THE STORY
Reported Haunting
The Oldham Coliseum Theatre accumulated decades of ghost stories during its long history. Actors and staff reported phantom footsteps, unexplained voices, shadow figures, and mysterious activity backstage after performances. The theater became one of Greater Manchester's best-known haunted venues.
In 1947, actor Harold Norman was accidentally stabbed to death during a performance of Macbeth; he is said to have returned here in the afterlife. After the death of worker Carl Paulsen, a ghost resembling him started appearing, as well. Objects are known to move or fall down.