Tower of London Ghosts
Nearly 1,000 years of executions, torture, and imprisonment have made the Tower of London the most haunted fortress in the world. Anne Boleyn walks without her head. The Princes in the Tower still appear. Guards have fainted from terror.
England’s Most Haunted Fortress
The Tower of London has witnessed nearly a millennium of torture, execution, and imprisonment. Its ghosts include queens, princes, traitors, and the innocent—all still walking the grounds where they met their terrible ends.
The Tower
Historic fortress:
- Built 1066
- William the Conqueror
- Royal residence
- Prison
- Execution site
Anne Boleyn
Most famous ghost:
- Henry VIII’s wife
- Executed 1536
- Beheaded
- Walks Tower Green
- Carries her head
Her Appearances
Where she’s seen:
- Tower Green
- White Tower
- Chapel Royal
- Near execution spot
- Multiple witnesses
The 1864 Sighting
Famous account:
- Guard Captain
- Full battalion saw her
- Procession of headless figure
- Chapel Royal
- Official report filed
The Princes in the Tower
Edward V and Richard:
- Young princes
- Imprisoned 1483
- Disappeared
- Presumed murdered
- Never left
Their Ghosts
What’s seen:
- Two small figures
- White nightgowns
- Holding hands
- Bloody Tower
- Tragic appearance
Lady Jane Grey
Nine-day queen:
- Executed 1554
- Only 16 years old
- Tower Green
- Anniversary appearances
- White figure
Sir Walter Raleigh
Famous prisoner:
- Held 13 years
- Walks battlements
- The Bloody Tower
- His former cell
- Regular sightings
The White Lady
Mysterious figure:
- White Tower
- Waves at children
- From window
- Perfume smell
- Identity unknown
Margaret Pole
Countess of Salisbury:
- Executed 1541
- Botched execution
- Ran from executioner
- Hacked to death
- Reenactment seen
Thomas Becket
Archbishop ghost:
- Murdered 1170
- Not at Tower
- But appears here
- Inner Ward
- Crushing walls story
The Bears
Spectral animals:
- Royal Menagerie
- Animals kept here
- Bear ghost
- Martin Tower
- Terrified guard
Henry VI
King’s ghost:
- Murdered 1471
- Wakefield Tower
- Anniversary night
- May 21
- Pacing sadly
Guy Fawkes
Gunpowder plotter:
- Tortured here
- 1605
- His presence
- Council Chamber
- Suffering echoes
Guard Experiences
Yeoman Warders:
- Regular encounters
- Sworn testimony
- Official logs
- Training warned
- Part of duty
Significance
1,000 years of death and imprisonment creating England’s most concentrated haunting.
Legacy
The Tower of London holds England’s bloodiest history—and its victims refuse to leave the fortress that witnessed their final moments.