According to the online Paranormal Database, there have been many recorded incidents of paranormal activity in some of Wakefield’s most known buildings and pubs over the years.
The database is a serious ongoing project to document locations with folkloric, paranormal and cryptozoological connections in the UK, Ireland and the Channel Islands.
More than 13,000 paranormal sightings have been recorded across the UK, including werewolves, vampires, and poltergeist. Some more friendly than others.
9. Nostell Priory
The 18th century palladian house has it’s very own ghost, Nancy. Nancy was a maid who worked at the house, who died in the 1920s by decapitation after putting her head into a lift shaft to see where the next car was. Locals who live close to Nostell Priory and those who visit and work there know all about Nancy, some claiming to have seen her from time to time. Although Nostell is haunted by the ghost of Nancy, rumours and stories make her out to be a ghost with a friendly nature. Photo: s
10. 30 East Drive
And, of course, 30 East Drive. Behind the unassuming façade of the 1950s council house in Pontefract lurks what’s reputed to be Europe’s most violent poltergeist. For over half a century, the entity known as ‘Fred’ or ‘The Black Monk’ has made his chilling presence felt. The spirit earned its more sinister moniker from witnesses who reported seeing an apparition in dark, monastic robes. The Pritchard family, who experienced the haunting first hand, simply knew him as ‘Fred’ – their experiences later inspiring the film When the Lights Went Out by Bill Bungay Photo: s