Haunted London - The Flask Pub - Highgate

The Flask, Highgate
Now a Fuller's pub, the Flask has been around London since 1663, so it should come as no surprise that it’s seen some dark times. During a late night dinner here, pub-goers may stumble upon the ghost of a man in a Cavalier uniform or the figure of an old barmaid who supposedly hanged herself in the pub’s basement. Take heed of a sudden temperature drop and swaying lamp lights, as regulars say those are the sure signs of a spirit has entered the room. Whether or not the rumours are true, the Flask has plenty of stories to tell: highwayman Dick Turpin supposedly evaded capture here by hiding in the pub's stables, while customers have included William Hogarth and Karl Marx.

77 Highgate West Hill, N6 6BU, theflaskhighgate.com

The London Ghost Hunters - Visit London's Most Haunted Places

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• A spooky trip to the most haunted sites in London
• Help unearth paranormal activity using the latest ghost hunting apparatus
• A spine-chilling tour that stimulates all the senses
• Hear the spooky tales that haunt London’s famous sights
• Expect a few shocks and surprises along the way!
• See, smell, hear and feel the presence of London’s most active spectres

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Join the hunt for London’s ghostly apparitions, spooky spectres and ghoulish presences on this spine-chilling tour, investigating the capital’s most haunted places. Help to track activity and collect data using the latest hi-tech ghost hunting equipment and hear stories of some of the most terrifying tales in London’s history.

Will you find the ghost of Jack the Ripper on Mitre Square? Have you seen the spooky tree of death in Green Park? Perhaps you’ll see a headless Anne Boleyn wandering around the Tower of London! Learn about London’s violent and gruesome past, use laser scans on historic locations to check for paranormal activity and find out what may have been the cause of spectral visions that have frightened Londoners through the ages.

Passing such haunted locations as Buckingham Palace, Somerset House, Westminster Palace, Newgate Prison, Green Park, St James’s Palace, Bank of England, London Bridge and Berkeley Square, passengers will hear, see, feel and smell the presence of traitors, Kings, Queens, martyrs, criminals and victims of torture!

Haunted London, The British Museum Station

Where the entrance used to be.

The British Museum Station at Bury place opened on the 30^th of July 1900 and closed on the 25^th 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 

Ghostly Goings On: Haringey and Enfield's Most Haunted Places

The eerie setting of Highgate Cemetery is believed by some to be among the most haunted hotspots in North London

Paranormal experiences, eerie sightings and unexplained goings-on. The intrigue of the unknown instills a fascinating curiosity to explore what we cannot explain.

A number of sites across Haringey and Enfield have thrown up some mysterious ghostly sightings and experiences that have dumbfounded experts and lent weight to those who believe in the undead.

Here, we explore some of North London's most haunted hotspots and dig up the legendary stories behind their fabled reputations...

Forty Hall, Forty Hill, Enfield (above)

Visitors to this historic building have experienced ghostly goings on since it was opened to the public in 1951. People have reported feelings of being watched or followed by a ghost as they make their way around the corridors of the 17th Century building.

Most of the paranormal experiences have occurred on the first-floor landing on the main staircase, as well as what locals call ‘Raintom’s Bedroom.' Several years ago, when the room was sealed off to the public, the bedclothes were often found disturbed, as though someone had been sleeping in it. A group of paranormal investigators visited the museum last year and reported feeling a presence on the first-floor landing.

Bruce Castle, Lordship Lane, Tottenham (above)

This grade-one listed 16th Century manor has received a reputation as the home of ‘the Ghostly Lady of Bruce Castle’. Little is known about the early life of the woman but it is speculated that she committed suicides, and her spirit roams the grounds of what is Tottenham’s oldest park.

Highgate Cemetery, Swains Lane, Highgate (above)

Numerous ghostly sightings have been reported at the burial place of the late political philosopher Karl Marx. David Farrant, a British occultist, claims he saw a seven-foot-tall eerie spirit outside the gates of the cemetery. The spirit was nicknamed ‘The Highgate Vampire’. A group of ghost hunters named the North London Paranormal Investigators backed up Mr. Farrant’s claim, insisting they also ran into a tall, dark figure that appeared in front of them on a visit.

