GHOSTS, GHOULS AND GRAVEYARDS:- HIDDEN HORRORS OF HAUNTED LONDON

EVERY FRIDAY AND SELECTED TUESDAYS AT 7PM

£7.50 PER PERSON.

MEET OUTSIDE THE LORD RAGLAN PUB ON ST MARTIN LE GRANDE.

CLOSEST UNDERGROUND STATION: ST PAUL'S.

THE CITY OF DREADFUL NIGHT.

This truly atmospheric Haunted London walk explores the hidden and ghostly places of the city as darkness falls. It begins in an atmospheric little graveyard standing alongside an ancient tomb where Richard sets the mood for the ghost walk that follows.

Introductions over, Richard will tell you the story of the "She Wolf of France" and how her flickering shade has been seen drifting amongst the tombstones in the very graveyard in which you are standing.

Having pondered the mysteries of this spectral place the Haunted London walk will move on to a magnificent old church, the bell of which once rang out to signal the commencement of public executions in the square opposite. You will hear of a bizarre custom that was once conducted from the church in the early hours of the morning before an execution and learn of the strange rituals that accompanied the public executions.

Our next destination is a building that has gained the enviable/unenviable reputation for being the most haunted pub in the city of London. As Richard will explain, he has been collecting ghost stories about this particular pub for the last 28 years, and he will take you on a whistle stop tour of the ghostly goings on at this spooky location.

From here our Haunted London walk makes its way via an old watch house that was built to protect the occupants of the graves beyond its gates from the nefarious activities of the body snatchers.

Having pondered this gruesome piece of London history we make our way to the spot where the Great Fire of London burnt itself out in 1666 to gaze upon the curious monument that commemorates that long ago catastrophe.

It stands on the corner of the street where London s most infamous haunting occurred and we will take a stroll to the exact spot where the strange happenings occurred in the 18th century.

Having been chilled to the marrow with these macabre tales, the haunted London walk will move on for a wander into some of London's most atmospheric back streets. Thoroughfares that have changed little in over a hundred years. Places where long dead citizens are still known to put in the occasional appearance and where you can sense the eyes of former residents watching your every move.

We stand outside London's oldest hospital to hear of the many ghosts that have, over the years, appeared both within and without its history drenched walls.

We visit an ancient execution ground where Sir William Wallace - Braveheart himself - was horrifically put to death. We enter a tumbledown church yard where a lone monk keeps his weary vigil amidst crumbling weatherworn tombstones and where Richard will tell you of his most recent appearance just a few years ago.

From here the Haunted London walk moves on to wander amidst the ruins of Roman London, where crumbling stone towers and ancient walls are the spectral haunt of long ago Legionnaires. We walk by an ancient plague mound to hear tales of the horrors of the Great Plague that swept London in 1665. This is a truly creepy spot, made even creepier by the tumbledown tombstones that cling tenaciously to its overgrown summit. One of the city's grandest buildings looks down on this bygone remnant of London's sinister past, and it was to this building that the bodies of executed criminals were once brought.

Richard will tell you gruesome and strange tales about this magnificent institution. Of the portrait of Henry V111, the eyes of which have been known to follow many an unwary visitor around. Of the dead man who suddenly came back to life. Of the poltergeist activity that followed when one of the buildings greatest treasure was temporarily removed.

You will then squeeze in to a dark corner where Richard will tell you his favourite London Ghost Story. He has been chilling audiences with this story for 28 years and has thus had plenty of time to perfect it.

This is the art of ghost story telling at its marrow chilling best as Richard elicits cold shivers, nervous glances and even screams of terror from the group. He even manages to inject a goodly amount of humour into the story. Equal measures of fear and laughter, a compelling combination don't you think?!

Our final destination  on the Haunted London walk is one of London's most paranormally active buildings. Ghostly activity is reported here on an almost weekly basis and Richard is up to date on all of it. Indeed, many people who have joined Richard on his ghost walks have gone away with evidence of what could possibly paranormal activity. Perhaps you will too?

So join us for a tour that is packed with history and haunting. A tour that will be both chilling and entertaining. A tour that will keep you on edge, casting nervous backward glances, ever wary of who, or what, might be shadowing your footsteps on the hidden horrors of Haunted London walk.

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