Ghosts and History

Of course London has ghosts. Or at least ghost stories. In a city this old, with such a rich history, there is an entire parallel universe of alternate history. Whether you believe in spirit stuff or not there are certainly enough interesting and gruesome stories out there to be well entertaining.

In a city this old with this rich a history, there are more hauntings and ghost stories than you can count. After all this it the city that was once home to Jack the Ripper, Sweeney Todd (not real, but still!) and the Highgate Vampire among other creepy things. Liverpool Street Station is built on the spot of an old insane asylum. Half of the city really is built overtop of old plague pits and burial grounds. London hotels are haunted, as are theaters, graveyards and houses.

There are a number of walking tours you can take to learn more about Haunted London. There’s no guarantee you’ll see a ghost those, that’s one of the cities secrets that few can decipher.

That’s not all, I’m sure of it. A city that has existed for thousands of years must be weeping with secrets; forgotten landmarks, hidden tunnels, places that have long since been buried over by the detritus of progress. For me that’s part of what makes London so fascinating: it has secrets that we can only imagine.