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 …
This Week In London’s History Monday – 15th December 1906: The Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton Railway is opened, running from Finsbury Park to Hammersmith. It would later become the Piccadilly Line, and… Tuesday – 16th December 1977: … an extension to Heathrow Central is …
It went ahead but our worst fears weren’t realised; he wasn’t allowed into Stockwell tube station or onto the platform, thankfully. With cooperation from the police, Mark McGowan managed to stage his reenactment of the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes outside Stockwell tube on …
It’s only Monday afternoon and we already have a winner for the WTF and FFS award of the week. Artist Mark McGowan will be re-enacting the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes this coming Saturday afternoon, at Stockwell station where the original incident took place. …
This Week In London’s History Monday – 17th December 1983: An IRA car bomb explodes near Harrods in Knightsbridge, killing six people (including three police officers) and injuring a further 85 Christmas shoppers. Tuesday – 18th December 1890: The world’s first ‘deep-level’ electric tube line …
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