Ghost: Anne Naylor Location: 51.520142,-0.104510 Location further details: Farringdon Underground Station Type: Haunting Manifestation Date Time: Unknown Further Comments: The odd screams that have been heard in this area are attributed to Naylor, thirteen year old girl who was murdered on this site in 1758. She is now referred to as 'the Screaming Spectre'. |
Ghost: Boadicea's Grave Location: 51.530798,-0.122742 Location further details: NW1 King's Cross Station, Platform 10 Type: Legend Date Time: Still present Further Comments: The final resting ground of the warrior queen is reported to be under this busy platform. |
Ghost: Bricked Up Train Location: 51.41817, -0.072593 Location further details: SE19 Area below Crystal Palace Park Type: Legend Date Time: Unknown Further Comments: A local legend states that there is a train bricked up under the park, complete with dead passengers and crewsometimes the hands of the dead reach up from the ground and try to grab the living..! |
Ghost: Churchill Location: 51.510449, -0.187405 Location further details: Queensway Station Type: Haunting Manifestation Date Time: 1980s Further Comments: Witnessed waiting on the platform, Sir Winston Churchill once lived quite close to the station. |
Ghost: Cries and Screams Location: 51.527192 -0.055378 Location further details: E2 Bethnal Green Station Type: Haunting Manifestation Date Time: 1981 Further Comments: A station master working alone in the station office late at night heard the soft sounds of children crying. As time went by, the cries grew louder and were joined by the screams of women. He ran from the office. One hundred and seventy-three people died in the station in a single accident during World War 2, the vast majority being women and children. |
Ghost: Cries of the Trapped Location: 51.464881, -0.012418 Location further details: SE13 Lewisham Station, & St Johns area Type: Haunting Manifestation Date Time: 04 December (reoccurring) Further Comments: A crash in 1957, caused partly by fog, killed ninety people and injured over one hundred. It is their cries which can be heard on the anniversary on the accident. |
Ghost: Displaced Actress Location: 51.51215, 0.11595 Location further details: WC2 Aldwych Underground Station (no longer operational) Type: Haunting Manifestation Date Time: Unknown Further Comments: Built where the Royal Strand Theatre once stood, it is thought the female ghost seen standing on the tracks migrated from the original building to the station shortly after it became operational. She is normally reported by cleaning staff working the night shift. |
Ghost: Distressed Woman Location: King's Cross Tube station Location further details: NW1 King's Cross underground station Type: Haunting Manifestation Date Time: May 1998 Further Comments: A witness spotted a woman in her twenties with long brown hair, wearing jeans and t-shirt. The figure was kneeling at the side of the corridor with her arms outstretched, and appeared distressed and crying. Someone walking in the opposite direction then walked through the woman. The witness said that upon reflection, it was like watching a repeating piece of film. |
Ghost: Egyptian Princess Location: Russell square Location further details: WC1 British Museum Station (closed 1933) Type: Haunting Manifestation Date Time: Pre 1933 Further Comments: Connected to the 'curse' of the Amen-Ra's tomb, this Egyptian Princess would return from the grave late at night and would wail and scream in the tunnels. A more recent report states that these sounds can now be heard further down the track, in Holborn station. |
Ghost: Face Location: Hyde Park Corner Tube Station Location further details: W1 Hyde Park Corner underground station Type: Haunting Manifestation Date Time: 1978, early morning Further Comments: Two members of staff were alarmed when they discovered an escalator working, though the electrical connection had been disabled. Walking into a room, one man reported hitting a spot so cold that his breath was visible, while the other worker collapsed in a state of shock. The latter claimed to have seen a strange face, and left the station before his shift ended, never to return. |
Ghost: Faceless Woman Location: Becontree tube station Location further details: Becontree Station Type: Haunting Manifestation Date Time: 1992 Further Comments: A station employee working alone heard the door to his office rattle several times. Unnerved, the man began to climb upstairs to find a colleague but felt he was being watched. Turning around, he saw a woman standing there with long blond hair but no faceher features were completely smooth. Talking to his colleague a short time later, the employee discovered that he was not the only person to have seen her. |
Ghost: Footprints Location: Baker's Street Tube Station Location further details: W1 Baker's Street to St John's Wood, northbound tunnel Type: Haunting Manifestation Date Time: 2000s Further Comments: Bill, an underground track walker, sat down for a break while patrolling the line. He reported disembodied footprints which crunched down in the ballast and appeared before him. The footsteps went straight past him and stopped ten metres from his position. When he finished his rounds, one of his colleagues said that other people had also encountered the footsteps, and they belonged to a workman killed in the area. |
