With Halloween almost upon us, The Oldham Times has been looking for some of the borough's spookiest sites.

According to the Paranormal Database, a website run by Darren Mann, there are numerous sites of supernatural activity that have taken place in Oldham across the centuries.

If the stories are to be believed, the borough is home to many ghostly goings on, many of which have been spied in our pubs, residential streets and some of Oldham's most adored landmarks.

Here are some ghostly sightings from our streets and pubs:

Kingsbridge Road

One 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.

Nether Hey Street

A person was in the kitchen of their home when they saw someone come in and sit down.

The resident even mistook the creepy figure for their own father.

The Old Original Inn, Scouthead

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.

Radclyffe Arms, Middleton

A 'lonely chap' who took his own life in the cellar of this pub over in Middleton has been seen sitting at the bar, nursing a glass of beer.

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.