Edgar's Guide to Haunted London

Imagine yourself hunting for ghosts in old alleyways and tumbledown churchyards, or gazing into sinister courts to view whatever horrors lurk therein. Picture yourself nervously sipping a pint as your eyes dart nervously around the shadowy recesses of a haunted pub, or stepping into the timeless interior of an ancient church and hoping to catch a glimpse of the phantoms that roam within. Well, now you need imagine and picture no more, because, armed with Edgar's pocket-sized guide to supernatural London, you will be able to do all of these spooky things and many more besides. You'll have the opportunity to stand outside the most haunted house in London, home to something of such evil malevolence that few who have encountered it have escaped with their reason intact. Then there's the ancient monastic foundation from which the moans and groans of 14th century plague victims are said to emanate on moonless winter nights. How about the old graveyard where tradition holds that the performance of a certain ritual will cause a spirit to rise from the tomb and haunt you for the remainder of the night? With this little guidebook in your hand, you'll be able to stand at the locations where ghosts are said to lurk, on your own, with your family or friends, or possibly even a total stranger you've encountered along the way and talked into joining your sojourn into the supernatural. Then, one of you can read the ghost story to the others in your spookiest voice and watch as a look of fright crosses their faces. Turning to leave, you might even notice that the total stranger who was standing there listening but a moment before, has somehow vanished into thin air!

magine yourself hunting for ghosts in old alleyways and tumbledown churchyards, or gazing into sinister courts to view whatever horrors lurk therein. Picture yourself nervously sipping a pint as your eyes dart nervously around the shadowy recesses of a haunted pub, or stepping into the timeless interior of an ancient church and hoping to catch a glimpse of the phantoms that roam within. Well, now you need imagine and picture no more, because, armed with Edgar's pocket-sized guide to supernatural London, you will be able to do all of these spooky things and many more besides. You'll have the opportunity to stand outside the most haunted house in London, home to something of such evil malevolence that few who have encountered it have escaped with their reason intact. Then there's the ancient monastic foundation from which the moans and groans of 14th century plague victims are said to emanate on moonless winter nights. How about the old graveyard where tradition holds that the performance of a certain ritual will cause a spirit to rise from the tomb and haunt you for the remainder of the night? With this little guidebook in your hand, you'll be able to stand at the locations where ghosts are said to lurk, on your own, with your family or friends, or possibly even a total stranger you've encountered along the way and talked into joining your sojourn into the supernatural. Then, one of you can read the ghost story to the others in your spookiest voice and watch as a look of fright crosses their faces. Turning to leave, you might even notice that the total stranger who was standing there listening but a moment before, has somehow vanished into thin air!

RICHARD JONES is a qualified London tourist Blue badge Guide and a writer on many aspects of British history, lore, hauntings and legends. He is an acknowledged expert on the Jack the Ripper murders, in which capacity he has written two well received books - Uncovering Jack the Ripper's London and Jack the Ripper:- The Casebook. ADAM WOOD is Executive Editor of Ripperologist magazine, considered the leading publication dedicated to the study of the Whitechapel murders of Jack the Ripper and London's East end in the late Victorian period. From 2017-2020 he was also Editor of the Journal of the Police History Society. Adam is author of Swanson: The Life and Times of A Victorian Detective; Trial of Percy Lefroy Mapleton, and co-author of Sir Howard Vincent's Police Code, 1889.