Gloucester Drive, Finsbury Park

Residents claim the footsteps of an invisible and unknown pedestrian can be heard on Gloucester Drive, in Finsbury Park, late at night. Witnesses say they hear the footsteps starting outside number seven and continuing across the front gardens, with cracking twigs breaking the deadly silence of the dark street. The reputation of Gloucester Road earned it the title of Britain’s fifth most haunted street.

Number 8 Ferrestone Road, Hornsey (above)

This seemingly normal residential property in North London has become known as the loitering place of the ‘Hornsey Coal Ghost’ after numerous sightings and paranormal experiences over the best part of a century. A violent poltergeist was said to be tormenting the house in the 1920s, and some strange events were reported in the property in 1999, including sudden changes in temperature. A crypt was discovered submerged in the garden under foliage some time ago, providing a possible clue as to the reasons for the spooky experiences.

The Rose and Crown, Clay Hill, Enfield (above)

This popular and old-fashioned public house was once owned by the grandfather of infamous highwayman Dick Turpin. Rumour has it that the serial robber would use the drinking hole as a hideout after his violent crimes. For decades, punters have reported seeing his ghostly figure outside the pub, sometimes accompanied by his horse.

Myddleton House, Bull’s Cross, Enfield (above)

This impressive historic estate was formerly the home of  Edward Augustus Bowles, one of Britain’s most famous self-taught gardeners, artists and expert botanists. A caretaker working at the 19th Century home claims she once saw a man in a suit walking towards an exhibition group while she was cleaning the ground floor. But as she followed him in to tick him off the list, he vanished, leading to a widely-held belief that the estate is haunted.

Hadley Road, Enfield (above)

Legend has it the ghost of a witch who lived in Hadley Road in the 1600s haunts this sometimes eerie country lane. She was reportedly executed in 1622 for witchcraft and residents insist that on cold, misty nights, her ghostly form returns.

Haunted London, House of Detention Clerkenwell

If you are out for a stroll and curiosity gets the better of you, and then you might have a look for the entrance of the house of detention in Clerkenwell.  Don't expect too much as its closed with the only indication to the entrance shown here to the left. The best way to describe its location (You can easily walk past it) Stand On the Corner of Saint James Walk and Scotswood street (use Scotswood Street to search maps). Look down the street, 2nd lamp post down its opposite.

If you could get access today, you would find a series of dark, damp tunnels and passageways. Records show that a prison had been on the site since 1616 with a rebuild in 1844. The underground chambers were used as a holding prison for those awaiting trial and earned its name as the house of detention. The buildings above the ground were demolished in 1890, the underground not being used until it became an air raid shelter WWII. In 1993, it opened for a few years as a museum, closing in 2000.

The Hauntings.

A lot of people used to say they had a feeling of being watched, the overall dark atmosphere adding to the eerie feeling. Reports of a shadowy figure have been seen rushing through the darkness ahead of them. An old lady who looks to be searching for something. A little girl is heard sobbing uncontrollably. As a holding prison, the occupants would have also been women and children, and this may explain some of the hauntings.

Haunted London Covent Garden Station

London Underground Ghosts-Covent Garden Station

Covent Garden Underground Railway Station

Covent Garden Station opened on 11 April 1907 and serves the Piccadilly Line. It is said to be haunted by the apparition of a tall man wearing white gloves, a top hat and a frock coat and grey suit. This figure has been reported many times since the 1950’s though recent sightings are uncommon. He has been seen in the tunnels and the staff rest room. The apparition may have been more common in the winter months.

The apparition has been identified as William Terriss, who it is said, apparently, would visit a baker’s which used to occupy the current location of the station. William Terriss (William Charles James Lewin) was born in London on 20 February 1847. Before taking to the stage, William is said to have tried his hand at several different careers in various parts of the world. These included sheep farming in the Falkland Islands, Tea growing in Bengal and Silver mining in America. Terriss made his first London stage appearance in 1871 and eventually became well known for playing swashbuckling heroic parts such as Robin Hood.

