Haunted Sites In London

With its rich history dating back to William the Conqueror in 1066, London is, indeed, a town that has more than seen its own share of tragedy and triumph. If you are planning a visit to this wonderfully historic city in the near future and have a sense of adventure and a love of the paranormal, be sure to visit one of these haunted London sites.

When tourists visit London, England, one of the first places they beg to be taken is the infamous Tower of London. Whether they wish to go for the sheer volume of history that took place within its thick walls and on the grounds or for the abundance of paranormal activity associated with the Tower, we will never know. What is certain, however, is the fact that the Tower of London is considered to be the most haunted site in all of London, if not all of Britain.

The White Tower, where most of the torture chambers were located, was the first piece of the site to be built over 900 hundred years ago. In the early 1800s, one of the keepers of the Crown Jewels at the time was having a quiet dinner with his wife in one of the towers when a glass tube filled with blue liquid floated towards the dinner table and simply vanished into thin air. Also reported to haunt the Bloody Tower are the spirits of the two princes (Richard Duke of York who was ten years old and Edward V who was twelve years old) who were murdered in the 15th century, some feel, by the man who would eventually become Richard III. Anne Boleyn, one of the wives of Henry VIII that he eventually got tired of and beheaded, is also reported by guards and eyewitnesses to roam the grounds, scaring the night guards and other employees.

At the Royal University in London, one of the dormitories is home to a tragic apparition that seems to relive moments from his life of sadness. If one is brave enough to stay in this dormitory, located on the fourth floor, they may confront this spirit in one of several ways. Some report sensing the apparition in the middle of the night when they are awakened by the sink being turned on and the sound of splashing, as if somebody is washing their face. Another report states that the ghost will sit at the foot of the bed and open the window in the room that looks out to the main courtyard. Once the window has been opened, the ghost will jump out the window, as if reliving his tragic last moments.

At the National Maritime Museum is a building known as the Queen’s House which has many reports of paranormal activity coming from both tourists to the house and the employees within. In the mid 1960s, a tourist and his wife from Canada took a photograph of a gorgeous staircase known as the Tulip staircase. Making sure there was nobody on the staircase at the time, they snapped a photo. When they developed it, they saw what appeared to be a cloaked apparition going up the staircase. With the help of the staff at the museum, the photograph was enhanced and photo now showed what appeared to be three figures going up the staircase. Another sighting was reported by some of the employees who spotted a woman dressed in an old-fashioned gray dress go through several walls of the museum.