With Halloween right around the corner, Oldham is believed to be home to some paranormal activity with ghosts haunting some of the borough's pubs and streets for centuries.
According to the Paranormal Database, a website run by Darren Mann, there are several sites of supernatural activity in the borough - and even more local legends have been unearthed by the Oldham Theatre Workshop in its interactive ghost trail.
If the stories are to be believed, pubs, streets and some of Oldham's popular landmarks have seen some ghostly goings on.
So here is where you might be able to spot a ghost - or some otherworldly being - this October 31:
Nether Hey Street
The database documents a resident sitting in the kitchen of their own home when they saw 'someone' come in and sit down.
The resident reportedly mistook the creepy figure for their own father.
Saddleworth Moor
In late 2006, a flash of lights in a hexagon pattern believed to be a UFO was spotted for several seconds before it vanished.
However, this was not the only extraterrestrial sighting on the moors either with a 'bus sized UFO' believed to have been seen in 1975.
The Old Original Inn, Scouthead
This pub in Scouthead has its own resident ghost, who is believed to be a former customer.
Eliza Jane was found drowned in a nearby well and is known to linger around her favourite pub in Saddleworth.
No one knows for certain how she ended up in the well, but some think she might have been pushed.
The Old Museum, Greaves Street
The Old Museum is said to be haunted by two ghosts, the 'grey lady' and a Victorian boy.
Nearby at Positive Steps, a former swimming baths, a man has also been seen patrolling 'frantically' around what would have been the edge of the pool.
Birchen Bower, Bower Lane
The site of Birchen Bower – a former manor house in Hollinwood – is reportedly haunted by the headless ghost of Madame Hannah Beswick, also known as the Manchester Mummy.
According to various records, Hannah was an "eccentric lady" living in the manor in the 1700s with an irrational fear of being buried alive.
This started after her brother narrowly avoided this nightmarish fate on the day of his funeral after grievers spotted his eyelid had flickered.
When Hannah died around 1758, she wrote in her will that she wished to remain above ground and regularly examined.
Her doctor, Dr Charles White, who was the founder of the Manchester Royal Infirmary, had an obsession with anatomy and the ancient Egyptian ritual of mummification.
Historians believe Dr White followed an 'arterial embalming' technique, which meant her corpse was covered in tar and her organs stuffed with plaster, which is how the 'Mummy of Manchester' was created.
Legend has it that she was kept at the doctor's home on King Street and was returned to her former manor every 21 years.
This tradition was carried out until 1837, when she went on display at the Museum of the Manchester Natural History Society until 1868 when she was eventually laid to rest in Harpurhey Cemetery.
However, her spirit reportedly "manifested" in her former house, "restless because her deathbed wishes were not being fulfilled".
She has been seen wandering through the house, even when it was redeveloped into separate apartments.
The lingering figure, who dons a black silk dress and frilly cap, was allegedly seen by 35 Ferranti workers.
However, she also only ever comes out on clear nights, which perhaps explains why she was last seen in the 1950s.
Radclyffe Arms, Middleton
Over in Middleton, a 'lonely chap' who took his own life in the cellar of this pub has been seen sitting at the bar, nursing a pint of beer.
Kingsbridge Road
A private property on this street is said to be haunted by a mother upset by her children.
Meanwhile, another poltergeist on the street causes mayhem by turning electrical goods off and throwing small items.
The Star Inn, King Street
The Star Inn is no longer open on King Street, but when it was in the 1990s, the landlord claimed it was visited by a spooky spectre.
One night, after the alarm went off, the landlord checked the CCTV to see a man in a short-sleeved shirt, trousers and a hat drifting down the corridor to where the alarm had been triggered.
The Empire Theatre, Waterloo Street
Oldham's Empire Theatre, which was once a grand auditorium built across multiple levels, was demolished in 1981 - but has since become another hotspot for paranormal activity.
The rubble attracted young children to play at the derelict site but one day their play turned to tragedy when the floor collapsed and the youngsters fell to their deaths.
It is claimed the distant screams of children can sometimes be heard for miles.
Oldham Coliseum Theatre
Harold the ghost is well-known around Fairbottom Street where past and present Coliseum staff said the pesky poltergeist plays tricks on them.
Harold Norman was an actor who played a lead role in Macbeth in 1947 and was fatally stabbed in front of a live audience.
He died a few weeks later of blood poisoning.
However, legend has it that Harold returned to the Coliseum, either to seek vengeance or to finish his performance.
Audience members claim to have seen the apparition in the circle on the opening night of productions and experience an 'icy cold sensation'.
He is also known to tip seats up and down and turn generators and radios on.
The Old Central Library
Mary Clarke met her lover at the Old Library in the early 20th century.
However, he tragically died in battle in WWI.
It is believed Mary haunts the library in search of her sweetheart as librarians have reported to hear a tapping sound, as though someone is walking along the shelves.
Have you seen a ghost in your home or stalking the streets of Oldham? Let us know in the comments or email me Olivia.bridge@newsquest.co.uk
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