While working on a play called Harbour Lights, Terriss who was the manager and owner of the Adelphi Theatre took offence with a Scottish actor who usually filled minor rolls and fired him for unprofessional behaviour and heavy drinking. This actor was called Richard Archer Prince. Prince was mentally unstable and probably an alcoholic. He was upset at being dismissed and reportedly would visit pubs in the West End deframing Terriss’s character. Terriss, however, had personally recommended Prince to the Actor’s Benevolent Fund and through this he received financial support.

On 14 December 1897 Prince was seen arguing with Terriss in William’s dressing room at the Adelphi Theatre where he was in a play called Secret Service. On 16 December, desperate for money, Prince approached the Actors' Benevolent Fund’s office on Adam Street and demanded money from the secretary, Mr. Colston. It was explained to Prince that the emergency committee would be meeting the following day and his case could be discussed then. Prince then went outside, crossed the road and awaited in Maiden Lane where he knew Terriss had a private entrance into the Adelphi Theatre.

Prince then stabbed Terriss three times, wounds from which died shortly afterwards. On his arrest, Prince stated, “He has had due warning, and if he is dead, he knew what to expect from me. He prevented me getting money from the Fund today, and I have stopped him!” Terris was buried at Brompton Cemetery.

Prince was found guilty but was considered to be insane and committed to Broadmoor Asylum. He died in Broadmoor in 1936.

William Terriss is also said to haunt the Adelphi Theatre outside which he was murdered.

Haunted London is this the most Haunted house in London?

 50 Berkeley Square London W1J 5BA.

50 Berkeley Square London W1J 5BA.

This four-storey London townhouse built around the 1740’s has quite a reputation, back in 1840 its was said to be haunted with a maid driven mad by the haunting of a ghost! Sir Robert Warboys took upon a dare to spend a night in the haunted house believing such nonsense to be poppycock. That night despite the warnings of the landlord he was insistent to address the task in hand. The landlord reluctantly agreed but stipulated that he must have a pistol and ring the bell cord should he encounter any eerie entities.
Forty-five minutes after the witching hour, The landlord was awoken with the bell from the cord vigorously ringing, and then a single gun shot could be heard. Sir Robert’s motionless body lay in the corner of the haunted room the pistol still smoking from the shot fired. Sir Robert had apparently died of traumatic Shock, his eyes bulging and lips curled back over clenched teeth.
One night two sailors who had been out on the town found that the premises were empty and for let. They took upon the opportunity to break in for a nights rest. Unfortunately, they chose the haunted room. During the night an ominous spectral figure burst forth into the room a struggle ensued with one of the sailors taking flight, later the body of the other was discovered in the basement his neck broken and the look of shear horror on his face. In 1840’s nearby occupants reported strange sounds of bumping, thumping and dragging with the servant bells ringing aloud. When one of the neighbours took courage and entered the house, there was no one there? The bells were still vibrating upon their hooks.
Other sightings include that of a little girl sat on the stairs and in more recent years in 1937 the house was unoccupied but a figure was seen at the window dressed in an old fashioned way. In 2001, it was said that a form dashed a pair of spectacles from the face of a visitor. Today late at night if you walk by you might just get a feeling that something lurks behind the windows.

The building is occupied today by Maggs Rare books and I would like to thank them for the tour tool on their site. You can view inside the shop and the exterior of 50 Berkley Square and see for your self. View Maggs Book Shop

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Haunted London The Viaduct Tavern

123 Newgate Street London EC1A 7AA

The Viaduct Tavern. Newgate Street. EC1. London

The Viaduct Tavern stands opposite the Old Bailey and is an example of a late Victorian GIN palace. It dates from 1875. Down in the cellars is where the Ghostly activity occurs......

.In 1996, a manager was tidying the cellar one Saturday morning, when the door suddenly slammed shut and the lights went out. Feeling his way to the door, he found that no matter how hard he pushed it just would not open. Fortunately, his wife heard his cries for help and came down stairs to investigate. She found that the doors, which would not open from the inside, were unlocked and easily pushed open from the outside.
In May 199 two electricians, working in one of the pubs upstairs rooms, also attracted the ghosts unwelcome attentions. They had rolled the carpet up and were taking up the floorboards when one of them felt a hand tap him on the shoulder. Thinking it was his workmate, he turned round but found that he was on the other side of the room. Believing he’s imagined it he went back to work and yet again he felt a tap on his shoulder. Standing up, he went over to his friend to ask if he was playing a prank, but the man denied any involvement. As he was about to return to his chores, both men watched as the heavy carpet, that lay rolled up by the window, was lifted into the air and dropped heavily onto the floor.

