Haunted Tower of London.

Grim, grey and awe-inspiring, the Tower has dominated the London landscape and the pages of history since its construction by William the Conqueror in 1078. Over the next five hundred years it evolved into a magnificent Royal Palace, home to successive monarchs. But it is its sinister reputation that brings the visitors flocking in their millions to hear tales of imprisonment, torture and execution. The names of those who passed through Traitor’s Gate to be thereafter lost to the world read like a who’s who of English history. Anne Boleyn, Lady Jane Grey, Guy Fawkes, Sir Walter Raleigh and many others spent their final days, months or even years incarcerated here. We can only guess at their suffering. Few left written accounts and often only the cold stone bore silent witness to their torment. So it comes as little surprise to discover that this building, with its gruesome and often tragic history, is the most haunted building in England, and its ghosts among the most illustrious.