Archive briefing
The Darkives lists 20 locations where our community has documented poltergeist activity. They span 2 countries, led by the United Kingdom (19) and the United States (1), and the most-recorded areas are Essex (2), Greater London (2) and Greater Manchester (2).
They are most often recorded at haunted houses (6), manors & stately homes (2) and rectories & vicarages (2).
Members have filed 3 first-hand witness reports across 3 of these places; each location page holds its full history, photos and reports.
United Kingdom
19
1 reportGhost › Poltergeist30 East Drive
Pontefract, West Yorkshire
30 East Drive in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, is renowned as one of Britain’s most haunted houses. Infamous for the alleged “Black Monk” poltergeist…
Haunted HouseOpen file
1 reportGhost › PoltergeistBoathouse Hotel
Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey
Welcoming and friendly family run hotel on the coast at Newry, Anglesey.
HotelOpen file
1 reportGhost › PoltergeistThe Cheltenham Ghost House
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
The Cheltenham Ghost, seen throughout the 1880s in the house once called St Anne’s on Pittville Circus Road, appeared as a tall, veiled woman dressed…
Haunted HouseOpen file
Ghost › Poltergeist25 Cock Lane
London, Greater London
In 1762, a London house became notorious for mysterious scratching and knocking attributed to the ghost of a dead woman named Fanny Lynes…
Haunted HouseOpen file
Ghost › Poltergeist284 Green Street
Enfield, England
The Enfield Haunting, centred on a council house in Enfield, North London, between 1977 and 1979, is one of the most famous poltergeist cases in…
Haunted HouseOpen file
Ghost › Poltergeist93 Beverstone Road
Thornton Heath, Greater London
In February 1938, a quiet London home became the scene of an extraordinary alleged poltergeist outbreak. Crockery exploded, furniture overturned and…
Haunted HouseOpen file
Ghost › PoltergeistAlbert Hall
Manchester, Greater Manchester
Albert Hall in Manchester, Greater Manchester, is a Grade II listed former Methodist central hall, now a music venue. Its ornate chapel and long…
Theatre / Music VenueOpen file
Ghost › PoltergeistBettiscombe Manor
Bridport, Dorset
Hidden in the Dorset countryside, Bettiscombe Manor is home to one of Britain's strangest supernatural legends. For generations, a mysterious human…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › PoltergeistBorley Rectory Site
Sudbury, Essex
Borley Rectory in Essex, once dubbed “the most haunted house in England,” gained worldwide fame for its chilling phenomena. Built in 1862 beside the…
Rectory / VicarageOpen file
Ghost › PoltergeistEpsom Old Rectory
Doncaster, North Lincolnshire
Between December 1716 and January 1717, the Wesley family experienced an extraordinary series of disturbances at their Lincolnshire rectory. Violent…
Rectory / VicarageOpen file
Ghost › PoltergeistGreyfriars Kirkyard
Edinburgh, Scotland
Greyfriars Kirkyard in Edinburgh, one of Scotland’s most haunted graveyards, is steeped in history and terror. Dating to the 16th century, it’s home…
Cemetery / GraveyardOpen file
Ghost › PoltergeistHinton Ampner
Alresford, Hampshire
Hinton Ampner is associated with one of England’s better-recorded early haunting cases. During the 18th century, Mary Ricketts described terrifying…
Manor / Stately HomeOpen file
Ghost › PoltergeistJW Lees Greengate Brewery
Manchester, Greater Manchester
JW Lees Greengate Brewery in Middleton, Greater Manchester, is a working family brewery founded in 1828, its history bound to the region’s industrial…
OtherOpen file
Ghost › PoltergeistKelvedon Hatch Nuclear Bunker
Brentwood, Essex
Within the county of Essex stands a very ordinary looking bungalow, yet, underneath this property, is a complex, disused secret Cold War bunker which…
BunkerOpen file
Ghost › PoltergeistMeadow Cottage
Chester, Cheshire West and Chester
The Dodleston Poltergeist. The village I grew up in.
CottageOpen file
Ghost › PoltergeistNewsham Park Hospital
Liverpool, Merseyside
Newsham Park Hospital in Liverpool, once an orphanage and later a psychiatric hospital, is notorious for its oppressive atmosphere and haunting…
Hospital / AsylumOpen file
Ghost › PoltergeistThe Devil of Glenluce
Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway
Between 1654 and 1656, the household of Scottish weaver Gilbert Campbell was allegedly tormented by an unseen entity that hurled stones, shredded…
Haunted HouseOpen file
Ghost › PoltergeistThe Jamaica Inn
Launceston, Cornwall
The Jamaica Inn, perched high on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, is infamous for its ghostly legends and smuggling past. Dating to the 1750s, it hosted…
Pub / InnOpen file
Ghost › PoltergeistWarwick Castle
Warwick, Warwickshire
Warwick Castle, standing proudly on the River Avon, is a fortress alive with ghosts. Founded by William the Conqueror and shaped by centuries of…
CastleOpen file
United States
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