Ghosts of North-West England

Peter Underwood’s Ghosts of North-West England gathers reported hauntings and local ghost traditions from Lancashire and Cheshire. The book combines older legends with first-hand sightings, presenting a spectral cast that includes white ladies, highwaymen, cavaliers, priests and nuns.

Its cases are tied to recognisable roads, towns and landscapes. Among the accounts are the phantom lorry said to trouble the Hyde–Mottram road and an unsettling taxi story from Stockport, where passengers may find they are not travelling alone. The emphasis is on regional lore and testimony, preserving the stories attached to places across North-West England while treating their supernatural elements as reported experiences rather than established fact.