Enfield: knocks, jumps and another voice
Investigators recorded knocks and a harsh voice in the Hodgson home; their observations coexisted with detected tricks and disputed evidence.
Under reviewEnfield district, north London
Atlas of mysteries
Items: 143Ghosts and spirits
Domovoi, ghosts and accounts of encounters with the unseen.
The York cellar: Harry Martindale’s Romans
An apprentice recalled Roman soldiers walking through a cellar wall, visible only from the knees upwards.
Insufficient evidenceTreasurer’s House, York
Borley: a nun, wall messages and Harry Price’s investigation
Stories of a nun and moving objects made the rectory famous; scrutiny later questioned witnesses and investigator alike.
Under reviewBorley village, Essex
The Bell Witch: a voice retold decades later
An invisible speaker torments children, argues with visitors and allegedly claims responsibility for a farmer’s death.
Insufficient evidenceAdams area, Robertson County, Tennessee
The Hammersmith ghost: when a ghost hunt ended in tragedy
A white figure, armed night patrols and a real court case that outlasted the rumour behind it.
An explanation existsHammersmith, west London
The Cock Lane ghost: knocks, an accusation and the 1762 investigation
A supposed spirit answered through knocks and appeared to accuse a living man of murder.
An explanation existsCock Lane, London
Bloody Mary: a name before the mirror
A group describes a woman in a mirror and then tries to turn the story into an encounter; Mary’s identity and the rules vary between groups.
Insufficient evidenceChildren’s and adolescents’ folklore; multiple local variants
Brissac: the Green Lady and Charlotte’s memory
A woman’s cries and green dress link the chateau to the murdered Charlotte de Valois; sources tell the building’s history and the ghost’s story differently.
Insufficient evidenceChateau de Brissac, Maine-et-Loire
Bhangarh: two curses and closed gates
One tradition destroys the town through a palace’s shadow, another through a rejected magician’s curse; monument opening hours have a separate legal history.
Insufficient evidenceBhangarh, Rajasthan
La Llorona: the weeping woman and different losses
Weeping beside water connects many narratives: drowned children, a separated family and a ghost identified differently in each locality.
Insufficient evidenceMexican and Mexican American oral traditions