THE TOWER OF LONDON
With a long history of execution, murder and torture, is it any wonder the "Tower of London" ranks as one of the most haunted Castles in Britain. its history begins in the reign of the Roman Emperor Claudius. He chose the site to build a fort on. Over a 1000 years later William the Conqueror chose the same site on which to build the Tower of London. It is the oldest fortress, palace and prison of its type anywhere in Europe. With a 400 hundred year history of executions: these ranged from hanging, beheading, to being hung or drawn and quartered, it was the perfect recipe for a haunted history.
The first documented sighting of a ghost at the tower was that of Thomas A. Becket. It was reported that during the construction of an inner curtain wall, he appeared and showed his anger at the construction by reducing the wall to a pile of rubble by striking it with his cross. Probably the most persistent ghost is that of Queen Anne Boleyn. On learning that the baby she was carrying was a boy, and heir to the Kings throne, she sadly went on to miscarry the child and was subsequently beheaded on the grounds of adultery and treason. Queen Anne is buried under the chapel's altar, and her body has been seen to walk the corridors of the Tower. She is only recognisable by the dress she wore at her execution.
One of the most gruesome hauntings I have heard about is that of the Countess of Salisbury. At 70 she was given the death penalty on political grounds. As she strode up to the block to be beheaded, she refused to place her neck on the block as all others did, subsequently she fled the scene chased by the executioner. he apparently hacked at her body until she fell down dead...hacked to death. at the scene of this grisly murder it is said you can see the executioners axe doing its deadly deed. Although not an apparition, the haunting in the Salt Tower is for some, very real and very frightening. Said to be one of the most haunted areas in the tower's complex, dogs will not enter this area at all, and and Yeoman Warders will not enter after dark, after a Warder told how he was almost throttled by a strong but unseen force.
As recently as 1995, an American tourist was taking photographs of the Tower. She took a picture of Traitor's Gate. On having the film developed, you can clearly see what appears to be a hand wearing a 16th century Yeoman's uniform.
by www.thesupernaturalworld.co.uk
The first documented sighting of a ghost at the tower was that of Thomas A. Becket. It was reported that during the construction of an inner curtain wall, he appeared and showed his anger at the construction by reducing the wall to a pile of rubble by striking it with his cross. Probably the most persistent ghost is that of Queen Anne Boleyn. On learning that the baby she was carrying was a boy, and heir to the Kings throne, she sadly went on to miscarry the child and was subsequently beheaded on the grounds of adultery and treason. Queen Anne is buried under the chapel's altar, and her body has been seen to walk the corridors of the Tower. She is only recognisable by the dress she wore at her execution.
One of the most gruesome hauntings I have heard about is that of the Countess of Salisbury. At 70 she was given the death penalty on political grounds. As she strode up to the block to be beheaded, she refused to place her neck on the block as all others did, subsequently she fled the scene chased by the executioner. he apparently hacked at her body until she fell down dead...hacked to death. at the scene of this grisly murder it is said you can see the executioners axe doing its deadly deed. Although not an apparition, the haunting in the Salt Tower is for some, very real and very frightening. Said to be one of the most haunted areas in the tower's complex, dogs will not enter this area at all, and and Yeoman Warders will not enter after dark, after a Warder told how he was almost throttled by a strong but unseen force.
As recently as 1995, an American tourist was taking photographs of the Tower. She took a picture of Traitor's Gate. On having the film developed, you can clearly see what appears to be a hand wearing a 16th century Yeoman's uniform.
by www.thesupernaturalworld.co.uk
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