Ghosts, ghouls and poltergeists from Wearside

A tribute to a paranormal website which is packed with stories of Sunderland ghosts.

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00:00We have a treat for wayside people who love the paranormal.

00:05A website called the Paranormal Database has loads of Sunderland area reports.

00:12There's the former landlady of the Crowtree pub, who was still set to haunt the area,

00:19and Building Hill in Mowbray Park, which was reputed to be a gathering spot for evil spirits after dark.

00:28A female phantom is reported to remove hats from a house in Newcastle Road,

00:34and a ghoul in General Havelock Road had a penchant for prodding people.

00:40The Robbie Burns pub in Houghton had three ghosts according to locals,

00:45and a driver on the Balmston Slip Road reported all the air being sucked out of his car.

00:52Chairs moving at the Black Bull in East Bouldon,

00:55and a man in a boiler suit in Springwell are also among the many reports.

01:01Share your ghostly tales by emailing chris.cordner at nationalworld.com