Many people attribute the spooky vibe at this Spitalfields pub to its entanglement in Jack the Ripper’s story. But sightings of spectres haven’t been as Ripper-related as you might expect. One of the pub’s Victorian landlords George Roberts was murdered with an axe and his apparition is said to have terrorised staff who stayed on the pub’s upper floors. There are also some gruesome tales of the murder of a baby that have so scared the bejesus out of mediums, they refuse to enter the rooms upstairs. You’re probably better off with pints on ground level.
Londoners love a ghost, don’t they? Maybe it’s the sheer amount of war, plague, violence and drama the city’s undergone. This place must be crawling with spectral denizens. And with some of London’s best boozers dating back to the 1600s, it’s inevitable that many of the capital’s oldest pubs will be hotbeds of paranormal activity. That’s just a fact.
Ghosts and ghouls are reported in some of London’s oldest and most-loved pubs, many of them with fascinating tales behind them. Whether you’re in the market for a spooky pint this Halloween or just genuinely curious to know why people still leave dollar bills out for an old foot soldier named Cedric, take a look at our round-up of London’s most haunted pubs.
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