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Haunted London - Aldwych Station

Haunted London, Ghostly happening’s in London to get you in the mood for Halloween! We started the other day with the most haunted hotel in London that proved to be very popular. Now our next instalment, Part one haunted underground and railways.

Aldwych Station

The Station built on the site of the Old Royal Strand Theatre. Aldwych station opened as the Strand station on 30th of November 1907, later renamed due to the confusion of the same name used for Charing Cross station of that day. You can see from the picture that the entrance can clearly be seen. 

A proportion of the station was never used, and it closed during World War Two, for six years being used for an air raid shelter. The Station Closed on the 30th of September in 1994 due to refurbishment costs that were considered commercially unviable.

At night, reports have been made of a Ghostly form of a figure who appears on the tracks. The Ghost is said to be that of an actress who does not know that the show has finished. It seems that the Ghost moved position from the original building to the track location when the station commenced operations. In the main those who have seen her were the night shift station cleaners.

A VICTORIAN SÉANCE – TRICKS OF THE TRADE

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  Audley End House and Gardens

• Time: 6pm - 10pm
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Enter the spooky spirit world at Audley End this Halloween.

An old historic house, tales of ghostly sightings and strange noises - did that table just move on its own? Immerse yourself in the Victorian fascination for the supernatural as our ghost hunters lift the veil on the secrets of contacting the spirit world. Follow them into the unknown as they tour the house after hours. Trick or treat? You decide! (Over 16s only)

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Haunted London The Phantom Bus.

Cambridge Gardens. W11.

Seen in the early hours of some mornings and last seen in 1990 in May The Phantom Bus is one of London's most unusual hauntings. The number 7 double decker London bus, the Phantom Bus of Cambridge Gardens. 

Early one morning in 1934, a motorist driving along Cambridge Gardens, suddenly swerved, for no apparent reason, and was killed when his car hit a wall and burst into flames. At theinquest into his death, witnesses came forward to testify to the existence of a phantom bus that many of them had been seen, more or less at the exact spot where the fatal crash had occurred. They told how it would always appear at round about 1.15am, the time that the crash had occurred, and spoke of their terror as it came racing along the centre of the road towards them. No driver was ever visible, and no lights were ever on

Convinced that they were about to be in a head on collision with the vehicle, motorists would swerve out of its path, and as they did so the bus would thunder past them. Yet whenever they turned round to look at the bus, they always found that it had vanished without trace.

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Ham House Haunted Stories London

Ham House Haunted Stories London

Ham House is located in Ham, Richmond-upon-Thames. In addition to the house, there is an orangey, icehouse, and dairy. This grand house as built along the Thames in 1610 for Sir Thomas Vavasour, who was the Knight Marshal to James I.

Sir Thomas died in 1620, the house was then occupied briefly by the Earl of Holdernesse before being given to William Murray in 1626. Murray was a close friend of King Charles I. When he died, the house was passed on to his oldest daughter, Elizabeth as was his title.

Elizabeth was described as being beautiful and smart, however she was also ruthless and greedy. It was said that even while married to her first husband, Sir Lionel Tollemache, 3rd Baronet, of Helmingham Hall in Suffolk, Elizabeth was seeing her future husband, John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale. The two eventually married after her first husband's death, and Duchess Elizabeth had Ham House remodelled and made larger.

Word of a haunting at Ham House first appeared in 1879. It was a written account by Augustus Hare. "There is a ghost at Ham. The old butler there had a little girl, she was then six years old. In the small hours of the morning, the child, waking up, saw a little old woman scratching with her finger against the wall close to the fireplace. She was not at all frightened at first but sat up to look at her. The noise she made in doing this caused the old woman to look round, she came to the foot of the bed and, grasping the rail, stared at the child long and fixedly. So horrible was her stare, that the child was terrified and screamed and hid her face. People ran in and the child told what she had seen. The wall was examined where she had seen the figure scratching, and concealed in it were papers, which proved that in that room, Elizabeth had murdered her first husband to marry the Duke of Lauderdale.

