Category: London
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The Curious Phenomena of Spirit Blush-Writing
When Victorian mediums weren’t delivering messages from the dead and manifesting spirits, some claimed to produce words on their bodies. Introducing, blush-writing.
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The Everyday Heroes of Postman’s Park
Postman’s Park holds a series of beautiful memorials to Londoners who lost their lives committing heroic acts.
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Larry the Psychic Donkey
Few sports pundits boasted four hooves and psychic abilities, but Larry was one of a kind.
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The Weird World of Mummy Parties
In the 19th century, ‘Mummy Mania’ spread through the western world like a colonial Tamagotchi.
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Flayed Saints, Weeping Graves and Robin Hood at St Bartholomew the Great, London
St Bartholomew was founded in 1123 by Rahere (just the one name, like Beyonce…), a courtier of King Henry I.
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A Trip to Bunhill Fields Burial Ground
Bunhill Fields is a relic of London’s overcrowded inner-city burial grounds.
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Hunting for Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave
Today the Wollstonecraft/Godwin grave survives as an unassuming block of stone beside far grander memorials…
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The Hardy Tree
The Hardy Tree is a centuries-old ash tree surrounded by a radiating circle of densely-packed headstones. But why was it created?
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London’s Secret Victorian Pet Cemetery
Hyde Park’s hidden pet cemetery’s once described as ‘the most horrible spectacle in Britain.’
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Ghosts on Film: Hampton Court Palace
See them walking hand in hand across the bridge at midnight…
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A Trip to Brompton Cemetery
Brompton Cemetery is a sprawling necropolis, nestled in the busy – and terribly posh – London Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
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Death By Coffin!
“Killed by a Coffin at Kensal Green Cemetery…”
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Antoine and the Red Dress
In 1960, Dorothy Jenkins was perusing a junk shop in Fulham when an old oil painting caught her eye…
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‘Scratching Fanny’, The Ghost of Cock Lane
In 1762, the haunting of Cock Lane gripped a nation and sent the capital wild with fear and excitement
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The Smithfield Ghost
Not all ghosts are veiled ladies, shrieks in the night or headless horsemen. Some are undead lawyers, tormenting butcher’s stalls in the 17th century.
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More Adventures in Highgate East!
Between pianos, dogs, and enormous mausoleums, cemeteries such as Highgate hold thousands of stories and works of art around every corner.
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Jay’s Mourning Warehouse
Due to the superstition of not holding mourning clothing in the household for longer than necessary, when a death occurred, you needed to act fast…
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Adventures in Highgate West Cemetery
The self-titled ‘magnificent seven’, is the informal name given to a group of large, privately-owned Victorian cemeteries within London. One of these is Highgate. Between…
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The Tulip Staircase Ghost
There had been no one near him when the photograph was taken, the staircase was also inaccessible. But on the print and the negative, was…
Burials & Beyond 