The Real Haunted Story Of Tower Of London

The Tower of London, magnificently on the north Bank of the Thames in London, holds centuries of history. Today, Beefeaters, Yeoman Waters and the Crown jewels, including the Orb and Scepter, are on display.

The Tower of London, built by William the Conqueror in the 11th century to maintain his rule over England, became a royal residence and stronghold. It also hosted some of history's grisliest moments. Anne Boleyn, Catherine Howard and Lady Jane Grey were executed during Tudor times. A mother beheaded for her son's misdeeds.

Their uncle, the Duke of Gloucester, allegedly killed the two young Princess in the bloody tower, treason, murder and execution.

The Tower of London's stonewalls have seen it all. No surprise, it's one of Britain's most haunted locales. Can the Tower of London's ghosts be those of the dead? Can anybody be sure? But these are the accounts of individuals who died horribly in the tower.

See the 13 Tower of London Ghosts in all their gore. Guy Fox was imprisoned in the Tower of London for plotting to kill James. The foreign in Parliament in 1605. Guy Fox was tortured at the Queen's House, perhaps on the White tower rack.

Few ghost tales are as creepy and terrible as this one. Anne Boleyn became Henry the Eighth's second wife when he divorced Catherine of Aragon and became the supreme head of the Church of England.

Anne was arrested for adultery three years later and carried by barge to the Tower of London. Via trader. Gate. Anne was beheaded on Tower Green and buried in the Tower of London Parish church, the Chapel Royal of Saint Peter at Vincula St. Peter in Chains.

A soldier saw a light in the locked. 340 years later, after scaling a window to peek inside, the soldier saw a parade of Knights and women headed by a decapitated Anne Boleyn in 1471.

Henry the six was assassinated at the altar in the King's private Chapel. While imprisoned in the Wakefield Tower of the Tower of London, Henry Spirit reportedly haunts Wakefield Tower around midnight.

The Holy Roman Emperor Frederick the second gave Henry the third lions or leopards in 12:35 to keep in the Tower of London. Pumas, tigers. Jackals, a French elephant and a polar bear followed. Visitors to the tower flocked to witness the beasts and bear baiting became popular in 16th and 17th century

It seems this pastime's evils are being heard today. A bare spirit is supposed to materialize beyond the jewel rooms entrance. May be guarding the crown jewels.

In 1816, a black bear apparition appeared near the Martin Tower. Elizabeth of Versussin and James. Imprisoned adventurer Sir Walter Raleigh three times in the tower.

An attempt at suicide occurred during his 13 year stay in the blood. Tower. Walter Raleigh was beheaded outside Westminster after his final Tower of London confinement in the Beauchamp Tower in 1603. Welsh Guardsman John Scarded, the salt tower in 1957.

The shapeless body had the face of a young lady. Maybe one of the numerous ladies who died in the Tower of London, like Anne Boleyn, Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, was beheaded on Tower Green West of the White Tower.

Margaret Pole died aged 67. Henry, 8, sentenced her to death for being Cardinal Pole's mother. Cardinal Pole was guilty of resisting Henry's self-proclaimed Church of England supremacy.

In 1541. Wretched and blundering youth slashed at Margaret Pole's head and shoulders after failing to execute her cleanly with his ax, according to eyewitnesses, that Timeless Cry still rings in the towers. Beefeaters when waters guard the Tower of London. The. Captain JD Dundas saw a Yeoman assault, a whitish feminine figure with his bayonet in 1864 in the courtyard where Anne Boleyn was executed.

This ghost arrived. King Edward. Son of Henry the 15th died, making Lady Jane Grey Queen. She was. Shortest reigning English queen at 9 days. Edward chose Lady Jane Grey above his half sister Mary as his successor in his final testament as a pawn in Royal Power games.

John Dudley arranged for 16 year old Lady Jane Gray to marry his son, Lord Guilford Dudley. Following Edwards death on July 6th, 1553, Protestant Lady Jane Gray became queen for a week until the council declared Catholic Mary England's legitimate ruler, Lady Jane Grey and her husband Dudley were murdered on Tower Green. 1554.

Even now, Jane's white form haunts the Tower of London's battlements, the Tower of London's Arbela Stewart Ghost is often seen. James the fire imprisoned Arbella for marrying Lady Jane Greys nephew William Seymour without permission. James arrested Arbella in the tower where she either refused to eat or was starved.

Fearing this Union would threaten his rule. Perhaps arbella's spirit haunts the Queen's House. 12 year old Edward became King Edward the 5th when his father Edward the 4th died. His uncle the Duke of Gloucester protected him.

The Duke of Gloucester imprisoned Edward and his younger brother Richard in the Tower of London to seize the Kingdom. Their mother, Elizabeth Woodville, sought refuge in Westminster Abbey.

Gloucester became King Richard 3 after proclaiming Edward illegitimate. Edward and Richard were never seen again, perhaps slain by their uncle. Two children's bones were recovered under a Tower of London stairway. Finally, the nameless thing is a terrifying apparition that pursues tower guards from the Thames Sally Portal entrance.