London is the most haunted capital city in the world. The ghosts that roam the spectral landscape of this truly spooky city are of all types and date from all ages.
But what is the most haunted place in London?
Well without shadow (if you’ll pardon the pun) of a doubt it is the Tower of London. Its grey, awe-inspiring walls have dominated the London skyline and the pages of English history for almost a thousand years. It has been a Royal Palace, a menagerie, a sturdy fortress and, of course, a major tourist attraction.
But it is its reputation as a place of incarceration for which it is, perhaps best known. The names of those who have crossed its threshold to be locked in its dank, damp cells and dungeons reads like a who’s who of English History. Elizabeth 1st, Lady Jane Grey, Guy Fawkes, the Royal Princes, Edward and Richard, and Sir Walter Raleigh are but a few of the famous people from Britain’s past who have found themselves locked in this chilling place. Some had the good fortune to be released. Some chose to make a break for it and either succeeded or else died trying to escape. other spent their last nights on earth here before being executed, either privately inside the Tower of London or opposite it on Tower Hill in public. Others simply disappeared without a trace and only the cold stone of the Tower’s walls bore witness to what actually became of them.
Is it any wonder that some of these tormented souls have clung to this sinister place where so much misery has been experienced?
That is why the Tower of London is, without doubt, not just London’s, but Britain’s Most Haunted buildings. It is also one of the buildings that we ponder on our Haunted London walk as we traipse the city by night seeking the memories and the shadows of London’s darker past.
