Out of all this scary places in London to visit the Tower of London has to be top the list. If only because it is one of the most famously haunted places in the entire world, the Tower of London has been nicknamed the bloody Tower. The Tower of London, dating back over 900 years, is known as one of
the most haunted places in Britain. In 1078, the first stone section of
the tower was built and commissioned by William the Conqueror. It slowly
morphed over time with additional structures and towers being added.
Like Alcatraz, much human suffering went on within the cold stone walls
including executions, imprisonment and torture. It wasn't just reserved
for the lowly criminal but for the famous and powerful as well. Social
stature mattered not for the Tower of London!
One recorded haunting from the 19th century was from a Crown Jewel
keeper E. L. Swifte. He and his family were having dinner in the Martin
Tower when his alarmed wife spotted a moving object. Both he and his
wife witnessed what looked to be a cylindrical object, resembling that
of a lab tube, filled with blue bubbling fluid. Tube or not, the wife
claimed it tried to grab her (not sure how a tube with no hands would do
that but it gave the wife that impression). The tube seemed to be an
apparition as Swifte tried to throw a chair at it but it went straight
through it. Ịt then vanished into thin air.
Of the famous that haunt the Tower, there are reports that the headless
ghost of Anne Boleyn meanders the eerie corridors of the White Tower.
She was one of two wives that were ordered for execution by husband,
Henry VIII; the other being Catherine Howard. Anne is also spotted in
the Chapel of Saint Peter ad Vincula where she watches over her own
grave under the altar. Catherine on the other hand can be heard
screaming behind the door of the room she was kept in before her
execution.
Other famous ghosts are Thomas A. Becket who struck down the
Traitor's Gate with a crucifix, witnessed by a priest. People have also
seen 12-year-old King Edward V and his 9-year-old brother Richard Duke
of York in the Bloody Tower still wearing the white gowns they were
imprisoned in.
Foggy figures, soldiers, and 16-year-old Lady Jane Grey haunt the
battlements of the Tower of London. Whole squads of soldiers have been
seen marching the grounds.
This place has no shortage of ghosts as you can see! These famous
rumors intrigued the BBC and they teamed up with paranormal
investigators to try and capture some of these ghostly images using
special cameras that convert night-time into day and infra-red light,
aka "black cameras". They also used temperature gauges, and other
devices to prove or disprove some of these haunting claims. Though they
could disprove much of what seemed odd about the Tower, there were still
10% of their experiences that baffled them. They also came away with
"wonderful" images including unusual orbs of light. They claimed they
were much less skeptical after their investigation.
The final interesting tidbit about the Tower of London is that there
are always ravens present at the Tower. It is legend that if the ravens
were ever to leave the tower, England would perish!
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