With a rich gruesome history which includes Jack the Ripper, Dennis Nilsen and countless executions, it is no surprise that London appears as the second most haunted county in the UK with 684 paranormal reports, a new study has revealed.

The study, carried out by PaulCamper, analysed the Paranormal Database’s huge record of sightings to discover that the WC2 (Covent Garden, Holborn, Strand) area of London was the most haunted spot in the UK’s capital with 50 reported paranormal occurrences in this area.

Just behind in second place was Mayfair, Marylebone and Soho with 48 haunted spots and in third Westminster, Belgravia and Pimlico with 44.

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