Eight Greater Manchester urban myths, legends and ghosts
It's that time of year where our minds turn to all things creepy and peculiar. Halloween is just around the corner and families might be taking part in a number of traditions, from pumpkin carving, to hosting a costume party or going trick-or-treating.
These eight chilling tales are sure to get you into the Halloween spirit - s o, dive in if you dare... She was 'expressionless, dressed in black with a white blouse and black bow.' The driver then pulled over and turned to ask the woman how she got in his cab, only to find she had disappeared. It is said that in previous times the Boggart of Boggart Hole Clough was so active that a farmer and his family were driven from their home - only to return when they realised the creature would simply follow them.
The screaming skull of Wardley Hall Wardley Hall, the early medieval manor house in the Wardley area of Worsley, is one of the few buildings in the north west to have had a mention in the Domesday Book. Before it was occupied by the Roman Catholic Bishops of Salford it had a chequered and chilling history and was known for 200 years as 'Skull House'.
The most common account is of a ghostly male figure, dressed as an airman, wandering around the gates before disappearing. One letter, written in 1971 by a former airport worker, reveals how he had encountered an ‘old man’ whom he believed was the ghost of a night watchman who was killed there years earlier.
Lying just below the surface of Manchester is a network of underground tunnels. Subterranean passageways stretch under large parts of Manchester city centre hiding within them all manner of memories of a long-lost time.
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