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98. The London Mermaid The case of the London mermaid is classic folklore. Here was an alleged creature, brought to the capital by a Captain Eades, who purchased the specimen in 1822 from fisherman in Holland, who claimed they’d obtained it from Japanese anglers. Eades …

97.The Thief Among The Dead Beneath the streets of London exist many corpse-inhabited pits in which thousands of victims of the plague were unceremoniously buried. One eerie incident connected with the coming of the plague took place during the extraordinarily hot June of 1665. As …

96. The Ghost Bus The belief that vehicles can appear as apparitions has long been confirmed by sightings across the capital, and the rest of the country of ghostly carriages. But to consider phantoms of modern day modes of transport seems absurd, and yet one …

95. The Haunted Tree It is said that St James’s Hospital for Leprous Women, used the site, now known as Green Park, as a burial ground for victims. Little do we realise just how many bones have been eaten by the soil of the capital, …

94. Saving The Life Of A Ghost? Despite the hidden alleyways, dark crevices, and secret crannies of the city, it comes as a surprise that the area around Cleopatra’s Needle, on the Victoria Embankment, remains one of the most haunted. The Needle, brought to the …

93. Acton’s Phantom Monks Alongside white and grey ladies, the ‘monk’ has to be one of the most symbolic of ghostly legends around Britain. Such figures signify the peace and tranquillity of old abbeys and priorys, as they walk or glide, like shadows, adorned in …

92. The Stockwell Poltergeist London has many ghosts. Its history is saturated with dark and mysterious tales, some better known than others, and many famous the world over. The case of the Stockwell poltergeist has been pretty much forgotten, mainly because it took place in …

91. The Phantom Plane When ghost stories concern inanimate objects, and certainly objects said to not have souls as people allegedly do, it’s always of interest to know as to why such things should haunt. The Kentish Independent of December 11th 1975 reported on an …

90. The Ghouls of Greenwich Several decades ago, author Elliot O’ Donnell recorded many famous and obscure apparitions in his books. On the 24th July 1898, the writer claimed to have had a weird encounter with a ‘nature spirit’, as he described it, whilst he …

89. The Freak Storm of 1925 It was like a scene from a blockbuster disaster movie in the end, but how it all began was a mystery, like so many freakish weather shows. The Kentish Mercury and Kentish Independent of the 24th July were both …