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The Bargarran Impostor: the possession of Christian Shaw and the Paisley witch trial
August 22, 1696 · Bargarran House, Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 29 sources
31Partially documented
The Ringcroft of Stocking Poltergeist: Andrew Mackie's Farm, Rerrick, 1695
February 1695 · Ring-Croft of Stocking, Rerrick parish, near Auchencairn, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, Galloway
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 18 sources
26Thinly documented
Crossford Boat phantom armies on the River Clyde (1686)
June 1686 · Crossford Boat and the Mains, River Clyde, near Lanark, Carluke parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 19 sources
16Thinly documented
The Demon of Spreyton
c. 1682 · Spreyton, Devon (house of Philip Furze), with episodes on the road from Totnes and at Crediton
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 14 sources
29Thinly documented
The Coltheart Haunting of Mary King's Close
c. 1680 · Mary King's Close, Old Town, Edinburgh, Scotland
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 19 sources
19Thinly documented
The Mowing-Devil: Strange News out of Hartford-shire (1678)
c. 1678 · Hertfordshire ("Hartford-shire"), England; no parish or farm named, map pin at Hertford is symbolic
United Kingdom
UAP · Being / humanoid · 23 sources
20Thinly documented
The Drummer of Tedworth: the Mompesson House Poltergeist (1662)
1662 · John Mompesson's house, North Tedworth (now Tidworth), Wiltshire
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 23 sources
32Partially documented
The Devil of Glenluce: the poltergeist in weaver Gilbert Campbell's house, Glenluce, 1654
October 1654 · House of the weaver Gilbert Campbell, Glenluce (Old Luce parish), Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 21 sources
27Thinly documented
The Portadown Bridge Apparition: the Woman in the River Bann
c. 1643 · Portadown bridge, River Bann, Portadown, County Armagh
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 19 sources
37Partially documented
The Phantom Battle of Edgehill and King Charles I's Commission
December 1642 · Edgehill battlefield, between Edge Hill, Radway and Kineton, Warwickshire, England
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 32 sources
36Partially documented
Old Mother Leakey: the Minehead ghost and the Privy Council inquiry
1636 · Alexander Leakey's house, Minehead, Somerset, England
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 20 sources
30Partially documented
The Boy of Bilson: William Perry's Faked Possession, Staffordshire, 1620
1620 · Bilson (modern Bilston), Staffordshire; examined at Eccleshall Castle
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 21 sources
21Thinly documented
The possession of Mary Glover and the trial of Elizabeth Jackson
April 1602 · Thames Street, City of London
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 25 sources
33Partially documented
Thomas Darling, the "Boy of Burton" possession
February 1596 · Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire (Winsell Wood, Stapenhill)
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 17 sources
33Partially documented
The Seven in Lancashire: the Cleworth Hall Possessions
February 1595 · Cleworth Hall, Tyldesley, Lancashire
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 25 sources
36Partially documented
The North Aston poltergeist: strange and wonderful accidents at Master George Lee's house (1591)
November 19, 1591 · House of Master George Lee, North Aston, Oxfordshire, England
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 15 sources
25Thinly documented
The Witches of Warboys: the Throckmorton Children's Fits
November 1589 · Throckmorton manor house, Warboys, Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire), England
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 24 sources
30Partially documented
Black Shuck at Bungay and Blythburgh: the "Straunge and Terrible Wunder" of 1577
August 4, 1577 · St Mary's Church, Bungay, and Holy Trinity Church, Blythburgh, Suffolk, England
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 54 sources
36Partially documented
The Byland Abbey Silver Disc of 1290, a Schoolboy Hoax
c. 1290 · Byland Abbey, Byland with Wass, North Yorkshire
United Kingdom
UAP · Disc / saucer · 12 sources
14Thinly documented
The ship in the sky over Redbourn, seen by the monks of St Albans (1254)
January 1, 1254 · Cell of St Amphibalus, Redbourn, near St Albans, Hertfordshire
United Kingdom
UAP · Other · 15 sources
16Thinly documented