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The Audlem Road Ghost ~ October Haunting

On 1st October, 2001 Barry Cooke and a friend were driving from Audlem, Cheshire, along  the Audlem Road towards Corbrook Court near Hankelow when they saw what they later believed to be a road ghost.

It was at around 12.30am that Barry and his friend saw a man standing in the road who they thought was "a bit strange looking", the man bent down and stared into the car as they went past then vanished from sight. He didn't show up in the car mirrors and subsequent investigation by Barry led him to believe that they may have witnessed a haunting as there didn't seem to be anywhere the man could have gone so quickly.

The really strange think about this suspected haunting is that exactly one year later on October 1st 2002 Barry Cooke was once again travelling along the Audlem Road when he saw the "strange looking" man. 

Barry did make an appeal via a Warrington website to try and find out more about this apparition  but whether or not anyone else had witnessed the ghost doesn't seem to be documented.

More October Hauntings:

The Ghost of Alexander MacAllister who was killed on 3rd October at the Battle of Glenlivet 1594

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  1. Unknown3 October 2014 at 14:47

    Brings to mind an article in Countryman's Weekly a couple of years back where a couple of rogues out poaching drove toward a game keeper in the dead of night, who had stepped out of a dense wood by the side of the road.Expecting to be flagged down they slowed their vehicle and as they approached the gamekeeper, who was peering inquisitively at them, he vanished! It wasn't until they stopped they realised he had been wearing Victorian era gamekeepers clothing, and distinctive Victorian facial hair. I'm sure that was supposed to be somewhere in Cheshire!

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  2. Haunted Isles5 October 2014 at 09:39

    Thanks for sharing that Christopher.

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