Several members of staff at the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary have reported sightings of a male figure dressed in a dark cloak. Shaken workers claim to have seen the ghost roaming the wards and darting through walls, especially in departments near the morgue.

However, whilst ghost hunters flock to Derby in pursuit of the paranormal, members of staff at the hospital remain grounded.

There is speculation, based on his cloaked attire, that the ghost was a Roman soldier killed on the site. The area has been occupied by a hospital since the 1920s when the original was built over part of a Roman road dating back to Ancient Britain.

Perhaps the Roman phantom is frustrated by modern building techniques.