Ghost: Grinning Man Location: E15 Channelsea Depot, Stratford Location further details: E15 Channelsea Depot, Stratford Type: Haunting Manifestation Date Time: June/December 1994 Further Comments: A former British Rail employee reported seeing a tall man wearing a cape and top hat standing by a hanger. He had a terrible grin and a mouth full of white teeth, and immediately vanished, leaving the witness very cold and apprehensive. A few months later, in the same area, the witness felt a strong tug at her bag that almost pulled her over;she spun around expecting to see a colleague, but no one was in sight. |
Ghost: Monks Location: Westminster Tube Station Location further details: SW1 Jubilee Line, from Westminster to Stratford Type: Haunting Manifestation Date Time: 2000s Further Comments: Since the construction of the Jubilee Line, reports of phantom monks walking the tracks have begun to emerge. The sightings may be connected to the large number of graves which were disturbed while work was commencing. |
Ghost: Nun Location: SE1 Backerloo Tube Station Location further details: SE1 London Road Depot (Bakerloo Line) Type: Haunting Manifestation Date Time: Unknown Further Comments: This area is thought to be haunted by a nun who is connected to a nearby Roman Catholic school. |
Ghost: Old Woman Location: Aldgate Tube Station Location further details: EC3 Aldgate Underground Station Type: Haunting Manifestation Date Time: Mid to late twentieth century Further Comments: This old woman was seen by an engineer as it stroked his friend's hair, seconds before the co-worker touched a live wire which sent 20,000 volts through his body. Remarkably, he survived. Phantom footfalls have also been reported coming from down the tunnel, abruptly finishing. |
Ghost: Oppressive Feeling Location: Embankment Tube Station Location further details: WC2 Embankment StationPage's Walk Type: Haunting Manifestation Date Time: 2000 Further Comments: Staff who walk along the long dark tunnel known as Page's Walk complain of cold winds, doors which open and slam shut, and an oppressive feeling. |
Ghost: Rail Worker Location: Tulse Hill Station Location further details: SE24 Tulse Hill Station, platform one Type: Haunting Manifestation Date Time: Twentieth century Further Comments: Killed as he walked on the tracks, the worker's footfalls are sometimes heard echoing through the station late at night. |
Ghost: Rebecca Griffiths Location: Liverpool Street Tube Station Location further details: Liverpool Street Station Type: Haunting Manifestation Date Time: Rebecca 17801812, man circa 2000 Further Comments: Once the site of the first Hospital of the Star of Bethlehem, an asylum for the insane, the area was haunted by the screams of Griffiths who was buried without a coin she compulsively held on to when locked away here. She also had the habit of exciting other inmates by peering through their cell windows. More recently there have been reports by underground staff of a man in white overalls on the platforms that can only be seen on CCTV. |
Ghost: Reflection Location: Elephant & Castle Tube Station Location further details: SE17 Bakerloo line, Elephant & Castle and other stations along the line Type: Haunting Manifestation Date Time: Unknown Further Comments: It is reported that occasionally, while travelling northbound, some passengers can see the reflection of someone sitting next to them, even though there is no one in the seat. |
Ghost: Sarah Blackhead Location: Bank Tube Station Location further details: Bank Station Type: Haunting Manifestation Date Time: Sarah seen late twentieth century, knocking in 1982 Further Comments: Possibly the same figure that haunts the Bank of England;in life this poor girl couldn't handle news that her brother had died, and returned daily to his office to meet him. Dressed in black clothing, she is affectionately called 'the Black Nun'. A worker once chased what he thought was an old lady locked in the station during the early hours of the morning, but she vanished down a corridor with no possible exit. In addition, at least one employee has reported something knocking on an empty lift door from the inside, way after normal closing time. |
Ghost: Silhouette Location: London Bridge Tube Station Location further details: EC3 King William Tunnel, Under London Bridge Type: Haunting Manifestation Date Time: 1990s Further Comments: An image taken by a photographer shows what appears to be a silhouetted figure along this tunnel, though no one else was there at the time. A medium called to the location claimed that the ghost was that of a man who died while breaking up a fight. |
