haunting

Photo by lazzarello on Flickr 104. An Account Of A Horrifying Apparition The old Newgate Prison harbours one of London’s most terrifying apparitions, that of an evil black hound. Legend dates back to the reign of Henry III, during a period of extreme famine, where …

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, …

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 …

72. A Gaggle Of Ghosts: Part Two More from London’s haunted side, as the shadow of All Hallow’s Eve lurks on the horizon like some rustic menace. Baker Street – famous for its Sherlock Holmes connections, a fine detective who would no doubt have found …

71. A Gaggle Of Ghosts: Part One With All Hallows Eve just over a month away I’d like to share with you some of London’s finest, although not necessarily most known ghost stories which The Saturday Strangeness has been bereft of since its beginnings. Sutton …

63. The Horses Of Death I’ve often been intrigued by reports of phantom animals, especially horses when they are seen to be leading a carriage through some misty backroad of a night. What perplexes me most is the fact that if inanimate objects have no …

60. More Than Just A Haunting… In the borough of Lewisham sits Brockley Road. Not exactly known for its supernatural relations or unnerving apparitions, but let me share with you a campfire story to chill even the warmest of hearts… It happened during the 1800s …

42. The Phantom Ape Apologies that last week’s installment of the weird and sinister went missing… the author decided to go in search of a phantom ape, but never returned… so, in the style of ‘Blair Witch’ we bring you his notes for another episode …

27. More Terrors Of The Tube! To continue from our last stop of ghosts pertaining to the London Underground, the spectral girl of Elephant & Castle appears to be a rail relation to the phantom hitchhiker legend, in that several witnesses have described, often whilst …