In more recent times Elizabeth's ghost has been seen wandering the corridors at night. In her latter years the Duchess used a cane at night to get around the house. Guests have reported hearing tapping in the corridors at night.

House steward Victoria Bradley has seen footprints at the bedchamber of the Duchess. After turning on the light, she said she saw footprints by the bed, facing the fireplace. There have also been footprints seen on the staircase. Others who work at the house have reported smelling pop tobacco in the dining room. Anne Partington-Omar, the manager of Ham House, who also lives there says there are things that have happened here that you just cannot explain.

Croydon resident Colin Iles, 30, visited Ham House on Monday, June 23, 2009, with his girlfriend Elaine Camera. Elaine described hearing a deep growl whilst on a tour of the lower floor. His girlfriend initially thought it was Colin's stomach and thought nothing of it, but as they went to leave the room, something compelled her to turn and take a photo.

Mr Iles said: "We were walking out and I just felt I should not be here. I had tingles down my body but my girlfriend felt the need to take a picture. "She has no idea why she did it but I'm glad she did." When the couple got home and uploaded the snap, they spotted a white, orb-like shape in the photo of the empty room.

Visitors and guests have reported seeing the ghost of a dog, a King Charles' cocker spaniel in the grounds of Ham House. Each Halloween, the Ham House offers ghost tours in search of the evil Duchess and the playful ghost dog.

Spooky Happenings at The Museum Of London. Hauntings and Hangings

Hauntings and hangings

Sat 29 & Sun 30 Oct, 6-8pm Book in advance £10 (concs £8, Friends £6)Celebrate the witching season with an evening stroll through the darker side of London, with tales of churchyard murders, public executions and body snatchers. Get your tickets now for this annual sell-out event! > Find out more© Henry Grant Collection/Museum of London

Haunted London, A Haunted Walk with Richard Jones

Haunted London, St Bartholomew The Great Church, Smithfield London.

St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield, London, EC1A 7DQ
The second oldest church in London. It was founded in 1123 by Rahere, who is said to have once been the pious jester to King Henry I. While on a pilgrimage to Rome, he received a vision of St. Bartholomew who instructed him to build both a church and hospital at Smithfield. This he did as soon as he returned to England and thus was started both St. Bartholomew's Church but also St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
Rahere became a monk and is buried inside the church in an ornate tomb of which he would most certainly have disapproved. Maybe this is the reason that his cowled figure has been both seen and heard many times within the church. He usually stands near the altar but at other times he has been spotted walking towards the Lady Chapel.

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Halloween in London 2010 Things to Do!! Canal Boat Trip

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The Halloween trip is a unique trip through Islington Tunnel at halloween on board one of London's community narrowboats specially decorated for the occasion with a friendly witch amongst the crew. Be prepared for some surprise sights in the darkness of the 191 year old tunnel! You may also meet a witch on your journey or before or after it! Kids receive sweets on board and a free glowstick.

Places are limited on each trip. Babies are counted even if they are carried in arms. The Canal Museum Trust sells boat trip tickets as agent for the Camden Canals and Narrowboat Association. You are advised to be at the museum at least 15 minutes before your trip - the boat cannot wait for latecomers.

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Ghosts at Hampton Court Palace

Ghosts at Hampton Court Palace .

Hampton Court Palace, with its 500 years of history, has seen many dramatic royal 
events from the death of Henry VIII’s third wife, Jane Seymour, to the condemnation 
and house arrest of his fifth, Catherine Howard, for adultery. Over the centuries, staff, 
visitors, workmen and residents have experienced strange phenomena for which there 
is often no practical explanation. Many of these experiences have been recorded, the 
better known of which are below. 

