Ten Ghosts of England – Cheshire

Ten Ghosts of England – Cheshire

No 1 – A Woman in a Red Scarf

In 2004 two people driving down a road to Winsford reported seeing a woman in a red scarf, with a pale face but her eyes were dark and sunken, they say that the figure stood motionless and stared right through them, and that the woman's clothes dated the 60's or 70s. They drove past the area the following day, only to notice that the area where they saw the woman looked totally different to the day before.

No 2 – Dry Man in the Rain

On Chester Road a young boy heading home in heavy rain from his paper round encountered a man in a white t-shirt and grey trousers standing by a gate, feeling something was strange once the boy had walked pasted the man he look back towards the man, only to find that he had disappeared, the young boy soon realised what was odd about the man, despite the heavy rain, the man was dry.

No 3 – Maid

A Maid is reported to haunt the old grounds of the Birkenhead Hall, she was murder by her jealous mistress that believed she was having an affair with property owner. Witnesses have often seen her by the road sides.

No 4 – The Jogger

A report from Bosley a mother and daughter spotted a dark figure jogging in the distance moving towards them, but as the figure got closer the mother noticed that the figure was wearing a monks hood but could not see a face. The figure eventually stopped, the mother looked to her daughter then looked back at the figure, but the figure had vanished.

No 5 – The Lady

At Cheadle Bulkely Hall, a story from the nineteenth century says that there was a blood stain within a room in Hall that nothing would get rid of, the stain is thought to be linked to an unidentified female ghost that is believed to haunt the hall.

No 6 – A Roman

Near the George and Dragon Hotel, there is reports to be a Roman Centurion that wonders the local paths, believed to be on guard duty, though he his often heard marching rather than seen.

No 7 – Old City Hospital

Old City Hospital in Chester closed in 1991, but stories of creepy happenings still surface today, in 1976 there was a report of a Gentlemen that claims he was visiting his mother, but when staff spoke to the woman later on she said that her son had died a few years prior, on another occasion, two members of staff could hear movement from the ward upstairs, the sounds of beds being dragged across the floor, only to be told later that the floor above was empty and closed off.

No 8 Grey Monk

A Monk in a grey cloak is reported to haunt the St John's Cathedral in Chester, witnesses claim that he speaks in Old English. He was reported to make frequent appearances in the 70s, but a recent story from 2003 says that children approached him on Halloween before he scared them away.

No 9 – The Maid

A report of a Maid that died of starvation after being locked within a room of the Bear and Billet Inn in Chester, she is believed to haunt the staircase and will only appear to men, she is thought to be behind eerie screeching noises and the movement of ornaments within the building.

No 10 – The Staring Man

A witness reports that he has seen the same spirit twice, exactly a year apart whilst driving down Audlem Road, The witness states that the spirit would stand by the road side and would stare in his car as he would drive past, but the entity would never appear in the rear view mirror.