AFTER a team of paranormal investigators were dispatched to Stockton Heath to look into spooky footage captured at the DWL bar, we've had a look over some of the other rumoured hauntings in Warrington.
The Crawling Man
The Black Horse Inn on Liverpool Road was formerly a stabling yard run by blacksmith Giles Boston.
A group of Cavaliers burst into the stables one night and demanded his horses, and Boston was shot in the chest.
He then crawled down the street to raise the alarm before dying.
For more than 200 years, people have claimed to have seen a ghost holding a hand to his chest outside the pub.
Spring Heeled Jack
The summer of 1927 saw homeowners around Orford Lane terrorised by a tall, ghostly figure who would stare through windows before jumping over high walls and disappearing.
His appearances were often accompanied by a strange squealing noise and bright light.
He was first spotted on Sunday August 14 by two women on Haydock Street, causing the pair to faint.
The figure appeared again later that evening in front of a large crowd that had gathered after the news of a ghost spread around the area.
There were various other sightings of Jack in the weeks that followed, before he jumped over Central Station in his final alleged appearance.
The next day a message was found scrawled along a wall on Cockhedge Lane which read: “When the fields are white with daises I'll return."
Granny Lightfoot's Rocking Chair
The Firth Place cottage on Froghall Lane was home to an old lady by the name of Jenny Lightfoot who spent her latter days sitting in a rocking chair.
When the woman died, her chair was sold to a pawn broker, but the chair continued to rock on it's own. The chair is reportedly still passed from person to person, as they fear the consequences should they throw it away.
Springfield Street Post Office
On Walking Day 1929, 20 people reported seeing a face in the window of the Springfield Street Post Office, now home to the Grill on the Square and the Lounge.
The mysterious figure reportedly watched the festivities from the top right-hand window, but management claimed it would have been impossible for anyone to be there as the building was locked.
Bewsey Old Hall
Numerous legends surround this grade II listed building. It is reportedly haunted by the ghost of a murdered maid, a treacherous servant hanged in the wake of Sir John Boteler's murder, and the White Lady – thought to be Lady Isabella Boteler.
Now host to apartments, the building is also allegedly the home of a supernatural white rabbit being hunted by a pack of dogs.
Lewis Carroll supposedly took inspiration from this to create the white rabbit in Alice in Wonderland.
Walton Hall
Built in the 1830s, Lady Daresbury is regularly spotted on the staircase and in her bedroom. The ghosts of children are allegedly heard playing in empty rooms and running around the building, and the dark figure of a man supposedly haunts its function rooms.
Winwick Hospital
Now demolished and replaced by houses, the former mental hospital was believed to have been haunted by the Grey Lady. Other ghostly apparitions reported included a nun, an American GI and former members of staff.
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