Catherine Howard and The Haunted Gallery 
• The hauntings of Catherine Howard, fifth wife of King Henry VIII, at Hampton Court 
Palace are so well known that the Haunted Gallery was given its spine-tingling 
name. 
• In November 1541, Catherine was charged with adultery, placed under house 
arrest and confined to her rooms at Hampton Court. It is claimed that she broke 
free from her guards and ran down the corridor to reach King Henry, who was in his 
private chapel, and plead for her life. Her guards soon caught up with her and 
dragged her back to her rooms, despite her protests. Catherine was later executed 
at the Tower of London. 
• It is said that a female form, dressed in white, has been seen floating down the 
Haunted Gallery ‘towards the door of the Royal Pew, and just as she reaches it, 
has been observed to hurry back with disordered garments and a ghastly look of 
despair, uttering at the same time the most unearthly shrieks, till she passes 
through the door at the end of the gallery’. (A Short History of Hampton Court by 
Ernest Law, 1897) 
• During totally separate evening tours of the palace one evening in 1999, two female 
visitors fainted on exactly the same spot in the Haunted Gallery approximately one 
hour apart. Both of them felt frightened and uncomfortable and one lady declined to 
re-join the tour. 

Jane Seymour wanders in Clock Court 
• Catherine Howard isn’t Henry VIII’s only wife whose presence is still felt at 
Hampton Court. His third and favourite wife, Jane Seymour, died at the palace 
following complications after the birth of Henry’s only son, Edward, in 1537. 
• Jane is said to walk through the cobbled courtyard of Clock Court carrying a lighted 
taper. 

Sibell Penn and ‘The Lady in Grey’ 
• Sibell Penn was nurse to Prince Edward, Henry VIII’s only son. 
• She died in 1562 and was buried in a nearby Hampton church. When the old 
church was pulled down in 1829, Sibell Penn’s remains were disturbed and it is 
said that she returned to the rooms she inhabited during her time at Hampton Court 
Palace. The sound of a spinning wheel could be heard from behind a wall in the 
south-west wing of the palace shortly afterwards. When the wall was demolished, a 
small forgotten room was found, containing an old spinning wheel. 
• Sibell Penn is the most persistent ghost at Hampton Court Palace. There have 
been sightings as recently as 1986 when a ‘lady in grey’ was reportedly seen in 
various Tudor courtyards and cloisters. 


The Wolsey Closet Dog 
• This Wolsey Closet has long been commented on by visitors, warders and other 
staff as having a “strange atmosphere”. A caterer at an evening function refused to 
enter the little alcove in the room because he felt it was “evil”. 
• A dog has been seen and heard in the room on more than one occasion, and the 
presence of a dog felt by somebody “sensitive” to paranormal activity. 

Caught on camera! 
• In October 2003 something very spooky was caught on the palace’s CCTV 
security footage. 
• On several occasions palace security guards were alerted to an open Fire 
Door. After securing the door each time, they returned to their office to view 
the CCTV footage to see who opened them. On the first occasion the footage 
showed the doors flying wide open, but no evidence of why they had. On the 
second occasion they were stunned when a ghostly-looking figure in period  

dress suddenly appeared on the screen and closed the doors. The same thing 
happened on a third day, but again no figure appeared. 
• It wasn’t just security guards who thought they were seeing things. A visitor 
noted in the palace’s visitor book that day she thought she had seen a ghost in 
that area. 
• The footage of the figure caught to world’s media attention with reports in 
newspapers and on TV and radio as far afield as India, Australia and Peru. 
• To date palace officials have no idea who the figure was! 

Haunted London, Ghost Train On the London Underground

South Kensington

A Ghost Train....

Now here's a sighting of a ghost train and we don't mean the train timer showing a train in 3 mins and then just disappearing! . 

A late night passenger from the last westbound tube said he he saw a train pull into South Ken station in December 1928. An ear-piercing whistle sounded all around with the passenger spotting a ghostly figure in a reefer jacket and peaked cap hanging from the side of the engine. The man and the train then vanished into the tunnel never to be seen again......

South Kensington platforms were used as a hospital during World War Two.

The main highlightS near the station being The Natural History Museum, The Science Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum. These are directly connected to the station via an underpass where temporary art exhibitions are on display.South Kensington is also the nearest station to the Royal Albert Hall on Kensington Gore and Christie's on 85 Old Brompton Road.