html
A GATHERING SPOT FOR GHOSTS,CROYDON AIRPORT,SURREY,ENGLAND
Ghosts seem to gravitate to the control tower at the Croydon Airport, just outside London in Surrey. The hauntings began in the 1930s, when a Dutch pilot was killed when his plane crashed taking off in dense fog. Now he warns pilots of approaching foggy conditions by appearing to them as they file their flight plans in the control tower. In the 1960s, after a house was built on the spot in the western portion of the airfield in which his plane crashed, the dead pilot bgan appearing to the new owners. The private residence in the Roundshaw Estate became internationally famous for its haunting and was investigated by the British Society for Psychical Research. The ghosts of three nuns who were burned alive in a plane crash at the airport during a blizzard in January 1947 have also been reported, as well as a ghostly wartime pilot on a motorcycle on nearby Foresters Drive. People at the airport also report hearing singing coming from off in the distance where a perfume factory used to stand.More than sixty people died when the factory was bombed during World war II.To allay their fears during the bombing, the workers began singing. According to psychics who have visited Croydon Airport, the facility sits on a vortex of energy that is connected to the other side.International Directory of Haunted Places,p.29.
www.paranormaldatabase.com
Blurred Figure
Location: Croydon - Addiscombe railway yard - sheds (station demolished in 2001)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 11 April 2006
Further Comments: While the buildings stood, one worker witnessed a grey figure walking from the sheds, the apparition's face blurred and distorted. The sounds of machinery being moved at night were also reported, though the buildings were locked. The grey figure has been seen since the demolition, viewed from the fence along Capri Road.
Boy in an Orange Jumper
Location: Croydon - Council House on New Addington estate
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: A garden attached to a house once owned by a convicted paedophile was dug up after police were tipped off that the bodies of two children were buried there. Though nothing was discovered, another family which once lived there reported they moved out after their daughter saw a ghostly boy in an orange jumper and a girl who would stand at the bottom of the garden.
John Carver
Location: Croydon - Former café in Brighton Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 26 May (reoccurring), last encountered 1940s?
Further Comments: John Carver was found not guilty of the murder of his wife, though most of the community believed he was guilty. After leaving court, Carver found himself hounded by a crowd who wanted him dead. Eventually Carver moved far away to escape. Sixty years after the crime, the owner of a café reported seeing the ghost of a tall man in grey, minus head and legs, climb the staircase and hover on the landing. In addition, on each 26 May (the date of the wife’s death), the breaking of glass could be heard. The café was thought to be one of the locations Carver tried to hide in before leaving the area.
Walking Mother
Location: Croydon - Old Croydon Palace
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Once an orphanage, it is thought the ghost of a woman that walks the corridors is a mother searching for her lost child. It is unclear whether the same entity is to blame for the wailing and screaming also reported onsite.
Preacher
Location: Croydon - Sandrock public house, Upper Shirley Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This public house is said to be haunted by an old man with a long beard, dressed as a preacher. He has reputedly been seen by former staff.
Grey Lady
Location: Croydon - Selsdon Park Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century?
Further Comments: Carrying a candle whilst walking down the Tudor Corridor, this spook is thought to be that of a maid who killed herself during the 1930s. One guest caught the reflection of the entity in a mirror as he sat in the bath.
Woman in Lace
Location: Croydon - The King's Cellars public house, 48 Park Street (no longer a public house)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s
Further Comments: The ghost of a young woman has appeared several times at the King's Cellars. Glowing blue, she scared staff when she spoke the words 'help me'. The pub is said to have been built over an old fire station where a gruesome murder was carried out, and the ghost of a former fireman also haunts the site.
Elizabethan Handmaiden
Location: Croydon - The Old Palace (currently a school)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: This ghost is said to date back at least two hundred years, and is followed by an aura of sadness whenever seen or felt.
Moving Bottles
Location: Croydon - Wheatsheaf public house, Thornton Heath
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s?
Further Comments: Though the cause of the haunting is not really known, one landlady reported bottles which relocated themselves in the bar area and a permanently cold boiler room.
