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| Where the entrance used to be. |
The British Museum Station at Bury place opened on the 30th of July 1900 and closed on the 25th September 1933 when nearby Holborn Station made access to the central line. The station is claimed to be haunted by an Egyptian figure; this being connected with the British Museums tales of a mummies curse The ghost of Amen-Ra and the curse of her tomb, an Egyptian Princess, dressed in a loincloth and Egyptian headdress would haunt the station and her screams could be heard in the tunnels. Before its closure, the rumours of its haunting gained in popularity and a news paper of the time offered a reward for anyone to spend a night at the Station! There were no takers……
Two years later a film was made referring to the museum station called Bulldog Jack. On its release date, two women disappeared from the platform of Holborn Station. The British Museum station on inspection found marks on the walls. Further Ghostly sightings and sounds have been heard since.
Here are a few snippets the first is a film made 1972 and was released in the UK as Deathline (Video Snip Below) in the US it was released as Raw Meat (Theme Tune) This was apparently remade as Creep (video snip) in 2004.
You can see in Deathline near the end of the clip that the British Museum station was used in filming
