ghosts

The spookiest trip to the library since Ghostbusters.

Headless monk sighted at Thorpe Park…

Fortean London is taking a well-earned break this week. In its place, though, we have this interesting sight, spotted by Will Wiles (formerly of this parish) the other evening at Loughton station, toward the eastern extremity of the Central line. The “ghost train”, as we’re …

We’re sorry to see an old friend go. One Eye Grey, the occasional ‘penny dreadful’ of London ghost stories, folklore and tall tales has just put out its final edition in print. This ninth instalment features six short stories and a handful of very-short-stories to …

For a bit of Hallowe’en fun, five football fanatics interrogated the ghosts of Highbury through a Ouija board. The highlights can be heard on Resonance FM tonight, but first Chris Roberts sets the spooky soccer scene. It’s a popular complaint amongst contemporary football fans that …

Halloween is on us like some giant, musty, swooping bat-thing that smells of grave soil, blood iron and parma-violets. While Londonist tries to fend it off with a tea towel we’ll try to distract ourselves by discovering a ghost in every London borough. We’ve covered …

As already noted, today is the 136th birthday of Charles Fort, he of ‘Fortean’ fame. As our hat-tip to that man of mysteries, we present ten questions to test your knowledge of superstitious, supernatural London. As ever, let us know how you got on in …

If you took up our recommendation to catch A Midsummer Night’s Dream last Friday, we hope you weren’t spooked out. Apparently the Curse of Henslowe is blighting the current seasonal production in the half excavated, subterranean remains of the oldest theatre on Bankside. One actor …

(c) Helen Maybanks London is not short of ghosts. It is home to a world-famous poltergeist, haunted tube stations and countless apparitions from the Roman age onwards. It makes sense then that, following its debut in Liverpool, Ghost Stories has transferred to London and the …

Christ Church Tower, Greyfriars by Brron Fortean London is strolling through July in knee-length khaki shorts and a pith-helmet to point out some open spaces in the city haunted by spooky stories. Think of it as your guide to eating sandwiches with spectres or picnicking …