I recently found out about these ones:
www.unsolvedmysteries.com/usm393830.html
A GATHERING SPOT FOR GHOSTS,CROYDON AIRPORT,SURREY,ENGLAND
Ghosts seem to gravitate to the control tower at the Croydon Airport, just outside London in Surrey. The hauntings began in the 1930s, when a Dutch pilot was killed when his plane crashed taking off in dense fog. Now he warns pilots of approaching foggy conditions by appearing to them as they file their flight plans in the control tower. In the 1960s, after a house was built on the spot in the western portion of the airfield in which his plane crashed, the dead pilot bgan appearing to the new owners. The private residence in the Roundshaw Estate became internationally famous for its haunting and was investigated by the British Society for Psychical Research. The ghosts of three nuns who were burned alive in a plane crash at the airport during a blizzard in January 1947 have also been reported, as well as a ghostly wartime pilot on a motorcycle on nearby Foresters Drive. People at the airport also report hearing singing coming from off in the distance where a perfume factory used to stand.More than sixty people died when the factory was bombed during World war II.To allay their fears during the bombing, the workers began singing. According to psychics who have visited Croydon Airport, the facility sits on a vortex of energy that is connected to the other side.International Directory of Haunted Places,p.29.
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www.paranormaldatabase.com
Blurred Figure
Location: Croydon - Addiscombe railway yard - sheds (station demolished in 2001)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 11 April 2006
Further Comments: While the buildings stood, one worker witnessed a grey figure walking from the sheds, the apparition's face blurred and distorted. The sounds of machinery being moved at night were also reported, though the buildings were locked. The grey figure has been seen since the demolition, viewed from the fence along Capri Road.
Boy in an Orange Jumper
Location: Croydon - Council House on New Addington estate
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: A garden attached to a house once owned by a convicted paedophile was dug up after police were tipped off that the bodies of two children were buried there. Though nothing was discovered, another family which once lived there reported they moved out after their daughter saw a ghostly boy in an orange jumper and a girl who would stand at the bottom of the garden.
John Carver
Location: Croydon - Former café in Brighton Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 26 May (reoccurring), last encountered 1940s?
Further Comments: John Carver was found not guilty of the murder of his wife, though most of the community believed he was guilty. After leaving court, Carver found himself hounded by a crowd who wanted him dead. Eventually Carver moved far away to escape. Sixty years after the crime, the owner of a café reported seeing the ghost of a tall man in grey, minus head and legs, climb the staircase and hover on the landing. In addition, on each 26 May (the date of the wife’s death), the breaking of glass could be heard. The café was thought to be one of the locations Carver tried to hide in before leaving the area.
Walking Mother
Location: Croydon - Old Croydon Palace
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Once an orphanage, it is thought the ghost of a woman that walks the corridors is a mother searching for her lost child. It is unclear whether the same entity is to blame for the wailing and screaming also reported onsite.
Preacher
Location: Croydon - Sandrock public house, Upper Shirley Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This public house is said to be haunted by an old man with a long beard, dressed as a preacher. He has reputedly been seen by former staff.
Grey Lady
Location: Croydon - Selsdon Park Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century?
Further Comments: Carrying a candle whilst walking down the Tudor Corridor, this spook is thought to be that of a maid who killed herself during the 1930s. One guest caught the reflection of the entity in a mirror as he sat in the bath.
Woman in Lace
Location: Croydon - The King's Cellars public house, 48 Park Street (no longer a public house)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s
Further Comments: The ghost of a young woman has appeared several times at the King's Cellars. Glowing blue, she scared staff when she spoke the words 'help me'. The pub is said to have been built over an old fire station where a gruesome murder was carried out, and the ghost of a former fireman also haunts the site.
Elizabethan Handmaiden
Location: Croydon - The Old Palace (currently a school)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: This ghost is said to date back at least two hundred years, and is followed by an aura of sadness whenever seen or felt.
Moving Bottles
Location: Croydon - Wheatsheaf public house, Thornton Heath
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s?
Further Comments: Though the cause of the haunting is not really known, one landlady reported bottles which relocated themselves in the bar area and a permanently cold boiler room.
