London’s spookiest places revealed
With a rich gruesome history 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.
London’s top 10 most haunted places
|
Rank |
Area of London |
Paranormal occurrences |
|
1 |
Covent Garden, Holborn, Strand |
50 |
|
2 |
Mayfair, Marylebone, Soho |
48 |
|
3 |
Westminster, Belgravia, Pimlico |
44 |
|
4 |
Monument, Tower Hill, Aldgate |
30 |
|
5 |
Bloomsbury, Grays Inn |
28 |
|
6 |
Waterloo, Bermondsey, Southwark, Borough |
25 |
|
7 |
Fleet Street, St. Pauls |
24 |
|
8 |
Clerkenwell, Finsbury, Barbican |
19 |
|
9 |
Whitechapel, Stepney, Mile End |
18 |
|
10 |
Hampstead, Swiss Cottage |
16 |
London is the UK’s SECOND most haunted county!
The research also revealed that of all the counties in the UK, London came in second as the spookiest with 684 paranormal occurrences, just behind Yorkshire which had 786.
Most of the reports are haunting manifestations, but there have also been claims of 14 post mortem manifestations, eight UFO sightings and the sighting of a vampire too! Unfortunately, unlike the 1981 film American Werewolf In London suggests, there have been no werewolf sightings in London.