Ghost: Slamming Doors Location: SE11 Kennington Tube Station Location further details: SE11 Kennington Loop Type: Haunting Manifestation Date Time: 1980s onwards Further Comments: All passengers disembark at Kennington and the carriages are checked just prior to trains turning in the loop. However, as the train drivers sit waiting in the dark loop tunnel, at least two have reported hearing the connecting carriage doors open and close as if someone is moving from the rear of the train towards the driving compartment. |
Ghost: Sounds of a Train Location: Highgate Station, London Location further details: Highgate Tube Station Type: Haunting Manifestation Date Time: Twentieth century Further Comments: Started during the Second World War, the station was never finished, though locals sometimes reported the sound of a steam train along where the track was supposed to have been laid. One rational explanation put forward is that the sounds of the trains came from nearby stations which were active until the 1970. |
Ghost: Steam Train Location: East Finchley Tube station Location further details: N2 East Finchley to Wellington Sidings underground Type: Haunting Manifestation Date Time: Unknown Further Comments: This stretch of the Northern Line is reputed to be haunted by a spectral steam engine. |
Ghost: Striding Grey Man Location: Turnham Green Tube Station Location further details: W4 Acton Green common, near Turnham Green tube station Type: Unknown Ghost Type Date Time: 06.45h, Thursday 12 February 2004 Further Comments: This semi transparent entity was observed walking parallel to the railway line, wearing a knee length cape. The dark grey figure vanished when the witness momentarily looked away. |
Ghost: Tall Man Location: Vauxhall Tube Station, london Location further details: Vauxhall Underground Line Type: Haunting Manifestation Date Time: 1960s Further Comments: This seven foot tall man was seen underground several times by diggers working on the linehe wore brown overalls and a cap. |
Ghost: Tapping Location: Elephant & Castle Tube Station Location further details: Elephant & Castle Station, Northern Line Type: Haunting Manifestation Date Time: Unknown Further Comments: Footfalls and rapping have been often heard in the station when it is closedon investigation, no source can be found. Another story says the last train of the night is haunted by a lone girl who walks from the last carriage to the tip of the train, vanishing as she reaches the engine. |
Ghost: Tube Traveller Location: SE17 Elephant and Castle Tube Station Location further details: Elephant and Castle Underground Station, Type: Haunting Manifestation Date Time: Woman seen late twentieth century, photograph taken in 1980s Further Comments: Seen by both staff and commuters, this young woman enters the train's carriages, but is never seen leaving. Some also allocate the blame on the same entity when invisible footfalls create loud echoing around the station after hours. |
Ghost: William Terriss Location: WC2 Covent Garden Tube Station Location further details: WC2 Covent Garden Station Type: Haunting Manifestation Date Time: Around midnight, winter months (reoccurring). Last seen 1972? Further Comments: An actor, Mr Terriss was stabbed to death in December 1897 at a nearby theatre. His ghost, tall in stature, has been seen dressed in a grey suit with white gloves, standing on the platform late at night. |
Ghost: Woman with a Red Scarf Location: Uxbridge Tube Station Location further details: Outer London: Uxbridge Ickenham Station Type: Haunting Manifestation Date Time: Winter evenings (reoccurring), 1950s onwards Further Comments: This ghostly figure stands at the end of the platform, close to where she fell and was electrocuted. She sometimes waves to attract attention before vanishing. |
Ghost: Worker in a Reefer Jacket Location: South Kensington Tube Station Location further details: South Kensington Station Type: Unknown Ghost Type Date Time: December 1928 Further Comments: A witness leaving the last train in this station reported seeing a spectral locomotive and equally ghostly male figure on the tracks, both of which vanished into the tunnel. |
Ghost: Workman Location: West Brompton Tube Station Location further details: West Brompton tube station Type: Haunting Manifestation Date Time: Unknown Further Comments: A man dressed in dark, old looking workman's clothing has been spotted early in the morning and late at night. He walks to the end of the platform before disappearing. |
Ghost: Workman Location: Stockwell Tube Station Location further details: SW9 South Island Place, Northern Line, near Stockwell Station Type: Haunting Manifestation Date Time: 1984 Further Comments: A trainee manager sent to walk the line by himself as part of his training encountered an old man with a tilly lamp working at South Island Place. They exchanged a couple of words in passing. When the trainee reached Stockwell Station and commented that he had seen someone else along the line, a search party was dispatched to find the worker as no maintenance work was scheduled. No one could be found, and the trainee later discovered that the old man had been seen dozens of times over the years, and was believed to be the ghost of a worker killed on the spot during the 1950s. |