Mystery

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 …

Wanstead locals and animal lovers are dismayed by a mystery blight on Victoria Lake wildlife where over 70 birds have suddenly died in recent days. The birds were found with no discernible cause of death; the number and suddenness has prompted tests on the carcasses …

Here’s what we’ve learned this weekend whilst you’ve been shivering in the sunshine: A teenage girl has died in ‘unexplained circumstances’ in Kings Cross. A man has been shot in Stepney: 3 have been arrested. A man has been arrested on suspicion of blowing up …

This Friday, February 5th, is the launch date for The London Weekly, the latest freesheet to clog up Tube carriages from Epping to Ealing and all points inbetween. Yet just three days before commuters get their greedy mitts on the rag, there remain more questions …

115. Blood-Stained Ghosts Although the environment that once harboured the elusive Jack The Ripper has altered a great deal since the foggy days of 1888, such ghastly crimes committed have no doubt made an indelible mark upon the framework of the buildings. In the annals …

114. Mystery House Mystery House is the actual name of a haunted house that once stood in a by-road close to old Crystal Palace. It was called Mystery House because it had its fair share of bizarre incidents, which plagued every tenant that moved 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 …

78. The Whatsit Of Wanstead Woods. If recent rumours are anything to go by, then some strange beast is loitering around the outskirts of London. Situated within the London Borough of Redbridge, Wanstead, spliced by the A12, it is hardly the Pacific Northwest (although its …

76. A Gaggle Of Ghosts: Part Six “There can be no doubt of the phenomena. I have seen them, myself” so said the Rev. A.L. Gardiner in 1921 as London was hit by a mysterious mini-plague pertaining to the exploding of coal from grates. Ordinary, …

73. A Gaggle Of Ghosts: Part Three London’s dark history is littered with tales of eerie mysteries, and not many places harbour such weirdness as Hampton Court Palace, the most haunted royal residence in the capital. Stretching for over sixty acres, this beautiful structure, and …