The Haunting of Willington Mill

The Haunting of Willington Mill reconstructs the nineteenth-century reports surrounding a mill and mill house near Wallsend, where witnesses described unexplained noises, apparitions and poltergeist activity. The accounts include disturbances associated with the Procter family and attracted the attention of contemporary psychical researchers.

Michael J. Hallowell and Darren W. Ritson draw on contemporary documents, including the Procter diary, alongside other historical testimony and later investigations. The book considers how the haunting developed, records the experiences attributed to residents and visitors, and examines possible explanations for the claims. Its focus is both the reported phenomena and the surviving evidence behind one of England’s best-known haunting cases.