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Haunting

London

Two thousand years of history. Plague pits, executions, the Blitz, Jack the Ripper. London's ghosts span Roman legions to WWII air raid victims. The Tower alone has dozens of spirits.

43 AD - Present
England
100000+ witnesses

London is one of the world’s most haunted cities.

The Layers

2000 years of death:

  • Roman occupation
  • Medieval plague
  • Tudor executions
  • Victorian murders
  • WWII bombing

The Tower of London

Most haunted building:

  • Anne Boleyn
  • Princes in Tower
  • Guy Fawkes tortured
  • Countless executions
  • Separate entry

The Tube

Underground ghosts:

  • Abandoned stations
  • Plague pits beneath
  • WWII shelter deaths
  • Strange sightings
  • Late night encounters

Jack the Ripper

Whitechapel 1888:

  • Five canonical victims
  • Never caught
  • Victims seen
  • Walking Whitechapel
  • Tours run nightly

The Blitz

WWII bombing:

  • 30,000 killed
  • Air raid victims
  • Wartime ghosts
  • Sirens heard
  • Lingering trauma

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